1. 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。

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

3. 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。

4. By taking people as they are, we make them worse, but by treating them as if they already were what they ought to be, we help make them better.
    视人静止不变，则令其退步，而视其进步发展、待他如同他的潜力已经发挥，则助其进步。

5. This was worse than ´a terrible secret´; this was a real skeleton!
    这是比"骇人听闻的秘密"更加惊人的东西，这是一具真正的骷髅啊！

6. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor.
    更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。

7. Things seemed always to go from almost incredibly bad to worse. Even Mr. Torres's good luck has a dark side:
    事情似乎总是从糟糕透顶变得更加恶化，甚至多里斯先生的好运也总伴随着不幸。

8. His health is getting steadily worse.
    他的健康每况愈下。

9. He is behaving worse than ever.
    他表现得更坏了.

10. Inflation keeps getting worse.
    通货膨胀日益恶化。