要不然: otherwise, or else, or...
只不过: only, merely, nothing but, no more than, it's just that......
同情: to sympathize with, sympathy...
赚钱: to earn money, moneymaking...
景象: scene, sight (to behold)...
疲惫不堪: whacked to the wide -- terribly fatigued, being fatigued to the extreme, be tired beyond endurance, be tired to death, extremely tired...
赫然: with astonishment, with a shock, awe-inspiringly, impressively, furiously (angry)...
事: matter, thing, item, work, affair...
指向: to point towards, aimed at, facing, the direction indicated...
朗诵: to read aloud with expression, to recite, to declaim...