happen通常不用現在進行時,
你可以這樣翻譯：the reality always goes against the expectation.
主要強調現實跟意愿之間的違背.things did not happened as to be thought呢這樣可以，這句意思是事情的發(fā)生不像想象的那樣。但只是想象，并非意愿，同時沒翻譯出事與愿違中的違背的意思。things were not turning out like they were supposed to這句比上句有分量，只是仍舊缺少“違”字的無奈和遺憾。但仍舊能較好的體現你的意思。