两个指标都指出了同五个国家的问题：葡萄牙，爱尔兰，意大利，希腊和西班牙——这五个国家有个难听的首字母简称PIIGS。
Both gauges point up problems in the same handful of countries: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and spain-a group given the ugly acronym PIIGS.
无论奥图尔先生怎么看，同希腊、葡萄牙、西班牙甚至意大利比较，爱尔兰的前景依然一片光明。
Set against Greece, Portugal, Spain and even Italy, its prospects still look bright, whatever Mr O’Toole thinks.
西雅图还是俄勒冈葡萄的故乡——它同小檗的亲缘关系比它同真正的葡萄的关系更近些——还有英国常春藤。这是一种入侵藤本，西雅图一带的手艺人用来编织篮子。
Seattle is also home to the Oregon grape — more closely related to the barberry than an actual grape — and English ivy, an invasive vine that Seattle-area crafting groups weave into baskets.
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