Democrats believe these Millennials voters will eventually turn out to the polls at higher rates, replace the baby boomers and the Silent Generation, and give the blue team an unending string of victories. Republicans alternate between reassuring themselves that younger voters will age into conservatism once they start having kids and panicking that young voters will never age out of liberalism.
思考题：
According to the text, Democrats believe that ________.
(A) younger voters will be the guarantee of their future successes.
(B) younger voters will be panicking when having their own kids.
(C) younger voters will replace the baby boomer as silent ones.
(D) younger voters will change their attitude towards Republicans
词汇突破
1. Millennials 千禧一代
2. poll 投票
3. blue team 民主党人 （民主党人习惯用蓝色）
（共和党习惯用红色） 特朗普就是共和党；希拉里和奥巴马就是民主党 民主党支持自由主义（liberalism）；共和党支持保守主义(conservatism)
4. reassure 使…安心；打消…的疑虑
5. age into 随着年纪增加成为…
6. age out of 随着年纪增加不再是…
7.alternate between A and B 在A和B之间切换
句子解析
注：黄色是主干，红色是定语，绿色是状语，紫色是同位语，蓝色是作为灵活机动的表示
第一句：
Democrats believe these Millennials voters will eventually turn out to the polls at higher rates, replace the baby boomers and the Silent Generation, and give the blue team an unending string of victories.
参考译文：民主党人相信，这些千禧一代的选民最终将以更高的比率参加投票，取代婴儿潮一代和“沉默的一代”(Silent Generation)，并给民主党带来一连串连续的胜利。
第二句：
Republicans alternate between reassuring themselves that younger voters will age into conservatism once they start having kids and panicking that young voters will never age out of liberalism.
参考译文：共和党人时而安慰自己，年轻的选民一旦有了孩子，就会逐渐接受保守主义，时而害怕年轻选民即使老了也不会脱离自由主义。
背景信息
The Lost Generation - 迷惘的一代
The Interbellum Generation - 两次大战中间的一代
The Greatest Generation - 最伟大的一代
The Silent Generation - 沉默的一代
Baby Boomer Generation - 婴儿潮一代
Generation X (Baby Bust) - X世代
Xennials - 介于X世代和千禧一代之间的一代人（1977年-1983年出生）
Millennials Generation Y, Gen Next - 千禧一代
iGen / Gen Z - 千禧后一代，亦称“Z世代”（出生在互联网已普及的时代）
Gen Alpha - 阿尔法世代（现在还没上小学的那代人）
