AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Trump-Sanders GIF Goes Viral
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Trump 1-Sanders GIF Goes Viral
This is What’s Trending Today…
An edited video of Bernie Sanders “scaring” Donald Trump has gone viral.
Businessman Trump is the leader in the Republican presidential race. Senator Sanders is the underdog in the Democratic race. The two have blamed each other for violence at Trump’s campaign events.
Trump cancelled a rally in Chicago after some of Sanders’ supporters entered the event. He blamed Sanders for organizing the protest, and threatened to send his supporters to Sanders’ events.
“Send them,” Sanders replied. He also said, “They deserve to see what a real honest politician sounds like.”
A YouTube user who goes by the name of MisterOwlMan decided 2 to have some fun with the Sanders versus 3 Trump battle.
He combined footage of Trump reacting to a protester jumping on the stage with a Sanders interview from last October.
In that interview, Sanders was explaining how he acts like a monster while playing with his grandchildren.
The edited video makes it seem as though Sanders flies in on a chair, scares Trump and then quickly hides in the crowd.
A “GIF” version of the funny scene has spread quickly on social media. GIFs, or Graphics 4 Interchange Format 5, are image files that are compressed to reduce transfer time.
GIFs are one of the oldest image formats 6 on the web. GIF technology has been around since the 1980s.
Nowadays, GIFs go viral on social media because they are short and easy to view.
The recent Sanders versus Trump GIF is being called “the best GIF of this election cycle.”
One Twitter user wrote, “I don’t know what genius made this, but you have brought great happiness during a dark time.
Words in This Story
underdog - n. a person or team that is expected to lose a game, competition or battle
rally - n. a public meeting to support or oppose someone or something
footage - n. images or action recorded on film or video
compressed - v. to reduce the size of (a computer file) by using special software
format - n. the way in which information is stored on a computer disk
cycle - n. a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order; a repeating series of events or actions
genius - n. a very smart person; a person who has a level of intelligence or skill that is extremely rare
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
- The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
- You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
- Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。
- Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
- The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。