它们常常坏我们的好事，把最美妙的时刻糟蹋成不堪忍受的折磨。

They can turn the best of occasions into a form of torture.

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但是真正的原因是殖民者强加在人民身上，持续200年的不堪忍受的重负。

But the real reason was the backbreaking burden that the colonial masters imposed on the people for over 200 years.

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然而，在这不堪忍受的痛苦之中，欢乐的花火似乎不时地在我心头闪现，我为此感到惊奇。

And yet in the midst of this unbearable grief, flashes of joy seemed to sparkle in my mind, now and again, in a way which quite surprised me.

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