We've thrown ourselves into cutthroat waters without a life preserver in sight, exposing our workers to the harsh mercy of global competition without showing them any mercy of our own.

我们将自己投身到了竞争激烈的大海中，却看不到救生艇，让我们的工人们面对全球竞争的残酷，却没有给他们任何自己人的怜悯。

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While these ads yielded small amounts of money compared to banner ads at the time, as the dot-com bubble burst, this system became our life preserver.

尽管这种广告比横幅广告赚的钱少，但在网络泡沫破灭的时候，这套系统成了我们的生命线。

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Nor should she have had to, her aides insist. Fumed one: "That's like telling a drowning man that you are not going to help him until he asks for a life preserver."

有人甚至愤怒的说:“这就好比像是要求一个溺水的人必须说出他要一个救生圈，不然你不帮他一样”。

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