Ah, a witch（巫婆） hunt（打猎）. Humans are tireless in their pursuit（ 追赶） of reason. It's 1950. Following threats（威胁） from the communist（共产主义的） governments of the Soviet Union and China（瓷器）, anti（反对者 a反对的）-communist（共产主义的） sentiment（感情） in the United States is at an all-time high. Senator（参议员） Joseph McCarthy claims he has a list of 205 communists in the U.S. who are influencing government policy.

  Didn't I just change the channel? Ah, I see. It's a different witch hunt. The Senate（参议院） forms a committee（委员会） to investigate McCarthy's claims. McCarthy names his first case against prominent（突出的） lawyer, judge, and activist（积极分子） Dorothy Kenyon. He accuses（控告） her of membership（资格） to 28 organizations that are communist（共产主义的） fronts.

  Newspapers around the country rush（冲） to her defense, pointing out her vocally anti-communist record. The Senate committee schedules（安排） a hearing（ 听力） anyway, and she has just five days to prepare. This is too much. If the government won't be a voice of reason, I'll have to. That's better. I'm surprised you good legislators（立法者） have agreed to move this hearing（ 听力） forward.