This is a sad story about sacrifice as well as a moving story about hope.

这是一个关于牺牲的伤感故事同时也是关于希望的感人故事。

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The story of this law, the largest and toughest of its kind in the country, is a sad tale for its supporters and enemies alike.

属于该法律类型的犯罪在美国是影响最广的最残酷的，这部法律的由来对于该法的支持者后反对者来说是一个悲惨的故事。

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This is really a sad story. Did they trace back your luggage?

情况真是糟糕。他们找回你的行李了吗？

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In some ways, this is the sad story of a scientist who probably wanted nothing more than to work peacefully in the lab and classroom, but was pushed one way and another by the great political currents of his era, from McCarthyism to Maoism.

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And because the forces of intellectual fashion behind that public-health vision of social policy are inexorable, this story is likely to offer a somewhat sad ending: ever-higher sin taxes on an ever-greater range of recreational foods.

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The takeaway from this true and sad story is that we all need to keep a close watch on a 90 year old like George with memory problems.

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