VOA标准英语2012--Political Movies Aim to Influence Voters
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Political Movies Aim to Influence Voters
Dinesh D'Souza's film Obama's America 2016 contends that the U.S. president has a hidden agenda on religion, war and the economy. Since its premiere, the documentary has raked in over $30 million, making it among the highest grossing political documentaries of all time.
Nina Seavey, director of the Documentary Center at George Washington University, says films like that aim to galvanize voters of the same persuasion 1.
"You have to find a way to their heart so that they don't maybe give you $25, but they go and raise more money," she said. "They go out and they knock on doors and they go out and do voter registration 2 and they go out and they get their passion on for whatever sort of political purpose, in this case to defeat Barack Obama."
The liberal mockumentary Janeane From Des Moines appeals to Democrats 3 by poking 4 fun at Republican candidates. It showcases Janeane, played by actress Jane Edith Wilson, as a Republican woman from Iowa attending real Republican rallies.
Janeane fiercely opposes Obama's health care plan until she is out of a job, loses her health insurance and finds out she has breast cancer.
Films like these are nothing new. Months before the 2004 election, Michael Moore released his documentary Fahrenheit 5 9/11 targeting President George W. Bush. The film earned nearly $120 million at the box office.
"The biggest documentary ever! Did it defeat George Bush? No," says Seavey. She points out also that most serious documentaries do not reach a mass audience because of their limited release.
One of them is Alex Gibney's Oscar winning film Taxi to the Dark Side about the abusive interrogations of terror subjects during the administration of President George W. Bush.
Films like this might have an impact but eventually, says Seavey, they are forgotten. She cites Al Gore's Inconvenient 6 Truth about global warming.
“We all thought that it was going to be somehow a revolution of understanding that we have to do something about the heating up of our planet," said Seavey. But, the film concludes: "Well, we still have global warming, and we still show no resolve to making things slow down."
Still, Seavey hopes that small films with a constructive 7 message will make an impression on the American electorate 8 as they enter households through cable and online streaming.
- He decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说，他才决定离开。
- After a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后，她同意去了。
- Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
- What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
- The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
- You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
- Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？
- We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
- He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。
- The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
- He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。