哪吒2全球影史票房第10

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🤔️小作业：

1. How does the author develop the discussion about cultural confidence in paragraphs 6-8?

A) By comparing box office data across decades

B) Through expert testimony and media commentary

C) Using chronological historical references

D) Contrasting animation with live-action films

无注释原文：

Who Needs Hollywood? Chinese Animated Film Shatters Box Office Records.

From: The New York Times

①The new king of the Chinese box office is an adorably ugly, demonic child fighting off monsters.

②“Ne Zha 2,” an animated film based loosely on Chinese mythology and a famous 16th century novel, has become the highest-grossing movie ever in China. It is also the first film not made by a Hollywood studio to cross that mark.

③The blockbuster delivered a rare dose of good news for the Chinese film industry.

④“Ne Zha 2” is a sequel to what had been the highest-grossing animated film in China. In the 2019 original, Nezha is born as the reincarnation of a demon with supernatural powers, but destined to live only three years. He fights back against his fate and saves his village.

⑤In the sequel, Nezha revisits a similar theme.

⑥“'Ne Zha 2' is the rare movie that hits all the marks,” said Raymond Zhou, an independent Chinese film critic. “It targets all demographics, and has successfully won over all of them.”

⑦The movie has pulled in $1.6 billion in ticket sales since its release on Jan. 29, at the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, according to Maoyan, a Chinese entertainment data provider. Its haul is already more than double the highest-grossing movie of 2024.

⑧“Chinese culture is constantly moving forward in inheritance and innovation and showing its unique charm,” wrote the Global Times.

⑨China Daily, a state-run newspaper, said in an opinion essay that “Ne Zha 2” symbolizes the country's “growing cultural confidence.” It called it evidence that China's entertainment industry is telling its own stories instead of relying on Western studios to make movies based on Chinese folklore, citing “Mulan” from Walt Disney Studios as an example.

⑩“ 'Ne Zha 2' reclaims the storytelling mantle, proving that no one can narrate China's myths better than China itself,” the essay stated.

Traditional Chinese culture has also inspired breakthroughs in other forms of entertainment. In video games, Black Myth: Wukong, based on a classic 16th century Chinese novel called “Journey to the West,” was an instant hit when it came out last year.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Who Needs Hollywood? Chinese Animated Film Shatters Box Office Records.

From: The New York Times

The new king of the Chinese box office is an adorably ugly, demonic child fighting off monsters.

中国的票房新王者是一个长得丑得可爱，有着恶魔气息的打怪小孩。

1）表示“售票处；票房”，英文解释为“the place at a theatre, cinema/movie theater, etc. where the tickets are sold”举个🌰：The movie has been a huge box-office success (= many people have been to see it). 那部电影十分卖座。

2）表示“（电影或演员的）受欢迎，卖座”，英文解释为“a measure of how popular and financially successful a film or actor is”举个🌰：Her last movie was a surprise box-office hit. 她上一部电影出人意料地叫座。

demonic /dɪˈmɒn.ɪk/ 表示“凶恶的，恶魔般的”，英文解释为“wild and evil”举个🌰：He had a demonic (= cruel) gleam in his eye. 他眼里闪出一道凶光。

monster /ˈmɒn.stər/ 1）表示“（虚构的）怪物，怪兽”，英文解释为“any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large and strange”如：a sea monster 海怪。

2）表示“丧失人性的人；残忍的人，恶人”，英文解释为“a cruel person”举个🌰：You'd have to be a monster to hit a child like that. 你一定是丧失人性了，那样打一个孩子。

“Ne Zha 2,” an animated film based loosely on Chinese mythology and a famous 16th century novel, has become the highest-grossing movie ever in China. It is also the first film not made by a Hollywood studio to cross that mark.

动画电影《哪吒2》创下中国影史票房纪录。它大致取材于中国神话和一部16世纪的著名小说。它也是第一部达到这一里程碑的非好莱坞电影。

loosely /ˈluːs.li/ 1）表示“松散地；宽松地”，英文解释为“in a way that is not firmly held or attached”举个🌰：The parcel had only been loosely wrapped, and the paper had come off. 包裹没有包严实，上面的包装纸已经脱落了。

2）表示“大致地，大概”，英文解释为“not exactly”举个🌰：This phrase can be loosely translated as "Go away!" 这个词组可以大概翻译为“走开”。

mythology /mɪˈθɒlədʒɪ/ 表示“神话”，英文解释为“myths in general”举个🌰：She's fascinated by the stories of classical mythology (= ancient Greek and Roman myths). 她被古典神话故事迷住了。

gross /ɡrəʊs/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“总收入为，总共赚得，获得…毛利”，英文解释为“to earn a particular amount of money before tax is paid or costs are taken away”举个🌰：The film has grossed over $200 million this year. 这部电影今年总收入超过了两亿美元。

🎬电影《皮克斯的故事》（The Pixar Story）中的台词提到：making it the new highest grossing animated film in history. 成为历史上最卖座的动画电影。

The blockbuster delivered a rare dose of good news for the Chinese film industry.

