In some countries, dogs and cats are commonly considered as pets, while chickens, ducks, and pigs are food.

在一些国家，狗和猫通常被认为是宠物，而鸡、鸭和猪则是食物。

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Because the pigs are exported, the problem is spreading to other countries.

这种问题会随出口的猪蔓延到其他国家。

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The German position, however, seems to be that the PIGS countries cannot maintain the benefit of wage increases that Germans denied themselves.

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As wild migratory birds will sometimes visit farms and as domestic flocks of ducks or chickens often live alongside pigs, especially in developing countries, this is quite feasible.

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And as you can see the desired, target, interest rates are very different for the peripheral countries (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain, the so called PIGS) than they are for the core countries (Belgium Holland, Germany, France etc).

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