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Political drama: “House of Cards”
- Political drama 政治大戏
- House of Cards 纸牌屋
- For some viewers the final season of the Netflix show, released yesterday, will be an exercise in wish fulfillment.
- final season 最后一季
- In this fictional Washington is America’s first female president, a Democrat no less, and one with short, carefully coiffed blonde hair and a fondness for power suits.
- fictional 虚构的
- Democrat 民主党人
- coiffed 使戴布帽[白帽]
- As she struggles to win over the press and assert her power over lobbyists and lawmakers, the commander-in-chief proclaims that she “won’t be told what to do” and that “the reign of the middle-aged white man is over.”
- lobbyist 说客；游说者
- Indeed, the ascendancy of Claire Underwood (played by Robin Wright) was driven by the firing last year of Kevin Spacey, the show’s lead, following sexual-misconduct allegations.
- ascendancy 支配力量；权势；统治权
- So far, critics say the reshuffling reinvigorates the West Wing drama: not only is Ms Wright a compelling antihero but her prominence gives the screenwriters an opportunity to probe the sexism of politics.
- reinvigorate 使再振作；使复兴；重振
- antihero 反英雄；非传统派角色；非英雄主角
- prominence 突出；重要；卓越；出名
- probe 探究
- The real Oval Office, alas, shows no sign of such a transformation.
- Oval Office 椭圆形办公室；白宫椭圆形办公室；美国总统办公室
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