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A1Lookatthepicturesofthefourcartooncharactersbelow.Matchthedescriptionsofthecharacterswiththeirfaces.AWhatdoyouknowabout…？1.livelyandclever____2.toughandhonest_______3.complainingandlazy____4.bad-tempered______acdbadbcA2Whatdoyouknowaboutcomicbooks?Answerthesequestions.1.Doyoulikecomicbooks?Whyorwhynot?2.Howmanycomicbooksdoyoureadinamonth?3.Whoareyourfavouritecharactersincomicbooks?Doyoulikecartoons?Whatisyourfavoritecartoon?Whoarethey?Whatcartooncharactersdoyoulikebest?Whoarethey?Howdoyouknowthem?Doyoulikethem?Why?BLookandthinkLookatthetitle,thepictureandthefirstandlastparagraphsofthearticleonthenextpage.Thendotheexercisesbelow.1.TomandJerryare_____.a.realpeopleb.realanimalsc.cartoonanimalsc2.Thearticleisprobablyaboutthe_____ofTomandJerrycartoons.a.popularityb.historyc.Makingb3.AreTomandJerrygoodfriends?Whyorwhynot?No,theyarenot.BecauseTomalwaystriestocatchJerry.4.AreTomandJerrystillpopulartoday?Yes,theyare.TomandJeery猫和老鼠•TomandJerryaretwoofthemostpopularcartooncharactersintheworld.theshortcartoonsarefulloffun--Tom,thecat,alwaytriestocatchJerry,themouse.Thecartoonsalsohavealonghistory.Tom和Jerry是世界上两个最受欢迎的卡通人物。这些卡通短片充满了愉快和乐趣。它们向我们展示了猫咪Tom总是尽力抓住老鼠Jerry的故事.这个卡通片已有很长的历史了。WilliamHannaandJosephBarberabothworkedforMGMinthelate1930s.Theirboss,amancalledFredQuimby,toldthemtomakefunnycartoonsforcinemas.Togethertheythoughtoftheideaofacattryingtocatchamouse.Theythoughtitwouldbefunnytomakethemousecleverandalwaysgetthecatintotrouble.WilliamHanna和JosephBarbera在20世纪30年代后期为MGM公司效力。他们的老板，一个叫FredQuimby的男人，吩咐他们为影院制作幽默的卡通片。他们一起想出了一只猫试图捉老鼠的主意，并且他们认为让老鼠变得聪明并且老让猫出糗会很有趣。ThefirstTomandJerrycarttonwasshownincinmasin1940.Itwasagreatsuccess,sotheirbosstoldHannaandBarberatomakemore.Overthenextseventtenyears,HannaandBarberamakeahugenumberofTomandJerrycattons.Mostofthecartoonsareaboutsevenminuteslong.第一部《猫和老鼠》卡通片在电影院上映是在1940年。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《猫和老鼠》卡通片。在接下来的17年来，他们制做了大量的《猫和老鼠》卡通片。大多数的卡通片有7分钟长。Itiseasytounserstandthecartoonsbecausethereisusuallynospeakinginthem.Instead,thetwoanimalsarealwaysrunningaroundorfightingeachpther.ThoughTomalwaysthinkshecancatchJerry,heneverhasanysuccess.Thecartoonsareveryfunny.Theywonanumberofawards.理解这些卡通片是很容易的，因为片中没有语言。相反，两只小动物总是到处追逐打闹。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，并且赢得了非常多奖。Intotal,HannaandBarberamade114TomandJerrycartoons.Inalomosteveryone,Tomisintroublewithhisowner,andJerrylaughsathim.Thefamouscatandmousearestillpopulartoday.ThecatoonsarestillshownonTVallaroundtheworld.总的来说，Hanna和Barbera做了114集《猫和老鼠》。几乎在每一集里，Tom总是和它的主人发生矛盾，而Jerry总是会嘲笑他。著名的猫和老鼠现在仍然很受欢迎。世界各地的孩子们都喜欢在电视上收看这些卡通片。1.Howlongdoeseverycartoonlast?2.Whyisiteasytounderstandthecartoons?3.WhydidHannaandBarberawonalotofawards?Readthroughthetextthenanswerthefollowingquestions.C.FindthemeaningsC1Findthesewordsandphrasesinthearticleonpage17.Readthewordsaroundthemandchoosethebestmeanings.1.togethera.byoneselfb.withoutanyonec.witheachother2.get…intotroublea.cause…aproblemb.help…withaproblemc.make…happyca3.showna.taughtb.onscreenc.made4.successa.apersonorthingthathasfailedtodosomethingb.apersonorthingthathasachievedsomethingc.apersonorthingthathaschangedsomethingbb5.anumberofa.afewb.thenumberofc.many6.arounda.aboutb.hereandtherec.morethan7.introublewitha.havingafriendlyrelationshipwithb.havingaproblemwithc.inpeacewithcbbC2Usethewordsandphraseintheboxtocompletetheconversationbelow.historyinsteadthoughintotalPAULDidyougodancinglastweekend?JUDYNo,Iwentshopping(1)________.IvisitedtheshopsonSunshineRoad.Theyallhaveaverylong______.insteadhistoryhistoryinsteadthoughintotalPAULDidyoubuyanything?JUDYYes,Iboughtalotofpresents(3)______thingswereexpensivethere.Theycostme600yuan(4)________.thoughintotalD.FindthefactsPansyandTonyaretakingaboutthearticleonTomandJerrycartoons.Completetheconversationbelow.PANSYWhocreatedTomandJerry?TONY(1)__________________________________________WilliamHannaandJosephBarberaPANSY:Inwhatwaydidtheymakethecartoonsfunny?TONY:(2)________________________________________________________________Theymadethemousecleverandalwaysgetthecatintotrouble.PANSY:WhenwasthefirstTomandJerrycartoonshownincinemas?TONY:(3)_______PANSY:WhydidtheirbosstellHannaandBarberatomakemoreTomandJerrycartoons?In1940.TONY:(4)____________________________________________________________PANSY:HowmanyTomandJerrycartoonsweremadebyHannaandBarberaintotal?TONY:(5)_______BecausethefirstTomandJerrycartoonwasagreatsuccess.114.EReadandthinkReadthearticleagainanddecidewhetherthefollowingsentencesareTorF.1.TomandJerrycartoonswerecreatedonlyashorttimeago.2.ThefirstTomandJerrycartoonwasverysuccessful.3.MostTomandJerrycartoonsareverylong.FTF4.TherearealargenumberofdialoguesbetweenTomandJerry.5.TomneversucceedsincatchingJerry.6.WecanstillseeTomandJerrycartoonsonTVtoday.FTTCompletethefollowingwithfactsyoucollectfromthetext.WilliamHannaandJosephBarbera______TomandJerry,whicharesuccessful_________________intheworld.Atfirsttheythoughtitwouldbefunnytomakethemouse______andalways___thecat____trouble.createdcartooncharactersclevergetintoItis____tounderstandthecartoonsbecauseth