乔布斯传 第340期:飞越太空!(2)

 　　The stakes were raised when Toy Story opened to blockbuster commercial and critical success. 当《玩具总动员》获得巨大的商业成功和业界认可后，抉择变得更为艰难。

　　It recouped its cost the first weekend, with a domestic opening of $30 million,  影片第一周上映就收回了成本，美国国内公映的票房达到3000万美元。

　　and it went on to become the top-grossing film of the year, beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13,  接下来，该影片打败了《永远的蝙蝠侠》和《阿波罗13号》，成为当年的票房冠军

　　with $192 million in receipts domestically and a total of $362 million worldwide.  美国国内收入1.92亿美元，全球总收入3.62亿美元。

　　According to the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of the seventy-three critics surveyed gave it a positive review. 根据著名影评网站“烂番茄”的统计，接受调査的全部73个影评家100%都给出了好评。

　　Time's Richard Corliss called it "the year's most inventive comedy," David Ansen of Newsweek pronounced it a "marvel," 《时代》杂志的理查德·科利斯称其为“本年度最具想象力的喜剧”；《新闻周刊》的戴维·安森赞叹“不可思议”，

　　and Janet Maslin of the New York Times recommended it both for children and adults 《纽约时报》的珍妮特·马斯林认为该影片孩子和成人都要看，

　　as "a work of incredible cleverness in the best two-tiered Disney tradition." 是“一部难以置信的智慧之作，体现了迪士尼最好的双层次作品的传统”。

　　The only rub for Jobs was that reviewers such as Maslin wrote of the "Disney tradition," not the emergence¹ of Pixar. 对乔布斯来说，唯一的问题就是，像马斯林这样的评论家在谈论“迪士尼传统”，而不是皮克斯的出现。

　　After reading her review, he decided² he had to go on the offensive to raise Pixar's profile. 在读了她的影评之后，乔布斯决定他必须要去提升皮克斯的形象。

　　When he and Lasseter went on the Charlie Rose show, Jobs emphasized that Toy Story was a Pixar movie, 当他和约翰·拉塞特参加《查理·罗斯秀》时，乔布斯强调《玩具总动员》是一部皮克斯电影，

　　and he even tried to highlight the historic nature of a new studio being born. 他甚至想说明这个新制片厂的诞生是具有历史意义的。

　　"Since Snow White was released, every major studio has tried to break into the animation³ business, “自从《白雪公主》出品以来，每一家主要的电影制片厂都在试图打入动画产业，

　　and until now Disney was the only studio that had ever made a feature animated⁴ film that was a blockbuster," he told Rose. 而到目前为止，迪士尼是唯一一家做出动画长片而且大获成功的。”他对罗斯说，

　　"Pixar has now become the second studio to do that." “皮克斯现在成了第二家。”

1 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

4 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。