1. Even as I sat staring blankly (茫然地) at my boss, hearing, "I've got bad news: we're going to have to let you go,"
    甚至当我坐在那里，茫然地看着老板，听着他说:"我有个坏消息要告诉你：我们将不得不让你走了"时，

2. Bad customs and laws ought to be abolished.
    不良的习俗和法规应予以废除。

3. Bad man, the accidental, noble outlaw.
    有坏人啦, 出人意料的逃.

4. Bad workmen blame their tools.
    技术拙劣的工人埋怨自己的工具。

5. But there was worse to come. Just ahead of us there was a huge fissure.
    不过接着就更糟了。前面不远出现了一条巨大的地裂。

6. Bad meat smells nasty.
    坏肉的气味很难闻。

7. But, if this world is not merely a bad joke, life a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance of the stars,
    如果这个世界不只是一个拙劣的恶作剧，如果人生不只是群星寒光中平凡的一闪，

8. But there was worse to come.
    但是更糟糕的事情在等着我们，

9. But he lives so far away, and it is such a bad night that I have decided to ask you to go instead.
    但是他住得离这儿那么远，天气又这么糟糕，所以我决定请你替我跑一趟。

10. But the very success of jukus in training youngsters to pass exams has made the competition worse: Jukus help more students pass exams, so the exams have to be made more difficult.
    然而，恰恰是课外学校在训练孩子通过考试方面的成功，使得竞争更为激烈：课外学校帮助越来越多的孩子通过考试，考试就需设计得越来越难。