The ability to break bad news to travellers more sympathetically is one reason London Underground is keen to increase its number of female drivers from 100---just three percent of driving staff.

对于旅行者来说，在发生危险时，女性驾驶员更能安抚人心。这是伦敦地铁热衷于增加其女性驾驶员数量的原因之一。伦敦地铁现有女性驾驶员100人，仅占驾驶人员总数的百分之三。

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I break the bad news gently.

我小心说出这个坏消息。

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He did not however, enter immediately, and Mrs Durbeyfield said that she would break the bad news to him herself, Tess keeping out of sight for the present.

但是他没有立即走进来，德北菲尔德太太说她自己可以把这个不幸的消息告诉他，要苔丝先不要见她父亲。

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"He also needed the other 52 lamps that I hadn't restored yet, which nearly doubled the price, " says Burden, who called Govan to break the bad news.

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It's better to break the bad news about money concerns, such as missed revenue projections or cash-flow gaps, before there's nothing left in your company's bank account.

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My translator asked our intelligence escort if we could take a break, and returned with bad news: the bus tour lasted until seven.

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