On the global measure, people start out at age 18 feeling pretty good about themselves, and then, apparently, life begins to throw curve balls.

根据全球范围的测验，人们从18岁开始对自己感觉告别好，然后很明显地，生活抛出了一个曲线球。

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He was brought out of this feeling by the sudden appearance of a curve ahead, which he had not expected.

突然，出乎他的预料，前面出现了一段弯路，打消了他的这种感觉。

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And then, just as they came to the last curve in a narrow, winding valley, Lucy heard above all these noises another noise - a different one, which gave her a queer feeling inside.

他们刚刚来到峡谷的最后一个转弯处，露茜就听出在所有这些声音之外，又有另一种声音——那是一种不同的声音，她一听心里就有一种怪异的感觉。

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"There is a growing feeling that the MPC has misjudged the severity of the recession and is therefore behind the curve, " said Edward Menashy, chief economist at stockbrokers Charles Stanley.

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