Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only ruin your talents but also discourage your desire to succeed in life.

没有什么比做一件你不感兴趣的事情更糟糕的了，因为它不仅会摧毁你的才能，还会挫伤你对成功人生的渴望。

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My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.

随着岁月的流逝，我的祖母变得越来越伤感和虚弱。

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The photos might not have actually costed you anything, but you’ll probably be more sad about losing memories than paying for music downloads again.

这些照片可能不值什么，但照片上遗失的记忆可能比下载mp3让你荷包吐血更让你痛苦。

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Researchers found that those with a short version of a certain gene were more likely to get depressed after a sad or difficult experience.

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And she made her life simpler. During the nineteen seventies, Anne Lindbergh wrote several more books about the happy and sad events of her life.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

"We are really sad that he is no more with us," "Many pop singers, like all our pop singers, they have some kind of influence and they,to some extent, have followed his ideas and compositions, and so it's a big time loss."

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Put simply, there are more sad people out there to make poor financial decisions these days.

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Each percentage point of unemployment will create a million more sad stories this winter.

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Today feels so damn familiar, like any well-known story, and the familiarity makes me even more sad and angry than I would otherwise be, and I hope you too.

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