This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year . 这不过是以后每年还要递给我们的苦杯的第一口，第一次尝尝味道罢了。
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This, however, formed a part of the bitter cup which she was doomed to drink, to atone for crimes and follies to which she had no accession . 可是，这是她命中注定要喝的一杯苦酒，从而清偿与她毫不相关的罪过和愚蠢。
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After all their high hopes for their sons , they ' ve had a bitter cup to drink : one a drug addict , one in jail , and now the youngest diagnosed a dangerous psychopath 他们一直对儿子们寄于厚望，可结果一个成了吸毒者，一个进了监狱，现在最小的儿子又诊断出患了严重的精神病，他们真是不幸到了极点。
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