1·The old continent's economies are widely derided for their rigid markets, high taxes and lack of entrepreneurial vim.
这个古老大陆的经济正以他们僵化的市场,较高的税负和缺乏活力的企业被人们所耻笑。
2·And when the talent ran out immigrants arrived, to bring extra vim not only to the building trades but, because lots of them are Polish, to Ireland's fading Roman Catholic church.
人才流失时,移民到来了。他们不仅为建筑行业增添了活力,而且还为爱尔兰不断衰弱的罗马天主教堂输送了新鲜血液,因为大多数移民都是波兰人。