My own " truest " christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year of my life .

诞节发生在我一生中最为凄凉的那一年。

Relax ! When things appear at their bleakest , your life is just about to take a turn for the better .

放松！当情况显得凄凉、绝望的时候，你的生活即将出现转机。

In my bleakest moments , I often look at flowers , at the fragile poppies that grow through the cracks in the unfriendly concrete , surviving in a seemingly impossible environment .

在我最凄凉的时候，我常常会凝视那些花儿，那些从坚固的混凝土缝隙中生长出的娇嫩的罂粟花，它们生存在一个似乎不可能存活的环境里。

For many of us , one christmas stands out from all the others , the one when the meaning of the day shone clearest . My owntruest christmas began on a rainy spring day in the bleakest year of my life .

对我们许多人来说，总有某一个圣诞节因为我们充分感受到这一天的意义而显得格外难忘。我自己的“最真实”的圣诞节发生在我一生中最为凄凉的那一年。

This is the bleakest novel I 've ever read .

这是我读过的小说中最乏味的一本。