It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks.

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It was not even like that three years ago, which I think is a really bad mistake.

三年前还不是这样，这次我觉得真的错得很离谱。

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He kept the bad news a secret for more than three years.

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This translated into bad grades, bad choices, and a three-month stint at juvenile hall.

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In the third over, first-choice wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum, playing as a specialist batsman because of a bad back, but promoted to number three, fumbled a regulation catch at second slip when Broad edged on 21.

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