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Khaled: Are you going to the polling place or are you voting by absentee ballot again?
卡勒德:你准备去投票所吗?或者是再投缺席票?
Bernice: I always vote with an absentee ballot so I can vote in the comfort of my own home and in my own time. In fact, I’ve already mailed in my ballot.
柏妮丝:我总是投缺席票,那样我就可以舒服的在家投票,享用自己的时间。实际上,我已经邮寄出了我的选票。
Khaled: Good for you. Which candidate did you vote for in the governor's race?
卡勒德:能这样不错,那州长竞选中你选的谁?
Bernice: I didn’t vote for either of the bozos that are running. I voted for a write-in candidate.
柏妮丝:我没有选参加竞选的那些家伙们,我选了一个选民自填的候选人。
Khaled: A write-in candidate? There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that a write-in candidate is going to win this election.
卡勒德:一个选民自填的候选人?选民自填的候选人毫无希望竞选成功。
Bernice: That may be so, but I have to vote with my conscience, and I can’t bring myself to vote for either of those people. Have you voted?
柏妮丝:可能会这样,但是我凭自己良心选举,我不能让自己去选那些人。你选了吗?
Khaled: Not yet. I’m going to vote at the polls on Election Day. I want more time to think about whom to vote for and to read up on the ballot measures. There are a lot of them this time.
卡勒德:还没有呢,我准备在选举当天再选,我想多花点时间思考一下选谁,仔细研究一下再选,这次参加选举的人很多。
Bernice: Yeah, but the governor’s race is the only thing I care about. I can’t stand the thought of having either of those bozos as the next governor.
柏妮丝:是啊,州长选举是我唯一关心的事情。我一想到这些人中的任何一个人要当下一届州长我都受不了。
Khaled: Just out of curiosity, who did you write in as a candidate?
卡勒德:我就是好奇,你到底填的谁做候选人?
Bernice: You.
柏妮丝:你啊!
Khaled: Me?! You’re crazy. I don’t want to be governor.
卡勒德:我?你疯了啊,我不想当州长。
Bernice: It was either you or me, and I’d rather not be a candidate and have to be in the company of those bozos.
柏妮丝:不是你就是我,与其和那些家伙们一起作伴,我更愿意不做这个候选人。
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Bernice:I always vote with an absentee ballot so I can vote in the comfort of my own home and in my own time. In fact, I’ve already mailed in my ballot.
Khaled:Good for you. Which candidate did you vote for in the governor's race?
Bernice:I didn’t vote for either of the bozos that are running. I voted for a write-in candidate.
Khaled:A write-in candidate? There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that a write-in candidate is going to win this election.
Bernice:That may be so, but I have to vote with my conscience, and I can’t bring myself to vote for either of those people. Have you voted?
Khaled:Not yet. I’m going to vote at the polls on Election Day. I want more time to think about whom to vote for and to read up on the ballot measures. There are a lot of them this time.
Bernice:Yeah, but the governor’s race is the only thing I care about. I can’t stand the thought of having either of those bozos as the next governor.
Khaled:Just out of curiosity, who did you write in as a candidate?
Bernice:You.
Khaled:Me?! You’re crazy. I don’t want to be governor.
Bernice:It was either you or me, and I’d rather not be a candidate and have to be in the company of those bozos.