The first task was overhauling America's balky election infrastructure-in the middle of a pandemic.

第一个任务是在一场大流行的情况下，彻底改革美国停滞不前的选举基础设施。

" Oh, you cad" ! she cried and her mind leaped about, trying to think of worse things to call him, things she had heard Gerald call Mr. Lincoln, the MacIntoshes and balky mules, but the words would not come.

" 啊，你这流氓！" 她喊着，一面心急如火，想找出更恶毒的话来骂他，找出她听见杰拉尔德骂林肯先生和麦金托什人以及倔犟骡子的那些话来骂他，可是怎么也找不着。" 你这下流坯，卑鄙肮脏的臭东西！" 同时由于想不出更带侮辱性的手段，她把手抽回来，使出浑身的力气在他嘴巴上打了一巴掌。

Once on the spot, he got more tutoring, managed to make himself a name for coaxing balky youths to take their fences, and was finally able to take up the more congenial task of expounding " the antiquities" to cultured travellers.

一到现场，他就得到了更多的辅导，设法让自己名声大振，因为他能劝说不听话的年轻人收拾自己的篱笆，并最终能够承担起向有教养的旅行者解释“古物”的更合适的任务。