It is easy to date an earthquake, but not a decline.

推算地震日期易，知道衰退难。

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"It is becoming more apparent that we will see an end to the decline by the end of this year but not a quick recovery," she said.

她说，“越来越明朗地，我们可以看到这种衰退将会在今年年底前结束，但恢复不会立刻到来。”

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Perhaps we are witnessing not a decline in book reading but a renaissance.

也许我们正在见证的不是书籍阅读的衰退而是它的再次复兴。

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But if demographic decline is not generally a consequence of economic decline, surely it must be a cause?

ECONOMIST: Declining populations

David Napp said crowds are not as big as they were, say, 10 years ago but they are not in a steady decline.

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This is not really a question stagnation but economic decline for many, if not most Americans.

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