A new German currency was pegged to gold at its pre-war rate.

新的德国货币以战前的兑换比例与黄金挂上了钩。

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France joined later but at a lower rate; high inflation had made the pre-war rate unrealistic.

法国接着也参与了进来，但它的兑换比例更低，因为高涨的通货膨胀率让战前的兑换比例变得太不现实。

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The divorce rate, which had been rising slowly since the Civil War, suddenly dropped in 1930, the year after the Depression began.

自美国内战以来一直缓慢上升的离婚率，在大萧条开始后的第二年，即1930年，突然下降。

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"Already it (world output) has been contracting at the fastest rate since World War II.

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I'm oversimplifying a little bit but between wars the rate tends to come down because people think, well the war is over.

我说得有点过于笼统了,但在战争期间，税率走势却有所下降,因为人们都觉得战争结束了。

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Proving yet again that war is the health of the state, Congress raised the top rate to 77 percent during World War I.

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