希腊正竭力筹集资金，但加利福尼亚也是如此。加州经济占美国的比例(八分之一)远超过希腊占欧元区的比例(略多于四十分之一)。
Greece is struggling to raise funds, but so is California, which accounts for a far bigger share of America's output (one-eighth) than Greece does of the euro zone's (a bit more than one-fortieth).
如果四十一位参议员就可以挡下一个法案，又如果这些参议员通通是属于人口最少的州，那么只要美国十分之一人口的代表就可以让国会停顿下来了。
If 41 senators can block a bill, and if they all happen to come from the least-populated states, politicians representing about a tenth of the population can block the work of Congress.
至今唯一开发的自然资源就是石油，南方的石油储量巨大（探明储量是67亿桶，是沙特的四十分之一）。
The only natural resource tapped thus far is oil, of which the south has quite a bit (6.7 billion barrels in proven reserves, or a 40th of Saudi Arabia’s pool).
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