世界名人简介 第56期:华特·迪士尼
时间：2019-02-19 作者：英语课 分类：世界名人简介
英语课
Walt Disney was one of the most famous people ever to have lived. He has touched the lives of millions of children and adults. He holds the record for winning the most Academy Awards (26) and was an innovative 1 film producer and animator. He created some of the most successful characters, movies and theme parks of the 20th Century.
华特·迪士尼是全球最为知名的人物之一。他感动了全球数百万的儿童和成人。并保持着获得奥斯卡奖项最多的记录（26座），他是一名极具创造力的电影制作人，动画大师。他制作了20世纪最为成功的卡通人物、电影以及主题公园。
Disney was born in 1901 in Chicago. He developed a great love of drawing as a youngster 2. When he was ten, he discovered the world of theatre and cinema and fell in love with it. He became the cartoonist for his high school newspaper. In 1920, he set up his own animation 3 company and his “Laugh-O-Gram” cartoons became very popular.
1901年，迪士尼出生于芝加哥。从小开始，他就对绘画产生了浓厚的兴趣。10岁那年，他接触了戏剧和电影艺术，并深深的爱上了它。他还担任了高中报刊的漫画家。1920年，他建立了自己的动画公司，他的“欢笑动画”卡通人物深受人们的欢迎。
Disney wanted more and so he moved to Hollywood. He developed a character based on a pet mouse he once had. He gave the mouse his own voice and personality. Disney’s wife named him Mickey. Disney put Mickey in his first movie with sound, ‘Steamboat Willie’. By 1930, Mickey Mouse was the world’s most popular cartoon character and Walt Disney was a household name.
迪士尼希望获得更多，于是他转战好莱坞。他曾经养过一只宠物鼠，并以这只老鼠为原型创造了卡通人物。并赋予了这只老鼠自己的声音和性格。迪士尼的妻子将其命名为米奇老鼠。迪士尼将米奇老鼠放进了首部有声动画《威利号蒸汽船》中。到20世纪30年代，米奇老鼠成为了全球最具影响力的卡通人物，而华特·迪士尼也因此而家喻户晓。
Following on from Mickey’s success, Disney created characters such as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto 4. He then produced an animated 5 feature-length version of Snow White, which was the most successful movie of 1938. Dozens more movies followed, including Fantasia and Bambi. Disney built up a global entertainment empire, including his Disneyland theme park. He died of cancer in 1966.
随着米奇的成功，迪士尼又创作了如唐老鸭、高飞、布鲁托等卡通人物。之后，他创作了长篇动画电影《白雪公主》，该影片也成为了1938年度最为成功的影片。之后又推出了数十部影片，包括《幻想曲》和《小鹿斑比》。迪斯尼建造了全球娱乐王国，包括迪斯尼主题乐园。1966年，迪士尼死于癌症。
1.die of 死于
例句：People are dying of cancer more and more often.
死于癌症的人越来越多了。
2.household name 家喻户晓的事或人
例句：She became a household name in the 1960s.
她在20世纪60年代成为家喻户晓的人物。
3.film producer 电影制片人
例句：Her marriage to film producer Michael Greenburg fell apart.
她和电影制片人迈克尔·格林伯格的婚姻破裂了。
4.theme park 主题乐园
例句：Food is available at the theme park in Shenzhen.
在深圳的主题公园里有食物供应.
adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
n.儿童，少年，年轻人
- I rode the youngster on my back.我让小孩骑在背上。
- That youngster works with a will.这小伙子干活有股傻劲儿。
n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作
- They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
- The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
n.冥王星
- Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
- Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。
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