唐纳德·特朗普,约翰·列侬,和披头士

AS IT IS 2015-12-09 Donald Trump¹, John Lennon, and #InternetTheBeatles 唐纳德·特朗普,约翰·列侬,和披头士

#TrumpOnCNN

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is all over social media today because of comments he made Monday. Trump called for the U.S. to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the country. He said a ban was necessary to protect the U.S. from more terror attacks.

American leaders, Democrats² and even fellow Republican presidential candidates quickly slammed Trump’s ideas.

Former U.S. Vice³ President Dick Cheney said Trump’s proposed ban “goes against everything we stand for.”

Trump defended his comments Tuesday morning on CNN. Soon after, #TrumpOnCNN trended on Twitter.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest answered questions from reporters Tuesday about Trump’s comments. Earnest said the proposal “disqualifies him from serving as president.”

By Tuesday afternoon, “Josh Earnest” was trending on Facebook.

After the White House spokesman’s remarks, Twitter threw a #TrumpIsDisqualfiedParty. People posted pictures of celebrities⁴ arriving at Hollywood parties, saying they were arriving the Trump Disqualified Party.

It was unclear whether some Twitter users actually believed that the White House could disqualify a presidential candidate. (To be clear: it cannot.)

The Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday compared Trump to Adolf Hitler. Its cover photo showed Trump with his right arm extended, in a way similar to the Nazi⁵ salute⁶.

#JohnLennon

Today marked the 35th anniversary of the death of British musician John Lennon. The former Beatles star was shot and killed on December 8, 1980 in New York City.  

Lennon’s widow, artist and activist⁷ Yoko Ono, tweeted today about gun violence in America.

She wrote, “Over 1,100,000 people killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980.” She ended her message with the hashtag #StopGunViolence.

On Twitter, #JohnLennon trended worldwide. People tweeted photos, videos, and old newspaper stories to celebrate Lennon’s life music.

Another #JohnLennon-inspired trend on Twitter today was #InternetTheBeatles. People played with the names of famous Beatles songs and modernized⁸ them to include Internet-related vocabulary.

The Twitter handle NewMen_Look came up with “Get By With A Little Help from My Friend Requests.” The original Beatles song is titled “Get By With A Little Help From My Friends."

Words in This Story

temporarily - adv. continuing for a limited amount of time

slam - v. to criticize (someone or something) harshly

widow - n. a woman whose husband has died

1 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。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

6 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

7 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

8 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。