There are a number of best-selling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives.

对于那些想简单人来说，有许多很畅销帮你轻松自助书籍。

Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.

奇怪是，大约两年半写完两部小说后，这个被美国人称为“放慢节奏”试验，却使老掉牙借口变成了现实。

And given the fact that they have been kind of downshifting the pace of rate rises over the past couple of months, all indications had pointed to them kind of continuing with this quarter-point interest rate increase.

鉴于他们在过去几个月中一直在放慢加息步伐，所有迹象都表明他们将继续加息 25 个基点。