2. When a stone falls into a pond, the ripples persist for a while. The credit crunch was a
whopping great boulder.
当一颗石子落入池塘后,荡起的涟漪尚且会持续一段时间。何况信用紧缩(却)是巨如磐石。
3. Washington has been pressuring Beijing to revalue the yuan to solve the problem of its
whopping trade deficit but economists have long pointed out that it is the US' fault.
华盛顿方面已对北京施压,要求重新计算人民币汇率以期解决美方巨大的贸易逆差,但经济学家们早已指出,逆差是美国造成的。