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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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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The blindfold was removed and I stood next to her, inches between us, facing a mirror in candlelight.

眼罩被除去，我站在她旁边，我们挨的很近，面前有个笼罩在烛光中的镜子。

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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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And the fact that we're always facing some risk of death recedes into the background in the way that most of us don't hear background noise-- that what jumping out of an airplane does for you is it spikes the risk of death.

我们一直面对的某些死亡的风险,这种情况下变成了背景声音,因为我们大部分人都听不到背景的噪声-,而跳下飞机带给你的,是死亡的风险上升。

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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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