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Euro-zone economies 欧元区经济 Mirabile dictu 说也奇怪 A recovery at last, but no revelation 终于有所复苏，但是也不出乎意料 THE prayed-for recovery in the euro area hasfinally come to pass. After a dismal 18 months in recession, euro-zone GDP rose by 0.3% in the second quarter from its level in early 2013. That outcomewas a bit stronger than expected, although the outlook for growth remains weak. 欧元区祈求已久的复苏终于来了。经历了十八个月低沉的衰退之后，相比2013年第一季度，欧元区的GDP在第二季度增加了0.3%。这个表现强于预期，尽管增长的前景仍然堪忧。 The upturn was led by Germany, whose GDP increased by 0.7%. France did surprisingly well,with output up by 0.5%. There was also some encouraging news from southern Europe.Output continued to fall in Italy and Spain but the rate of decline slackened to 0.2% and0.1% respectively. And there was a sharp rebound in Portugal, which has suffered a deeprecession: its GDP grew by 1.1%. 这次回升由德国主导，其GDP增长了0.7%。法国的表现有点出乎意料，增长了0.5%之多。南欧也有好消息。尽管意大利和西班牙的GDP继续下滑，但是各自只下滑了0.2%和0.1%。而葡萄牙则有一个剧烈的反弹，之前经历了很严重的衰退，而现在GDP增长了1.1%。 | 
