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Unit One- Politics
  • Politics involves several aspects, such as
    policies, parties, election, government
    management, diplomacy, ect.

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I. Introductory Remark
  • In this unit, we just intend to focus on the
    topic about election, the key political issue in
    America in 2004. Actually, to clarify the process
    of presidential election (????) is no easy task,
    youre expected to get familiarized with the
    chief 2 parties in the U.S. first, that is, the
    Republican Party (???), also named GOP (Grand Old
    Party ???) and the Democratic Party (???),

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I-1 The Democratic Party
  • Thomas Jefferson, in the late 1700's, started the
    first political party with the conviction that
    the federal government was assuming too much
    power over domestic policy and should be stopped.
    His party became known as the "Democratic" party
    when candidate Andrew Jackson became President in
    1828.
  • Andrew Jackson was known as a man of the people.
    He took the Democratic party that Jefferson and
    his elite collegues had formed and turned it over
    to the citizens of the United States.

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I-2 The Democratic Party vs. The Republican Party
  • The Democratic Party held its first convention in
    1832 to re-elect Andrew Jackson to a second term.
    Its convention began the Democratic National
    Committee in 1848. It has become the longest
    running political organization in the world.
  • The Republican Party held its first convention in
    1854, with supporters then including anti-slavery
    activists and advocates of the idea that the
    government should grant western lands to settlers
    free of charge.

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  • Story of Party Animals
  • Party animals involved statues of donkeys and
    elephants. The donkey is the official animal of
    the Democratic Party. The elephant represents the
    Republican Party. The status of an elephant as
    Republican Partys symbol appears to be safe. Win
    or lose, both symbols have endured.
  • The elephant - symbol of the Republican Party
    since 1874 - remembers that GOP stands for Grand
    Old Party, but increasingly, the elephant is
    standing alone.

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  • When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828,
    his opponents tried to label him a jackass
    (????)for his populist views and his slogan,
    Let the people rule. Jackson, however, picked
    up on their name calling and turned it to his own
    advantage by using the donkey on his campaign
    posters. During his presidency, the donkey was
    used to represent Jacksons stubbornness (??).
  • Thomas Nast, a famous political cartoonist, used
    the donkey first in an 1874 editorial cartoon to
    depict the Democrats as a donkey trying to scare
    a Republican elephant.

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I-3 Timeline for 2004 Presidential Campaign
  • The United States elects a president every four
    years. Currently Republicans control not just the
    White House but also both houses of Congress.
  • In 2003, 9 Democrats, 8 men and 1 woman began
    competing for the Democratic Party nomination for
    president of the United States in the 2004
    election, having entered the race for the chance
    to oppose President Bush.

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  • The candidates include Senators (???) John
    Edwards, Bob Graham, John Kerry and Joseph
    Lieberman, and former Senator Carol Moseley
    Braun. Others include Representatives(???)Richard
    Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich. Candidate Howard
    Dean is the former governor of Vermont (????).
    And, Al Sharpton is a Christian clergyman and a
    civil rights leader.
  • As a result, the veteran (???) John Kerry became
    the Democratic candidate to run for the 2004
    presidential campaign after beating the youngest
    candidate John Edwards.

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I-4 About John Kerry
  • John Kerry received many honors for military
    service. He was a Navy officer during the Vietnam
    War. But later he opposed that war. In
    nineteen-eighty-four, Massachusetts voters
    elected him to the United States Senate. He
    maintains Democrats must support making America
    safer and stronger if they are to win the
    presidency.
  • He announced his position on issues like economy
    and taxes, home security, health care, education,
    the environment, etc.

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II. Quiz-Vocabulary about Election
  • ????
  • direct election
  • ???
  • general election system
  • ????
  • single-candidate election
  • ????
  • competitive election
  • ????
  • by-election
  • ????
  • roll-call vote
  • ???
  • seek a vote
  • ?????
  • secret ballot
  • ????
  • electoral vote
  • ????
  • electoral system

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  • ?????
  • make the final vote
  • ?????
  • vote of non-confidence
  • ????
  • election at expiration of office terms
  • ????????
  • the right to vote and the right to be elected

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III. Latest News for Reading
  • Schwarzenegger Will Be President?
  • Schwarzenegger was always a quick study. Back
    then he had already figured out the key element
    to his success in bodybuilding, in the movies
    and in politics (present California governor).
  • In 1977, he became the king of the musclemen at
    the age of 30. Through bodybuilding, he did a lot
    of things and got into the films.

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  • Stardom works. The straight talk, his promise to
    balance the state budget, and the sheer,
    unpolitical way the huge action star seemed to
    practice the art of politics seemed to have
    endeared him to the electorate(??).
  • Well, the honeymoon seems to be over. In a recent
    poll(????), Schwarzeneggers approval rating
    (???) had dropped to 37 percent. Democrats and
    public employee unions dogged his steps with
    protests, and flooded the state with critical TV
    spots.

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  • This first year, he has run up a record as a
    pro-business, economic conservative with liberal
    views on social issues guns, gay rights, the
    environment. He managed to reform the state's
    costly Workman's Compensation law. But on the
    issue that got him elected, California's huge
    budget deficit, the best he could do was
    refinance 15 billion in state debt. He was
    unable to get significant spending cuts through
    the legislature and was dead set against raising
    taxes.

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Part A Snap Judgments
  • I. Vocabulary Preparation
  • snap / ???? / made quickly, without careful
    thought ??????
  • make a decision / make a search of
  • (Am. slang) Its a job. ( very easy job)
  • slick / ???? / done in a skilful and attractive
    way very good or attractive ???????
  • a show / a time / a TV presenter

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  • ad / ?? / an advertisement a public notice
    offering or asking for goods, services, etc. ??
  • an campaign / a classified/want ??/????
  • commercial / ???????? / an advertisement on
    television or radio (??????)??
  • run s ??????
  • candidate / ????????? / someone who is competing
    in an election ???
  • endorse a ??(??)????
  • a leading for the presidency ????????

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  • glimpse / ?????? / a quick look at someone or
    something that does not allow you to see them
    clearly ????
  • get/catch a brief of the city
  • demonstrate / ???????????? / to show or describe
    how to do something or how something works ????
  • sth. to sb. / how to do sth.
  • clip / ???? / a short part of a film or
    television program that is shown by itself,
    especially as an advertisement ????
  • go through all the s on an event / a televised
    news

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  • rate / ???? / to think that someone or something
    has a particular quality, value, or standard
    ????
  • sb.s English at a B ???????B?
  • We your services highly. ????????????
  • weird / ???? / very strange and unusual, and
    difficult to understand or explain ???????????
  • a story ????? a idea ?????

