数十年以来它利用了潜藏的威胁这个借口，说一些不知道是谁的恶魔正蚕食着北欧人的梦想。

For decades it had traded on the idea of a lurking menace, some faceless demon eating away at the Scandinavian dream.

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北欧人的排名很高，因为他们国民身体健康，受教育水平高，薪水也高。气候温润的国家排名也不错。

Scandinavians do well as their health is good, they are educated to a high standard and they earn more. But warm weather countries can do well too.

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在逝世后把小说改编成电影(作者于2004年突然逝世，当时他的三部曲正在编辑和改编当中)会提高这位北欧人的声誉。

The transfer to the screen of his sprawling epic (the author died suddenly in 2004 just as the trilogy was being edited and translated) will cement the Nordics' renown.

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