The giddiness of their expectations was now offset by brutal reality, and most of them were facing the fact that they would spend their lives in a postboom economy.

他们曾抱着发大财的美梦而来，可面对的却是残酷的现实。 在现实面前，他们不得不设法在那个繁荣已成历史的地方苟延残喘。

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The brutal downsizing America's car companies have undergone means that they have a chance of flourishing in the lean times ahead.

美国汽车公司的无情经历告诉他们只有未雨绸缪才有兴旺的可能。

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They think that men are always brutal and forceful and they want to protect children and animals from them.

她们认为男人是残忍和强有力的，所以她们要保护孩子和动物免受男人的伤害。

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Willingham had grown close to some of his prison mates, even though he knew that they were guilty of brutal crimes.

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If Uribe softens his stance towards the FARC, it means that his administration is subject to be intimidated and the message to the terrorists will be that if they become more brutal with their hostages, authorities will eventually give in.

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They will want the memorial to take them back to who they were on that brutal September morning.

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