Consider the US. Though annual GDP growth is estimated to have rebounded to 4% in the second quarter of 2014, following the 2.1% first-quarter contraction, that still leaves average growth in the first half of the year at a measly 1%.
以美国为例。其今年一季度经济衰退了2.1%，但二季度年GDP增长反弹至4%。尽管如此，上半年平均增长仍只有1%。