不幸的是，像上面那样的图表不是那么容易弄出来的。

Unfortunately, creating a simple chart like the one above isn't so easy.

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但是，我还是忍不住会想起某位著名经济学家的话。他说，他宁愿只预测一个数字或者一个日期，而不是同时预言二者，因为那样的话，很容易出错。

But I can't help recalling the words of the eminent economist who said he was willing to forecast a number or a date — but not both — because it made it too easy to prove him wrong.

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往往比较容易的是显得是最安全和最可以确定，但是他们却不是必须那样的。

All too often the easier pathway appears to be the safest and surest, but it is not necessarily so.

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