Even now, it is not far behind, although this year it has been helped by its geographic sales pattern compared with Toyota's.

即使是现在，大众与丰田的距离也并不遥远，虽然在今年与丰田的销量比较上，根据地理位置衡量销售业绩的模式对大众较为有利。

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But both figures have been affected by a shift in the regional pattern of sales.

但是这两组数据均受到了各区域之间销售情况此消彼长的影响。

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And Mr Gordon notes that employment is still falling because, following the pattern of recent recessions, firms have slashed costs deeply so that productivity has grown even as sales have fallen.

Gordon先生表明就业率仍然在下降，这是因为随着经济的衰退，公司大幅度的削减成本以提高生产率，尽管销售额也在下降。

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