During that time, it would have seemed ridiculous to ask whether investors were in the middle of a long bear market.

投资者是否处在熊市之中？在那段时间内问这个问题会显得相当可笑。

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"Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night without any reason and feel sick, especially if I haven't eaten in a long time," said Wang, adding that he rarely goes to a hospital.

“有时我会在半夜醒来，没有任何原因，只是感到不舒服，特别是如果我长时间没有吃东西时，”王还说他很少去医院。

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ICICI bank, for a long time the pin-up of the private Banks, paused for breath in 2009, rejigging its strategy to target industry as well as India's burgeoning middle classes.

ICICI银行长期以来一直是私人银行的偶像，2009年停下来，喘口气，调整了战略，同时将工业和印度成长迅速的中产阶级做为服务对象。

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