这部大片为中国电影业带来了一点难得的好消息。

blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tər/ 表示“轰动；巨型炸弹；一鸣惊人的事物；轰动一时的书籍/电影”，英文解释为“a book or film that is very good or successful informal”如：the latest Hollywood blockbuster 好莱坞最新大片。此前在《流浪地球》（The Wandering Earth）一文中的标题就为：The Wandering Earth is China's biggest sci-fi blockbuster.

🎬电影《创：战纪》（Tron: Legacy）中的台词提到：I would like you to meet, our next blockbuster. 我很乐意向大家呈现我们的巨作。

“Ne Zha 2” is a sequel to what had been the highest-grossing animated film in China. In the 2019 original, Nezha is born as the reincarnation of a demon with supernatural powers, but destined to live only three years. He fights back against his fate and saves his village.

《哪吒2》是中国票房最高的动画电影的续集。在于2019年上映的前作里，哪吒是一个拥有超自然力量的魔丸转世，但注定只能在世上活三年。他反抗命运并拯救了自己的村庄。

sequel /ˈsiːkwəl/表示“（书或电影的）续篇；续集”，英文解释为“A book or movie which is a sequel to an earlier one continues the story of the earlier one.”

对比：

📍prequel /ˈpriːkwəl/ a book or a film/movie about events that happened before those in a popular book or film/movie 先篇，前篇，前传（叙述某流行图书或电影中的故事之前的事情）

reincarnation /ˌriː.ɪn.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ 不可数名词，1）表示“轮回转世说”，英文解释为“the belief that a dead person's spirit returns to life in another body”举个🌰：Hindus and Buddhists believe in reincarnation. 印度教徒和佛教徒相信轮回转世说。

2）可数名词，表示“（灵魂的）转世化身，化身”，英文解释为“a person or animal in whose body a dead person's spirit returns to life”

In the sequel, Nezha revisits a similar theme.

续集重温了类似的主题。

“'Ne Zha 2' is the rare movie that hits all the marks,” said Raymond Zhou, an independent Chinese film critic. “It targets all demographics, and has successfully won over all of them.”

“《哪吒2》是一部罕见的取得全面成功的电影，”中国的独立电影评论家周黎明说。“它把所有的人作为目标观众，并成功赢得了所有人的心。”

demographic /ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/ 1）作形容词，表示“人口的；人口统计的；人口学的”，英文解释为“relating to demography (= the study of populations and the different groups that make them up)”举个🌰：There have been monumental social and demographic changes in the country. 该国的社会和人口状况已经发生了巨大的变化。

2）作名词，表示“（顾客）族群”，英文解释为“a group of people, for example customers, who are similar in age, social class, etc.”举个🌰：This demographic (young teenagers) is the fastest-growing age group using the site. 该族群（十几岁的年轻人）是使用这个网站人数增长最快的年龄群体。

📍demographics /ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪks/ 表示“人口统计数据，人口统计结果”，英文解释为“the number and characteristics of people who live in a particular area or form a particular group, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it on”举个🌰：The demographics of the country have changed dramatically in recent years. 近年来该国的人口统计数据发生了巨大的变化。

The movie has pulled in $1.6 billion in ticket sales since its release on Jan. 29, at the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, according to Maoyan, a Chinese entertainment data provider. Its haul is already more than double the highest-grossing movie of 2024.

据中国娱乐数据提供商猫眼，这部电影自1月29日的农历新年假期开始时上映以来，票房收入已达到120.5亿元，这已经是2024年票房最高的电影的两倍多。

表示“赚取，获得收入”，英文解释为“to earn money”

📍haul作为名词时，它通常指的是在一段时间内（通常是一天、一个周末或一个季度）收集到的总量或总数。在电影行业中，haul常用于描述电影的票房收入总额。除了电影票房，haul一词还可用于其他领域。例如，可以用来描述某个运输公司在一段时间内运送的货物总量，或者某个渔民在一次捕鱼中获得的总数量。总之，haul表示在一定时间范围内累积的总数或总量，通常用于描述数量、货物或资金的汇总。

1）haul可以表示“（一大批）非法物品，赃物”，相对比较负面的，英文解释为“a large amount of illegal or stolen goods”如：a haul of weapons 大批非法武器，a drugs haul 一大批毒品，举个🌰：A haul of stolen cars has been seized by police officers. 一批被盗汽车被警察截获。

2）表示“很高的（得分）”（a large number of points, goals, etc.）；His haul of 37 goals in a season is a record. 他在一个赛季中得了37分，创下了纪录。

3）表示“旅行的距离；旅程”（the distance covered in a particular journey），举个🌰：They began the long slow haul to the summit. 他们踏上了攀登顶峰的漫长行程。

补充：

📍a long haul可以特指“耗时费力的事”，英文解释为“something that takes a lot of time and effort”举个🌰：Revitalizing the economy will be a long haul. 复兴经济将是一项长期艰巨的工作。

“Chinese culture is constantly moving forward in inheritance and innovation and showing its unique charm,” wrote the Global Times.

“（这部电影的成功是）中国文化在传承与创新中不断前行、展现独特魅力的有力见证，”《环球时报》写道。

inheritance /ɪnˈher.ɪ.təns/ 1）表示“继承的遗产”，英文解释为“money or objects that someone gives you when they die”举个🌰：The large inheritance from his aunt meant that he could buy his own boat. 从姑母那里继承的大笔遗产意味着他可以给自己买艘船了。

2）表示“得自遗传的特征；遗传”，英文解释为“a physical or mental characteristic inherited from your parents, or the process by which this happens”如：genetic inheritance 基因遗传。

China Daily, a state-run newspaper, said in an opinion essay that “Ne Zha 2” symbolizes the country's “growing cultural confidence.” It called it evidence that China's entertainment industry is telling its own stories instead of relying on Western studios to make movies based on Chinese folklore, citing “Mulan” from Walt Disney Studios as an example.

官方英文报纸《中国日报》在一篇评论文章中说，《哪吒2》是中国“日益增强的文化自信”的象征。文章称影片证明了中国娱乐业正在讲述自己的故事，而不是靠西方电影公司来制作基于中国民间传说的电影，比如迪士尼公司出品的《花木兰》。

英式 symbolise 美式 symbolize /ˈsɪm.bəl.aɪz/ 表示“象征，代表”，英文解释为“to represent something”举个🌰：The lighting of the Olympic torch symbolizes peace and friendship among the nations of the world. 点燃奥林匹克火炬象征着世界各国人民的和平与友谊。

folklore /ˈfəʊkˌlɔː/ 表示“民间传说；民俗”，英文解释为“Folklore is the traditional stories, customs, and habits of a particular community or nation.”

‍“ 'Ne Zha 2' reclaims the storytelling mantle, proving that no one can narrate China's myths better than China itself,” the essay stated.

“《哪吒2》重新承担起讲故事的重任，证明了没有人比中国自己更能讲述中国的神话了，”文章指出。

mantle /ˈmæn.təl/ 1）表示“（可继承的）责任，职责，衣钵”，英文解释为“the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another”如：take on the mantle of managing director in the New York office 出任纽约办事处总经理之职，take on the mantle of supreme power 承担起最高权力的重任，举个🌰：She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of the presidency. 她想接任总统，但未成功。

2）表示“覆盖层”，英文解释为“a layer of something that covers a surface”举个🌰：A thick mantle of snow lay on the ground. 地上积着一层厚厚的雪。

3）表示“（旧时的）披风，斗篷”，英文解释为“in the past, a piece of clothing without sleeves that was worn over other clothes”

1）表示“叙述”，英文解释为“If you narrate a story, you tell it from your own point of view.”举个🌰：The three of them narrate the same events from three perspectives. 他们3个人从3个角度叙述同样那些事件。

2）表示“给（电影或节目）作解说”，英文解释为“The person who narrates a film or programme speaks the words which accompany the pictures, but does not appear in it.”举个🌰：She also narrated a documentary about learning English. 她还为一部关于学习英语的纪录片作过解说。

🎬电影《钢铁侠2》（Iron Man 2）中的台词提到：And if you could just narrate those for us, 还望您能为在座各位讲解。

Traditional Chinese culture has also inspired breakthroughs in other forms of entertainment. In video games, Black Myth: Wukong, based on a classic 16th century Chinese novel called “Journey to the West,” was an instant hit when it came out last year.

中国传统文化也激发了其他娱乐形式的突破。在电子游戏领域，改编自16世纪的中国经典小说《西游记》的《黑神话：悟空》游戏去年甫一推出即大获成功。

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