Good morning. While you were sleeping, a political earthquake(政治地震) hit the United States and it’s still climbing up the Richter scale(震级不断攀升). Voting in Alaska and Hawaii wrapped up(结束、收尾) only hours ago, but early midterm results streaming in(源源不断地传来) from across the US are making history for the Democrats, as they cash in on(利用、从中获利) Trump’s plummeting(急剧下降的) popularity.
早上好。就在你睡觉的时候，一场政治地震袭击了美国，而且震级还在不断攀升。阿拉斯加和夏威夷的投票几小时前才刚刚结束，但来自全美各地的中期选举初步结果正在为民主党创造历史——他们正利用特朗普不断下滑的支持率大做文章。
Democrats have taken control of(取得对……的控制) the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the scale of their successes are far larger, and the speed at which they’ve materialised far quicker, than had been expected(其胜利规模远超预期，实现速度也快得多). Some of the most hotly contested(竞争激烈的) races of the night have already been called(结果已经揭晓), with Democrats flipping(翻转、翻盘) seats in Texas, Ohio and Kansas.
民主党已拿下参议院和众议院控制权，其胜利的规模远超预期，实现速度也快得多。当晚一些竞争最激烈的选战结果已经揭晓，民主党在得克萨斯、俄亥俄和堪萨斯州成功翻盘。
Donald Trump has, with characteristic grace(以一贯的“优雅”姿态), already blamed the results on the fact that(把结果归咎于……) he wasn’t on the ballot(选票；投票), saying if he was “we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE(以压倒性优势获胜)!”. That’s despite the fact he spent the campaign telling voters to pretend it was his name on their paperwork.(尽管他在整个竞选期间一直让选民假装选票上写的是他的名字。) Later, he appeared on a social media post wearing a hat emblazoned(印有、饰有) with the word “VETO(否决权)”.
唐纳德·特朗普以他一贯的“优雅”姿态，已经把败选归咎于自己不在选票上，称如果他在选票上，“我们会以压倒性优势获胜！”。尽管他在整个竞选期间一直让选民假装选票上写的是他的名字。后来，他在社交媒体上发帖，戴着一顶印有“否决”字样的帽子。
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