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Oceanic innocence
再見了，海綿寶寶之父
Stephen Hillenburg, the US animator whose childhood summers on a Maine island later inspired him to create the famous cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants, passed away on Nov 26 at the age of 57.
11月26日，美國動畫師史蒂芬·海倫伯格逝世，享年57歲。他童年時的夏天曾在緬因州的一座海島上度過，后來這段經歷啟發他創作出著名動畫片《海綿寶寶》。
Hillenburg was interested in the ocean as a child and developed a love for art. He studied Natural Resource Planning and Interpretation at college, with an emphasis on marine resources. "It dawned on me that if I was going to do a show on animals, I'd do a show about undersea animals – all the ones that I'm interested in and know a lot about," Hillenburg told Entertainment Weekly in 2010. "I focused on the sponge because it's one of the more peculiar creatures."
海倫伯格孩提時便對海洋產生興趣，并且萌生了對藝術的熱愛。他在大學中學習自然資源規劃與闡釋的相關課程，并重點關注海洋資源?！拔乙庾R到，如果要做動物節目的話，我會制作一檔關于海底動物的節目 —— 那都是我感興趣且十分熟悉的動物，”海倫伯格2010年在接受《娛樂周刊》采訪時表示?！拔谊P注海綿動物，是因為它們是一種更為不尋常的生物?！?/div>
But although he wasn't sure whether people would like a cartoon about the ocean, he stuck with it. "We just try to make ourselves laugh, then ask if it's appropriate for children," Hillenburg told The Associated Press in 2001. "The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of worldly characters."
盡管他并不確定人們是否會喜歡一部關于海洋的動畫片，但他還是堅持做了下來。“我們只是試圖逗笑自己，并且考慮是否適合孩子們觀看，”海倫伯格2001年在接受美聯社采訪時如此表示。“這檔節目的精髓就在于，在一眾世俗的角色當中，海綿寶寶是一個純真的人?！?/div>
What Hillenburg probably didn't expect was that the adventures of this "innocent" character in his underwater hometown would be such a success. There have been nearly 250 episodes to date. It has won several Emmy Awards, and has been shown in more than 60 languages.
海倫伯格沒有想到的是，這個“純真”的角色在其水下故鄉的歷險大獲成功。到目前為止，節目已經播出了近250集，數次獲得艾美獎，并且被翻譯成60多種語言。
SpongeBob was popular because he appealed not only to children but to older viewers as well, including college students, who held viewing parties for the show. Children liked SpongeBob's innocence, teenagers and young adults loved the show's humor, while the more mature enjoyed it as part of meme culture.
海綿寶寶大受歡迎的原因在于他不光吸引孩子們，年紀大些的觀眾也很愛看，大學生們還會舉辦《海綿寶寶》的觀影派對。孩子們喜歡海綿寶寶的純真，青少年和年輕人喜歡節目的幽默，而更成熟的成年人則喜歡其中的表情包文化。
But it was above all the character's innocence that attracted people.
但節目最吸引人的一點仍是角色的純真。
The show's most important message, Hillenburg once said, "is that innocence prevails – which I don't think it always does in real life".
海倫伯格曾表示，節目所傳遞的最重要的信息便是“純真戰勝一切 —— 但在現實生活中卻常常并非如此。”
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| innocent | ['inəsnt] |
想一想再看 adj. 清白的，無辜的，無害的，天真純潔的，無知的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| popular | ['pɔpjulə] |
想一想再看 adj. 流行的，大眾的，通俗的，受歡迎的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| inspired | [in'spaiəd] |
想一想再看 adj. 有創見的，有靈感的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| cartoon | [kɑ:'tu:n] |
想一想再看 n. 動畫片，漫畫 |
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| interpretation | [in.tə:pri'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 解釋，闡釋，翻譯，(藝術的)演繹 |
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| appropriate | [ə'prəupriət] |
想一想再看 adj. 適當的，相稱的 |
聯想記憶 | |
| mature | [mə'tjuə] |
想一想再看 adj. 成熟的，(保單）到期的，考慮周到的 |
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| emphasis | ['emfəsis] |
想一想再看 n. 強調，重點 |
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| essence | ['esns] |
想一想再看 n. 本質，精髓，要素，香精 |
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| sponge | [spʌndʒ] |
想一想再看 n. 海綿，海綿狀的東西 |
