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　　A group polled 10,000 college students about their views on politics, and the result of the poll indicated that most students thought politicians were polluting the place with their empty promises and lies.Some students even said that when these political animals carefully polished their speeches, and delivered them as if reading poetry, they were poisoning the minds of their audience.The audiences, on the other hand, were said to be often unaware of this type of poison, plus the fact that the poisonous messages were wrapped in beautiful language, and were thus difficult to detect.Other comments were that such people might even plunge the country into depression by taking the plunge, for personal gain, rather than continuing a plus growth rate in the economy.And it was said that their foreign policies are often likely to cause a plunge in the relationship with neighboring countries.In addition it was commented that they would often use words in their plural form, like “people” or “we”, while actually the plural really only referred to them, not the majority.Therefore, many students concluded that being able to make good speeches was a plus in a political occupation, but to them, this ability was only like polish to shoes, although they often became so skillful that they could polish off a speech quite easily.

　　记单词

　　plunge 1.纵身投入，一头进入2.猛冲3.猛跌，骤降vt 1.(猛力)把…投入(或刺进)2.使突然陷入，遭受n 1.投身入水2.猛跌，骤降

　　take the plunge(经过踌躇)决定冒险一试，采取决定性步骤

　　plural 复数的n 复数

　　plus 加，加上n 1.加号，正号2.有利因素a 表示加的，正的

　　poetry 诗篇，诗歌，诗集

　　poison 毒物，毒药vt 使中毒，放毒于，毒害

　　poisonous 1.有毒的2.恶毒的，刻毒的

　　policy 1.政策，方针2.保险单

　　polish 1.磨光，擦亮2.修改，使优美，润色n 擦光剂，上光蜡

　　polish off(飞快地)完成

　　politician 政治家，政客

　　politics 1.政治，政治学2.政纲，政见

　　poll 1.民意测验2.[常pl]政治选举，大选vt 1.对…进行民意测验

　　2.获得(…张选票)

　　pollute 1.弄脏，污染2.腐蚀

　　一个研究小组对一万名大学生进行了民意测验，调查他们对于政治的看法。民意测验的结果表明，大多数学生认为政客们正在用空头支票和谎言污染着那个地方。有些学生甚至说，这些政治动物们精心修改他们的演讲稿，演说起来就像在朗诵诗歌，可实际上他们却在毒害听众的思想。而另一方面，据说听众对这种毒害常常毫无察觉，加上这些有毒的信息又裹着华丽的语言，因此很难让人发现。还有人评论说，为了自己的利益这些人甚至有可能冒险使国家突然陷入经济萧条，而不是继续保持经济正的增长率。还有人认为他们的外交政策很有可能会使与邻国的关系突然恶化。此外，评论还说他们说话时用词常用复数形式，如“人们”或者“我们”，而实际上这复数指的是他们，而不是平民大众。因此，很多学生得出了这样一个结论：能言善辩是政客们政治生涯中的一个有利因素，而对他们来说，这种能力只是像皮鞋擦光剂，尽管他们十分老练，可以轻轻松松飞快地完成一次演讲。

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