50 Years of Peanuts|人人都爱花生帮

by Olivia Wycech

An introduction to one of the world's most critically acclaimed comics

　　There are few cartoons that have enjoyed the same long-standing fame and fortune as Mickey Mouse, but Charlie Brown, his dog Snoopy, and Brown's misfit friends have certainly put Peanuts high in the rankings. The four-panel gag comic strip ran for almost 50 years, from 1950 to 2000, with reruns of the 17,897 strips still _(1)_ print today. Peanuts was written and _(2)_ by Charles M. Schultz throughout its entire run, with parts of his life being the inspiration for some characters and settings.

　　Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang became iconic not only in North America _(3)_ around the world, with readership in 75 countries and translations done in 21 languages. Peanuts also _(4)_ success on television, especially with its annual holiday specials, which are still among today's family favorites. The cartoon was also _(5)_ fourth in TV Guide's list of the greatest cartoons of all time. The cartoon specials have received several prestigious _(6)_, including four Emmys.

　　One of the main characters, Snoopy, is a beagle that has a very happy life and always lives in his fantasy world. Charlie Brown and Snoopy's relationship is _(7)_, and it is not always clear who is in charge. Snoopy is a lazy dog that prefers to sleep and looks for the easy way out of things, which _(8)_ Charlie Brown, who strives to make his dog happy. Snoopy went from a non-speaking role in the early days of Peanuts to sometimes outshining Charlie Brown as the protagonist later on, unarguably becoming one of the world's most _(9)_ cartoon characters. Even though there are no new Peanuts comics to look forward to, you can expect the legacy to carry _(10)_ for generations.

 

(A) on (B) achieved (C) complicated (D) agreements (E) illustrated

(F) irritates (G) but (H) awards (I) or (J) in

(K) ranked (L) recognizable

 

人人都爱花生帮

介绍全世界其中一部极受赞扬的漫画

　　几乎没有几部卡通能够和米老鼠一样长期名利双收，但查理‧布朗、他的狗史奴比和他那些格格不入的朋友无疑地让《花生》漫画获得很高的评价。这部有趣的四格漫画从 1950 年到 2000 年连载了将近五十年，这一万七千八百九十七回的漫画后来重新连载，至今仍在出版当中。《花生》漫画从头到尾都是由查尔斯．M．舒兹撰写及作画，其中有一些角色和场景是以他自己人生的一部份为灵感。

　　查理．布朗和其他『花生帮』的成员不仅在北美洲，且在全世界都变得相当知名，《花生》漫画的读者遍及七十五个国家，被翻译成二十一种语言的版本。《花生》漫画的电视版本也大获成功，尤其是它每年推出的假日特别版，至今仍是全家人最爱看的节目之一。这部卡通还在《电视指南》所调查的有史以来最棒卡通排行榜中名列第四。这部卡通的特别版已得到了几个很有名望的奖项，其中包括四座艾美奖。

　　《花生》漫画的其中一位主角史奴比是一只小猎犬，牠的生活过得很快乐，而且牠总是活在自己的幻想世界中。查理．布朗和史奴比的关系非常复杂，你有时候会搞不清楚到底是谁在发号施令。史奴比是一只偏好睡觉，并寻求省事方法的懒惰狗狗，这让努力想让自己的狗开心的查理．布朗很苦恼。史奴比从早期《花生》漫画中不讲话的角色，到后来有时候光芒会盖过查理．布朗而成了主角，牠无可争议地已成了全世界最为人所知的卡通角色之一。即使人们已没有新的《花生》漫画可以期待，但可预期的是这部留给后人的作品仍会持续好几个世代。

 

答案： 1. J 2. E 3. G 4. B 5. K

6. H 7. C 8. F 9. L 10. A