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。