Two years on, Simon Tilford, the author of the report, reckons that with deep recession and ballooning budget deficits on the horizon, muddling through is no longer an option.

如今两年过去了，该报告的作者Simon Tilford认为，面对初露端倪的深度衰退与膨胀的预算赤字，蒙混度日已不再是选择之一。

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He tried to remember exactly what he had seen in the dream, but all that came back was a mountainous horizon and the outline of the little village cradled in a deep valley.

他使劲回忆梦中的情景，但脑海中只出现一座山脉，以及那座像婴儿一样躺在深谷中的小村庄的轮廓。

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By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full-chested and round and of the colour of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape.

等到皓月当空，满月如盘，闪烁出象牙般的清辉，山谷便成了风景中一片幽深的阴影。

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But he fears that could all be coming to an end as the massive oil slick from the Deep Water Horizon drilling rig creeps toward the coast.

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After the Deep Horizon oil spill, Salazar put a six-month delay on an offshore drilling program.

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