Labor productivity grew by only one percent in 1997, real GDP per capita grew more slowly in 1997 than it had on average between 1873 and 1973.

劳动生产率在1997年仅增长了1%，1997年实际人均国内生产总值的增长速度比1873年至1973年之间的平均水平要慢。

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Start with its oil consumption. Domestic crude production is rising only slowly, so imports are growing by more than 30% a year.

我们可以从石油消耗说起，中国国内原油产量上升缓慢，每年多于30%的原油是依赖于进口的。

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Only Greece, Portugal and Cyprus grew more slowly than Britain over the last year.

去年只有希腊，葡萄牙和塞浦路斯的增长率低于英国。

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Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman seemed to grow a little more slowly into his character, but only because we are used to seeing Ian Holm for so long in the The Lord of the Rings film credits.

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Because Europe's governments have signed away national control of interest rates, fiscal policy is the only tool to hand if the single monetary policy leaves their economies growing more slowly than they might, or faster than they can sustain without pressure on wages and property prices.

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Even though new figures show it is shrinking more slowly, the job market is shrinking all the same, which is why only 4 percent of people in our lead Facebook pulse say unemployment will return to 5 percent within the year, which is where it was when the recession began -- 20 percent say next year -- 57 percent say within five years, within 10 years, only 1 percent.

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