牛津英语8b课文翻译 Chapter2 Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. the short cartoons are full of fun -- Tom, the cat, alway tries to catch Jerry, the mouse. The cartoons also have a long history.

Tom 和Jerry是世界上两个最有名的卡通人物。这些短篇的卡通片非常有趣——猫咪Tom总是想抓住老鼠Jerry.这个卡通片有一个很长的历史。

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss ,aman called Fred Quimby, told them to them to make funny cartoons for cinemas. Together they thought of the idea of a cat trying to catch a mouse. They thought it would be funny to make the mouse clever and always get the cat into trouble.

William Hanna和Joseph Barbera 在上世纪1930年代一起在MGM工作。他们的老板是一个叫Fred Quimby的人，他要他们做一些有趣的电影卡通片。他们一起想出了这个猫捉老鼠的主意，并且他们认为让老鼠变得聪明老让猫出糗会很有趣。

The first Tom and Jerry cartton was shown in cinmas in 1904. It was a great success, so their boss told Hanna and Barbera to make more. Over the next seventten years, Hanna and Barbera make a huge number of Tom and Jerry cattons. Most of the cartoons are about seven minutes long.

一开始卡通片《猫和老鼠》在1904年上映。获得了巨大的成功，所以他们的老板让Hanna和Barbera接着做更多的卡通片。在接下来的17年来，Hanna和Barbera做了大量的《猫和老鼠》。大多数的卡通片有7分钟长。

It is easy to unserstand the cartoons because there is usually no speaking in them. Instead, the twoanimals are always running around or fighting each pther. Though Tom always thinks he can cath Jerry, he never has any success. The cartoons are very funny. They won a number of awards.

因为片中没有什么语言，所以这些卡通片很好理解。这两个动物经常互相追逐打闹。虽然Tom经常认为自己可以抓到Jerry,但是他从来没有成功。这些卡通片非常有趣，并且赢得了非常多的好评。

In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. In alomost every one, Tom is in trouble with his owner, and Jerry laughs at him. The famous cat and mouse are still popular today. The catoons are still shown on TV all around the world.

总的来说，Hanna和Barbera做了114集《猫和老鼠》。几乎在每一集里Tom和它的主人都会陷入麻烦，而Jerry总是会嘲笑他。这有名的猫和老鼠现在仍然很流行。卡通片在全世界依旧出现在电视上。

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