时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语科技新闻


英语课

 Hello Kitty is a girl, not a cat


凯迪猫是个女孩,不是猫


The creators of a widely-recognised cartoon character have set the record straight. Japanese toymaker Sanrio said the iconic Hello Kitty is not a cat. The bombshell came following publicity 1 for an upcoming exhibition on the character at an American museum. The curator of the exhibition, Christine R Yano, said she received a mail from Sanrio correcting her script for the show. It said: "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She is a little girl. She is a friend….She's never depicted 2 on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature." Sanrio adds: "Kitty is a bright little girl with a heart of gold."E-mail this lesson to someone who would like to use it in classroom or study with it.


Hello Kitty has become amazingly popular since its introduction in 1974. It has become ubiquitous, used on everything from chopsticks to airplanes. A Japanese carmaker even sold a specially 3 branded Hello Kitty car. It had Kitty upholstery, a speedometer with the character's face on the glass and a Kitty-shaped gear stick. The creators said the character represents cuteness. Sanrio said she has no mouth because she speaks with her heart. Social media has been full of comments on the news that Kitty is a girl. A rapper tweeted: "This is worse than finding out Pluto 4 is not a planet.



1 publicity
n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
  • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
2 depicted
描绘,描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 ); 描述
  • Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
  • They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。
3 specially
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
4 Pluto
n.冥王星
  • Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
  • Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。
学英语单词
a cup of coffee
agent-in-charge
amber placer
American Standard fittings
articulation (or joint)
attractive distance
ausferrite
basic deviation
be overburdened
beam target
benbasat
berryessa
bistatin
booster blower
cadmium niobate
calking irons
cap'ns
Casalanguida
cheilognathopalatoschisis
Chlorosal
chopping phase
Chrysomyia bezziana
continuous precipitation
Diprotodontidae
displacement characteristics curve
drawn object
driver routine
East Punjabi
fibergastroscopy
field-mesh image
film plate developing tank
flip through sth
frozen assets
gap index
gas control heat pipe
gelatinous membrane
gobber-tooth
harmonica
high voltage current shunt
hingless arch bridge
hockey clinic
in-tank
isolation level
journeyperson
key descriptor
Khaleesi
Langeidvatn
lantern halyard
launcets
lilek
LLC
lose grip
lost-wax moulding
Madurai
magcophos
malidoma
manual selection
minimum two-part prepayment meter
mobility kill
modified factor system
motion on appeal
narrow-row drilling
nature resource
nonideological
nonpenile
not under command
Olms.
omicrondeltaomicronsigma
order Pelycosauria
parabiosis intoxication
perfume spray
pigmented nevus
piston crown ablation
practice area buoy
premium on bonds redeemed
principle of disclosure
proto-mullet
proverbiologists
real potential
refueling device
root gapper
Rosina
RSDP
second-order correction
slipperly
socket mount
sosebee
straw-itch
substring
synchronizing action
Synthila
Sābi R.
target braking
tedrick
ulloa
unidentated ligand
voltage-current characteristic
water-abrasive jet cutting
witness for the defence
x-ray absorbing glass
Yongju
zero point stability