可怜: pitiful, pathetic, to have pity on...
没想到: didn't expect...
杂志: magazine...
模式: mode, method, pattern...
紧张: nervous, keyed up, intense, tense, strained, in short supply, scarce...
正是: (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated), precisely, exactly, even, if, just like, in the same way as...
鸭子: duck, male prostitute (slang)...
