Not only does the GDP mask this erosion, it can actually portray it as an economic gain: an oil spill off a coastal region "adds" to the GDP because it generates commercial activity.

GDP 不仅掩盖了这种侵蚀现象，它实际上还可以将其描述为一种经济收益：沿海地区的石油泄漏“提升” GDP，因为它产生了商业活动。

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The contract would infuse the region with foreign capital, an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries.

该合同将为该地区注入外资、创造约400个就业岗位以及衍生的服务业。

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So this is their opportunity to show off the best of their region to all these Olympic guests."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Cambodia's Mondulkiri Forest was once rich in wildlife, including tigers, but hunting and poaching largely emptied the region and killed off almost all the tigers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

The Asia Pacific region led the decline with a more than 14 percent fall off Passengers for North American flights fell by more than 13 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Analogue channels will be switched off region by region and replaced with free-to-air digital TV and radio services.

BBC: Dundee becomes Scotland's first 'digital city'

In the first three months of this year, the commission's model predicts growth of 0.1-0.4%, not far off the region's quarterly average of around 0.5%.

BBC: EU predicts eurozone rebound

When it hit land, the constant rain caught the region off guard.

ECONOMIST: After Mitch