Things are not moving as fast as we hoped.

事情的进展不像我们希望的那么快。

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It is the nature of life, that things will not turn out as we hoped, but, it is a mistake to link our sense of self worth to the achievement of external targets.

我们要知道，生活的本质是，事物不会以我们的意志为转移，但是，将自我价值感同外在目标的达成联系在一起却是一个错误。

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The fact is, things are not working out as we hoped.

事实是，事情不像我们所希望的那样解决了。

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"Complaints against gangmasters are increasing, not decreasing as we hoped they would with licence enforcement, " says the report.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Complaints over rogue gangmasters

And while they are higher than when we started, they have not increased by as much as we had hoped.

BBC: Rail fare 'dissatisfaction' grows, survey suggests

The situation, though, has not developed as quickly as we had hoped.

BBC: SPORT | Football | My Club | Blackburn Rovers | Hughes still hoping to sign Mido