Companies around the world have cashed in on lower interest rates to refinance their way out of trouble.(全世界的公司用低利率以現金再融資，使公司走出困境。)

This despite a 'strong and persistent' La Nina weather system in the Pacific - an effect which should lead to lower temperatures across the world.(盡管太平洋發生的“猛烈、持續性”的拉尼娜氣候現象使世界范圍內出現降溫，但還是難撼今年的熱度。)

Now, this idealism doesn't refer to us being idealistic in that we try to build a better world, or, on a lower scale, a working long-term love relationship.(此唯心主義并非指我們嘗試建立一個更美好的世界，或者在更小范圍內來說，建立一個長期可行的愛的關系的理想狀態。)

Then Sisyphus watches the stone rush down in a few moments toward that lower world whence he will have to push it up again toward the summit.(西西弗斯于是看到巨石在幾秒鐘內又向著下面的世界滾下，而他則必須把這巨石重新推上山頂。)

So strenuous are their efforts, in fact, that the real-world inflation rate may even be slightly lower than the official one.(事實上，他們費盡心思的努力可能會使真實通脹率比官方公布的數據更低一些。)

On Wednesday, central Banks in nations around the world acted together to lower interest rates.(本周三，全球國家的中英銀行一起行動，降低了利率。)

Given the high food prices around the world and the need for poor people to lower their cost of food, it just does not make sense for the Doha negotiations to founder upon this barrier.(鑒于全世界糧食價格偏高且貧困人口要求降低食品成本，如果多哈回合因這一壁壘而失敗，就顯得毫無疑義了。)

Sugar and alcohol: Old World grapes are less ripe and lower in sugar, because they tend to be grown in cooler-weather regions.(糖和酒精：舊世界的葡萄成熟度較低，含糖量較少，因為它們往往種植于較寒冷地區，而新世界葡萄生長于較溫暖地區。)

Even in Brazil, which has not experienced an outbreak of the disease, weakening world demand and lower prices have induced the main suppliers to reduce production by 15% this year.(甚至在沒有出現禽流感的巴西，由于世界需求減弱和價格下跌，主要供應商已經把今年的生產減少了15%。)

Rather there seems to be less hype and more reality about BRIC's place in a world in which manufacturers are chasing lower costs of production and distribution and seeking new markets.(相反地，從某種程度上說，在當今這個制造商們追求低成本生產及分銷、尋求新市場的世界里，金磚四國的地位似乎少了幾分夸大其詞，倒多了幾分真實了。)