For Siobhán Fenton, the dream of Sinn Féin winning power and leading a progressive leftwing government evaporated(（希望等）破灭，消失) the day she was canvassing(拉票，游说) in Dublin and felt a cold, sharp sting(刺痛，蜇伤) on her neck.
对肖班·芬顿来说，新芬党赢得政权并领导一个进步左翼政府的梦想，在她于都柏林拉票时感到脖子上一阵冰冷刺痛的当天破灭了。
She was in the passageway(通道，走廊) of a block of flats(公寓楼) in the inner city, knocking on doors, and looked around for the source. Fenton, a media adviser to the party leader, Mary Lou McDonald, felt another sting on her shoulder, then another on her forearm(前臂).
她当时正在市中心一栋公寓楼的过道里敲门，环顾四周寻找来源。芬顿是党领袖玛丽·卢·麦克唐纳的媒体顾问，她感到肩膀上又一阵刺痛，接着前臂又中了一下。
They were coins, thrown from a balcony above, where a man’s voice was shouting. “Sinn Féin traitors!” he roared(吼叫，大喊). “Mary Lou Mohammad(对玛丽·卢·麦克唐纳的贬称，暗示其亲穆斯林)! Ireland is full(“爱尔兰已满”，反移民口号)!”
那是硬币，从上方一个阳台上扔下来的，那里有个男人的声音在喊叫。“新芬党叛徒！”他吼道。“玛丽·卢·穆罕默德！爱尔兰已经满了！”