昨晚，一些可怕的事情发生了。

Last night, something terrible happened.

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可怕的事情发生了。

Terrible things happened.

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但是一天一件可怕的事情发生了。

But one day a terrible thing happened.

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Then a bunch of terrible things obviously begin to happen that shake the security of this society, and ultimately bring it down.

然后,显然一些可怕的事情开始发生了,它动摇了社会的安定,最终导致其崩溃

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if you look at slaughter houses, what's going on, it's sad.

如果你去屠宰场看看，看看那里发生的事情，你就知道有多可怕。

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