atleast：最少；至少；起码
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2....butagainIamsurehewilldohisutmostnottoappearameregaucheprovincialdog.
doone' sutmost：尽最大努力；竭尽所能
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美丽心灵
TheIntegrityof "Ugly"
佚名 / Anonymous
： fighting， eatinggarbage， and， shallwesay， love.
， ， hisleftfootappearedtohavebeenbabybrokenatonetime， andhadhealedatanunnaturalangle， ， leavingonlythesmalleststub， whichhewouldconstantlyjerkandtwitch.
Uglywouldhavebeenadarkgreytabby， striped-type， exceptforthesorescoveringhishead， neck， evenhisshoulderswiththick， ， “That’soneUGLYdog.”
Allthechildrenwerewarnednottotouchhim， theadultsthrewrocksathim， hosedhimdown， andsquirtedhimwhenhetriedtocomeintheirhomes， ， hewouldstandthere， ， hewouldcurlhislankybodyaroundfeetinforgiveness.
Wheneverhespiedchildren， hewouldcomerunning， barkingfranticallyandbumphisheadagainsttheirhands， ， hewouldimmediatelybeginsucklingonyourshirt， earrings， whateverhecouldfind.
OnedayUglysharedhislovewiththeneighbor’， ， itwasapparentthatUgly’ssadlifewasalmostatanend.
Uglylayinawetcircle， hisbacklegsandlowerbacktwistedgrosslyoutofshape， ， Icouldhearhimwheezingandgasping， ， Ithought.
ThenIfeltafamiliartugging， ， insomuchpain， sufferingandobviouslydying， ， andhebumpedthepalmofmyhandwithhishead， thenheturnedhisonegoldeneyetowardsme， ， thatuglybattled-scarreddogwasaskingonlyforalittleaffection， perhapssomecompassion.
AtthatmomentIthoughtUglywasthemostbeautiful， ， oreventrytogetawayfromme， .
