爱尔兰退出欧债救援计划
爱尔兰下月将退出欧债危机救援计划。
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201311/201311130438257614633.mp3Now perhaps it's the luck of the Irish. In a month's time the Republic of Ireland will become the first victim of Europe's debt crisis to exit its bailout programme. It's an achievement many thought might not happen for quite some time. The country suffered the indignity of an international financial rescue when its economy was struck by a housing collapse. So the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank lent Dublin more than $100 billion. In return the country has had to slash public spending, cut wages and lay off workers. So as the economy picks up, light is now appearing at the end of the tunnel. But how has five years of non-stop cuts and tax hikes affected the normally jovial Irish? The BBC's Joe Lynam has been to Dublin to find out.
Mandy and thousands of others haven't seen any impact as yet while Ireland's recovering economy. GDP is rising, so is job creation. Unemployment is falling, so are government borrowing costs. And that's despite taking 16% of GDP out of the economy since 2008. So the fact that Ireland is growing at all is something of a miracle. Technology is one of the reasons.也许这就是爱尔兰的运气了。再有一个月，爱尔兰共和国就要成为第一个摆脱欧洲援助计划的欧洲债务危机受创国家了。这项成果在如此短的时间内达成，让很多人始料未及。爱尔兰当初由于房市崩溃而被迫接受国际金融援助。都柏林方面从欧盟、国际货币基金组织以及欧洲中央银行那里拿到了1000多亿美金，但同时爱尔兰需要削减公共支出，降低工资水平并裁员。所以既然现在经济状况转好，我们也就看到了曙光。但是五年不间断的削减支出提高税率会对一向欢乐的爱尔兰人有什么影响呢？BBC记者Joe Lynam在都柏林为您带来报道。
在爱尔兰经济复苏的这段时间里，Mandy以及成千上万爱尔兰人到目前为止并没有受到任何影响。GDP高了，工作机会多了。失业率下降了，政府的借款利率降低了。自2008年以来一直都提取GDP的16%（也许是用来还债），所以爱尔兰经济能增长这个事实本身就已经是个奇迹了。科技就是其增长的原因之一。
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