我认为，这表示，经过去年年底和今年第一季度自由落体式的经济下滑后，现在经济衰退的速度绝对是放慢了。

I think it means the rate of decline in the economy, which during late last year and the first quarter of this year was like a free-fall, is definitely slowing down.

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她也在这段时间里开始了《发现自由》的创作，据她本人说，以“白热化”的速度写作。

She also began work on The Discovery of Freedom, which by her own account was written in a "white heat."

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冷战结束后的20年，信息、人员、商品和服务都以前所未有的速度加速自由流动。

In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the free flow of information, people, goods and services has accelerated at an unprecedented rate.

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