Chances are, as you’re reading this, your bunker(地堡；掩体) is fully stocked, your doors are locked, and you’re peeking at(偷看；眯着眼看) your computer screen through gaps between your fingers(从指缝间).
很有可能，你读这篇文章时，地堡已经囤满物资，门已锁好，你正从指缝间偷瞄电脑屏幕。
After all, it’s election day on Tuesday. Once again, democracy will be tested – like Beavis & Butthead(美国经典动画喜剧角色，以愚蠢搞笑著称) taking the SATs. I’m not looking forward to(期待；盼望) it, and I’m sure you aren’t either.
毕竟，周二是选举日。民主将再次受到考验——就像《瘪四与大头蛋》去考SAT一样。我并不期待，相信你也是。
I’m old enough to remember when American elections, and especially the once-sleepy midterms, were a placid affair that anyone with a calculator and a friend at the Associated Press could predict.(我年纪够大，还记得美国选举——尤其是曾经沉寂的中期选举——是件平静的事，任何有计算器、在美联社有个朋友的人都能预测。)
我年纪够大，还记得美国选举——尤其是曾经波澜不惊的中期选举——是件平静的事，任何有计算器、在美联社有个朋友的人都能预测结果。
The Cheesecake Factory discourse
芝士蛋糕工厂之争
The continued importance of Spencer Pratt
斯宾塞·普拉特持续的重要性
The curious case of the two Dan Sullivans
两个丹·沙利文的奇案
The continued push to close polling places
持续推动关闭投票站
‘I voted’ stickers and selfies
“我投票了”贴纸与自拍
Donald Trump’s Mr America beauty pageant
唐纳德·特朗普的“美国先生”选美