【沉澱過後繼續努力】評論

 In his 2004 BBC documentary film series, The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, the journalist Adam Curtis argues that politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society. Though he does not use the term “culture of fear,” what Curtis describes in his film is a reflection of this concept. He looks at the American neo-conservative movement and its depiction of the threat first from the Soviet Union and then from radical Islamists. Curtis insists there has been a largely illusory fear of terrorism in the west since the September 11 attacks and that politicians such as George W Bush and Tony Blair had stumbled on a new force to restore their power and authority； using the fear of an organized “web of evil” from which they could protect their people. 記者亞當柯蒂斯在 2004 年 BBC 紀錄片系列電影《噩夢的力量》（副標題為恐懼政治的興起）中指出，政客們利用我們的恐懼來增強他們的權力和對社會的控制。雖然他沒有使用“恐懼文化”這個詞，但柯蒂斯在他的電影中所描述的正是這一概念的反映。他著眼於美國新保守主義運動及其對威脅的描述，首先來自蘇聯，然後來自激進的伊斯蘭主義者。柯蒂斯堅稱，自 9 月 11 日襲擊事件以來，西方對恐怖主義的恐懼在很大程度上是一種虛幻的恐懼，喬治·W·布什和托尼·布萊爾等政客偶然發現了一支新力量來恢復他們的權力和權威；利用對有組織的“ 邪惡的網絡”，他們可以保護自己的人民免受侵害。Which of the following correctly describes Adam Curtis’s belief in his 2004 BBC documentary?以下哪項正確描述了亞當·柯蒂斯 (Adam Curtis) 對 2004 年 BBC 紀錄片的信念？(A) American neo-conservative movement originated from the severe threat of the Soviet Union.美國新保守主義運動源於蘇聯的嚴重威脅(B) There had been a realistic fear of terrorism in the west since the September 11 attacks.自 9 月 11 日襲擊事件以來，西方一直存在對恐怖主義的現實恐懼(C) George W Bush and Tony Blair rightly used the fear of an organized “web of evil” to protect their people.喬治·W·布什和托尼·布萊爾正確地利用了對有組織的“邪惡網絡”的恐懼來保護他們的人民(D) It was wrong for the media, security forces and the Bush administration to use the culture of fear to expand their power.媒體、安全部隊和布什政府利用恐懼文化來擴大權力是錯誤的