You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.

当我告诉你这些的时候，你肯定会认为我失态了。

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Ll: Oh, a basket case is someone who is really upset or nervous.

噢，原来basket case就是指一个人很紧张，很不高兴。

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Instead I say to myself: damn you, Henry Kissinger, for calling my country a basket case.

相反，我对自已说，得了，连基辛格都说这个国家”一堆麻烦“呢。

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How can one of the world's biggest economies be described by some as a basket case and by others as taking over the world?

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