Mandy of today’s travelers are looking for an unusual experience and adventure travel is becoming more and more popular.

当今许多旅行者想获得一种非同寻常的体验，探险旅行现在起来越受欢迎。

||1: This trend is not, sadly, the result of a sudden renunciation of paternalism by state governments. Rather, it stems from the states’ dire fiscal straits in the aftermath of the recession. ||2: “States are looking for a source of revenue beyond [directly] taxing their residents,” says Holly Wetzel of the American Gaming Association, which represents gambling interests. ||3: Mandy Rafool of the National Conference of State Legislatures puts it more bluntly: “States have been so desperate over the last few years that they’re looking at everything.”

||1:可惜的是，这种趋势不是因为州政府突然放弃严格管制，而是因为经济衰退后各州财政赤字严重。||2:“各州正在寻找财政来源，而不是直接对居民征税”，代表赌场利益的美国博彩协会的霍利?策尔说。||3:全美州议会联合会的曼迪?拉夫说的更直截了当：“各州过去几年财政吃紧所以想尽一切办法。”

When Obama approached the table where Mandy Pifer was sitting, he said: “Words aren’t enough. How about a hug?”

当奥巴马走近曼迪·皮弗的桌子时，他说道：“语言难以言表，拥抱一下怎么样？”

The video featured a number of celebrities and singers including Sia, Mandy Moore, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, and America Ferrera. Banks introduced the video saying, "This is for Hillary," before the stars broke out into an a capella version of Rachel Platten’s "Fight Song."

该视频的亮点在于它包含了很多名人和歌手，包括希雅、曼迪·摩尔、克里斯汀·肯诺恩斯、伊迪娜·门泽尔和亚美莉卡·弗伦拉。班克斯介绍该视频的时候称“这是送给希拉里的。”，随后这些明星就开始唱起了阿卡贝拉版（无伴奏人声合唱）的瑞琪儿·普拉滕的“Fight Song”。

Blatt was replaced as CEO in January by Mandy Ginsberg.

今年一月，曼迪·金斯伯格取代布拉特成为CEO。

THE day after Mandy Peck tried to electrocute herself in the bath her family took her to a mental-health centre in Chelmsford and asked for help. They were told that there were no beds available and sent home. Two days later Ms Peck jumped to her death from a multi-storey car park. She left a daughter behind.

在曼迪·派克试图在浴室用电击自杀的第二天，她的家人将她送至且切姆斯福德的一家心理健康中心寻求帮助。他们被告知中心没有空余床位，随即回家。两天之后，派克于一个多层停车场跳楼自杀。她死后还留下了一个女儿。

"But you said you had no choice in prison, " Mandy said. "It was the Brotherhood or get the skiv. "

“可是你说在监狱里你没有选择，”曼迪说。“这是哥们儿义气，或者是摆酷装逼。”

"So, " Mandy said. "He seems pretty O. K. Pretty . . . mild. "

“那么，”曼迪说。“他看起来挺好的，挺……轻微的。”

"Oh, I know, " the attendant said. "I know all about you. He says wonderful things about his Mandy . I take care of him. "

“嗯，我知道，”侍者说。“我知道你所有的事情。他说了很多关于他的曼迪的美好事情。我负责照看他。”

"Wow! Mandy , I can’t believe it! How did you get this? "

“哇！曼迪我简直不敢相信！你是怎样搞到这个的？”

"I’m glad to hear it, " Mandy said. This Cal was an odd bird. "What’s your background? "

“我很高兴听你这么说，”曼迪说。这个卡尔真是个怪胎。“你的背景呢？”

"Thanks, " Mandy said, already mourning the rousing solitude of a few minutes ago. Bitch had snatched her natural rush.

“谢谢，”曼迪说，已经开始为前几分钟唤起的孤独感哀悼了。她变得有点儿怒火中烧了。

’It sounds like nonsense, ’ says Mandy , a secondary school teacher. ’But we’d exhausted all other options so I thought: "Why not? "

“这听起来是胡扯，”曼迪说（她是一位中学老师），“但我们其他方法都试遍了，所以我说为什么不试试呢”。

Top bouts have attracted celebrities like Mr. DiCaprio, Mandy Moore and Jessica Biel.

顶级拳击赛事已经吸引了众多社会名流诸如：迪卡普里奥、曼迪·摩尔和杰西卡·贝尔。

The tall man was not in cardio ballet the next week, and Mandy did not think of him.

高个男子下周并没有在有氧健身芭蕾舞出现，曼迪也没有想起他。

Later, as Mandy Grunwald watched him on TV, she leaned forward and said in astonishment, "He’s riffing. "

后曼蒂格看他在电视上她俯下身子惊讶地说：“他是弹奏。”

Almost immediately, Mandy recognized what he’d chosen.

几乎同时，曼迪就意识到他选的是什么。

She called Allison and Conner and Mandy on the telephone.

她立刻打电话给艾莉森，康纳和曼蒂。

Cal stared at Mandy , and she tried to get a read, as he might have put it.

卡尔盯着曼迪，她试着读懂他的眼神。

She and Mark, a community safety worker, met in May 2004 when Mandy was 39 and eager to have a family.

马克是一位社工，他和曼迪在2004年5月相识，当时曼迪已经39岁了，非常期望组建一个家庭。

Mandy Merck stayed in England and became a journalist and gay-rights advocate.

曼迪.默克留在了英国，成为一名记者和同性恋权利倡导者。

Mandy Merck had come to Oxford from Reed College in Oregon.

曼迪.默克是从俄勒冈州的里德学院转来牛津的。

Mandy had a shower and steam, ran her favorite purple comb through her hair.

曼迪冲了个澡并蒸了会儿，用她最喜欢的紫色头梳梳理她的头发。

Tovah answered Mandy ’s call on the first ring, as though waiting years for this moment.

曼迪的电话响了一下儿托娃就接了起来，好像为了这一刻等了几年似的。

Alone, Mandy ’s mother let him in, and within an hour agreed to assist him in his campaign.

曼迪的母亲让他单独一人进屋曼迪让他单独一人进屋，不到一个小时就同意参加他的游说活动。

Mandy arrives at a remote desert house.

曼迪抵达了沙漠中一座偏僻的房子。

Mandy didn’t get the old-movie thing, but the pictures looked classy in their frames.

曼迪对老电影并无特别的兴趣，但是镶在框里面的照片看起来很漂亮。

Mandy ’s mother had said something about a summer camp for war orphans in the Adirondacks.

曼迪母亲曾经说过一些战争遗孤在阿迪朗达克山脉的夏令营的事情。

Mandy said, but Cal pursed his lips in a fretful way, and she regretted it.

曼迪说，可是卡尔撅起了嘴表示不耐烦，她有点儿后悔那么说。

Mandy thought she might be Brazilian. Or maybe Belgian.

曼迪想她也许是巴西人，或者是哈尔干人。