酷兔英语

中SRI MULYANI INDRAWATI国有个成语叫"借镜观形",是指聪明人应善于从别人的错误中吸取教训,引以为戒。如今正在为平衡社会福利与经济活力两者关系而大费心思的亚洲领导人们应该把这句话牢记心间。密切关注欧洲财政危机可以帮助亚洲领导人避免重蹈欧洲大陆的覆辙,躲开那些会降低生产力的过头做法。


SRI MULYANI INDRAWATI


然而与此同时,在借欧洲之镜来照亚洲之形的时候,若只是着眼那些失误的政策,将欧洲作为反面教材,恐怕也不妥当。欧洲若是一无是处,也不可能实现人类历史上最高质量的生活水准──这里所说的"是处"即指贸易与开放。


A Chinese proverb tells us that it is wise to learn from your own mistakes but wiser to learn from the mistakes of others. Asian leaders should take this advice to heart as they juggle between policies for social welfare and economic dynamism. By keeping a keen eye on Europe's fiscal crises, they can avoid the worst of the Continent's productivity-reducing excess.


二战以降数十年间,欧洲已成为世界的贸易中心。2008年,全球的商品与服务贸易中,有半数涉及欧洲大陆。其中有三分之二发生在欧洲大陆之内,这帮助那些发展中的小国家得以接触到大市场。


At the same time, it would be a mistake for Asia to look to Europe solely for lessons on which policies to avoid. Europe could not have attained the highest quality of life in human history without doing some things right