WALT DISNEY 沃尔特-迪斯尼阅读题
WALT DISNEY
沃尔特-迪斯尼
Walt Disney,the great film?maker,was born in Chicago in 1901.Disney's
greatest wish was to be a famous artist.When he was a young man,he
went to a newspaper office in Kansas Cityswhereshe was living.He had some
friends who worked in the office there.He took along some of his pictures in
the hope of getting a job there.However,He had no luck.They looked at his
pictures and said,“Sorry,young man.We don't think there is anything of interest
in your pictures.”
Disney's friends tried to encourage him.“Don't worry,Walt.We like
your pictures.They're very good.We're sure you?ll be well?known as an artist
before long.”
Disney did not lose heart.He continued to draw lots of pictures.His family
was poor and he used to sit in the family garage and draw pictures there.
One day a mouse camesintosthe garage and played on the floor.Disney stopped
drawing and watched the mouse.The mouse came towards him,so he gave the
mouse a piece of bread.Then the mouse came and sat on his desk.Day after
day the mouse came back and was given more bread.In this way over several
days the artist and his mouse became good friends.
Some years later,Disney moved to the west coast of the USA.He tried to
get work as an artist,but still he was unsuccessful.One day he remembered
the mouse that used to come out in his father's garage.He picked up his pencil and started to draw.Day after day he experimented and drew different pictures
就画了起来.他一天一天地尝试着,画了好些不同的画,
of the mouse that he had known.At last he was pleased with one of his
画的就是他所熟悉的那只老鼠.最后他很满意其中的
pictures of the mouse.He called it Mickey Mouse.
一幅画,他就称其中的那只老鼠为“米老鼠”.
Disney's success as a cartoon?maker had begun.He soon drew other cartoon
作为动画片制片家,迪斯尼开始取得成功.不久后,他又画了一
characters like Donald Duck and during the 1920s and the 1930s he made
些卡通人物,像唐老鸭之类.在20世纪20年代到30年代期间,
scores of cartoons about them.These cartoons were all short ones.Before the
他制作了许多关于它们的动画片.这些动画片都是短片.在电视
days of television,they used to be shown in cinemas all over the country before
问世之前,全国各地的电影院先放动画片,
the main film was shown.Later Walt Disney made longer films.All of them
然后才放主片.后来,沃尔特-迪斯尼做了些较长的片子.它们
were liked very much by children.Disney died in 1966.But the studios which
he started are still busy today,producing more and more interesting films.
whai is the main idea of this passage
问题是whai is the main idea of this passage