During his annual state of the nation address, Medvedev said Russia needed to "objectively assess" whether these sprawling zones could be reduced.

梅德韦杰夫在发表年度国情咨文时说，俄罗斯需要“客观评定”是否可以减少这么多的时区数量。

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In his annual state of the nation address, Mr Zuma said he was concerned that unemployment and poverty persisted despite 10 years of economic growth.

祖马在发表一年一度的国情咨文演讲时表示，虽然过去10年南非经济呈增长态势，但严重的失业和贫困问题仍令人感到担忧。

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As he did Monday in his State of the Union address, Mr. Bush sought to ease the fears of Americans that the nation could be headed for a recession.

就像他在周一的国情咨文中所说的，布什先生在想办法减轻美国人对国家即将步入衰退期的恐惧。

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In his state-of-the-nation address on Monday, he hailed Guatemala's "historic decline in violence" in 2012.

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But cynics also saw an echo of Mr Putin's first state-of-the-nation address as president in July 2000.

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To compete with America, Mr Medvedev even scheduled his recent state-of-the-nation address to coincide with the American election.

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