80后说:

很庆幸我的童年是《猫和老鼠》,

90后说:

很庆幸我的童年也是《猫和老鼠》,

00后说:

很庆幸我的童年依然是《猫和老鼠》。

的确《猫和老鼠》动画过于经典,

其中的主角形象早已深入人心。

蓝猫Tom的身体构造永远是个谜,

可以折叠、变成各种几何图形,

有必要时他也可以是液体。

▲图源:giphy.com

住在墙脚小洞里的老鼠Jerry,

上帝似乎给他单独开了“外挂”,

他永远可以躲过猫的追捕。

▲图源:giphy.com

昨日的内容

向吉恩·戴奇导演、向经典致敬的同时

也勾起了不少小伙伴们的童年回忆

今天小编就为大家选取了外刊中对

《猫和老鼠》动画片的一篇叙述

趁热打铁,就让我们通过外刊学英文

一起来学习下今日的趣味内容吧~

Tom and Jerry: 80 years of cat v mouse

汤姆和杰瑞:猫和老鼠斗过的 80 年

April.22 2020

Tom and Jerry: 80 years of cat v mouse

汤姆杰瑞:猫和老鼠斗过的 80 年

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A cartoon cat,sick of the annoying mouse livingin his home,devisesa plot totakehim outwith a trap loaded with cheese. The mouse,wise tohis plan, safely removes the snack andsauntersaway with a full belly.

动画片里,一只猫受够了那只烦人的老鼠住在他家,密谋用一个装着奶酪的捕鼠器来干掉他。而那只小老鼠对猫的诡计了然于胸,安全地取走了食物,饱腹了一顿后悠闲离开。

be sick of sb. doing sth

sick(adj. 生病的,恶心的;恼怒的,厌恶的)

相关短语:It makes me feel sick.(恶心的)

be sick of sb. doing sth厌恶;厌倦;厌烦某人做某事

英文释义:It makes me sick to know people eating bats.

相关词汇:

be sick of sth 讨厌

to be sick of 厌倦

Be sick of sb 讨厌某人

be sick of learning 厌烦学习

be sick of doing nothing 闲得发腻 ; 详细翻译

例句:Everyone willbesickofhaving the same food for several days. 几天连续吃同样的食物,任何人都会腻烦。

take sb. out

take sb. out

除掉某人;带某人外出

英文释义:to kill someone or to get rid of sb.除掉某人

相关词汇:

take sth. out = take out sth.把某物取/拿出来

take sb out to do 带某人出去

take sb out of oneself 给某人消气解愁

take sb out for dinner 带某人出去吃晚餐

例句:Jessica's grandparentstook her outfor the day.

杰茜卡的祖父母带她出去了一天。

be wise to sth

wise [waz]

adj. 明智的,聪明的

vi. 意识到,觉察;知道(令人不愉快的实情)

英文释义:to be alert to sth. or be aware of sth.

相关词汇:

wise to 知道内部信息的

in this wise 这样地

on this wise 如此,这样

in no wise 决不

例句:On the other hand, you mightbewisetobegin with research if you intend to tackle an issue you do not fully understand.

另一方面,从调查开始也许会是一个明智的选择,如果你打算去解决一个你并不是完全懂的问题。

saunter

saunter/sɑn.t/

v. 闲逛,漫步

英文释义:to walk in a slow, relaxed manner

词义辨析:saunter, wander

wander 侧重漫无目的的晃悠,包括迷路时候的徘徊;saunter 则没有这层含义,它更强调放松的心态。

例句:We watched our fellow studentssaunterinto the building.

我们看着同学们漫步走进了那栋楼。

同义词:amble [mbl] vi/ n. 缓行;从容漫步

例句:Leakey is an infant, but old enough toamblethrough the canopy on his own.
利基虽然是一个幼龄猩猩,但它也能在属于它自己的丛林上漫步。

backfire

backfire/bkfar/

v.(计划)产生适得其反的结果

相关词汇:back(adv. 返回)

相关词汇:fire(v. 点火)

例句:You can probably guess what happens next. The story ends as it almost always does: with the cat yelling out in pain as yet another planbackfires.

接下来的情节你应该可以猜个大概。这个故事几乎总以差不多的方式结尾:这只猫痛苦地大喊大叫,又一个诡计让他自食其果。

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Theduowasdreamt upfrom a place of desperation. MGM'sanimationdepartment, where creators Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera worked, had struggled toemulatethe success of other studios who had hitcharacters like Porky Pig and Mickey Mouse.

这对冤家诞生在一个绝望之处。米高梅公司的动画部,也就是创作者比尔·汉纳与约瑟夫·巴伯拉工作的部门,一直在努力效仿其他电影公司的成功经验,那些电影公司打造出了像猪小弟和米老鼠这样的火爆卡通角色。

duo

duo/du.o/

n. 二人组合,一对搭档

搭配短语:the comedy duo

相关词汇:trio(n. 三人组合)

dream up

dream up

凭空想出,虚构出(通常为荒诞不经的事)

近义词:devise

animation

animation/n.me.n/

n. 动画片;动画制作

相关词汇:animate(v. 把...制成动画片)

词义辨析:animation, cartoon

animation 指用现代的计算机技术做出来的动画片;而 cartoon 则更原始,是一张一张手绘出来的,通过快速连拍这些画,上面的卡通人物就好像动起来了。现在常常会混用这两个词。

emulate

emulate/em.j.let/

v. 效仿,模仿;同…竞争,努力赶上

近义词:mimic, imitate

例句:You should emulate his good example.
你应该效法他, 以他为好榜样。

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Out ofboredom, the animators beganthinking uptheir own ideas. Barbera said he loved the simple concept of a cat and mouse cartoon, with conflict and chase, even though it had been done countless times before.

厌倦了效仿他人,两位制作人开始琢磨自己的创意。即使此前类似题材的动画早已数不胜数,但巴伯拉说,他还是很喜欢猫和老鼠水火不容、追逐打斗这种简单的卡通创意。

boredom

boredom/br.dm/

n. 厌烦,厌倦;乏味,无聊

相关词汇:bore(v. 使厌倦)

反义词:freedom(n. 自由)

例句:He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom.
他不再去听那些讲座完全是出于厌倦。

think up

think up想出(新主意或新计划)

英文释义:to invent or to imagine something

例句:Can anybody think of a way to raise money?
有人能想出筹款的办法吗?