I'm afraid this essay is a poor effort.

很抱歉，这篇文章写得不好。

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He was a poor actor.

他是个差劲的演员。

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She's a good teacher but a poor manager.

她长于教学，却拙于管理。

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The second group did not. But some medical researchers refused to accept that a poor diet caused pellagra.

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Now this is actually a poor way to do it, because you might say, well, it's just the list.

它以这种形式显示出来了，现在这实际上是一种很差劲的方法，因为你可能会说，好吧。

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So if someone is from a poor family, but they get admitted to Harvard Law School,

所以如果有人家庭贫困，但是被哈佛法学院录取了，

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Hamburg's Abendblatt said it was a poor spectacle with Germany getting through - "but only just".

BBC: Joy and relief for Germans

Of course it could be that Pegasus is just a poor investment, as some have asserted.

FORBES: Attack On Pegasus

China is also unique in encountering a serious problem with aging while still a poor country.

WSJ: Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture