Level 4-Day 43.Charlie Brown

词汇提示

1.comic strip 连环画

2.snagged 钩住

3.illustrates 表现出

4.insecurities 缺少安全感

5.wishy-washy 稀里糊涂

6.preoccupied 一门心思

7.tomboy 假小子

8.stuffed toys 毛绒玩具

原文

Charlie Brown

On October 2, 1950, a new comic strip appeared in American newspapers.

The "hero" of the strip was around-headed kid named Charlie Brown.

In the very first cartoon, two young school mates watch Charlie Brown walking by, and one comments, "Well! Here comes ol' Charlie Brown. Yes, Sir! Good ol' Charlie Brown. How I hate him.

This comic strip was to become one of the most popular in history.

Its creator, Charles M. Schultz, drew the strip for 50 years until his death.

But reruns of "Peanuts" still appear regularly in the newspaper.

What are some of the characteristics of Charlie Brown and his friends that have made the cartoon popular?

Charlie Brown is an unlikely hero.

Other kids don't like being around him because the things he does never seem to work out properly.

Kids want to be with someone who is good-looking, popular and successful, so that they can feel a part of his success.

Charlie Brown is always worrying, hardly ever up-beat, afraid of failure, and always making mistakes.

His kite gets snagged in a tree, he needs counseling from Lucy, his dog Snoopy is more popular than he is, and the little red-haired girl never notices him.

In short, Charlie Brown is a "loser.

Charlie Brown illustrates all the insecurities that kids have.

Many of these anxieties carry over into adult life.

Sometimes, they reflect problems in the life of the comic strip's Schulz.

Schulz suffered from depression much of his life and had a difficult time in school.

He was not very popular with his classmates.

Humor and laughter are often a way of dealing with problems.

And in the "Peanuts" strip, the world can laugh at all the silly little things that people do.

Because of its honest way of dealing with problems,Charlie Brown and his friends are more interesting than the average comic strip characters.

The characters represent adult personality types.

Charlie Brown is "wishy-washy," and is afraid to do things for fear of failure.

Lucy is a pushy over bearing female, who thinks she knows it all.

Linus, her younger brother, is intellectual but insecure.

He still clings to his baby blanket for security.

Schroeder is preoccupied with Beethoven's music to the exclusion of everything else.

Sally, Charlie Brown's younger sister, combines both a romantic attachment to Linus and a desire for material things.

Peppermint Patty is a tomboy who loves baseball, but nonetheless has a romantic crush on Charlie Brown.

Snoopy, the dog, represents a cool detached inventive in dividual who also relies on basic creature comforts.

These characters add up to a "human comedy.

In the comic strip, we can see ourselves and the people around us: making mistakes, getting second chances,but tending to do the same things over again.

Behind the humor of "Peanuts" there is a serious message.

Words can hurt.

Relationships are important.

Truth is difficult to find.

Criticism is too common.

Greed can easily overpower us.

These messages are both timeless and timely.

"Peanuts" has also been turned into television specials and several movies.

Snoopy stuffed toys are popular all over the world.

A huge industry has grown from a simple comic strip.

Perhaps this means that, while we all secretly want to be "winners,"we really identify more closely with the Charlie Browns of this world!

翻译

查理·布朗

1950年10月2日，美国报纸上出现了一幅新的连环画。
这部电影的“英雄”是一个名叫查理·布朗的小男孩。
在第一幅漫画中，两位年轻的同学看着查理·布朗走过，其中一位同学评论道：“哦！老好人查理·布朗来了。是的，先生！查理·布朗，我真讨厌他。”。
这部连环画将成为历史上最受欢迎的连环画之一。
它的创造者查尔斯·M·舒尔茨（Charles M.Schultz）画了50年，直到他去世。
但《花生漫画》的重播仍然经常出现在报纸上。
查理·布朗（Charlie Brown）和他的朋友们的哪些特点使这部动画片大受欢迎？
查理·布朗是个不太像的英雄。
其他孩子不喜欢和他在一起，因为他做的事情似乎永远都做不好。
孩子们希望和一个长得好看、受欢迎、成功的人在一起，这样他们就能感受到他的成功。
查理·布朗总是令人担忧，几乎乐观过，害怕失败，而且总是犯错误。
他的风筝被树钩住了，他需要露西的辅导，他的狗史努比比他更受欢迎，而红头发的小女孩从来没有注意到他。
简而言之，查理·布朗是个“失败者”。
查理·布朗展示了孩子们所有的不安全感。
这些焦虑中的许多都会延续到成年人的生活中。
有时，它们反映了漫画作者舒尔茨生活中的问题。
舒尔茨一生中大部分时间都患有抑郁症，在学校度过了一段艰难的时光。
他不太受同学欢迎。
幽默和笑声通常是处理问题的一种方式。
在花生地带，世界可以嘲笑人们做的所有愚蠢的小事。
由于其诚实的处理问题的方式，查理·布朗和他的朋友比一般的漫画人物更有趣。
这些字符代表成人的性格类型。
查理·布朗是个“一厢情愿的人”，害怕失败而不敢做事。
露西是一个容易冲动的女人，她认为自己无所不知。
她的弟弟莱纳斯很聪明，但缺乏安全感。
为了安全起见，他仍然紧紧抓住婴儿毯。
施罗德专注于贝多芬的音乐而忽略了其他一切。
查理·布朗的妹妹萨莉既对莱纳斯有着浪漫的依恋，又对物质的渴望。
薄荷派帕蒂是一个喜欢棒球的假小子，但却对查理·布朗有着浪漫的迷恋。
史努比，这只狗，代表了一个冷静、独立的个体，它也依赖于基本的生物舒适。
这些角色加起来就是“人类喜剧”
在漫画中，我们可以看到自己和周围的人在犯错误，获得第二次机会，但倾向于重复同样的事情。
在“花生”的幽默背后，有一个严肃的信息。
言语会伤人。
人际关系很重要。
真相很难找到。
批评太常见了。
贪婪很容易压倒我们。
这些信息既永恒又及时。
《花生》也被拍成了电视特辑和几部电影。
史努比毛绒玩具在全世界都很流行。
一个巨大的产业已经从一个简单的连环漫画发展而来。
也许这意味着，虽然我们都暗自想成为“赢家”，但我们真的更加认同这个世界上的查理·布朗！