The shocks that occurred in China were still the aftermath of the Wenchuan earthquake, while the Japan quakes were results of a collision between the Pacific Plate and the Asia-Europe Plate.

中国发生的地震是汶川大地震的余震；日本地震则是太平洋板块和亚欧板块碰撞的结果。

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The results, to be published this month, show that over half of respondents from America and Europe say the crisis has intensified their distrust of big business.

该项调查本月发表的结果显示，美国和欧洲的大约半数受访者表示，危机加强了他们对大型企业的不信任感。

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Bell argued that the spelling system was a huge financial burden on schools and was to blame for poor literacy results compared with the rest of Europe.

贝尔认为，英语拼写系统对于学校是个庞大的财政负担，也造成了欧洲说英语国家识字率较欧洲其它国家更低。

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The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe said there were a number of irregularities including the falsification of results and intimidation of observers.

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In much of continental Europe, various forms of proportional voting produce far muddier results.

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The last thing Europe needs is the chaotic release of results for 91 banks, with national regulators privately disowning the conclusions and no plan for recapitalising firms that fail the exam.

ECONOMIST: European banks