Hello!I’m Mickey Mouse.

SEFC 2A Unit 1 Disneyland

Snow White

Bear

pinockIf you lie to others , your nose will become longer and longer.

biography

传记

The founder of Disney Empire

Lesson 2

WALT DISNEY

背景资料： Walt DisneyWalt Disney （沃尔特 . 迪斯尼），美国漫画家和制片家，他创造了闻名世界的动画人物米老鼠（ Mickey Mouse) 和唐老鸭（ Donald Duck) 。他生于伊利诺州的芝加哥（ Chicago, Illinois ）。1919 年在蒙大那州的堪萨斯市 (Kansas City ）开始拍广告片，然后拍动画片，初期成效有限。后来搬到加州的好莱坞，和弟弟罗依（ Roy ）成为搭档，开始制作以米老鼠为题的无声影片，但是到 1928 年为影片配音后，米老鼠和沃尔特 .迪斯尼才闻名于世界。

New Words:Walt Disney 沃尔特 . 迪斯尼 cartoon n. 卡通 film—maker n. 影片制作人 well—known adj. 出名的 ; 众所周知的 garage n. 汽车间（库）

unsuccessful adj. 不成功的；失败的 mouse -----mice n. 鼠；耗子

cartoon—maker n. 动画制作人 character n. 人物；角色 studio n. 工作室；演播室

WALT DISNEYHow did Disney get the idea for his first cartoon character?He got the idea for his first cartoon character from a mouse that used to come into his father’s garage.

1.Who was Walt Disney?

2.When and where was he born?

Walt Disney was not only a great American cartoon-maker, but also a great film-maker.He was an artist, too.

He was born in Chicago in 1901.

why did he go to a newspaper office with some of his pictures?He went to a newspaper office with some of his pictures in the hope of getting a job there.

What did his friends say to him after he was refused by the newspaper office?After he was refused by the newspaper

office, his friends encourage him not to worry and told him that they liked his pictures , which were very good and they were sure he would be well known as an artist before long.

What happened one day when he was drawing pictures in the garage?

One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor. Disney stopped drawing and watched the mouse. The mouse came towards him , so he gave the mouse a piece of bread. In this way, they became good friends.

What did he begin to draw after he failed to find a job again?

After he failed to find a job again, he began to draw different pictures of the mouse that he had known. At last he succeeded.

What else did he draw after his first cartoon characters was well received?He drew other cartoon characters like Donald Duck.

Note making :Born:

Died:

Wish:

Work:

Cartoon characters:Became well—known:Successes:

Chicago, 1901

1966

to be a famous artist

artist, cartoon-maker, film-makerMickey Mouse and Donald Duck

during 1920s to make famous cartoon characters, cartoon films and start studios

Old sayings:Failure is the mother to success.

Where there is a will, there is a way .

失败是成功之母

有志者，事竟成

Choose the right answers:

1. Walt Disney wanted to be _________ when he was still very young.

A. A film-maker B. a cartoon-maker

C. A pop star D. an artist

2. He went to a newspaper office to look for a job, he was refused because____________.

A. He was too young B. he was too poor

C. They didn’t like him

D.. they were not interested in his pictures.

D

D

3.When he failed to get a job from the newspaper office, his friends _____________.

A. Encouraged B. laughed at

C. Left D. helped4.When he was drawing in the garage, he saw a mouse and then he ________.

A. Picked up a pencil to draw it

B. Picked up a stone and hit it

C. Gave it a piece of bread

D. Played with it in the car

A

C

Homework:

Write a short passage about a famous film—maker named Zhang Yimou ( 张艺谋 ) in China.

Born:

Wish:

Work:

Became well—known:

Successes:

His famous films:

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