Unit 2 Reading A

Unit2ReadingA 1 It simportanttoknowanotherlanguage Longlongago therewasalovelymouse EveryonecalledherMrs Mouse Mrs Mousehadfivesweetbabies Shelovedthemverymuch Shefedthem andplayedwiththem Eachdayshewastakingherbabiesforawalk Theylivedtogetherhappily Butoneday theymetalargecatwhenshewastakingherbabiesforawalk Miaow miaow Shoutedthelargecat wholookedveryterrifying 2 It simportanttoknowanotherlanguage Thebabieswerehorriblyscared Theywantedtorunaway buttheycouldn tmove Theyshookaftertheirmother Buthowbravetheirmotherwhostoodout Bark bark ShoutedMrs Mouse ThelargecatlookedatMrs Mousestrangely Bark bark ShoutedMrs Mouseagain Thelargecatturnedandranawaythistime Yousee children saidMrs Mouse howimportantitistospeakanotherlanguage Howimportantitisformetospeakanotherlanguage English 3 It simportanttoknowanotherlanguage 1 HowmanybodiesdidMrs Mousehave AOneBTwoCFourDFive 2 Howdidtheylivetogether AhappyBhappilyChardDhardly 3 Whathappenedwhenshewastakingherbabiesforawalk Atheyfelthorriblyscared B Theylookedveryterrifying C Theyranaway D Theymetalargecat 4 It simportanttoknowanotherlanguage 5 Whatcanwelearnfromthestory AIt simportanttoknowlanguage B It simportanttoknowanotherlanguage C It simportanttoknowhowtobarklikeadog D It simportanttobebravelikeMrsMouse 5 Interestingcartoonfacts Discussion 1 DoyouknowMickeyMouse Cartoonfanmail MickeyMouseIn1933MickeyMouseisbelievedtohavereceived800 000fanletters Mostcomicreaders JapanInJapanmangameanscomic Atfirstmangamagazineswerewrittenforchildren oneexamplewithworldwidesuccessisPok mon 神奇宝贝 butabouthalfofallmangamaterialisnowaimedatadults MangacultureisveryimportantinJapanesesociety today 6 Interestingcartoonfacts Cartoonfanmail MickeyMouseIn1933MickeyMouseisbelievedtohavereceived800 000fanletters Mostcomicreaders JapanInJapanmangameanscomic Atfirstmangamagazineswerewrittenforchildren oneexamplewithworldwidesuccessisPok mon 神奇宝贝 butabouthalfofallmangamaterialisnowaimedatadults MangacultureisveryimportantinJapanesesociety today 7 Largestcartoonmuseum Florida USATheInternationalMuseumofCartoonArtinBocaRaton Florida over160 000original 原创的 animateddrawings 动画 from50countriesincludingbooks cartoons interviewsanddocumentaries 文件 8 TomandJerry 猫和老鼠 又译 汤姆和杰利 Tom Jerry 是当今举世闻名的动画片 它的创造者威廉 汉纳 WilliamHanna 及约瑟夫 巴伯拉 JosephBarbera 是美国好莱坞动画界的 传奇人物 威廉 汉纳出生于新墨西哥梅尔罗斯 七岁时随父母迁居加利福尼亚 长大后 曾先后学习过工程学 新闻学和音乐 20世纪30年代美国经济大萧条时期 他在一家动画工作室打零工 担任故事编辑工作 雇主很快发现了他的才华 因而他不断地得到提拔 直至成为独立的动画片导演 9 卡通画家约瑟夫 巴伯拉出生于纽约 自幼就有绘画天赋 起初他在一家银行工作 业余时间入迷地从事动画创作 他不同寻常的天赋与勤奋使他很快在一家动画工作室找到了自己喜爱的工作 1937年汉纳和巴伯拉第一次在米高梅电影公司动画工作室相遇 1938年汉纳从事动画片 乐一通 LooneyTunes 与 梅里小旋律 MerrieMelodies 的创作 巴伯拉在绘制动画片 特里通 Terrytoons 汉纳具有喜剧天赋和著名导演的组织才能 巴伯拉具有卓越的绘画天才 他们都认识到应该结成合作关系 从此开始了几十年的成功合作 10 猫和老鼠 完全以闹剧为特色 情节十分热烈 汤姆是一只常见的家猫 它有一种强烈的欲望 总想抓住与它同居一室却难以抓住的老鼠杰瑞 它不断地努力驱赶这些讨厌的房客 但总是遭到失败 而实际上它在追逐中得到的乐趣远远超过了捉住老鼠杰瑞 即使偶尔捉住了杰瑞 结果也不知究竟该怎么处置这只老鼠 11 HaveyoueverseenanyTomandJerrycartoons 12 DoyouknowwhoisTomandwhoisJerry Tomisacat Jerryisamouse 13 Doyouknowmoreaboutthetwocartooncharacters Aretheyfriendsorenemies DoTomandJerryspeakinthecartoons 