2. So we went inside this
squishy thing and we could see these fire flies sticking there ends into it trying to get in.
所以,我们走近看看这件蹊跷的事情,看见这些萤火虫样的东西衔住它们的尾巴,想把那吞进去。
3. The romance dates from the cold war: when western Europe was sometimes
squishy in dealing with the Soviet empire, America was robust.
这段罗曼史(代指东欧同美国的关系)始于冷战时期,在那时,美国成为强国,而西欧各国和苏维埃政府的关系暧昧不明。