As for the cost of stabilization, estimates in the Stern Review range from 3.4% of GNP to -3.9% (since saving energy reduces energy costs, the latter estimate is not as startling as it appears).

至于稳定大气层中二氧化碳水平的代价，根据《斯特恩报告》的预计，在国民生产总值3.5%到-3.9%的范围内（因为节约能源减少了能源成本，后一 预计数字并不像它看起来那么惊人）。

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If the problem is excess saving, and if uncertainty erodes confidence, a massive injection of liquidity such as the ECB’s in response to the subprime crisis may be necessary but not sufficient.

如果问题是胜于储蓄，而且如果不确定性破坏信心，那么，类似欧洲央行回应次级房贷危机而大量注入流动性或许是必要的，但确实不够的。

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The United States has no compulsory saving plan, and it has an abysmally low – in fact, negative – personal saving rate.

美国没有强制性的储蓄计划，而且其个人储蓄水平极为低下，实际上是负数。

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The State shall advocate that laborers practise individual insurance in form of saving account.

国家提倡劳动者 个人进行储蓄性保险。

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Development of architectural water-saving, energy-saving, land-saving and material-saving key technology

建筑节水、节能、节地及节材关键技术开发

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So, although they won’t succeed in raising saving on the scale that Singapore has, they can make real progress.

所以，尽管它们无法把储蓄水平提高到新加坡那样的高度，但是它们还是可以取得实际的进展。

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Units and individuals making energy-consuming products shall not use forged energy-saving quality authentication marks or imitate energy-saving quality authentication marks.

生产用能产品的单位和个人，不得使用伪造的节能质量认证标志或者冒用节能质量认证标志。

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There are other instruments available for increasing domestic saving and reducing consumption besides the fiscal balance.

除了财政平衡，还有其他一些可用于提高国内储蓄并降低消费水平的工具。

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True, savings rates in emerging markets and oil-rich countries have been increasing since 1970, and especially in the last few years, but this has been offset by declining saving rates in advanced countries.

确实，新兴市场和富含石油的国家的储蓄率自二十世纪七十年代以来是上升的，但是它被发达国家下降的储蓄率抵消 了。

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The design and construction of the investment project with fixed assets shall comply with standards for rational energy utilization and energy-saving design standards.

固定资产投资工程项目的设计和建设，应当遵守合理用能标准和节能设计规范。

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By saving themselves, they may also be able to play an instrumental role in saving China.

在拯救他们自己的同时，他们也许还可以帮助拯救整个中国。

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One of the biggest challenges governments face is humans’ apathy about future saving.

各国政府面对的最大的挑战之一就是人们对于未来储蓄无动于衷。

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Some people want to spend a lot now on education, or psychotherapy, or whatever else is important to them now, and so want to postpone saving until later.

有些人想要在教育、心理治疗或者任何对于他们现在是重要的事情上花大钱，所以就想推迟储蓄。

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The sudden influx of Chinese and Indian technologies represents the “browning” of African technology, which has long been the domain of “white” Americans and Europeans who want to apply their saving hand to African problems.

中国和印度技术突然的涌入代表了非洲技术的“黄种化”。而这里原本是由“白种”的美国人和欧洲人占领的，他们试图为非洲的问题伸出援助之手。

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Laws requiring the wearing of seatbelts save many lives.

要求系安全带的法律挽救了许多人的性 命。

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