尽管有着铝土矿和钻石的巨大储量，几内亚却是处境狼狈，普通民众的生活每况愈下。

For despite vast reserves of bauxite and diamonds, Guinea is in a terrible mess, and life for ordinary people continues to worsen.

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2处境真是狼狈啊。 情况摆得很清楚，唯一的办法显然只好若无其事地步行。 他们就这么做了。

2This was a quandary but, bringing common sense to bear on it, evidently there was nothing for it but put a good face on the matter and foot it which they accordingly did.

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