AS IT IS 2016-02-20 Candidates Mimic Animals on Campaign Trail

AS IT IS 2016-02-20 Candidates Mimic¹ Animals on Campaign Trail

During a campaign visit in Nevada earlier this week, Hillary Clinton told a story about her husband, Bill.

Bill, or William J. Clinton, was the U.S. president for eight years, starting in 1993.

Before he was president. Clinton was a politician in his home state of Arkansas.

One of his opponents produced an ad using the sound of a barking dog to mock Clinton and question his truthfulness².

Hillary Clinton, who is running for U.S. president now, said the funny ad had people barking for days in Arkansas.

And then she made her point by barking. She said she wished she could send that dog to the Republican candidates and have it bark every time they made a false statement.

Alex Lee is a video producer from CNN. He used the social media app called Vine to put together a series of clips showing all the times presidential candidates have made animal sounds during the campaign.

It shows Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump³ making animal noises.

And the video is called “The Sound of Politics in 2016.”

Words in This Story

ad – n. something (such as a short film or a written notice) that is shown or presented to the public to help sell a product or to make an announcement

bark – v. to make a short, loud sound like a dog

mock – v. to laugh at or make fun of by copying an action or way of behaving or speaking

1 mimic   

v.模仿，戏弄；n.模仿他人言行的人

参考例句：

• A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
• He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。

2 truthfulness   

n. 符合实际

参考例句：

• Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness. 她有许多的美德，如忠诚、勇敢和诚实。
• I fired a hundred questions concerning the truthfulness of his statement. 我对他发言的真实性提出一连串质问。

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。