The Peanuts Movie

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《花生連環(huán)漫畫》從二十世紀五六十年代起就深受孩子們的喜愛。后來《花生連環(huán)漫畫》被改編成了電視動畫片。后來導演史蒂夫·馬蒂諾又把它搬上了電影大銀幕。

As a lifelong fan of the Peanuts comic strip and television special，Steve Martino says that getting chosen to direct a computer-animated（動畫的）Peanuts movie struck him as “a huge responsibility”.When he accepted the offer，he knew the importance of staying true to the original artwork that cartoonist Charles Schulz created，starting in 1950.

“When I was very young， I was often lost in reading the comic strip，like many children.I used to just lie on the floor and stare at the drawings.I think the Peanuts characters were some of the first characters I tried to draw or copy”，Martino said.

Though Charles Schulz died in 2000，his family has been making sure children today can enjoy the Peanuts.The Peanuts Movie came to theaters on November 6，2015.Martino had a special kind of balancing act：bringing the Peanuts characters to life with computer animation while staying true to the original artwork.“I thought that with computer animation there would be the opportunity to bring these characters to life and make their world feel a little more real，” he said， “But it was very important to me that we find the way that Charles Schulz drew.”

作為《花生》漫畫和電視特輯的終身粉絲，史蒂夫·馬蒂諾說，被選中執(zhí)導一部電腦動畫的《花生》片，讓他覺得“是一份巨大的責任”。當他接受這個提議的時候，他知道堅持原著的重要性，原著是漫畫家查爾斯·舒爾茨從1950年開始創(chuàng)作的。

“當我還很小的時候，我就像許多孩子一樣，常常迷失在看漫畫中。我過去常常躺在地板上盯著畫看。我認為《花生》的角色是我嘗試去畫或模仿的第一批角色?！瘪R蒂諾說。

In addition to following Schulz's way of drawing，Martino had the film's casting director（星探）listen to thousands of recordings to choose actors who sound like the original Peanuts characters from TV.And thanks to recordings of Bill Melendez，the director of the original Peanuts animated TV series and the voice of Snoopy，the lovable beagle（獵兔犬）sounds exactly the same.

This attention to detail required extra hours of work of the film's crew，but Martino thinks it was worth it. “We took much care in the making of the movie because we should be true to the original artwork that Schulz created，” he said.

盡管查爾斯·舒爾茨于2000年去世，但他的家人一直在確保今天的孩子們能夠欣賞 《花生》?！痘ㄉ箅娪啊酚?015年11月6日上映。馬蒂諾有一種特殊的平衡方式：用電腦動畫使《花生》人物充滿活力，同時保持原著的真實性。“我認為，有了電腦動畫，就有機會讓這些人物栩栩如生，并讓他們的世界感覺更真實一些?！彼f，“但對我來說，找到查爾斯·舒爾茨作畫的方式非常重要?！?/p>

除了按照舒爾茨的創(chuàng)作方式外，馬蒂諾讓電影的星探聽了數(shù)千張錄音，選擇了那些聲音聽起來像電視中的《花生》原版人物的演員。多虧了最初的《花生》動畫片的導演比爾·梅倫德斯的錄音和史努比的錄音，才使得可愛的獵兔犬的聲音聽起來完全一樣。

這種對細節(jié)的關注需要電影攝制組額外工作幾個小時，但馬蒂諾認為這是值得的?！拔覀冊谥谱鬟@部電影時非常小心，因為我們應該忠于舒爾茨的原創(chuàng)作品?！彼f。

Reading check

閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

1.According to the first paragraph，Steve Martino__________.

A.wrote the Peanuts comic stories

B.directed he Peanuts TV series

C.plays in the Peanuts television specials

D.acts as the director of the computer-animated Peanuts movie

2.What can we infer from Martino's words？

A.The comic strip was very popular with kids.

B.He began to learn drawing when he was young.

C.He created the Peanutscharactersin 1950.

