扑朔迷离，数字游戏

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伴随着动感十足的南美舞曲，让我们走上布宜诺斯艾利斯的街头，听听这个国家的人们是如何和数字玩捉迷藏的吧~
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Assignment
BBC World Service
Ed Butler
Buenos Aires
Argentina
主持：haifaforever
校对：早安Miki
翻译&注释：haifaforever   
答疑：tvxqshell
口语点评：Redrum2407Hello, and welcome to Assignment on the BBC World Service. I'm Ed Butler. And you find me in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where these days, it's very much a numbers game.
"What is the inflation rate in Argentina?"
"I mean that we don't have really really an accurate idea of how much is it. At the same time, I mean it's not that a big problem."
"Well, give me a picture then, I mean, how many violent crimes you normally deal with in a year in this area?"
"No. No, I don't have those numbers to hand just now. There is another department which I think should be able to help you and have them, but I don't."
"We don't have the numbers, the real numbers. But we feel what is happening, you know."
But with such a wide-ranging lack of reliable statistics, not everyone is sharing that feeling. You see the numbers do seem to show that Argentina has enjoyed something of an economic miracle in recent years. Emerging in 2001 from a financial crisis, it defied the world, defaulted on its debts, and despite bankruptcy and turmoil, bounced back to enjoy a decade of stability and close to double-digit growth.你好，欢迎收听BBC全球服务《任务》节目。我是艾德·巴特勒。你会发现我现在身处阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯，这些天来，这里正在大玩数字游戏。
“阿根廷的通货膨胀率是多少？”
“我是说，我们并不是特别特别清楚到底是多少。不过我觉得这不是什么大问题。”
“嗯，你能不能跟我大概说说，我是说，在这一地区你们一年通常处理多少桩暴力犯罪事件？”
“不，不行，我们目前手头没有这些数据。我想另一个部门应该有，他们应该能帮你，可我不行。”
“我们，我们没有数据，没有具体的数据。不过我们能感觉到具体在发生什么，你知道。”
尽管可靠统计数据的缺乏比比皆是，却并非所有人都感觉到这种缺失。你看，看起来这些数字的确表明阿根廷近年来可说是实现了经济奇迹。它从2001年的金融危机中崛起，令全世界刮目相看，尽管债务未清，而且顶着破产和动乱的压力，阿根廷的经济仍然得以重振旗鼓，十年来一直保持两位数的稳定增长。