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VERB glance at, down, over, round, through
  • glance / ?????? / a quick or brief look??????
  • take a at the newspaper headlines
  • steal es at sb.
  • prehistoric / ?????????????? / relating to the
    time in history before anything was written down
    ???
  • in times ?????
  • man/remains/animals ????/??/??

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II. Notes
  • Lets pay tribute to the renowned anchor - late
  • Peter Jennings (1938-2005, born in Canada) the
    lead anchor and senior editor of ABCNEWS World
    News Tonight, where he has established a
    reputation for independence and excellence in
    broadcast journalism. He became an American
    citizen in 2004. He died of lung cancer at the
    age of 67 on August 8, 2005 ?????

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  • ABC the American Broadcasting Company, a
    television and radio network in the United
    States, today owned by the Walt Disney Company
    ??????
  • Robert Krulwich a New York-based ABCNEWS
    correspondent who appears regularly on Nightline.
    He also reports for World News Tonight With Peter
    Jennings, and Good Morning America. ????????

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III. Spot Dictation
  • Peter Jennings Thank you for joining us this
    evening Snap Judgments. Candidates in the
    political campaign are going to spend hundreds of
    millions of dollars this year trying to 1
    with slick 30-second commercials. But maybe
    all they need are five-second ads, even two
    seconds! ABCs Robert Krulwich tonight on how
    important 2
    is.
  • (People yelling in background)

influence voters
that very first impression
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  • Robert Krulwich Now its getting interesting,
    and as these candidates flash by on TV for a
    second or two, even 3 makes
    an impression. A bigger impression than you know.
  • Nalini Ambady Yeah, I think you are making an
    impression.

the briefest glimpse
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  • Robert Krulwich Psychology professor Nalini
    Ambady knows this, because a few years ago she
    did an experiment. She asked 4
    students like these to come to a classroom here
    at Harvard and she showed them short videos of
    teachers 5 . Let me demonstrate.
    She showed a guy like me, lecturing in a lecture
    hall, except you (talking to professor) turned
    off the sound. So they watched something like
    this, a teacher teaching 6 for
    how long? (asking the professor)
  • Nalini Ambady These clips are 10 seconds long.

a bunch of
they never met
with no sounds
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  • Robert Krulwich Ten seconds?
  • Nalini Ambady Uh huh.
  • Robert Krulwich Thats all?
  • Nalini Ambady Yeah.
  • Robert Krulwich Thenwere re-creating this here
    (showing chart), the students were asked to rate
    the teacher in a number of categories. And
    7 were then compared to a course
    evaluation filled out by students whod have the
    teacher three days a week for a whole semester.
    And what happened?
  • Nalini Ambady Uhmthere was 8
    in their evaluations. It was
    amazing!

those ratings
very little difference
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  • Robert Krulwich So students who saw the
    professor for ten seconds gave the exact same
    ratings as the students who knew him for months!
  • Nalini Ambady Precisely! Thats exactly what we
    found.
  • Robert Krulwich Ok, now just for the fun of it,
    you get 9 students and you show
    them clips of professors that last two
    secondstwo seconds and no sound! Which islike,
    nothing!
  • Nalini Ambady Yeah. laughing It passes by
    fast.
  • Robert Krulwich And after a two-second look,
    student ratings were 10 to
    the full semester evaluation. That is so weird!

a new set of
almost identical
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  • Robert Krulwich Ah, well, we had the same
    reaction.
  • Robert Krulwich But if a two-second glimpse can
    tell you that much about a teacher, just possibly
    a two-second glance on the TV can tell you
    something important about a candidate for
    president. From prehistoric times we have evolved
    to look at faces and make snap judgments is he
    going to hurt me, is he going to help me? Brains,
    says professor Ambady, can decide a lot in two
    seconds. So quick impressions matter! Robert
    Krulwich, ABC News.

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Display your Snap Judgment!
  • Lets see whether just possibly a quick glance on
    the TV can tell you something important about a
    candidate for president. Can you decide a lot in
    such short time?
  • Now watch an item of news about the second
    rounds of ads for presidential campaign
    (???????????) between George W. Bush and John
    Kerry. Exercise your quick judgment at this
    moment!

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  • Questions
  • 1. What triggered a debate about Bushs ad?
  • 2. Why does Bush launch the new round of ads?
  • 3. What are Kerrys 3 key charges listed in the
    ad? What is the real story about those charges?

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  • Script
  • Charlie Gibson The President, as you probably
    know, used scenes from Ground Zero (??????????)
    in his first campaign ads that were broadcast.
    That ignited a debate ( arouse ??????) about
    whether its appropriate (suitable, acceptable,
    correct) to use such images in an election
    campaign. Well today, his campaign launched a new
    round of ads (?????????) that attacked John Kerry
    for the first time, by name. With that story,
    ABCs George Stephanopoulos.

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  • Ad Im George W. Bush, and I approve this
    message.
  • Narrator That disclaimer (??????????
    ????????? n. ????????) required by new campaign
    laws, is the only time you hear President Bush.
    After a brief pause, a softer female voice makes
    the case against Kerry.
  • Softer Female Voice A President sets his
    agenda (???????? ???????? n. ?????? ) for
    America in the first one hundred days.

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  • Narrator No President has ever aired ads about
    his challenger so early in the campaign. The Bush
    team insists that Kerrys record is his own worst
    enemy. In thirty seconds, three key charges
    (?????? )
  • Ad John Kerrys plan to pay for new government
    spending, raise taxes by (???? ) at least 900
    billion dollars.
  • Narrator The Kerry campaign called that charge
    completely false.

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  • The real story Kerry has explicitly
    (???????????? ???????????? adv. ??????)
    proposed raising only about 250 billion in taxes
    over ten years, by rolling back (??) the Bush tax
    cuts for wealthy Americans. But his health care
    plan would cost almost 900 billion and he hasnt
    spelled out (spell out ??????? ) how hes gonna
    pay for it. The Bush ad jumps to the conclusion
    that only tax increases can fill the gap (????
    close / stop / supply the gap) Charge number two
  • ???? jumps to the conclusion ??????????
  • I never said I was on a package tour. You jumped
    to the conclusion. I came by myself.

