AS IT IS 2016-03-30 Trending Today: #BirdieSanders
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-30 Trending Today: #BirdieSanders
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Last Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally in the state of Oregon. During the event, an unexpected guest joined the Vermont senator on stage: a bird.
The tiny bird flew around Sanders. Then, it landed on the podium where Sanders was speaking.
Sanders and the bird, a house finch 1, stared at one another for several moments. Smiling, Sanders told the crowd he believed the bird’s presence was symbolic 2.
"I know it doesn't look like it, but that bird is really a dove asking us for world peace."
The crowd went wild. And so did the Internet. The play-on-words hashtag #BirdieSanders soon trended. Five days later, the hashtag is still a trending topic on social media.
People quickly called it, the most “heartwarming moment” of the 2016 presidential election. Indeed, in an election season dominated by insults and negative campaigning, the sweet moment between Sanders and the tiny bird was a welcome change.
Social media users enjoyed artwork and graphics 3 inspired by the event. Some graphics even showed Sanders as a bird himself.
Senator Sanders tweeted a drawing of him and the bird looking at one another, with the word “together.”
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert joked about the viral event on his show Monday night.
Colbert suggested the Birdie Sanders moment helped the senator win caucusus in three states over the weekend: Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska.
Then he joked, “"What are the odds 4 that a bird would be attracted to an old man who looks like he has bread in his pockets?"
Words in This Story
podium - n. a stand with a slanted 5 surface that holds a book, notes, etc., for someone who is reading, speaking, or teaching
heartwarming - adj. causing pleasant feelings of happiness
odds - n. the possibility that something will happen
attracted - v. to cause (someone) to like or be interested in something
pocket - n. a usually small cloth bag that is sewn into a piece of clothing, and that is open at the top or side so that you can put things into it
- This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。
- In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚，它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。
- 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。