
It had been nearly a decade since Celia de Oliveira Soares last voted, and months since the 101-year-old great-grandmother(曾祖母) last left her home.
塞莉娅·德·奥利维拉·苏亚雷斯上次投票已是近十年前的事,而这位101岁的曾祖母上次出门也已是数月之前。
But on 25 October, when Brazil held what many considered its most important presidential election in decades, relatives helped Soares into a wheelchair and drove her to a nearby school to make sure the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, did not prevail.(但在10月25日,当巴西举行许多人眼中数十年来最重要的总统选举时,亲属们把苏亚雷斯扶上轮椅,开车送她到附近一所学校,以确保极右翼候选人弗拉维奥·博索纳罗不会获胜。)
但在10月25日,当巴西举行许多人眼中数十年来最重要的总统选举时,亲属们把苏亚雷斯扶上轮椅,开车送她到附近一所学校,以确保极右翼候选人弗拉维奥·博索纳罗不会获胜。
Soares clung(紧抓,紧紧握住) to the banister(楼梯扶手) as, step by step, she climbed two flights of stairs(一段楼梯) to the polling booth under the watchful eye of(在……的注视下) her granddaughter’s husband, Marcio Marques.
苏亚雷斯紧抓楼梯扶手,一步一步爬上两段楼梯来到投票站,孙女的女婿马尔西奥·马克斯在一旁小心照看。