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  • Ad Weaken the Patriot Act (???????? ????????
    ????) used to arrest terrorists.
  • Narrator Theres nothing subtle (????? ?????
    adj. ????????) about the image that hammers home
    (????????) this charge. And Kerry does want to
    change the law. But reforms he says will protect
    privacy, not terrorists. Charge number 3
  • Ad And he wanted to delay defending America
    until the United Nations approved.
  • ????hammer sth. home???????????,?????????????
    ,??????????????
  • The advertising campaign will try to hammer home
    the message that excessive drinking is a health
    risk.

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  • Narrator Defending America, in this context,
    is code for invading Iraq. And while Kerry denies
    giving the UN the veto (??????? ????? n. ???)
    over the decision to go to war, he does say that
    President Bush should have brought more nations
    to the cause.
  • GS So the ad war is fully engaged ( in full
    swing), Charlie. The Kerry campaign says theyll
    be on the air tomorrow with an ad being produced
    in studios tonight, and it goes straight against
    President Bushs credibility (?????????????
    ????????????? n. ????). All we know so far is
    the first sentence Once again, George W. Bush
    is misleading America. Charlie.
  • Charlie Gibson Alright George, and its only
    March. Thanks very much. On Capitol Hill (????)
    today 

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  • Key to the questions
  • 1. What triggered a debate about Bushs ad?
  • The image of Ground Zero in the ad that reminds
    American people of terrorism.
  • 2. Why does Bush launch the new round of ads?
  • To attack his opponent John Kerry by listing
    Kerrys 3 key charges.
  • 3. What are Kerrys 3 key charges listed in the
    ad? What is the real story about those charges?

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  • Charge No. 1 He is planning to raise taxes by at
    least 900 billion dollars to pay for new
    government spending.
  • The real story is that Kerry has proposed raising
    only about 250 billion in taxes over ten years,
    by rolling back the Bush tax cuts for wealthy
    Americans while his health care plan would cost
    almost 900 billion.
  • Charge No. 2 His reform will weaken the Patriot
    Act used to arrest terrorists.
  • Actually, Kerry does want to change the law, but
    he claims his reforms will protect privacy
    instead of terrorists.
  • Charge No. 3 he wanted to delay defending
    America until the United Nations approved.
  • Kerry denies giving the UN the veto over the
    decision to go to Iraqi war and maintains
    President Bush should have brought more nations
    to the cause of invading Iraq.

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  • Since quick impressions matter, PLS take a
    two-second glimpse at Schwarzenegger. That will
    tell you so much about the macho (????) man.
  • Could he become president if he ran for president
    in 2008? The following clip of video can tell you
    something.

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  • Script
  • His wife, Maria Shriver, has been a high-profile
    first lady, active in women's causes. But the
    governor is quick to point out their political
    differences. When he showed Safer his wife's
    office, he said, "I'll show you Maria's office
    quickly, which is back here. She, of course, has
    to be further away from my office because she's a
    Democrat."
  • She's not just any Democrat, but a Kennedy.

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  • That made it all the more unusual this summer
    when she went where no Kennedy had ventured
    before The Republican National Convention, where
    she watched her husband wow delegates with a
    tried-and-true (????) Schwarzenegger-ism "And to
    those critics who are so pessimistic about our
    economy, I say, don't be economic girlie men!"
  • The governor parts ways with the president, and
    with his own California Republican party, on a
    number of issues none more controversial than
    embryonic stem cells.

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  • "I'm a religious Republican, too. I'm a Catholic.
    I go to church every Sunday," says
    Schwarzenegger. "But it doesn't mean that I'm
    against progress. We have to move forward with
    the stem cell research. This is the future of
    solving some of the serious problems that are
    existing in a medical area. And, why not?
  • Normally, even a first-term California governor
    with Schwarzenegger's poll numbers and star power
    would be talked about as a potential future
    presidential candidate. But being foreign-born,
    he can't run. There are attempts to change that.

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  • Would he like to be able to? Would he like to see
    an amendment to the Constitution (?????)?
  • Yes. Absolutely, says Schwarzenegger. I think,
    you know, because why not? Like with my way of
    thinking, you always shoot for the top. But its
    not something that I am preoccupied with (?????).
    I am not thinking one single minute about that.
    Because there's so many things I have to do in
    California, and my promise was to straighten out
    the mess in California."

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  • 60 Minutes concluded its visit with The
    Governator by showing him the last few seconds of
    their first encounter 27 years ago, back when
    Schwarzenegger was a 30-year-old on a very fast
    track.
  • Back then, Safer reported "Arnold Schwarzenegger
    is a contented soul. He's happy as a clam, strong
    as a horse. And if you find bodybuilding a funny
    thing for a grown-up, intelligent man to be
    doing, so does Arnold. And he's laughing with you
    all the way to the bank."

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  • What does Schwarzenegger think of that today?
  • "That's funny. It's amazing to see that. So you
    have to get me a tape of that," says
    Schwarzenegger. "And I'm still laughing. Not all
    the way to the bank. My wife is screaming, 'Now
    you make no money because ...' But at least I
    have a good time. And it's a challenging job. And
    I am having the greatest time in the world doing
    this."

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Part B Hillary Clintons Journey
  • I. Vocabulary Preparation
  • exclusively / ????????????? / only not shared
    with others ??????
  • e.g. The article was written (????) for
    Newsweek.
  • memoir / ??????? / a book by someone important
    and famous in which they write about their life
    and experiences ?????
  • scandal / ??????? / action, attitude, etc. that
    is disgraceful or shameful ??????
  • e.g. spread/uncover/cover up about sb.

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  • wring someones neck to kill someone by twisting
    their neck or pressing their throat with your
    hands, a rope, etc. used when you are very angry
    with someone ??????
  • aftermath / ????????? / the period of time after
    something such as a war, storm, or accident when
    people are still dealing with the results
    ???????????
  • e.g. in the of war (election) / endure an
    (??)
  • run for to be a candidate in an election (for a
    political position) ??(??????)

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  • senate / ?????? / the smaller and more important
    of the two parts of the government with the power
    to make laws, in countries such as the US,
    Australia, and France ???
  • confess / ??????? / to admit, especially to the
    police, that you have done something wrong or
    illegal ????
  • e.g. He ed his crime honestly to the police.
  • He ed having killed / that he had killed his
    boss.
  • due / ???? / scheduled expected ??????
  • e.g. His next book is out shortly.
  • He is about for a promotion.

