Humour can help in a tense situation.

幽默能够缓和紧张局面。

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South Africa's roads and railways and even ocean shipping are in a tense situation, and it needs to be upgraded.

南非的公路和铁路甚至是海运都是比较紧张的，需升级换代。

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But because "especially in a tense situation like ours, employees can do bad things and then get suspended by leadership".

而是因为“尤其是在我们现在所处的紧张局势中，雇员会做一些不好的事情，然后被领导层怀疑。”

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These are interactive situations that force you to make a difficult choice in a tense situation.

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The first was during a tense situation early in the game where Elizabeth is trying to understand what's going on and why people were fighting over her.

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On Friday, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti said the situation was tense in the southwestern town of Les Cayes a day after demonstrations over the rising cost of living there led to an attack against the U.N. office.

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