英語(yǔ)專業(yè)四級(jí)聽(tīng)寫(xiě)50篇:30 Cartoonists

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Cartoonists

In a good cartoon, the artist can tell in a few lines as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. The cartoonist not only tells a story but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. He has great influence on public opinion. In a political campaign, he plays an important part. Controversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations may keep the cartoonist well-supplied with current materials.

A clever cartoonist may cause laughter because he often uses humor in his drawings. If he is sketching a famous person, he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it. Cartoonists, for instance, like to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. This exaggeration of a person’s characteristics is called caricature. The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across.

Useful Words and Expressions:

1. cartoonist 漫畫(huà)家

2. campaign 活動(dòng)

3. controversial 爭(zhēng)論的，爭(zhēng)議的

4. sketch 素描

5. prominent 卓越的

6. exaggerate 夸張

7. lengthen 延長(zhǎng)

8. grin 露齒笑