14 1 befullof 充满 2 trytodo 尽力做 3 inthelate1930s在20世纪30年代末4 thinkof想到5 get intotrouble使 陷入麻烦6 runaround到处跑7 getintroublewith sb 犯事而落到 某人 手里8 laughat嘲笑9 bepopular流行 受欢迎10 fromallovertheworld来自世界各地的 15 根据中文意思完成句子1 我试图逃走 但没有成功 I escape butIfailed 2 来自世界各地的游客每年都会来参观长城 Visitors cometovisittheGreatWalleveryyear triedto fromallovertheworld 16 3 几乎在每集动画片里 汤姆都会犯事而落到主人的手里 Inalmosteverycartoon Tom hisowner 4 这种引擎是在十九世纪晚期的欧洲被创造出来的 Thiskindofenginewasfirstmade inEurope 5 这个问题让他陷入困境 Theproblem him getsintroublewith inthelate1800s got intotrouble 17 18 A1 Beforeyoureadthearticle discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner 1 HaveyoueverseenanyTomandJerrycartoons 2 WhoisTomandwhoisJerry Aretheyfriendsorenemies Yes TomisacatandJerryisamouse Theyareenemies 19 3 DoTomandJerryspeakinthecartoons 4 Whichcharacterdoyoulikebetter TomandJerry Why No theydon t IlikeJerrybetterbecauseheisveryclever 20 A3LijieisaskingSunFeiquestionsaboutthestoryofTomandJerry ReadthearticleagainandhelpSunFeianswerthequestions LiJieWhomadetheTomandJerrycartoons SunFei 1 WilliamHannaandJosephBarbera 21 LiJieWhatdidtheythinkoftheideaofacattryingtocatchamouse SunFei 2 Theythoughtitwouldbefunny 22 LiJieWhenwasthefirstTomandJerrycartoonshownincinemas SunFei 3 LIJieWhydidtheirbosstellHannaandBarberatomakemoreTomandJerrycartoons SunFei 4 in1940 BecausethefirstTomandJerrycartoonwasahugesuccess 23 LiJieHowmanyTomandJerrycartoonsweremadebyHannaandBarberaaltogether SunFei 5 LiJieAretheystillpopulartoday Why SunFei 6 114 Yes theyare Becausetheyarefunnyandbringgreatamusement 24 CanyoufindoutsomewordsandphrasesdescribingTomandJerryinthearticle popular fulloffun alonghistory funnycartoons smart plentyofcartoons greatamusement 25 A4FindfoursentencesdescribingTomandJerryinthearticle 1 2 TomthecattryingtocatchJerrythemouse thetwoanimalsarealwaysrunningaroundorfightingeachother 26 3 4 TomalwaysthinkshecancatchJerry healwaysfails Tomgetsintroublewithhisowner whileJerrylaughsathim 27 Languagepoints 1 Theshortcartoonsarefulloffun P18 这些卡通短片充满乐趣 解析 1 befullof 充满 装满 与befilledwith同义 可互换 例如 Themusichallwasfullofpeople Themusichallwasfilledwithpeople 音乐厅里挤满了人 2 fun是不可数名词 意为 有趣的事情 funny是形容词 意为 有趣的 与interesting的意思相同 28 请区别 Whatfunitis 这是多么有趣的事情 Thestoryissofunnythatmostchildrenlikeit 这个故事很有趣 大多数孩子都喜欢 在括号内选择合适的词填空 Heisgoodatmakingjokes Heisvery funny fun funny 29 2 WilliamHannaandJosephBarberabothworkedforMGMinthelate1930s P18 WilliamHanna和JosephBarbera在二十世纪三十年代末期都为梅高梅电影公司工作 解析 世纪与年代的表示为 整十的年 s 翻译成中文时要在阿拉伯数字的基础上加上一 如 1930s 二十世纪三十年代 与介词in和定冠词the连用 early表示年代初期 late表示年代末期 30 再如 intheearly2020s 在二十一世纪二十年代初期 将下列汉语翻译成中文 在二十世纪九十年代末期 inthelate1990s 31 3 ThoughTomthinkshecancatchJerry healwaysfails P18 虽然Tom想他可以抓住Jerry 但他总是失败 解析 though 虽然 但是 连接让步状语从句 不可与but一起连用 though和but在句子中只能取其中一个 32 例如 Thoughthelittleboyisonly3yearsold hecandresshimself Thelittleboyisonly3yearsold buthecandresshimself 那个小男孩虽然只有三岁 但他能自己穿衣服 33 though的同义词although的用法和though一样 不过although被放在句首的情况比较多 而though还可以置于句尾 例如 Although ThoughI mfull Icanstilleatalittle 虽然我饱了 但还能吃一点 I mfull Ica