2. Mimic and mock
从修辞手法的角度来看,字母m开头的两个词连用属于押头韵(alliteration),即若干相邻词的开头或重读音节中对相同字母、辅音或不同元音的重复。这种修辞方式在诗歌中很常见,使得句子读起来押韵合辙,悦耳动听,有时也能增加句子的气势。再举几个例子:I dreamt of a drip-dropping drain in my dream/Your friends will flip-flop fast when facing trouble/Grass grows greener in the graveyard。
Mimic指“戏仿某人”,也就是说,通过模仿别人来取笑别人;mock比mimic更甚,指“嘲弄别人”,有时也是通过模仿来表现对别人的嘲弄和嘲笑。
这段话是在辩论一开始,难免要提到特朗普玩弄女性的录音,特朗普说那都是过去的“更衣室谈话”(locker room talk),即言语粗俗的私人谈话,他说他很尊重女性。希拉里则表示,他不光不尊重女性,他曾经冒犯过很多人,但是他从来没有向任何人道过歉。
原话摘录:
“He never apologized to Mr. And Mrs. Khan, the gold star family whose son, Captain Khan died in the line of duty in Iraq and Donald insulted and attacked them for weeks over their religion. He never apologized to the distinguished federal judge who was born in Indiana, but Donald said he couldn't be trusted to be a judge because his parents were "Mexican." He never apologized to the reporter that he mimicked and mocked on national television and our children were watching. And he never apologized for the racist lie that President Obama was not born in the United States of America. He owes the president an apology and he owes our country an apology and he needs to take responsibility for his actions and his words.
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