那位行政司法长官说，警察们可以在关口截住那些亡命之徒。

The sheriff said posse could head off the outlaws at the pass.

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他说：“很可能会维持这种状态，因为这场选举实际上是关于奥巴马是否能跨过一个关口，也就是在人们要求变革的时刻人们会不会接受他。”

And it is likely to stay that way because this is an election that in effect is about whether Obama can get over the threshold of acceptability at a time when people want change, he said.

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他说：“很可能会维持这种状态，因为这场选举实际上是关于奥巴马是否能跨过一个关口，也就是在人们要求变革的时刻人们会不会接受他。”

"And it is likely to stay that way because this is an election that in effect is about whether Obama can get over the threshold of acceptability at a time when people want change," he said.

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You are the defender of this country and you have to decide which of these passes or which of these routes into the country, you're going to choose to defend.

你是国家的防御者,你必须决定在哪个进入关口,或者在哪条进军路线上,布置你的防线

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