When we take a risk we cannot know beforehand what will happen, but if we try our best we are certain to gain something positive from the experience whether we win or lose.

当我们冒险时，我们无法预知会发生什么事，但如果我们尽力而为，不论结果是输是赢，我们必定可以从这次的经验中获得一些积极的启示。

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Republicans need to gain 10 seats to win a majority in the Senate, but most analysts believe they will fall short.

共和党则需要获得10个议席才能成为参议院多数派，但是大部分分析家认为，他们得不到那么多。

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Republicans need to gain 39 seats to retake control of the House of Representatives and 10 seats to win a majority in the Senate.

共和党人要在众议院增加39个议席才能获得众议院的控制权，要在参议院增加10个议席才能获得参议院的控制权。

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These seats will be given to entities that didn't gain enough votes in a province to win a seat but took a large number of votes across the country.

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France and Britain, for example, both have national electoral systems in which a single member of parliament is elected for each district, and thus only big parties that can win pluralities in a district gain seats.

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Failing to win the seat would almost inevitably mean a gain on the list - and that, Labour decided, was a cardinal sin against democracy and proof that the system they introduced in 1999 was flawed.

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