欧元区最大的经济体德国下滑的尤为严重：其GDP在三月之前的三个月里下降了3.8%，而从一年前的衰退到现在，GDP暴跌了近7%。

Germany, the largest economy in the group, fell even harder: its GDP shrank by 3.8% in the three months to March and has plunged by almost 7% since its recession began a year ago.

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国际经合组织(OECD)刚刚发布了对未来的悲观预测：2009年，美国，日本和欧元区国家都将进入衰退期，如果它们不是已经开始衰退的话。

Gloomy forecasts just released by the OECD predict that America, Japan, the euro area and the OECD as a whole will slide into recession in 2009-if they are not already there.

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我不信欧元区能维持现状，继续以目前的形式存在下去。我认为欧洲将进入深度衰退，而不是短时的、浅层次衰退。

I don't believe the euro zone can survive in its current form, and I think Europe is in for a deep recession, not a short shallow one.

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