We can decode their signals of distress or read a million messages into their first smile.

我们能够明白他们表现出的什么样的信号表示不高兴，能够从他们的第一次微笑读出无数信息。

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“Financial help in the form of remittances from family members is always the first to arrive in times of distress,” says Ratha.

Ratha说：“在遭遇困境之时，家庭成员提供的汇款类资金援助总是首先发挥作用。”

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While the schemes to help debtors in distress are harder to fault, many question the wisdom of coaxing first-time buyers into a falling market.

很难说这个帮助窘迫负债者的计划是错误的，然而许多人质疑能不能准确判断进入低迷市场的首次购房者是真的还是假的。

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But cutting interest rates as a first response to any distress in the financial sector has helped to blow bubbles in asset prices dotcom stocks in the late 1990s, house prices in the 2000s.

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But the question is, why are those companies in distress in the first place?

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This failure is often the first visible sign of financial distress in a market where SEC disclosure rules are not enforced.

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