Ready, fire, aim
预备！开火！瞄准！！

Feb 16th 2006
From The Economist print edition

Foreword：A vice-president, a ★quail[1] and the first glimmer of class warfare in hunting
引言：一位副总统，一只鹌鹑，等级矛盾第一次在打猎中凸现。

POLITICALGRAVEYARD.COM is （1）a goldmine for both trivia addicts and congenital time-wasters.▲ Do you want to find out about American politicians who were killed in duels (17 a______①_____ to the site)? Or about politicians who were murdered (86)? Or politicians who have been to outer space (6)? Or politicians who died while hunting or fishing (14)? Just point and click. But as yet the site doesn’t have an entry for politicians who almost kill the poor ★saps[2] they are hunting or fishing with.
对于喜欢捕风捉影的人和那些天生爱好浪费时间的人而言，政治墓园网站（politicalgraveyard.com）是一个极佳去处。您想知道有多少美国政治家在决斗中丧生吗（该网站认为是17人）？有多少政治家遭谋杀（86人）？有多少政治家曾去过外太空（6人）？又有多少政治家在打猎或钓鱼时不幸身亡（14人）？点击便知。不过迄今为止，有关那些差点杀死同去狩猎或者钓鱼的“可怜虫”的政治家人数，这家网站还没有登记。