Company executives may be boring Gradgrinds, bankers the spawn of the devil and politicians crooks and liars.

企业的高管们也许像令人厌的葛擂梗（Gradgrinds，译者注：狄更斯小说《艰难时世》中的人物），是万恶之源的银行家和瞒天海的政治家。

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

并呼唤我，我回应你的呼唤；与你一艰难时世；我传诵你的神圣，并景仰你。

Times were hard and feeling was bitter against anyone who had had anything to do with Bullock and his crowd.

现在时世艰难，人们对任何一个跟布洛克州长及其一伙有关系的人都抱着强烈的敌意。

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness.

首先，我想称颂戴安娜自己，她是一个特殊而具有天赋的人，无论时世艰难与否，她从来没有失去微笑和用温暖和善良去激励他人。