【听力原文】

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 cartoon artist not only tells a story/but he also tries 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 cartoon artist well-supplied with Current materials. /A clever cartoon artist 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. /Cartoon artists, for instance, /like lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. /The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across.

【核心词汇】

campaign n.运动；战役

controversial a.引起争论的，有争议的

exaggerate v.夸张；扩大

prominent a.卓越的，杰出的

sketch v.素描；速写；草拟

cartoon artist 漫画家