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  • headline / ???????? / a line of words printed in
    large letters as the title of a story in a
    newspaper, or the main points of the news that
    are broadcast on television or radio ??????
  • e.g. a figure ??????
  • a -making incident ?????????
  • be in the national s ?????????????
  • break / ????? / to disclose to make known
    ???? e.g. the bad news gently to somebody
  • rumor / ?????? / (instance of) information spread
    by being talked about but not certainly true
    ????
  • e.g. spread/confirm a that /about ??/????

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  • intern / ??????? / someone, especially a student,
    who works for a short time in a particular job in
    order to gain experience ??????
  • e.g. work as s
  • log / ??? / a record of events ????
  • e.g. write up/keep a ????/????
  • cross-examine / ????? ???????? / to question
    someone closely, especially with regard to
    answers or information given previously ????
  • testify / ????????? / to give evidence declare
    as a witness, especially in court ??????
  • e.g. on behalf of the accused man ?????

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  • oath / ??? / (words used in making a) solemn
    promise to do something or solemn declaration
    that something is true ??????
  • e.g. swear/take an to do sth. ????
  • break/violate an that ????
  • level with someone to speak honestly to someone,
    after hiding some unpleasant facts from them
    ????
  • e.g. I dont think youre ing with me.
  • ??????????
  • furious / ????????? / full of violent anger
    ??????
  • e.g. be about/at/over sth. at/with sb.
  • ??????????

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  • dumbfounded / ??????????? / extremely surprised
    or astonished ???????? Im by the news.
  • beside oneself to be feeling so angry, excited,
    etc. that one finds it difficult to control
    themselves in a state of extreme excitement or
    anger ??????????
  • e.g. beside oneself with joy/rage ??/??
  • jury / ??????? / group of people in a law court
    who have been chosen to listen to the facts in a
    case and to decide whether the accused person is
    guilty or not guilty ???????? sit/serve on the
    ????
  • air / ?? / to broadcast something on radio or
    television (???????)???? the show/course

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II. Notes
  • Elizabeth Vargas (1962-) a correspondent for ABC
    News 20/20 since June 1997 and an anchor for
    World News Tonight Saturday ???????
  • Barbara Walters (1929-) an American television
    commentator known for her many years as a network
    anchor on news programs, on the Today show, for
    her years on the newsmagazine 20/20 and on the
    estrogen-chat program The View ??????

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  • Eastern Time the standard time in the 5th time
    zone west of Greenwich, used in the eastern
    United States (??)????
  • Monica Lewinsky (1973-) an American businesswoman
    who was caught up in a sex scandal investigation
    when she was an intern working at the White
    House. While at the White House she had a
    short-term sexual relationship with the
    President. The news of this affair, and the
    resulting investigation, and impeachment, became
    known as the Lewinsky scandal. ???????

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  • Bill Clinton (1946-) the 42nd President of the
    US, from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was a popular
    President for most of his period in office,
    because the US economy was strong. He is also
    known for a sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky that
    happened near the end of the time he was
    president. ?????
  • In order to know more about the sexual scandal,
    PLS watch the following interview about Bill
    Clionton

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III. Bill Clintons Interview
  • Dan Rather In her book, Senator1 Hillary
    Clinton describes the moment when her husband
    finally told her the truth about Monica Lewinsky.
    She wrote that, upon hearing the news, she could
    hardly breathe, was gulping2 for air, and
    started crying and yelling at him, asking him,
    quote, Why did you lie to me? We asked Bill
    Clinton to tell us about that moment, which you
    have already heard him describe as his worst
    personal day in the White House. 1 senator
    ??????? ??????? n. ???
  • 2 gulp ???? ???? v. ??????

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  • Dan Rather In your book, you write about how
    furious1 Mrs. Clinton was when she found out
    the truth. How did you tell her?
  • Bill Clinton I had a sleepless night, and woke
    her up and sat down on the side of the bed and
    just told her. And it was awful2. But I had to
    do it, because the grand jury testimony3 was
    coming up and I was going to tell the truth to
    the grand jury4, and I wanted her to know
    before it happened. I had to tell her. 1
    furious ???????? ???????? adj. ??????
  • 2 awful ????? ???? adj. ??????
  • 3 testimony ?????????? ??????????? n. ????
  • 4 grand jury ????

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  • Dan Rather And what did she say? What did she
    do?
  • Bill Clinton Well, I dont want to go into the
    details. She was angry and she was mad and she
    was mad about me not telling her before. I think
    almost as mad that I hadnt told her about it, as
    to what Id done.
  • Dan Rather Well, in your book, you write about
    how furious she was, and Im quoting you now, you
    said, I woke her up in the White House early one
    morning. She looked at me as if I had punched her
    in the gut (??).
  • Bill Clinton Thats right.

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  • Dan Rather That pretty much the scene?
  • Bill Clinton Yeah. Well, you know, wed been
    together a long time, wed been started going
    together in 1971. And we were each others best
    friends. Wed been through everything together.
    We knew just about everything there was to know
    about each other. And when you go through the
    kind of struggles we have, it almost becomes
    inexplicable1 that anything would be so bad you
    wouldnt tell it. 1 inexplicable
    ?????????????? ?????????????? adj.
    ?????????????

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  • Dan Rather Also you told her that you were in
    the doghouse (????).
  • Bill Clinton Yeah, thats putting it mildly. I
    was in the doghouse.
  • Dan Rather Not only had Hillary Clinton believed
    the lie the president told the country.
  • Bill Clinton I did not have sexual relations
    with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
  • ????doghouse??????,????????????(in the
    doghouse)????????,??in the doghouse in
    disgrace out of favor,??????????????

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  • Dan Rather Mrs. Clinton had gone out on a limb
    to defend her husband in public.
    (??????????????,????????????)
  • Hillary Clinton The great story here for anybody
    willing to find it and write about it and explain
    it is this vast right-wing conspiracy1 that has
    been conspiring2 against my husband since the
    day he announced for president.
  • 1 conspiracy ??????????? ??????????? n.
    ????
  • 2 conspire ????????? ????????? v. ????

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  • Dan Rather Before the ultimate1 facts came
    out, Mrs. Clinton, then the first lady, went on
    television and she was a tigress defending2
    you, saying there was a right-wing conspiracy
    about this. You write about this in the book. You
    watched it on television. What were you thinking
    at that time? She was hung out3 there for you.
  • 1 ultimate ???????? ???????? adj. ??????
  • 2 defend ??????? ??????? v. ????
  • 3 hang out ????

