They had waited their whole lives for this moment, just as their medieval predecessors had longed for the end of the world, and just as my grandmother waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show to come on Channel 8 every day at 4 o'clock.
Они ждали этого момента всю свою жизнь, как их средневековые предки ждали конца света и как моя бабушка ждала шоу Опры Уинфри на восьмом канале каждый день в четыре часа.