With the current footprint of humanity, "it seems that global collapse is certain to happen in some form, possibly within a decade, certainly within this century," Johnson said in an email.

约翰逊在一封电子邮件中说，以目前人类的足迹来看，“似乎全球崩溃肯定会以某种形式发生，可能在未来10年内，但肯定在本世纪内。”

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What the current crisis does underline, however, is that a cyclical downturn associated with a collapse of the banking system is by an order of magnitude worse than a normal cyclical downturn.

不过，当前危机所突出表明的，是伴随银行体系崩溃的周期性衰退，在数量级上要比正常的周期性衰退更为严重。

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Strange as it seems, a de-fanged, steady-state version of the current settlement might offer the best prospect humankind has ever had of avoiding collapse.

这看起来很奇怪，一个当前解决方式的拔掉了尖牙的的稳态版本可能会为人类提供迄今为止最好的避免崩溃的前景。

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Senator Christopher Dodd, who sponsored the bill, says the financial meltdown that led to the collapse and subsequent bailouts of some of the largest U.S.firms shows the current regulations are inadequate.

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Disney executives reiterated that they would like to use the power of those movies to try and collapse the current film windowing system.

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You can only understand the current collapse of the Conservative Party if you know its past.

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However, if all four do occur, the education bubble collapse will happen regardless of the current circumstances.

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