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  • Bill Clinton I was thinking, first of all, I
    felt sick that she was having to defend me one
    more time. And I felt terrible. So I was worried,
    sick that Hillary was defending me. I also
    believe that she told the truth. Both things were
    true. I did a bad thing. I made a terrible moral
    error. Thats true. Its also true that there was
    a vast right-wing operation. I told Hillary the
    only thing, that I kind of hated was that she
    used the word conspiracy (??), because most of
    it was right out in the open.

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  • Dan Rather Two days after Bill Clinton told
    Hillary the truth, he gave his videotaped
    testimony to the Starr grand jury. The tape,
    which was released to the news media, showed the
    normally confident Clinton at his worst,
    humiliated1 and embarrassed.
  • Bill Clinton When I was alone with Miss Lewinsky
    on certain occasions in early 1996, and once in
    early 1997, I engaged in conduct that was wrong.
  • 1 humiliated ?????????????? ?????????????
    adj. ??????
  • 2 torture ??????? ??????? v. ????

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  • Dan Rather His testimony was tortured1. And he
    used careful legalistic2 language to avoid
    perjuring3 himself.
  • Bill Clinton It depends upon what the meaning of
    the word is is.
  • 1 torture ??????? ??????? v. ????
  • 2 legalistic ????????????? ???????????? adj.
    ?????
  • 3 perjure ??????? ??????? v. ????????

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  • Dan Rather The former president writes in his
    book he was seething1 at Starrs efforts to
    turn the videotaped testimony into a, quote,
    pornographic2 home movie. But he also knew
    that Starrs videotape might cost him his
    presidency, and could be the final straw in his
    relationship with Hillary (4). She and Chelsea
    barely talked to him. And, he writes, he spent
    months sleeping on the couch. What you did say
    was, I was afraid that I would lose not only my
    marriage, but my daughters love and respect as
    well, unquote3.
  • 1 seethe ???? ??? v. (????)??????
  • 2 pornographic ????????????? ?????????????
    adj. ????????
  • 3 unquote ???????? ??????? v. ????????

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  • Bill Clinton I was worried about that. You know,
    my daughter is a remarkable1 person. But
    shes-you know, she has her own opinions. She has
    strong convictions2. And children also, you
    know, as I said in the book, Sooner or later,
    every child learns that his or her parents are
    not perfect. But this was way beyond that. And
    it was a big dose to swallow (5).
  • 1 remarkable ?????????? ?????????? adj.
    ????????
  • 2 conviction ????????? ?????????? n. ????

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  • Dan Rather In her book, Senator Clinton writes,
    quote, He had betrayed the trust in our
    marriage. And we both knew it might be an
    irreparable1 breach2. True?
  • Bill Clinton Sure.
  • Dan Rather How did you and Mrs. Clinton and
    Chelsea get through this?
  • 1 irreparable ????????? ????????? adj.
    ??????????
  • 2 breach ?????? ?????? n. ????

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  • Bill Clinton The first thing we had to do is
    just get through the days, a few days. We had to
    let some time pass. And Hillary had to decide
    whether she wanted to stay married to me. And
    then, when she decided she was willing to try,
    thats when we agreed that we would work
    together. Wed take a day a week, and we did, a
    whole day a week every week for a year, maybe a
    little more, and did counseling1. And we did it
    together, we did it individually, did family
    work. It was hard and interesting. And I would
    say to people who have invested a lot of time in
    a relationship that, before they give up on it,
    its worth trying.
  • 1 counseling ?????????? ????????? n.
    ??(????)??

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IV. Exercises on Ps 6-7
  • Exercise Listen to the interview and answer the
    following questions or complete the unfinished
    statement.
  • Listening skills
  • Step 1 Look through all the multiple choices and
    have the anticipation (??) of the possible key
    based on your cultural knowledge.
  • Step 2 Listen to it for the first time and catch
    the main idea by grasping the frequent words.
  • Step 3 Focus on W elements How and make
    notes.

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  • 1. What did Mrs. Clinton talk about in the
    exclusive interview by ABCs Barbara Walters?
  • A. Why she wrote her memoir Living History.
  • B. Why and when Mr. Clinton had an affair with
    the White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
  • C. The book Living History and how she came to
    learn the details surrounding the Monica Lewinsky
    scandal.
  • D. Her memoir the Living History and how she
    cross-examined Mr. Clinton on the Monica Lewinsky
    scandal.

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  • 2. According to Hillary Clinton, what were the
    most difficult decisions she had made in her
    life?
  • A. To marry Bill Clinton and to help him run for
    the Presidency.
  • B. To stay married to Bill Clinton and to run for
    the Senate from New York.
  • C. To forget the dark days of 1998 and to stay
    out of the 2004 presidential campaign.
  • D. To forgive Bill Clinton and to run for the
    2008 Presidency.

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  • 3. When did Bill Clinton confess to Hillary
    Clinton that he did have an affair with the White
    House intern Monica Lewinsky?
  • A. Not until just two days before he was to
    testify under oath about the affair.
  • B. Not until just two weeks before he was to
    testify under oath about the affair.
  • C. Immediately after the media started making
    headlines of the affair.
  • D. Long before the media started making headlines
    of the affair.

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  • 4. How did Hillary Clinton respond upon hearing
    Bill Clintons confession of the affair?
  • A. She sat beside Bill Clinton and became
    furious.
  • B. She cried, cursed Monica Lewinsky, and
    slapped Bill Clinton in the face.
  • C. She went to sleep again and pretended to be
    calm.
  • D. She felt betrayed and became furious.

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  • 5. Deeply hurt by her husband disloyalty and
    dishonesty, Mrs Clinton .
  • A. continued her duties as the First Lady as
    usual.
  • B. decided to leave for New York and to run for
    the Senate there.
  • C. scolded her husband for the affair, sought
    divorce, and failed.
  • D. devoted all herself to writing the memoir.

