1.If the economy, unsurprisingly, is doing much better than it was a year ago, it has also picked up momentum in the past quarter.
如果经济，毫不奇怪，这样做是远远优于这是一年前，它也加快的势头，在过去的四分之一。
2.Over the past quarter-century it has averaged 3% a year, accounting for roughly the same amount of GDP growth as capital investment.
在过去的25年里，它的TFP年均增长3%，大约与资本投入所拉动的GDP增幅相当。
3.During the past quarter century this power has not only increased to one of disturbing magnitude but it has changed in character.
在过去的四分之一世纪里，这种力量不仅增大到了令人不安的程度，而且其性质亦发生了变化。
4.The median age of CEOs has fallen steadily, albeit slowly, for the past quarter of a century.
过去25年，尽管比较缓慢，但首席执行官的年龄中值一直在稳步下降。
5.The workforce increased by nearly 9 per cent in the past quarter compared with a year ago, according to regulatory filings.
据监管文件显示，上个季度，高盛的职工总数比去年同期增加了近9%。
6.Although the world is eager to fly and thirsts for oil, it has had little appetite for new nuclear power for the past quarter of a century.
尽管世界急欲飞行而又渴求石油，但在过去的25年中，它对新增核能却并无多大胃口。
7.Over the past quarter-century, however, almost all of these regulations have been swept away.
然而，在过去的25年，几乎所有这些监管规定都被取消了。
8.First, that the expansion of political and social freedoms over the past quarter of a century is vindicated.
首先，这证明过去25年间政治和社会自由的扩展是正确的。
9.MAKE no mistake: virtually anybody who has invested in Bouygues SA over the past quarter of a century is better off for having done so.
千真万确：过去25年间任何投资布伊格股份有限公司的投资者实际上都赚了。
10.If the story of the past quarter of a century has a one-line plot summary, it is the rediscovery of the power of market capitalism.
如果说过去的25年，世界经济的发展有一条主线的话，那就是重新发现了市场经济的力量。