过去的一年我感到非常困难，这个困难超过了我预料的程度。

I think the past year was extremelv difflcult and the difficulties actually were greater than we anticipated.

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他说：“我们都知道，由于全球金融危机的影响，今年对于东南亚和东亚整体上来说是非常困难的一年，所以我认为，亚洲，尤其是东亚准备应对危机日益加深的影响是非常重要的。”

So, I think that preparation of Asia, particularly in this East Asian region, to deal with the increasing effect of the crisis is very important.

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