Neither he nor I anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the the honored institutions of our democracy.
【正确答案】:他和我谁都料想不到这条路会如此崎岖漫长。我们当然谁也不希望这些事会发生。不过,事情到底还是发生了。好在现在已经结束,而且理所当然是通过我们民主政体的机制解决的。