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V.??????/?News Link?
  • Bill Clintons Memoir
  • ?????????
  • Dan Rather Former president Bill Clintons
    memoir My Life is not due out (??) until Tuesday,
    but the Associated Press (???) said it got a copy
    of it and reported today some of what the AP says
    is in it without directly quoting from the book.
    One of the more important sections of the book
    ___________ Al-Qaeda is the focus of the
    Associated Press report and its tonights
    Inside Story.

dealing with
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  • Dan Rather The Associated Press reports says
    that in one of the more compelling1 passages of
    the book, Bill Clinton recounts2 a meeting with
    then president-elect George W. Bush. The former
    president says he warned Mr. Bush that
    _______________ to the nations security was
    Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. According to Mr.
    Clinton, Mr. Bush said little in response and
    then _______________.
  • 1 compelling ????????? ????????? adj.
    ??????????
  • 2 recount ???????? ???????? v. ????????

the biggest threat
switched subjects
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  • Bill Clinton These are the books that I wrote
    the book in.
  • Dan Rather The 950-plus page memoir, which
    President Clinton wrote himself in longhand1
    details the highs and lows2 of his
    presidency3. He says he considered the day the
    Kosovo war ended as one of his best. He said
    quote, I knew Milosevics days _____________
    (??????????????).
  • 1 longhand ???????? ???????? n.
    ????(???????????)
  • 2 highs and lows ??????
  • 3 presidency ??????????? ??????????? n. ????

were numbered
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  • Dan Rather Last week, the former president sat
    down with me for an interview _____ this Sunday
    on 60 Minutes. It was the most expansive1 and
    open interview ever done by a former president.
    In it, Mr. Clinton told me what was perhaps the
    darkest days of his presidency _______ with
    intern2 Monica Lewinski.
  • 1 expansive ?????????? ?????????? adj.
    ??????
  • 2 intern ??????? ??????? n. ???

airing
the affair
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  • Bill Clinton I think I did something for the
    worst possible reason, uh, just because I could.
    I think that thats the most, just about the most
    morally indefensible1 reason that anybody
    ________ for doing something, when you do
    something just because you could. Ive thought
    about it a lot. 1 indefensible ?????????????
    ????????????? adj. ???????????

could have
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  • Dan Rather In his book, he talks of the
    torment1 his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea
    __________ in the following days and months. The
    Associated Press reports when he finally
    confessed2, Hillary looked as if he had just
    punched3 her in the gut4. The president was,
    quote, in the doghouse ( in disgrace out of
    favor, ??????????). 1 torment ????????
    ???????? n. ????
  • 2 confess ??????? ??????? v. ????
  • 3 punch ????? ????? v.(???)????
  • 4 gut ??? ??? n.(?)????

went through
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  • He slept on the couch for months, while he says
    Hillary considered whether to __________ to him.
    Of the impeachment1 itself, Mr. Clinton told me
    his fight against it was a, quote, badge2 of
    honor and that he was proud it failed in its
    efforts to ______ him from office. Quote, I
    didnt quit, I never thought of resigning3 and
    I stood up to it and beat it back. He went on to
    call it an abuse4 of power what he saw as the
    effort to remove him from the presidency.
  • 1 impeachment ???????????? ??????????? n.
    ????
  • 2 badge ???? ???? n. ????
  • 3 resign ??????? ??????? v. ??
  • 4 abuse ??????? ?????? n. ??????????

stay married
drag
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Part C Who on Earth Wants to Be President?
  • I. Vocabulary Preparation
  • poll / ???? / the process of finding out what
    people think about something by asking many
    people the same question, or the record of the
    result to ask someone his or her opinion as part
    of a public opinion poll ??????
  • e.g. Carry out/conduct a
  • ??? George W. Bush is ahead in the .
  • They gained 20 of the .
  • ?? He ed (verb) 10,000 votes.

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  • Democrat / ????????? / a member or supporter of
    the Democratic Party of the US ???????
  • idealize / ?????????? / to imagine or represent
    something or someone as being perfect or better
    than they really are ???
  • e.g. an d view of married life
  • smear / ???? / to stain or attempt to destroy the
    reputation of someone ????
  • e.g. mud/ ones face with blood
  • ones opponent / sb.s good reputation

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  • corruption / ???????? / dishonest, illegal, or
    immoral behavior, especially from someone with
    power ????
  • e.g. allegations of bribery and / political
    in elections
  • corrupt adj./v.
  • practices ????
  • officials accepting bribes ?????????
  • He was ed by power and ambition.
  • ????????????
  • crook / ???? / a dishonest person or a criminal
    ??
  • crook v. the accounts ????

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scrutineer ??? scrutinize (verb)
closely/thoroughly
  • scrutiny / ?????????? / careful and thorough
    examination of someone or something ????
  • e.g. be under ones constant ??????
  • undergo minute ??????
  • bear close/strict ??????
  • intense / ??? ???? / very great, very strong,
    extreme ????????
  • e.g. interest/pleasure/desire/anger
  • competition/activity/speculation
  • Bill Clinton is under pressure to resign.

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  • enthusiastic / ??????????????? / showing a lot of
    interest and excitement about something ????????
  • e.g. be about/at/over sth.
  • enthusiasm n.
  • arouse/kindle
  • display/show/demonstrate/radiate
  • boundless/great/wild
  • presidency / ??????????? / the position of being
    the president of a country or the period of time
    during which someone is president ????????
  • e.g. run for the during Bush

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  • concern / ???????? / a feeling of worry about
    something important anxiety ????
  • e.g. about/for/over/with ????/??
  • arouse/cause growing ??????
  • express/voice public ???????
  • considerable/deep/grave/serious ?????
  • civic / ?????? / relating to a town or city
    relating to the people who live in a town or city
    ?????????
  • e.g. buildings / leaders / problems
  • pride/virtues duties/responsibilities

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  • community / ??????????? / a group of people
    living in the same area and under the same
    government society and the people in it ?????
  • e.g. an academic/ intelligence ??/???
  • a college/business/religious/scientific
  • ???/??/???/???
  • survey / ?????? / to investigate the behavior,
    opinions, etc. of (a group of people), usu. by
    questioning them ??(???)??
  • e.g. conduct/do/make a
  • a brief/comprehensive

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II. Notes
  • Bob Woodruff an anchor of ABCNEWS World News
    Tonight Saturday as well as one of its top
    correspondents, covering major stories throughout
    the world. Woodruff also contributes reports to
    World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,
    Nightline, and other ABC News broadcasts. ??????
  • Judy Muller ABCNEWS correspondent reporting for
    World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,
    Nightline, 20/20 and other ABCNEWS broadcasts
    ????

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  • President Nixon (1913-1994) vice president under
    Eisenhower and 37th President of the United
    States, resigned after the Watergate scandal in
    1974 ?????
  • BMW a brand of automobiles manufactured by the
    German company of Bayerische Motoren Werke ??????
  • Mercedes-Benz a brand of automobiles and trucks
    from the Daimlerchrysler company (formerly known
    as Daimler-Benz), commonly known as Mercedes ?????

