Last week the nature and scale of the dilemma were vividly illustrated by a number of disparate but related incidents.

上周发生的一系列看似分离但又互相关联的事件，为这个两难处境性质和规模的标上生动注脚。

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Every action to save nature will improve our collective and personal futures and the only way to respond to a threat of this scale is with determined action rooted in headstrong optimism.

拯救自然的每一个行动都将改善集体和个人的未来，而应对如此规模的威胁的唯一方法就是坚决乐观地采取果断行动。

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But the scale and nature of the attacks is also quickly realised.

但这起袭击事件的规模和本质也迅速水落石出。

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Evidence continues to pile up that his News International underlings sought to alert Murdoch to the nature and scale of illegal activities at the News of the World as long ago as 2008.

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The experts argued that the nature and the scale of women's continued marginalisation in the media, allied with the difficulty of establishing effective systems of accountability in an increasingly commercial and globalising media market place, meant that no single strategy can accomplish a great deal on its own.

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In the short-term, therefore, the outlook for the world economy depends on whether governments' stimulus packages are successful and, right now, team Obama would do better to focus on the scale, nature and speed of Beijing's stimulus measures than rant about the currency.

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