AS IT IS 2016-02-02 Trending Today: Vote For #Higa2016

AS IT IS 2016-02-02 Trending Today: Vote For #Higa2016

This is What’s Trending Today.

Hawaiian-born Ryan Higa is a comedian¹. He loves making people laugh.

Last weekend, he posted a video on YouTube. The video is called “How to Run For President!”

Since Saturday, his film has been played over 2 million times.

Higa says: “Today, I’m going to show you how easy it is to run for president.”

And then he goes on to explain the steps, making jokes along the way.

The first step, he says, is to be able to answer “tough questions.”

Higa says he can do that. And, he can answer “life’s toughest questions,” including “Which came first: The chicken or the egg?”

His answer is simple – both. “The chicken was inside of the egg.”

In a meeting with make-believe reporters, he is asked, “How will you react if North Korea attacks South Korea?”

His answer: “Not only will we protect South Korea, but East and West Korea, and every direction in-between.”

Higa also plans to re-name sports based on what the sporting event really looks like. For example, basketball would be called “bouncy oranges,” while ice hockey becomes “Oreo slide.”

Finally, Higa creates a political campaign slogan he says is better than all the rest. He does this by combining words from Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump³, Ted² Cruz, Marco Rubio, Bernie Sanders and other candidates⁴.

He promises to be “A New American Leader From the Future to Defeat the Washing Machines in a Fight for America, Again.”

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

Words in This Story

comedian – n. a person makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories or by acting⁵ in a way that is funny

fake⁶ – adj. not true or real

Oreo – n. a round, chocolate cookie filled with cream

slogan – n. a word or saying that is easy to remember and is used by a group or business to get attention

tough – adj. very difficult to do or deal with

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• 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。

4 candidates   

n.报考者( candidate的名词复数 )；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。