For all(尽管；虽然) the nightclub appearances, the late-night social-media posts and the Zoomeresque(Z世代风格的) affinity(亲和力；喜好) for vertical video, a simple fact about Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party, goes unmentioned: he is a middle-aged man. At 43 years old he is the same age David Cameron was when he became prime minister. Come the next general election in 2029, Mr Polanski will be nearly as old as the grey-haired, grey-suited Sir John Major was when he took office in 1990.(待到2029年大选时，波兰斯基将几乎与1990年就任的约翰·梅杰爵士同龄。)
尽管他频频现身夜店、深夜发布社交媒体帖子、对竖屏视频有着Z世代般的痴迷，但关于绿党领袖扎克·波兰斯基的一个简单事实却鲜被提及：他已是一位中年人。43岁的他，与戴维·卡梅伦成为首相时同龄。待到2029年下次大选时，波兰斯基先生的年龄将几乎与1990年就任首相时满头灰发、身着灰色西装的约翰·梅杰爵士相当。
Yet to his sympathisers(同情者；支持者) Mr Polanski is little more than(不过是；仅仅) a child. They brush over(轻描淡写；略过) mortifying(令人难堪的) moments, such as when he offered to enlarge someone’s breasts via hypnosis. It was explained away(为……辩解；搪塞) by one Guardian(《卫报》) writer: “He didn’t know he’d want a career in politics, he was only just 30.” Only just 30! “Zack Polanski is still learning”, read the title of another profile. Mr Polanski is 43 going on(接近；将近) 19 and Britain’s first eternally adolescent political leader.
然而，在同情者眼中，波兰斯基先生不过是个孩子。他们对他那些令人难堪的时刻轻描淡写，比如他曾提出通过催眠为某人丰胸。一位《卫报》作家这样为他开脱：“他当时不知道自己会从政，他才刚30岁。”才刚30岁！“扎克·波兰斯基仍在学习”，另一篇人物特写的标题这样写道。波兰斯基先生是43岁的身体里住着19岁的灵魂，是英国首位永远青春期的政治领袖。
The politics of eternal adolescence are peculiar(奇特的；特殊的). All politicians are embarrassed by their experimental teenage views, but what happens if this experimentation is delayed? Mr Polanski’s political rebellion came in 2015 when he joined the Liberal Democrats(自由民主党). He was 32 years old. When the Greens smashed Labour-held councils in London earlier this year, it was a moment of triumph that was undermined when it emerged that their party leader had not voted.(今年早些时候绿党横扫伦敦工党议会，但党魁未投票的消息使胜利蒙上阴影。) Mr Polanski “fell short of(不足；缺乏) time” and did not register to vote, like a student who did not know whether he would be in halls or at Mum’s on election day.
永恒青春的政治颇为奇特。所有政治家都会为自己年轻时尝试性的观点感到尴尬，但如果这种尝试被推迟了呢？波兰斯基先生的政治反叛发生在2015年，当时他加入了自由民主党，时年32岁。今年早些时候，绿党在伦敦横扫工党控制的议会，这本是胜利时刻，但随后曝出他们的党魁没有投票，这一胜利因此蒙上阴影。波兰斯基先生“时间不够”，没有登记投票，就像一个学生不知道选举日是在宿舍还是妈妈家一样。
All children, except one, grow up
所有孩子，除了一个，都会长大