A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
选举
Election
I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.
我是决策者;我是议员。
This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.
这次选举可不是什么恶心的电视节目。
People are what this election is all about.
人民就是这次选举的全部。
Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
无论输赢，我们都在选举后去购物。
I didn't have the base I needed to win the election.
我没有赢得选举所需要的基础。
I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.
我是由布加勒斯特人民选举出来的，而不是狗。
Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.
选举之夜是最容易表现得像个大人的时候。
Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.
不管有没有选举，国会都不能休假一年。
Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.
从来没有人通过向政敌吐口水来赢得选举。
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
坏官员是由不投票的好公民选出来的。
So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
所以对我们来说，我们在选举中获得的任何一票，都是一场胜利。
I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.
我被选为国会议员的方式和每次议会选举一样。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
人们讨厌政治的原因之一是，真相很少是政治家的目标。选举和权力是。
This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
这次选举可能只剩下几张选票。结果可能是一票之差。
It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.
如果不改革选举制度，似乎不可能举行一次可信的选举。
I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.
我是一个有绿卡的移民，因此，我没有资格在联邦选举中投票。
Let me tell you the polls that count, and those are the polls a couple of weeks before the election. That's when the pollsters worry about holding onto their credibility. Those are the polls that everybody remembers.
让我告诉你那些重要的民意调查，这些是选举前几周的民意调查。这时，民意测验专家们开始担心他们的可信度。所有人都记得这些民调。
The election isn't very far off when a candidate can recognize you across the street.
当一个候选人隔着马路就能认出你时，选举就不远了。