虎年新春，宫崎骏给你他的浪漫小贺礼【吉言英语】

【头条播报】

2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the traditional Chinese zodiac. Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, who is about to celebrate his 81st birthday, has drawn a tiger to celebrate the New Year. Below the word 2022, the small round tiger has some similarities with the character Cat-bus from his animated fantasy film “My Neighbor Totoro”.

【分句讲解】

①2022 is the Year of theTiger in the traditional Chinese zodiac.

根据中国传统的生肖，2022年是虎年。

1. the year of + the + 生肖动物名

the year of the Ox 牛年

the year of the Rat 鼠年

2. Chinese zodiac 十二生肖

zodiac n. 黄道带

②Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, who is about to celebrate his 81st birthday, has drawn a tiger to celebrate the New Year.

即将迎来81岁生日的日本动画大师宫崎骏，画了一只老虎来庆贺新年。

1. animator n. 动画片制作者

animate v. 制作动画

animate the character in the computer 在电脑上给角色加上动画

animation n. 动画片
Howl’s Moving Castle 哈尔的移动城堡
Castle in the Sky 天空之城
My Neighbor Totoro 龙猫

2. be about to do 很快就要……

The match is about to begin.

比赛快要开始了。

The plane is about to take off.

飞机即将起飞。

3. celebrate v. 庆祝，庆贺

celebrate anniversary 庆祝纪念日

celebrate victory 庆祝胜利

③Below the word 2022, the small round tiger has some similarities with the character Cat-bus from his animated fantasy film “My Neighbor Totoro”.

在2022的字样下方，一只圆滚滚的小老虎看起来与宫崎骏动画片《龙猫》中的“猫巴士”角色有几分相似。

1. below prep. 在……下方

above prep. 在……上方

2. have (some/many) similarities with 和……有相似之处

have (some/many) differences from 和……有差异

Computers have some similarities with human brains.

电脑与人脑有一些相似的地方。

Chinese culture has many differences from western culture.

中国文化与西方文化有许多差异。

3. character n. 角色

main character 主要角色

minor character 次要角色

4.animated film 动画电影

fantasy film 奇幻电影

fantasy n. 虚幻，想象