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III. Exercise
  • Listen to the news report and decide whether the
    following statements are true or false.
  • 1. Over half of the teenagers are found to show
    interest in the US presidency and say they would
    want the job.
  • 2. A majority of the teenagers regard that they
    are not capable of the US presidency.
  • 3. Politicians generally enjoyed a better public
    image in the past than they do today.

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  • 4. Educators worry that teenagers may not as
    likely to be keen on politics and civic affairs
    in general as their predecessors (??) have been.
  • 5. Still, there are almost the same percentage of
    parents surveyed saying they would want their
    child to grow up to be president as ten years
    ago.
  • Key
  • FFTTF

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Part D First Lady Behind the President
  • I. Vocabulary Preparation
  • overlook / ????????? / not to notice something or
    not see how important it is ????
  • e.g. an important fact / the enormous risks
  • a serious offence / ones fault
  • influential / ??????????? / having a lot of
    influence and therefore changing the way people
    think and behave ??????????
  • e.g. a highly book / newspaper / figure
  • members of community

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  • clout / ????? / the power or the authority to
    influence other peoples decisions ?????
  • e.g. political/financial
  • His opinion carried/had a lot of in
    parliament.
  • asset / ????? / something or someone that is
    useful because they help you succeed or deal with
    problems ??????
  • e.g. a valuable to
  • personal/real s
  • ?/???
  • current/financial/frozen/tangible/intangible s
  • ??/??/??/??/????
  • a statement of s and liabilities ?????

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  • woo / ??? / to try to persuade someone to do
    something such as buy something from you, vote
    for you, or work for you ????????
  • e.g. the voters before an election
  • sb. to ones side
  • fame and fortune ????
  • swing / ???? / determining an outcome
    decisive(????)???????
  • e.g. the vote in the primary ?????????
  • low-key / ???????? / not intended to attract a
    lot of attention to an event, subject, or thing
    ???????
  • e.g. a editorial / negotiator ?????/???

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  • signature / ????????? / something that is closely
    related to an event, person, or style a
    distinctive characteristic ????????
  • e.g. put ones on
  • forge/scrawl ones ??/????
  • diverse / ???????? / of different kinds varied
    ????????
  • e.g. a great many ideas/opinions
  • a person of interests
  • academic / ?????????? / relating to education,
    especially at college or university level ???

year, question, career, subjects, standards,
qualifications
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  • credibility / ????????????? / the quality of
    deserving to be believed and trusted ????
  • e.g. gain/lack/lose ??/??/????
  • get hardened to something to become used to
    something shocking because you have seen it many
    times ??????
  • e.g. a attitude/criminal ???????/??
  • characterize / ???????????? / to describe the
    qualities of someone or something in a particular
    way to portray ??????
  • e.g. sb. as a coward

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  • controversy / ???????????? / a serious argument
    about something that involves many people and
    continues for a long time ??????
  • e.g. arouse/cause a bitter over/about sth.
  • the National Guard a military force in each state
    of the US which can be used when it is needed by
    the state or the US government ?????
  • pull / ??? / to do or fulfill to carry through
    ????
  • e.g. guard duty ??????
  • robberies ?????

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  • honorable discharge if you leave the army with an
    honorable discharge, your behaviour and work have
    been very good ????
  • e.g. discharge from the hospital/army
  • harsh / ???? / extremely severe, cruel, or unkind
    ??????
  • e.g. criticism/punishment/treatment/realities
  • ?????? a winter/wind/climate
  • ??/?? colors a light/flavor
  • level the charge (at) to aim criticism or a
    charge at a particular person, country, etc.,
    especially publicly ????
  • e.g. They ed their looks at me.

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  • AWOL Abbreviation for (esp. Of soldiers) Absent
    Without Leave absent from somewhere without
    permission, especially from the army ???????
  • allegation / ?????????? / a statement that
    someone has done something wrong or illegal, but
    that has not been proved ????
  • e.g. make/drop/withdraw/deny an about
  • a false/serious/unproved/vague against
  • make up to invent something, especially in order
    to deceive somebody ??????
  • e.g. make up a story / a plot / an excuse

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II. Notes
  • Laura Welch Bush (born November, 1946) the wife
    of President Geroge W. Bush. She is the second
    First Lady (after Hillary Clinton) to hold a post
    graduate degree. Laura Bush has taken a decidedly
    less prominent role in policy-making than her
    predecessors. ????
  • Terry Moran ABCNEWS White House correspondent
    since September 1999. He reports for Good Morning
    America, World News Tonight, and other ABCNEWS
    broadcasts. ????

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III. Exercise Open-ended Discussion
  • To what extent do you think Laura Bush has
    helped George Bush win the US presidency?
  • Some people say that Laura Bush is a hypocrite
    (???). Do you agree or disagree? Why?
  • Note PLS watch Laura and Bushs interview and
    draw your own conclusion. Were open to any
    opinions.

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Laura Bush- an valuable asset to George W. Bush.
  • an elegant, beautiful and also smart woman who
    transformed the cowboy Bush into an influential
    president and has been building the image of
    George W. Bush.
  • an ideal first lady and perfect wife who
    establishes a positive image in the public and
    wins the public recognition by saying the right
    things and behaving in a proper way
  • a dedicated permanent Bushs supporter who
    delivers speeches to seek votes for her husband,
    defends any opinions offered by Bush and raises a
    lot of money for Bushs presidential campaign.

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  • How would you comment on George Bushs millitary
    record?
  • As I see it, it is not a big deal whether
    George W. Bush was AWOL or had honorable
    discharge. In the political race, anything can
    become the target of severe cricism from the
    opponents. As a veteran from Vietnam war, John
    Kerry could use Bushs seemingly dishonarable
    military record to go straight against Bushs
    credibility. All this is done for the sake of
    political interests.

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  • Do you agree that behind every successful man
    theres a great woman? And is there a great man
    behind every successful woman?
  • Yeah, I agree in some sense. We can take Hilary
    Clinton, esp. Laura Bush and Maria Shriver
    (Arnolds glamorous wife) for example.
  • Apparently, Maria, the brilliant woman standing
    by his man, has worked magic in Arnolds
    running. What we can say is that forget Arnold,
    its his wife who really made the total
    recall(???????)look easy.
  • 5. How would you comment on the saying womens
    strength lies in their weaknesses?

