Two generations toiled and bled only to see their country fall deeper into the abyss of national weakness, civil and foreign wars, and the unbearable sufferings of its people.

两代人的艰辛努力和流血牺牲，只见到国家进一步跌入羸弱，内外战争和民众难于承受的痛苦的深渊。

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The imperialists sold, maltreated and caused the death of numerous Chinese laborers, plunging countless people in old China into an abyss of misery.

帝国主义者大肆贩卖和虐杀华工，使旧中国无数生灵惨遭涂炭。

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A., I found it's just like a slum somewhere on the metro line between the downtown and Long Beach where the black people live in an abyss of misery.

上次去洛杉矶见我的同学，我发现市中心到长岛的那段地铁沿线上到处都是贫民窟，那里的黑人生活得水深火热。

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The purpose of it was to keep people from falling into the abyss, keep us from sliding into a literal depression, and begin to build a ladder to climb out of that hole.

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