曾几何时，加利福尼亚州还是美国式的乐观主义和功成名就的指路灯，现在，该州却集中体现了美国所面临的困境 – 而且还显示了美国国内有多少窘境还没有暴露出来。
Once the lodestar for American optimism and achievement, California now illustrates the difficulties confronting the United States – and how much more can still go wrong domestically.