It's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.

如果你以欢快的嗓音开始播报新闻，但却突然意识到那是一篇致人死亡的交通事故的报道时，那就太遗憾了。

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Because it's such a pity if you start off on a bright tone on a story and suddenly realize you are talking about some people having been killed in a road crash.

因为如果你一开始用欢快的语调讲一个故事，然后突然意识到你讲的是一些在车祸中丧生的人，这是很遗憾的。

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Last week, one operated by the taxi company Uber struck and killed a woman pushing her bicycle across a wide road in Arizona.

上周，出租车公司优步（Uber）的一辆车在亚利桑那州一条宽阔的道路上撞死了一名推着自行车的女性。

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Mr Kirchner himself became president only after his predecessor and former political patron, Eduardo Duhalde, left office early after policemen trying to clear a road killed two demonstrators.

ECONOMIST: Argentina and Uruguay

Devils are common on the island, and in some national parks you can watch them tear apart road-killed wombats.

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The spokesman said that 173 cyclists were killed in road accidents in the UK last year.

BBC: Cyclist