European economies have perked up recently, but the record is still of lamentably slow growth and high unemployment.

欧洲经济最近重新振作起来，但增长仍相当慢，并且失业率较高。

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Executives said they expected the improvement to carry on into 2010 but warned that high unemployment and slow economic growth would continue to keep consumers under pressure.

高管们表示，他们预计好转态势将在2010年持续下去，但警告称，高失业率和缓慢的经济增速将继续对消费者构成压力。

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I do think that the US has a high risk of finding itself in a state similar to Japan but I think less acute — but I do think we will see a decade or two of slow growth.

我想，美国的风险很大，处在类似日本那种状态，只不过没有那么严重而已。但是我确实认为我们将看到十年或者二十年的缓慢增长。

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But the high euro and slow growth on the Continent are putting extra strain on the U.S. to pull the world back from the brink of a new recession.

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But economic growth remains slow and unemployment high at 7.9%.

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But, the consequences of continued slow growth and high unemployment fall most heavily on the least skilled and those who lose their job or the opportunity for a better life, to say nothing of the broad middle class that has suffered a historic decline in median income during the past four years.

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