Boys are often sold to families desperate for an heir; girls can be reared as future brides for rural men.

男孩经常卖给那些极度渴望有个继承人的家庭，女孩则可以成为农村男人未来的新娘。

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After the accident, desperate for answers, I visited many priests and asked why all my girls were taken.

车祸后，我绝望地寻找一个答案。我拜访了很多牧师，问他们为什么上帝要带走我的女儿们？

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Girls desperate to know what to do, put the ticket to another world to the professor.

女孩绝望地不知所措，就把去另一世界的票给了教授。

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There was a similar crisis in 1997 when Desperate Dan sailed off with the Spice Girls after striking oil and temporarily retired from the pages of Dandy.

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It is very common for boys to try to impress girls with a string of jokes, each one more desperate than the last.

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And there was an outcry from fans in 1997 when Desperate Dan was supposedly to be retired after heading off into the sunset with the Spice Girls - although DC Thomson later admitted the storyline had been a publicity stunt to generate attention for its 60th anniversary.

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