《疯狂动物城》中的树懒走红中国社交网络

 The sloth¹ in Disney's latest animated² hit, "Zootopia," has become a social media sensation in China.

近日，迪士尼公司最新动画电影《疯狂动物城》中的树懒已经在中国社交媒体上引起了轰动。

As of Wednesday, "Zootopia" had raked in more than 824 million yuan (about 126 million U.S. dollars) in box office sales since its debut³ on March 4, according to ticket sales site maoyan.com.

根据猫眼电影网站数据显示，截止周三，自3月4日开始上映的《疯狂动物城》，票房收入已超过8亿2400万元（大约1亿2600万美元）。

The new movie is expected to beat "Kung Fu Panda 3" to become the highest-grossing animated film in China. Meanwhile, Flash the sloth is fast becoming an Internet celebrity⁴. The department of motor vehicles in "Zootopia" is staffed by sloths⁵, the world's slowest mammal.

这部最新电影被认为将会击败《功夫熊猫3》，在中国成为票房最高的动画电影。此外，那只名叫闪电的树懒也快速成为网络红人。在《疯狂动物城》中，机动车部门的职员是世界上最慢的哺乳动物树懒。

《疯狂动物城》中的树懒走红中国社交网络

Pictures of Chinese netizens mimicking⁶ Flash's dopey facial expression are making the rounds online. Animated gifs have also been shared across instant messaging app WeChat.

现在，中国网友模仿闪电迟钝的面部表情的图片正在网上盛传，而相关的GIF图片也在即时通信应用app微信上分享开来。

"Flash the Sloth has stolen the spotlight⁷ from the film's two main characters!" said user "LeleTiantian" on microblog Sina Weibo.

新浪微博用户“LeleTiantian”说道：“这只名为闪电的树懒抢了电影中两个主角的风头了！”

For most Chinese, "Zootopia" is the first time that they have even seen a sloth, but people now are keen to know more about these animals.

对于大多数中国人来说，《疯狂动物城》是他们第一次看到树懒这种生物，但是人们现在很想知道更多关于这些动物的信息了。

At Beijing Zoo, the American animal enclosure, which has several two-toed sloths, has been very popular in recent days.

在北京动物园的美国动物展区有几只二趾树懒，在最近这段日子里非常受欢迎。

"I could just watch these creatures all day! They are so cute," said another Weibo user "Yykii."另外一名名叫“Yykii”的新浪微博用户表示：“我可以整天看到这些动物了！他们太可爱了！”

 

1 sloth   

n.[动]树懒；懒惰，懒散

参考例句：

• Absence of competition makes for sloth.没有竞争会导致懒惰。
• The sloth spends most of its time hanging upside down from the branches.大部分时间里树懒都是倒挂在树枝上。

2 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

5 sloths   

懒散( sloth的名词复数 )； 懒惰； 树獭； （经济）停滞。

参考例句：

• Mummies of pleistocene ground sloths, with original skin, hair, tendons and claws have been found. 还发现了保存原有皮肤，毛发，腱和爪的更新世时期地面树懒的木乃伊。
• He was inspired by fossils of armadillos and sloths. 犰狳和树懒化石让他获得了灵感。

6 mimicking   

v.（尤指为了逗乐而）模仿( mimic的现在分词 )；酷似

参考例句：

• She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。
• The boy made us all laugh by mimicking the teacher's voice. 这男孩模仿老师的声音，逗得我们大家都笑了。 来自辞典例句

7 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。