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The First Lady of California
  • Peter Jennings and more importantly, Maria
    Shriver may have won this election for her
    husband. At the very least, she was the
    crucial1 difference time and again. Listen to
    her husband at the victory celebration last
    night.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger I want to thank her for
    the love and the strength she has given me. And I
    know how many votes I got today because of you.
    1 crucial ??????? ? ??????? adj. ?????????

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  • Peter Jennings From the very beginning of this
    campaign, with serious accusations about the
    candidates personal behavior merely bubbling ,
    it was Maria who laid out1 publicly the way she
    wanted him to be judged.
  • ????? ???????, ??????????????????,
    ???????????????????????
  • Maria Shriver I think that it takes great
    courage, ah, to stand up and say I apologize if
    Ive offended anybody, Ive tried to work
    respectfully with women, and if I have done
    anything, I apologize. Thats what we try to
    teach our children.1 lay out ??,??

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  • Peter Jennings Maria Shriver had all the
    assets1 a Republican candidate could wish for
    in a Democratic state. Her mother was President
    Kennedys sister. Maria is a very prominent
    member of this Kennedy generation. She is a
    glamorous television personality in a political
    campaign which ran against the media.
  • Maria Shriver You could listen to all the
    negativity2. You could listen to people who
    have never met Arnold, or met him for five
    seconds 30 years ago. Or, you could listen to me.
  • 1 asset ????? ????? n. ????????
  • 2 negativity ???????????? ???????????? n.
    ??????

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  • Peter Jennings And she got on the bus in the
    final week when her husband was being accused of
    serial sexual harassment1 and vouched2 for
    him to crowd after crowd. Time and again, Maria
    Shriver was the one who encouraged the crowd to
    think of something else. She never addressed the
    specifics of the allegations, or the admissions.
    And who knows a sound bite better than someone
    who listens to them in her profession?
  • Maria Shirver so there is no doubt in my mind
    that Arnold is a supporter of working people. He
    has worked his whole life. Hes
  • 1 harassment /?????????? ?????????? / n. ??,??
  • 2 vouch ?????? ????? v. ????

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  • Peter Jennings Candidates wives are always a big
    deal, but heres a wife with more glamour1 than
    most in a race where his and her glamour made
    political rallies2 seem like movie premiers.
    And when the going got really rough for him, it
    was Maria who gave the notion of stand by your
    man a whole new meaning.
  • Oprah Winfrey Well, you know shes a Kennedy
    woman and they always look the other way
  • 1 glamour ??????? ?????? n. ??,??
  • 2 rally ????? ????? n. ????,????,??

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  • Maria Shriver Well, you know, that ticks me off
    (2). I I am my own woman. I have not been,
    quote, bred to look the other way. I look at
    that man back there in the Green Room straight
    on, eyes wide open. And I look at him with an
    open heart, and I accept him with all his
    strengths and all his weaknesses, as he does me.
  • Peter Jennings It was the only major interview
    she would give in the whole campaign. There was
    no further access for reporters who might ask
    difficult questions. Before her husband got into
    this race, Maria Shriver was opposed to his
    running. Today, a woman whose identity has been
    that of Kennedy, journalist, mother and wife, has
    turned out to be an effective politician.

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Part E If I Were Bushs Speechwriter
  • I. Vocabulary Preparation
  • speechwriter / ????????????? / someone whose job
    is to write speeches for other people ??????
  • unlikely / ????????? / not likely or expected to
    happen ???????????
  • e.g. to do sth. / that
  • excerpt / ???????? / a short piece taken from a
    book, poem, piece of music, etc. ?????? quote
    an from

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  • shatter / ????? / to break suddenly into very
    small pieces, or to make something break in this
    way ????
  • e.g. a mirror into pieces
  • a rock completely
  • ones plan/health/faith
  • coalition / ?????????? / an alliance, especially
    a temporary one, of people, parties, nations,
    etc. ????
  • e.g. a government forces

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  • entrenched / ?????????? / strongly established
    and not likely to change, often used to show
    disapproval ????????
  • e.g. deeply attitudes/interests/opposition
  • unwinnable / ?????????? / not likely or expected
    to win ?????????
  • e.g. an contest/war/fortress
  • guerrilla / ??????? / a member of a small
    unofficial military group that fights in small
    groups ????
  • e.g. war / warfare ???

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II. Notes
  • CBS Columbia Broadcasting System, a major radio
    and television network in the United
    States????????
  • 60 Minutes an American magazine-format television
    news program produced by CBS News. The program,
    which since 1968 has aired at 7 P.M. on Sundays,
    has often been a leader in the ratings, both
    because of its provocative content and because it
    occupies the time slot immediately following CBS
    broadcasts of NFL football. The American 60
    Minutes has always stood out from the rest with
    its unique style, awards, and ability to generate
    news and controversy. The program, together with
    its contributors, has won untold Emmy and other
    prestigious awards over all the years it has
    aired. 60????

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  • Steve Kroft (1945-) a CBS News correspondent
    since 1980 and a co-editor of 60 Minutes since
    1989 ???????
  • Andrew Rooney (1919-) an American journalist and
    commentator. He is seen on the weekly news
    program 60 Minutes. Though originally a regular
    correspondent, Rooney now has his own end of
    show segment, in which he offers a light-hearted
    editorial on a trivial everyday issue, such as
    the cost of groceries, annoying relatives, or
    faulty Christmas presents. ????
  • Iraq / ?????? / a country in southwest Asia,
    between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is an
    oil-producing country. ???

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  • Osama bin Laden (1957-) the leader and head of al
    Qaida, widely regarded as the most extensive
    terrorist organization in the world. He is a
    member of the immensely rich bin Laden family
    with intimate connections in the innermost
    circles of the Saudi royal family. The US
    government has named Osama bin Laden as the prime
    suspect in the September 11 attacks, which killed
    2,992 people. ??????
  • al Qaeda an Islamist terrorist organization that
    is involved in terrorist plots around the world.
    The terrorist group gained notoriety after the
    attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
    City on September 11, 2001. It is led by Osama
    bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. ????????

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Supplementary Commentaries
  • Clarification for His Speechwriting
  • (Andy Rooney Seems to Voice His Own Standpoint)
  • Saddam's Capture Extra, Extra!
  • (Andy Rooney Makes Comments on Saddams Capture)
  • Presidential Trips Abroad
  • (Andy Rooney Looks Back At Past Presidential
    Visits)

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  • Saddam's Capture Extra, Ex
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