1·On the way to the meeting, I asked a veteran campaigner how many people we needed to avoid embarrassment.
在路上，我问一个组织竞选活动的老手，需要有多少人到场我们才不会显得难堪？
2·A veteran pro-EU campaigner in Dublin predicts that a No to Lisbon would end the same way.
都柏林一位亲欧的资深活动家预测，对里斯本条约的否决最终也将落得同一下场。