Tom and Jerry
Tom 和 Jerry(《貓和老鼠》)
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world.
Tom 貓和 Jerry 鼠是兩個世界上最流行的動畫角色。
In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success.
在動畫短片中,Tom 總想試圖抓住 Jerry,但它從來沒成功過。
Almost every cartoon ends with tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him.
幾乎每一集結(jié)尾時 Tom 總會陷入麻煩并受到 Jerry 的嘲笑。
The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
故事充滿樂趣,并有很長的歷史。
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s.
William Hanna 和 Joseph Barbera 在 20 世紀(jì) 30 年代后期任職于 MGM(米高梅電影公司)。
Their boss told them to make funny cartoons.
他們的老板授意他們做有趣的動畫片。
Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse.
他們一起想到了貓和老鼠的念頭。
They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.
他們認為如果老鼠很聰明,總讓貓陷入困境將會很有趣。
The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success.
最早的《貓和老鼠》動畫片于 1940 年在電影院上映,獲得了巨大的成功。
Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons.
接下來的 17 年間,他們制作出了很多集《貓和老鼠》動畫片。
Most of them are around seven minutes long.
時長大多都在 7 分鐘左右。
In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons.
Hanna 和 Barbera 共制作了 114 集《貓和老鼠》動畫片。
The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards.
這些動畫片如此優(yōu)秀,贏得了多項殊榮。
The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.
(這對)著名的貓和老鼠今天依然很受歡迎,動畫片仍然在世界各地的電視上播放。