We are decent, ironic, cosmopolitan people horrified by the Loughners of the world, are we not?

讽刺意味的是我们都是体面的城市人却被Loughner的世界所惊吓，难道不是吗？

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I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive.

人们会以为我死了而将我活埋的想法让我极度恐惧。

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People were horrified by one tale of a three-year-old boy scalded by boiling water in an accident at his home.

民众被一个在自己家中事故中不幸被开水烫伤的三岁小男孩的遭遇震惊了。

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There was a time not long ago when people were horrified at the idea of interracial marriage.

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But the Iran hostage crisis played a huge role because the American people were horrified that our fellow citizens were being held hostage, number one.

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Ms Hough said she had seen the vehicle parked in the disabled bay at Sainsbury's, but that there was "no disabled badge in the window and people were horrified that it had been parked there".

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