Indeed, since Lehman's bankruptcy filing, the financial crisis has spun further out of control, causing a nearly complete seizure of the credit markets and stock-market dropsaround the world.
确实，自雷曼兄弟申请破产以来，金融危机已经进一步失控，导致信贷市场几乎完全瘫痪，全球股市纷纷下挫。
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Down on the plain, the heavens have opened, huge drops of rain hammering into the muddy ruts which mark the road around the turn-off to the refinery.
在下面的平原上，暴雨滂沱，大滴的雨点敲打在泥泞的车辙上，车辙标识出沿着岔道通往炼铝厂的道路。
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It is impossible for returns to fall by more than 100%-the rather frequent drops of around 50% represent huge destructions of paper wealth.