1·Defying predictions of their imminent military defeat, Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka launched an attack on Colombo using two light aircraft, both of which were shot down.
斯里兰卡哦泰米尔猛虎组织藐视对其即将军事行动失败的预测，用两架轻型飞机在科伦坡发动袭击，随后均被击落。
2·That said, Sri Lanka was never going to be a candidate for draconian loan conditions, as its macroeconomic policies are already liberal by the standards of most emerging markets that seek IMF support.
这些情况表明，斯里兰卡从未经历异常严峻，急需贷款的情形，该国的宏观经济政策同大多数寻求国际货币基金组织援助的新兴市场相比已经算是自由市场。
3·Sri Lanka's almost wholly literate inhabitants, 75% of them Sinhalese and 12% Sri Lankan Tamils, share an understandable pride in their island.
斯里兰卡几乎所有识字的居民——75%是锡兰族人，12%是泰米尔·斯里兰卡人——共同拥有对这个岛屿的可被理解的自豪。
4·The IMF also expects Sri Lanka to boost exchange-rate flexibility, which could suggest that further unwelcome (from the Sri Lankan perspective) depreciation lies ahead.
国际货币基金组织同样也希望斯里兰卡能够加强汇率灵活度，而这并不收到欢迎(从斯里兰卡的观点出发)货币即将贬值。
5·Sri Lanka built 40, 000 transitional shelters—something between a tent and a proper house—in six months.
斯里兰卡花费了6个月建造了40000套处在帐篷和真正的房子之间的临时性住房。