One man wrote to me recently saying that he had suffered cancer of the face, which left him heavily scarred and almost completely without confidence after a subsequent divorce.

最近我收到一封来信，来信的人说自己深受癌症的煎熬，妻子又弃他而去，他几乎已经失去了活下去的信心。

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In his letter he alluded me to a matter which I had completely forgotten.

他的信中提及了一件我已完全忘却的事情。

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I had him fooled so completely that every time he asked me a question, I would make the situation seem worse and worse.

我愚弄他愚弄得非常彻底，以至于每一次他问我一个问题，我都会把情况说得似乎更糟糕。

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My caller - who appeared by the way to be completely convinced that he was offering a legitimate product - told me that his firm had lots of satisfied customers.

BBC: A phone call for Mr Sellan