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The spending of the richest 5 percent alone will not lead to a virtuous cycle of more jobs and higher living standards. Nor can we rely on exports to fill the gap.

只有5%最富有人群的消费是不可能导致一个创造真正的更多的就业机会和更高生活水平的良性循环，我们也不可能依靠出口弥补这个缺口。

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The specific features mostly came from the new HTML5 specifications that standards bodies had been spending years working on.

这些特定的功能大部分都来自新的 HTML5 规范，但是标准制定小组已经在上面花费了好几年。

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