考研英語時文賞讀：《哪吒》打破中國動畫電影票房記錄

考研英語來源：同源外刊 2019-08-09　

Animated film ’Ne Zha’ smashes box office records

動畫電影《哪吒》打破了票房紀錄

New animated film based on a mythological figure smashes box-office records.

根據中國神話人物改編的最新的動畫電影《哪吒之魔童轉世》打破了中國動畫電影的票房紀錄。

On China’s major film reviewing site Douban, the film has scored 8.8 points out of 10, while on box office tracker Maoyan, the film has maintained a rating of 9.7, topping the site’s charts of 2019 films.

這部電影在豆瓣(中國專業的影評網站)上的評分高達8.8分(滿分為10分)，在貓眼(票房追蹤網站)上的評分保持在9.7分，高居貓眼2019年電影排行榜榜首。

"Epic! I finished watching Ne Zha in tears. The content-rich story, vivid characters, and amazing visual effects, work together to create a 110-minute roller-coaster watching experience," a Weibo user commented under the promotional video.

一位微博用戶在宣傳片底下評論道:“超級好看!我熱淚盈眶地看完了《哪吒》。豐富的故事情節、生動的人物形象以及完美的視覺效果，共同創造出了110分鐘的過山車般的觀影體驗。”

"Bravo! Couldn’t believe a domestic animated film can be created with such a well-developed story. The image of Nezha in this film has been subverted but his rebellious spirit is well-established. I’m sure Ne Zha is gonna go viral this summer!" reads another comment on Douban.

豆瓣上的一條評論寫道：“天哪!真不敢相信一部國產動畫電影能有這么好的故事情節。在這部電影中，哪吒的形象被完全顛覆了，但他的魔童形象卻深入人心了。”

Smashing box-office records in animation, the film Ne Zha has proved to be a dark horse, tipped to lift up the Chinese film industry, which has experienced a slowdown in the past five months.

作為中國電影票房的一匹黑馬，《哪吒》打破了中國動畫電影的票房紀錄，有望振興在過去5個月逐步放緩的中國電影行業。

The film, which topped the mainland’s ticket-revenue charts for four consecutive days, has grossed more than 800 million yuan ($116 million) since it hit domestic theaters on Friday, according to live box-office tracker Maoyan. Ne Zha’s takings totaled over 100 million yuan in the first day itself, surpassing the threshold figure faster than any other Chinese animated film.

據現場票房統計公司貓眼的數據顯示，這部電影自上周五上映以來，票房收入已超過8億元(約合1.16億美元)。《哪吒》在上映第一天的票房收入就超過了1億元，遠遠超過中國其他動畫電影的票房收入。

The film has also broken two other box-office records.By bringing in 138.5 million yuan on its opening day, Ne Zha has overtaken previous record-holder Despicable Me 3 to top the country’s opening-day charts for animated films.

這部電影還打破了另外兩項票房紀錄。《哪吒》上映首日票房達1.385億元，超過了此前的紀錄保持者《神偷奶爸3》，成為中國動畫電影首映日的票房冠軍。

It also earned 225 million yuan on the second day, an increase of 23.3 percent from the record set by Disney’s Zootopia in terms of single-day box-office rankings for all animated films in China.

《哪吒》在上映第二天獲得了2.25億元的票房收入，較迪士尼《瘋狂動物城》創下的中國動畫電影單日票房紀錄提高了23.3%。

(全文共319個詞，China Daily)

重難點詞匯：

smash vt. 粉碎;使破產;潰裂;使猛撞;撞擊;搞垮 vi. 粉碎;打碎 n. 破碎;扣球;沖突;大敗

maintain vt. 維持;繼續;維修;主張;供養

promotional adj. 促銷的;增進的;獎勵的

subvert vt. 顛覆;推翻;破壞

threshold n. 入口;門檻;開始;極限;臨界值