D.The comic strip was hard to find when he was young.

3.What does Steve Martinois intend to emphasize most in making the movie？

A.Finding the “pen line” of Charles Schulz.

B.Staying faithful to the original artwork.

C.Listening to recordings of the TV series.

D.Paying much attention to artistic details.

主題應用·語庫構建

Ⅰ.熱詞積累

1.藝術詞語

work作品

work of art藝術作品

masterpiece杰作

plastic arts造型藝術

graphic arts形象藝術

fine arts美術

art gallery畫廊；美術館

salon沙龍

exhibition展覽

collection收藏

museum博物館

style風格

traditional Chinese painting國畫charcoal pencil炭筆

painter畫家

cave painting石洞壁畫

oil painting油畫

watercolour水彩畫

pastel drawing蠟筆畫

wash painting水墨畫

engraving版畫

painting/drawing畫

drawing from nature寫生畫

tracing臨摹

design描繪

sketch素描

portrait畫像

model模特

landscape風景畫

studio畫室

sculptor雕塑家

carving雕刻

statue雕像

figure塑像

workshop工作室

2.藝術流派

gothic哥特式

classicism古典主義；古典風格

romanticism浪漫主義

realism現(xiàn)實主義

symbolism象征主義

impressionism印象主義

expressionism表現(xiàn)主義

abstract art抽象派；抽象主義

cubism立體派；立體主義

surrealism超現(xiàn)實主義

naturalism自然主義

futurism未來主義

Ⅱ.美句背誦

1.我寫信是想邀請你去參觀下周日在歷史博物館舉行的中國畫展。

I am writing to invite you to visit the Chinese Painting Exhibition to be held in the History Museum next Sunday.

2.達·芬奇的《蒙娜麗莎》，世界名畫之一，現(xiàn)在正在盧浮宮展覽。

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa，one of the most wellknown paintings in the world，is now on show in the Louvre.

3.在展覽上，你不僅能欣賞各種各樣的畫作，而且還能見到一些著名的畫家。

Not only can you enjoy all kinds of paintings at the exhibition，but you can also meet some of the famous painters.

4.他小時候就對繪畫產(chǎn)生了興趣，并決定把繪畫作為他的終生職業(yè)。

He developed great interest in painting when he is young and decided to make painting as his life-long career.

5.一位畫家創(chuàng)作出一幅杰作需要靈感、創(chuàng)造力和極大的耐心。

It takes a painter inspiration，creativity and great patience to create a masterpiece.

6.正是30年的練習，才使畫家能在30秒鐘畫出這幅杰作。

It is 30 years'practice that made the painter draw this master piece in 30 seconds.

7.藝術是自然的右手。后者賦予了我們生命，但前者豐富了我們的人生。

Art is the right hand of nature.The latter only gives us being，but the former makes us men.

8.孩子能在繪畫中學到精益求精的好品質，也能在繪畫中學到耐心和自信。

Children can learn excellence in the painting as well as patience and confidence in the painting.

9.美到處都有，對于我們的眼睛來說，不是缺乏美，而是缺乏美的發(fā)現(xiàn)。

Beauty is everywhere.for our eyes，it's not a lack of beauty，but a lack of discovery.

10.我們所經(jīng)歷的最美好的事情是神秘，它是所有真正的藝術和科學的源泉。

The most beautiful things we experienced is mystery，which is the source of all true art and science.

Ⅲ.讀后創(chuàng)寫

假定你是李華，你在北京的美國留學生朋友Peter觀看了 《中國寶藏》（National Treasure）后，對中國的文物非常感興趣，與你相約本周六早上9點去故宮博物院參觀，但你因故不能赴約。請寫一封郵件給他，內(nèi)容包括：

1.表示歉意；

2.不能赴約理由；

3.改約時間；

注意：

1.詞數(shù)100左右；

2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

Dear Peter，

Yours，

Li Hua

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