Residential construction was growing at an annual rate of 3.3% in the final three months of the year after plunging at a 27.3% rate in the July-September quarter.

自去年第二季度住宅建设以27.3%的速率暴跌后，第四季度平均增长率达到3.3%。

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The number of residential construction jobs has fallen by more than a quarter million since mid-2006.

2006年中期以来，居民房屋建设方面的工作下降了25万多个。

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The UK-wide figures, which were compiled by construction research body Glenigan, indicated a total of 29, 100 residential units were approved during the second quarter of 2011.

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