Although CRH, a maker of building materials, is heavily exposed to the construction downturn in America and Europe it has joint ventures in Turkey, China and India and a strong balance-sheet.

而另一家生产建筑原材料的公司CRH，尽管面临着在美国和欧洲的形势严峻的建筑业萧条，但其在土耳其，中国和印度拥有合资企业并且拥有一份健全的资产负债表。

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Investigations in that case exposed a flimsy skeleton of iron wires being used instead of steel to hold together the building.

调查发现，建造大楼的钢筋结构，被偷换成了脆弱的铁丝。

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Growth in construction loans (for land purchases and home - and office-building) peaked at 36% a year in early 2006, leaving small Banks horribly over-exposed (see left-hand chart, below).

2006年早期建设贷款(用于土地购买家用或办公楼)每年增长36%，这些贷款大部分来自小型银行。

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It was only a matter of time before the hydrogen reached a level where it would detonate, and one after another, the first unit, then the third unit, and finally the second unit, suffered hydrogen explosions that blew off the steel panels and left the top of the reactor building exposed.

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One of his teams is surveying a vast honeycomb of Graeco-Roman tombs that was accidentally exposed by a road-building crew.

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