To employ an epic to teach language is like using a sword to shave with — sad for the sword, bad for the chin.

用叙事诗来教语言，就如用一把剑来刮胡子- - -既委屈了剑也为难了下巴。

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This all originate to a young man from Nanning who uploaded a video clip online to express his sad feelings on a bad date he had earlier that day.

这一切都源自于一个南宁小伙上传了一段视频在网络上来表达他当天悲伤的心情。

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In the past, he was manager, clothes to hand out rice to mouth, and now for me, actually passed so hard, every time I think, I feel bad too sad.

以前，他是老总，衣来伸手，饭来张口，现在为了我，竟然过得这样苦，每次想起，我都心疼得难受。

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"The first reaction is to be sympathetic,like,'Oh,wow, these are really sad stories and I feel bad.' And then,the second thing that happens is you look up the crime and you are horrified,".

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Although it would make me very, very sad to discover this, I suppose it's possible some of you have such bad lives that moving on to the experience machine would be a step up.

虽然我会很难过，我想你们中有些人一生不顺,连接上体验机器可能是个好转。

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The sad truth about lending: Bad things happen to good companies.

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When I told him the bad news he dropped his eyes to the floor, shook his head and expressed quietly how sad he was about the problems that are affecting his country.

BBC: Now, as I sit on a plane back to Australia, reality has set in