Although America is a democracy, a lot of key decisions are made behind closed doors by unelected advisers.美国虽然是个民主国家,但是许多重大事情还是由未经选举的总统顾问私下决定的。Several important things happened during the year.那一年中发生了好几件重大事情。If we went to the theatre, it was a very big event.假如我们要去看戏,那可是件大事情。