A FINANCIAL crisis on the scale of the one unfolding on Wall Street would be terrible at any juncture.

席卷华尔街的如此规模的金融危机发生在任何一个节点都是灾难。

A FINANCIAL crisis on the scale of the one unfolding on Wall Street would be terrible at any juncture. But the timing of this one is astonishingly bad.

任何达到现今席卷华尔街的规模的金融风暴都是可怕的，但这一次危机发生的时间使之变得惊人地严重。

This can be terrible news for those at both ends of the age spectrum.

对于那些在年龄谱两端的人来说，这可是可怕的消息。

You might be a great writer but terrible at design.

你也许是个很棒的作家，但却对设计一窍不通。

But at least I won't be thirsty; that would be terrible.

或许我看上去会老一些，但至少我不会干渴，那才是最可怕的。