经济学人下载:哈罗德品特的《昔日》

Now we might have to return to the old standbys.
不过，现在我们恐怕不得不回到前面老二样上去了。

For one small group of investors, this return to normal places them in a new, confounding position.
对一小部分投资者来说，情况恢复正常让他们陷入了另一种惶恐状态。

2.tend to 易于,倾向于

Smaller laptops also tend to have longer battery life.
小巧的电脑也趋向更长的电池持续时间。

I tend to prefer light colors.
我往往更喜欢淡颜色。

3.seem to 似乎

But you don't seem to think so.
但你似乎不这么看。

Europe's troubles seem to be costing them business.
欧洲危机看来正在影响到当地的业务。

4.compete with 与...竞争

How can spain compete with this cost disadvantage?
成本劣势如此明显，西班牙如何竞争？

That leaves pc makers largely where they were to begin with, struggling to compete with apple.
许多PC制造商一夜之间回到了起点，又要拼命地与苹果进行竞争。