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中英文本
Internet giant, Amazon, has put a warning on some of the 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons it offers to its customers. Visitors who want to buy or download the series 'Tom and Jerry: The Complete Second Volume' get a warning that the cartoons contain scenes that are racist. The warning says: "Tom and Jerry shorts may show some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society." It added that the scenes were wrong when the cartoons were made 70 years ago, and are still wrong today. People say the character of the black maid in the cartoon series is racist. Some of the cartoons were edited in the 1960s because of worries about racism.
互联网巨头,亚马逊,将一些提供给客户的“汤姆和杰瑞”漫画，贴上了警告标签。网络客户想要购买或下载汤姆和杰瑞系列: 完整的第二卷时，会发出一个警告，称漫画包含种族歧视的场景。警告说，汤姆和杰瑞的短片可能显示一些民族和种族偏见，这曾经在美国社会司空见惯。它补充说，当卡通场景在70年前创作出来的时候，就是错的，现在还是错的。人们说黑人女仆的形象，在这一卡通系列中就是种族主义者。在20世纪60年代，因为担心种族歧视，有些漫画已经被重新编辑。
Tom and Jerry were created in 1940 by cartoonists William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The show is about the lives of Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse, who live in the same house and are big rivals. Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons from 1940 to 1957. The cartoons won the Oscar for the best Animated Short Film seven times. The shows have become one of the most popular cartoons in animation history. They are put on children's TV every day in many countries. Animation expert Steve Abrahart said the quality of animation in the early Tom and Jerry cartoons was "superb". Many people posted on Twitter to say it was "madness" for Amazon to put a warning on the cartoons.
漫画家威廉汉娜与约瑟夫巴贝拉在1940年创作出汤姆和杰瑞。这个漫画是关于汤姆猫和杰瑞老鼠的生活,他们住在同一个房子，是绝对的竞争对手。汉娜和巴贝拉从1940年到1957年创作了114部汤姆和杰瑞动画片。动画片赢得了奥斯卡最佳动画短片七次。这一动画片已成为动画历史上最受欢迎的卡通片之一。这些动画片每天都在许多国家的儿童电视节目上演。动画专家史蒂夫说早期汤姆和杰瑞卡通的动画质量的是“极好的”。许多人在微博上称，亚马逊给予这些漫画警告的行为，太愚蠢了。
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重点讲解
1.Tom and Jerry吃喝玩乐的浪荡子；汤姆和杰里（动画片名，又译猫和老鼠）
This real life Tom and Jerry were caught playing the ultimate game of cat and mouse with each other.
猫和老鼠在玩终极游戏，结果被摄影师逮个正著，成就了现实版“汤姆和杰瑞”。
2.racial prejudice种族偏见
Racial prejudice is no longer the steepest barrier to opportunity for most African Americans, yet substantial obstacles remain in the remnants of past discrimination.
种族偏见已不再是大多数美国非洲裔获得机会的最大阻碍，但往昔歧视的残留影响依然构成严重障碍。
3.because of因为；由于
Because of the snow, the pilot had to land the plane at an airport in another city.
由于大雪，飞行员只得把飞机降落到另一座城市的一个飞机场。
4.one of the其中之一
She took one of the parcels from her father to lighten his load.
她从父亲那儿拿过一个包以减轻他的负担。
5.put on穿上；上演；增加；假装；使…上场
Put on your lifejacket, which would help you to stay up if you fall out of the boat.
穿上救生衣。这样在你万一从船上跌到水里时，它会帮助你不沉到水下去。
听力试题
1.What word meaning 'very big' did the writer use to describe Amazon?
a) huge
b) monster
c) giant
d) gigantic
2.Which volume of cartoons did Amazon put its warning on?
a) volume 2
b) loud volume
c) volume 1
d) the lowest volume
3.What did Amazon say about the scenes made 70 years ago?
a) they were wrong
b) they were powerful
c) they were poorly made
d) they were boring
4.Who in the cartoon do people think is a racist character?
a) a white man
b) the black maid
c) Tom
d) Jerry
5.In what decade were some Tom and Jerry cartoons edited?
a) the 90s
b) the 70s
c) the 50s
d) the 60s
6.When did the cartoonists create Tom and Jerry?
a) 1957
b) 1940
c) 1932
d) 1960
7.How many shows did Hana and Barbera make by 1957?
a) 114
b) 141
c) 411
d) 144
8.How many Oscars did Tom and Jerry win?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
9.What did an animation expert say about the quality of the early shows?
a) they were soupy
b) they were soppy
c) they were suburban
d) they were superb
10.What did Twitter users call Amazon's warning?
a) madness
b) dangerous
c) great
d) unnecessary
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.a
4.b
5.d
6.b
7.a
8.c
9.d
10.a
