Tom and Jerry
Tom 和 Jerry（《猫和老鼠》）
Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world.
Tom 猫和 Jerry 鼠是两个世界上最流行的动画角色。
In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success.
在动画短片中，Tom 总想试图抓住 Jerry，但它从来没成功过。
Almost every cartoon ends with tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him.
几乎每一集结尾时 Tom 总会陷入麻烦并受到 Jerry 的嘲笑。
The stories are full of fun and have a long history.
故事充满乐趣，并有很长的历史。
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s.
William Hanna 和 Joseph Barbera 在 20 世纪 30 年代后期任职于 MGM（米高梅电影公司）。
Their boss told them to make funny cartoons.
他们的老板授意他们做有趣的动画片。
Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse.
他们一起想到了猫和老鼠的念头。
They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.
他们认为如果老鼠很聪明，总让猫陷入困境将会很有趣。
The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success.
最早的《猫和老鼠》动画片于 1940 年在电影院上映，获得了巨大的成功。
Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons.
接下来的 17 年间，他们制作出了很多集《猫和老鼠》动画片。
Most of them are around seven minutes long.
时长大多都在 7 分钟左右。
In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons.
Hanna 和 Barbera 共制作了 114 集《猫和老鼠》动画片。
The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards.
这些动画片如此优秀，赢得了多项殊荣。
The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.
（这对）著名的猫和老鼠今天依然很受欢迎，动画片仍然在世界各地的电视上播放。