She swallowed hard and told him the bad news.
她硬下心把壞消息告訴了他。
She gave him the bad news without preamble.
她開門見山地把壞消息告訴了他。
The bad news sobered us for a while.
壞消息使我們冷靜了一會兒。
She took the bad news philosophically.
她鎮定地面對這個壞消息。
Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.
有人指責電視對壞消息輕描淡寫。