The prospect of a collapsed car industry was so terrifying that a church in Detroit placed three hybrid SUVs on its altar and prayed for divine intervention.

汽车工业崩溃的后果不堪设想，底特律一家教堂将三辆混合动力SUV置于圣坛之上，人们在下祈祷，希望能够得到神灵的救助。

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Few in the industry prepared for the prospect of declining sales in advanced markets like the U.S.

几乎没有行业人士预见到了美国等发达市场遭遇的下滑、并为此做好准备。

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A market leader in any industry must have the mindshare of the customer and prospect base and be known as an innovator who offers high-quality products and services.

任何行业的市场引领者必须用客户的眼光看事情，并且作为提供高质量产品和服务的革新者。

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While the prospect of employment in the industry will always be an incentive for SEC Commissioners and staffers to fawn over the industry, responsiveness to investors should be a requirement for getting and keeping a job at the agency.

FORBES: SEC Inspector General Asked to Examine to Whom SEC Staff Is Beholden

With that in prospect around the world, one industry figure in Aberdeen said this week this is "a golden era for oilfield services".

BBC: Aberdeen's pipeline of solutions

Liberalisation of mobile phones, and the prospect of full competition in the industry from January next year, has created tens of thousands of new jobs many more than have been lost as Deutsche Telekom slims down. (Not all of these jobs are glamorous hi-tech ones: they include hundreds of men digging up streets to lay new cables).

ECONOMIST: German jobs