I think we should take care of the environment, so that we have something to leave for our children.
我觉得我们应该保护好自然,以便将来能给我们的子孙后代留下一些东西。
We pitied the family in their sudden unhappiness.
那家人遭受突然的不幸,我们深感同情。
When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.