There were many reasons not to have expected Malaysia to be a success. Just as Malaysia was gaining its independence, the Nobel Prize winning economist Gunnar Myrdal wrote an influential book called Asian Drama , in which he predicted a bleak future for the region.
有许多原因让我们预期不到马来西亚的成功。就在马来西亚争取独立的过程中，获得诺贝尔奖的经济学家Gunnar Myrdal写了一本颇具影响力的书《亚洲戏剧》，书中对该地区的未来作了黯淡的预期。