问答题

Within a very short time of coming back into power the present government had taken steps to stabilize the position. First of all, we applied ourselves to identifying the root causes of our national ailments, examining contemporary evidence and refusing to be slaves to outmoded doctrinaire beliefs. Secondly we embarked on a reasoned policy to ensure steady economic growth, the modernization of industry, and a proper balance between public and private expenditure. Thirdly by refusing to take refuge—as the previous Government had continually done in the preceding years—in panic-stricken stop-gap measures, we stimulated the return of international confidence. As a result of those immediate measures, and aided by the tremendous effort which they evoked front our people who responded as so often before to a firm hand al the helm, we weathered the storm and moved on into calmer waters and a period of economic expansion and social reorganization.

解析：
【翻译要点】
名词的复数意义和具体意义名词，尤其是抽象名词，当构成复数后，往往具有一定的具体意义，在翻译时，要注意把这种意思译出。如本题前两句中几个名词都是复数steps，ailments，beliefs，翻译时要根据情况把它们的复数意义表达出来。如用“们”“许多”、“各种”、“一些”：在重新执政后极短的时间里，本届政府就采取了许多措施来稳定局势。首先，我们致力于找出国内种种弊病的根本原因，仔细研究当时的症状，而不是墨守过时的成规教条。