He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Stanford.

他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生，他的才华使他考上了斯坦福。

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Imagine the poor guy on the ground, sitting there at a red light, as a flaming five car pile-up is hurdling down towards him from the sky.

想像一下在地上的那位可怜的哥们儿，正等着红灯呢，就眼看着五辆燃着大火的车从天上向他砸过来。

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Ironically, it was a poor start from American David Oliver that cost him the race.

很讽刺，美国大卫·奥列佛的开场表现很差，使他在比赛中失败了。

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But from a lofted ball his poor touch took him away from the target as Jaaskelainen bore down on him and when Fowler laid the ball off to Villanueva the Chilean slipped at the vital moment.

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Button qualified only fifth in Spain, and a poor first lap put him down to ninth, from where he was not able to use the full performance of the car.

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They see their neighbour, who borrowed more than he could afford to buy a fancy house, getting a bail-out to save him from the consequences of his own poor judgment.

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