If future HISTORIANS want to pinpoint the start of the campaign for the presidency in 2028, they might consider the moment late on election night of 2026 when Chris Christie, the once and probably future Republican presidential candidate, brought the hammer down on the vice-president, J.D. Vance.(如果未来的历史学家想要精确锁定2028年总统竞选活动的起点，他们或许会考虑2026年选举之夜深夜的那一刻：曾经并且很可能再次成为共和党总统候选人的克里斯·克里斯蒂，对副总统J.D.万斯发出了致命一击。)
如果未来的历史学家想要精确锁定2028年总统竞选活动的起点，他们或许会考虑2026年选举之夜深夜的那一刻：曾经并且很可能再次成为共和党总统候选人的克里斯·克里斯蒂，对副总统J.D.万斯发出了致命一击。
As stunning(令人震惊的) results came in from Ohio, Mr Christie, serving as an analyst on ABC, zeroed in on(将矛头对准/聚焦于) the most vile(卑鄙的/恶劣的) act of the midterms: the choice by that state’s Republican candidate for governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, to broadcast an advertisement in which the mother of his opponent, Amy Acton, called her a liar. Dr Acton had not seen her mother, Donna Arthur, in nearly 50 years, not since Ms Arthur fled with her husband after he was charged with raping his stepdaughter, Dr Acton, then 12.(阿克顿博士近50年没见过母亲唐娜·阿瑟，自从阿瑟女士的丈夫被控强奸继女（当时12岁的阿克顿博士）后，她就带着丈夫逃走了。) When the ad drew criticism from some Republicans, Mr Vance said he was disgusted by their “whining(抱怨/哀鸣)” and praised Mr Ramaswamy’s “audacity(胆识/放肆)”.
随着来自俄亥俄州的惊人结果陆续传来，担任ABC分析师的克里斯蒂先生将矛头对准了中期选举中最卑劣的行为：该州共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米选择播放一则广告，广告中他对手艾米·阿克顿的母亲称女儿是骗子。阿克顿博士近50年没见过母亲唐娜·阿瑟，自从阿瑟女士的丈夫被控强奸继女（当时12岁的阿克顿博士）后，她就带着丈夫逃走了。当这则广告遭到一些共和党人批评时，万斯先生表示他对他们的“抱怨”感到厌恶，并称赞拉马斯瓦米先生的“胆识”。
Mr Vance will be remembered for that embrace(拥抱/接受) “more than anything else” from this campaign, Mr Christie predicted, as he helped make that so by recalling it on ABC. “He stood behind that ad!” Mr Christie expostulated(愤慨地说). “A man who wrote a book on Catholicism(天主教) stood behind that ad. It’s a disgrace(耻辱).” Mr Christie later added that the Trump era was over and that, for voters, “character matters”. That was perhaps a rosy inference(乐观的推断), one of many being made—including that gerrymandering(不公正划分选区) can backfire and the richest man in the world cannot buy an election outcome—yet, like the others, one borne out by facts(被事实证实). Dr Acton thumped(大胜/重击) her opponent. She is the first woman elected to serve as governor of Ohio, and the first Democrat in 16 years.
克里斯蒂先生预测，万斯先生将因这次“拥抱”而被人记住，成为本次竞选“最令人难忘的事”，而他在ABC上重提此事，正是为了让这一预测成真。“他支持了那则广告！”克里斯蒂先生愤慨地说。“一个写过关于天主教的书的人支持了那则广告。这是一种耻辱。”克里斯蒂先生后来补充说，特朗普时代已经结束，对选民来说，“品格很重要”。这或许是一个乐观的推断，也是众多推断之一——包括 gerrymandering（不公正划分选区）可能适得其反、世界首富也无法买下选举结果——然而，与其他推断一样，这一推断也被事实证实。阿克顿博士大胜对手。她是俄亥俄州第一位当选州长的女性，也是16年来第一位民主党人。
The grass could be yet greener
草可能还会更绿