尽管去年2月的地震和海啸造成了严重的破坏，但智利经济已经以近6%的速度成长，而本届政府上任的头九个月中就已经创造了历史最高的近300,000个新增就业岗位。
Despite the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami of last February, Chile’s economy is already growing at close to 6%, and we have created nearly 300,000 new jobs in the first nine months of my administration – the highest in our country’s history.