The retail industry has been hard-hit in recent months by a slow-down in consumer spending, partly because so many people have lost their jobs.

零售行业在最近几个月由于消费者消费数额减少而遭受沉重打击，这在一定程度上是因为有不少人丢掉了他们的工作。

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So this plan is going to help millions of families to make ends meet, through tax cuts and unemployment insurance for people who've lost their jobs by no fault of their own.

所以说，这个计划旨在通过减税和失业保险，来帮扶百万计的家庭避免悲剧，因为他们的失业不是因为他们的过错。

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Many thousands of children in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia did not return for the new school year in 1998 after their parents lost their jobs and so the ability to pay fees.

1998年在父母失业和无力支付学费的情况下，泰国、菲律宾和印尼有成千上万的儿童在新学年没有返校。

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Even in this difficult year, when so many people have lost their homes and jobs, when the future is so uncertain and the world just seems to get more and more dangerous, these good people still get up each morning, put on a smile and go out into the world and try to make it a better place.

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Of their combined pre-crisis workforce of about 18, 000, only around 500 have lost their jobs so far.

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"The sudden collapse of Enron, which has been so catastrophic to so many people who have lost their jobs and their hard-earned pensions, has clearly demonstrated the need for meaningful campaign finance reform, " she added.

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