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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of underlined parts
The passage below is from a website as follows:
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/judesmovies/features/moore.htm
I’ve invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us. They are here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction, yet we live in fictitious times. We live in a time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.
Whether it’s the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts: we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you! And anytime you’ve got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up! Thank you very much.
I have two questions and one for confirming regarding Michael Moore's speech.
They are all underlined.
First, 'the fiction of duct tape'.
I know what is duct tape, but what is 'the fiction of duct tape'?
Maybe kind of a figure of speech, but I can't figure out the exact meaning.
Second, 'the fiction of orange alerts'.
Orange alert is the alert of flood danger, but what is 'the fiction of duct tape'?
And the last one, the underlined sentence.
I have my version of its meaning.
It seems to mean "whenever people of this importance, the Pope or this celebrity, Dixie Chicks, are against the war on Iraq, you, president Bush, don't have any just reason to start this war and so you are going to fail.
(Am I right?)
Regards.
http://www.angelfire.com/in2/judesmovies/features/moore.htm
I’ve invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us. They are here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction, yet we live in fictitious times. We live in a time where we have fictitious election results that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.
Whether it’s the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts: we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush. Shame on you! And anytime you’ve got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up! Thank you very much.
I have two questions and one for confirming regarding Michael Moore's speech.
They are all underlined.
First, 'the fiction of duct tape'.
I know what is duct tape, but what is 'the fiction of duct tape'?
Maybe kind of a figure of speech, but I can't figure out the exact meaning.
Second, 'the fiction of orange alerts'.
Orange alert is the alert of flood danger, but what is 'the fiction of duct tape'?
And the last one, the underlined sentence.
I have my version of its meaning.
It seems to mean "whenever people of this importance, the Pope or this celebrity, Dixie Chicks, are against the war on Iraq, you, president Bush, don't have any just reason to start this war and so you are going to fail.
(Am I right?)
Regards.
Top answer
Stenka25 the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts The Department of Homeland Security of the United States has five color-coded threat levels intended to reflect the probability of a terrorist attack and its potential gravity. Red indicates a severe risk; orange indicates a high risk; yellow indicates a significant risk; and so on. Early in February of 2003 the department issued an orange alert.
- Stenka25 the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alerts The Department of Homeland Security of the United States has five color-coded threat levels intended to reflect the probability of a terrorist attack and its potential gravity.
- Red indicates a severe risk; orange indicates a high risk; yellow indicates a significant risk; and so on.
- Early in February of 2003 the department issued an orange alert.
- A few days later they advised Americans to stock up on plastic sheeting and duct tape to protect themselves against radiological or biological attack, which created a rush to buy duct tape.
- These announcements were regarded by many to be false alerts designed merely to cause Americans to support George W.
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Stenka25the fiction of duct tape or the fiction of orange alertsThe Department of Homeland Security of the United States has five color-coded threat levels intended to reflect the probability of a terrorist attack and its potential gravity. Red indicates a severe risk; orange indicates a high risk; yellow indicates a significant risk; and so on.
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Thanks a lot as always, CJ
Your reply get me to grap the complete meaning of the phrases which put me into question.
Your reply get me to grap the complete meaning of the phrases which put me into question.
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