AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Trump-Sanders GIF Goes Viral

AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Trump¹-Sanders GIF Goes Viral

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An edited video of Bernie Sanders “scaring” Donald Trump has gone viral.

Businessman Trump is the leader in the Republican presidential race. Senator Sanders is the underdog in the Democratic race. The two have blamed each other for violence at Trump’s campaign events.

Trump cancelled a rally in Chicago after some of Sanders’ supporters entered the event. He blamed Sanders for organizing the protest, and threatened to send his supporters to Sanders’ events.

“Send them,” Sanders replied. He also said, “They deserve to see what a real honest politician sounds like.”

A YouTube user who goes by the name of MisterOwlMan decided² to have some fun with the Sanders versus³ Trump battle.

He combined footage of Trump reacting to a protester jumping on the stage with a Sanders interview from last October.  

In that interview, Sanders was explaining how he acts like a monster while playing with his grandchildren.

The edited video makes it seem as though Sanders flies in on a chair, scares Trump and then quickly hides in the crowd.  

A “GIF” version of the funny scene has spread quickly on social media. GIFs, or Graphics⁴ Interchange Format⁵, are image files that are compressed to reduce transfer time.

GIFs are one of the oldest image formats⁶ on the web. GIF technology has been around since the 1980s.

Nowadays, GIFs go viral on social media because they are short and easy to view.

The recent Sanders versus Trump GIF is being called “the best GIF of this election cycle.”

One Twitter user wrote, “I don’t know what genius made this, but you have brought great happiness during a dark time.

Words in This Story

underdog - n. a person or team that is expected to lose a game, competition or battle

rally - n. a public meeting to support or oppose someone or something

footage - n. images or action recorded on film or video

compressed - v. to reduce the size of (a computer file) by using special software

format - n.  the way in which information is stored on a computer disk

cycle - n.  a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order; a repeating series of events or actions

genius - n.  a very smart person; a person who has a level of intelligence or skill that is extremely rare

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

4 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• 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。

5 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

6 formats   

n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）

参考例句：

• They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网