As far as threats go, European sovereign debt is of more concern than the bleak decade facing the US as it still has potential to spill over into the international banking system.

至于威胁，欧洲主权债务要比美国面临的惨淡十年还令人担心，因为它仍有可能波及国际银行体系。

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At the town hall meeting Obama laid out the problems facing the US, from unemployment to patchy healthcare. "I am not a miracle worker," he said, adding that tough choices would have to be made.

在市政厅举行的会议上，奥巴马并不回避美国所面临的种种问题，从失业问题到支离破碎的医疗体系问题等。

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Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.

现如今，这种乌托邦空想已经过时了，我们对所面临的威胁有了更深刻的认识，从彗星撞击到流行感冒，再到气候变化。

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"Let us not forget that we have miles to go to overturn the prejudice and oppression facing the world's one hundred eighty million citizens with intellectual disabilities."

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Furthermore doesn't the study of old books often very old books ? risk overlooking the issues facing us today?

此外，研究这些巨著,通常年代久远,不会有忽略我们今日所面临议题的风险吗？

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That's not the case now, because the economic damage facing the US is cumulative.

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He is favored on the most important issue facing the US, yet is well behind in the vote.

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Unfortunately, neither side is big on compromise, which is the same problem facing the US and the Eurozone.

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