爱尔兰喜剧演员称特朗普为“糟糕的男友”

AS IT IS 2016-03-26 Irish Comedian¹ Calls Trump² 'Bad Boyfriend' 爱尔兰喜剧演员称特朗普为“糟糕的男友”

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An Irish entertainer compared U.S. presidential candidate³ Donald Trump to a terrible boyfriend in a viral Facebook video.

The video, created by Clisare, has received more than 1.8 million views and 28,000 shares on Facebook. Clisare called the video, “Dear America.” She talks to “America” from the point of view of “Ireland,” a concerned friend who does not like America’s choice in boyfriends.

Clisare begins her video by saying, “I’ve just been chatting with all of the other countries, and we just really think that Donald is not right for you. We’d hoped that you’d come to this conclusion by yourself, but it’s looking like it needs to be said.”

She tells America that if “you are going to make it official with Donald, you can’t hang around with Britain anymore.”

Earlier this year, lawmakers in the United Kingdom debated whether Trump should be barred from entering their country after more than 570,000 people signed an online petition⁴ calling for his ban.

Clisare also says, “I know you think it’s really romantic that he wants to build a wall around you to protect you, but that’s...borderline psycho behavior.”

Donald Trump himself has said he would build a large wall at the U.S.-Mexico border if he is elected president.

She even tells the U.S. she had a chat with Germany.

“Germany is worried about you. God knows Germany knows a bad relationship when they see it … now.”

She referred to the German chancellor⁵ Adolf Hitler, who was responsible for the death of millions in World War II.

This is not the first time Clisare has gone viral. Earlier this month, a Facebook video of Clisare explaining Irish pronunciation received more than 3 million views in just three days.

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petition - n. a written document that people sign to show that they want a person or organization to do or change something

romantic - adj. thinking about love and doing and saying things to show that you love someone

psycho - (informal) adj. mentally ill and often dangerous or violent

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 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。

3 candidate   

n.候选人；候补者；投考者，申请求职者

参考例句：

• Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
• The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。

4 petition   

n.请愿书，申请书，诉状；v.请愿，正式请求

参考例句：

• Thousands of citizens subscribed the petition.几千名公民在请愿书上签名。
• The number of signers of the petition for a new school snowballed.要求增设新学校而签名的人像滚雪球似的越来越多。

5 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。