Present somber news with a more serious expression. To communicate interest in your listeners, keep your expression alert and friendly.

你的面部表情应当自然地与信息相配合地作出相应改变，说到严肃的问题时要有更严肃的表情，与听众谈判兴趣时则要保持机敏、友好的表情。

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A somber-looking Obama admitted during a news conference that there is no support for a cap and trade bill to control emissions.

在新闻发布会上，奥巴马脸色阴郁地承认目前没有获得关于控制排放量的总量管制和交易议案的任何支持。

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Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

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Far more somber was the director of Mr.Obama's National Economic Council, Larry Summers,who spoke on Fox News Sunday.

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Worse, political experts say, is the somber news for Romney that only 45% of those polled by CNN said that the economy would get better if Romney were elected -- two percentage points below Obama's number.

CNN: Is Romney's campaign stalled?

Microsoft wants to chill everyone out with the somber news that its got no plans to introduce Windows 7 any earlier than January 2010 (three years from the launch of Vista), and reassure us that crazy old Gates may have just been talkin' developer speak.

ENGADGET: Windows 7 still slated for 2010 says Microsoft, Bill Gates just crazy-talking

Rather than the somber tone adopted on traditional media broadcasts, Twitter immediately started cracking jokes about the news.

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