猫和老鼠英语影评

Tom and Jerry Tom of Tom and Jerry fame must be one of the all time favorite cartoon cats. This cat and mouse cartoon series kicked of on February 20, 1940 with the short "Puss Gets the Boot". Distributed by MGM, directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera and produced by Rudolf Ising, this Academy Award nominee ran for just over 9 mins. Apart from the cat being referred to as "Jasper" and not Tom, and the mouse not having a name, this first adventure pretty much established the Tom and Jerry format. Cat views mouse as a tasty snack. Cat chases mouse but is usually outwitted. Plenty of violence, mayhem and destruction. Lots of visual gags, little dialogue. This basically is the formula for every successful cat and mouse animated cartoon, and no other feline and rodent pair were better performers of the formula than Tom and Jerry. The first series of Tom and Jerry pictures, directed by Hanna and Barbera for MGM, 1940 -1957, were absolute masterpieces of animation. Beautifully drawn, very fast paced action all the way and lovable, likable characters. Tom nearly always came off the worst in any encounter with cute little Jerry mouse. The cat would often be gullible enough to accept a lighted stick of dynamite from the rodent, stand there admiring it until it exploded, leaving him nothing but a black smudge with a pair of blinking, disbelieving eyes. Hilariously impossible things happened in these early T&J shorts, the duo would hit each other with anything they could lay their hands on, push each other of off buildings, shoot each other and commit every conceivable (and inconceivable) act of violence to their opponent. All this with never a drop of blood, or long term harm! Wonderful supporting characters appeared in the early Tom and Jerry cartoons. Spike the Bulldog was a formidable adversary to Tom, who would often beat up on the cat egged on by the crafty little mouse. The black housekeeper, often referred to as "Mammy Two Shoes", ruled the roost in the household. Mammy was only ever shown from the waist down, she gave a raucous cry of "Tomassss" whenever she discovered Tom's wrong doings. In today's world, of course, Mammy Two Shoes is considered to be a racist character and so her voice has been dubbed over and, in some reissue prints, she has incredibly been replaced by a white maid. Hanna and Barbera said goodbye to MGM in 1957 when they left to open their own studio. There was no more Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by MGM until 1961 when the studio commissioned a short series from Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately, this run of animated shorts lacked the finesse, humor and magic of the original series and was never as popular. In 1975 a new series of Tom and Jerry was made by the Hanna Barbera Studio, who had been able to buy their cat and mouse characters from MGM. This was a made for television run of cartoons and therefor was produced on a very low budget, and it showed. Far too little action, way too much dialogue and a shortage of 'violence' meant that these 48 TV cartoons bore little resemblance to the early series made for theatrical release. The original T&J cartoons have been criticized by some for their barbarous content and the effect that they may have had on children. It is doubtful whether many kids got the impression that it was OK to act in the way the characters did in these cat and mouse chase adventures. Tom and Jerry lived in their own world, separate from reality. These animated shorts were made to entertain, and entertain they did.

写作思路：用简单的语法写出自己最喜欢《猫和老鼠》这部动画片的原因。

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My favorite cartoon is called cat and mouse.

我最喜欢的动画片叫《猫和老鼠》。

In this cartoon, I like Tom best.

在这部动画片中，我最喜欢汤姆。

Tom has two triangular ears and three long, thin whiskers on both sides.

汤姆有两个三角形一样的耳朵，两边都有三根又细又长的胡须。

It has a long hairy tail, a round head and a blue body.

一条长长的毛茸茸的尾巴，圆圆的脑袋，蓝色的身体。

Tom looks very cunning and clever, but he is very stupid.

汤姆虽然看起来很狡猾、机灵，但是它却很笨。

Once, Tom was after Jerry.

有一次，汤姆在抓杰瑞。

Just as he was about to catch Jerry, Jerry had an idea and took Tom to the dog.

正当它快要抓到杰瑞时，杰瑞却灵机一动，把汤姆带到狗的旁边。

Tom didn't catch his paw when he was asleep.

汤姆由于跑得太快，所以没有收住脚，一不小心就踩到熟睡中的狗的爪子。

The dog suddenly woke up and saw Tom stepping on his paw. The dog was very angry and beat Tom.

狗猛一惊醒，看见汤姆正踩着它的爪子，狗生气极了，把汤姆打了一顿。

At this time, Jerry was standing under the big tree and laughing at Tom.

这时，杰瑞正站在大树下笑着汤姆呢。

Tom is very cunning and unlucky, but he brings me a lot of joy. I like him very much.

虽然汤姆很狡猾也很倒霉，但是它给我带来了很多欢乐，我很喜欢它。