但是，总的说来，对眼下的事情我依旧感觉良好：国家正朝着正确的方向前进，对我工作业绩的支持率也在高位，而且我们仍有很多事要去做。

Yet, on balance, I still felt good about where things stood: the country was moving in the right direction, my job rating was high, and we still had plenty to do.

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区域进步将会有助于确保亚洲继续朝着建立全球竞争力和提高生产率的方向前进，远离特殊利益集团的保护主义。

Regional progress will help to ensure that Asia keeps moving in the direction of global competitiveness and higher productivity, and away from protectionism for special interest groups.

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欧洲国家的生产率在70年代和80年代潇洒地上升，在过去15年，生产率每年只是蜗牛般地前进0.9%，相比之下，美国却达到1.7%，默艾克先生说。

After rising smartly in the 1970s and 1980s, productivity in the last decade and a half has inched up 0.9 percent annually in Europe, compared to 1.7 percent in the United States, Mr. Moëc said.

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