The company estimates that the industry as a whole sold 255m phones in the first quarter, down 14% on the year and a 16% drop compared with the last quarter of 2008.

这家公司估计第一季度整个手机行业共售出2.55亿部手机，比去年同期下降14%，与去年第四季度相比，下跌了16%。

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Indeed, if the developed world as a whole suffers an absolute decline in 2009, next year is set to be the first year on record when emerging economies account for more than 100% of world growth.

确实如此，如果整个发达国家会在2009年遭受一个绝对的经济衰退，明年应该是创纪录的一年：这是新兴国家第一年占超过世界100%的增长。

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That was the first illness I’ve had this whole year.

这一整年里我还是第一次得病呢。

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"This is a very great victory for President Obama. This was his first year in office and in many ways he really staked his whole four-year presidency on the success in this vote on healthcare."

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For the UK as a whole, the first quarter of the year saw total workloads edge higher.

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The next surprise is that, after years of profligacy, the euro area as a whole will have a budget surplus this year for the first time in at least half a century.

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After two quarters of nominal growth, their collections were down by nearly a whole percentage point from the first quarter last year.

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