Star Wars Finds a New Home at Disney 迪斯尼高价并购《星际大战》
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The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is best known for the creation of the Star Wars franchise. Aside from the Star Wars movies and merchandise, the deal gives Disney ownership of other Lucasfilm Ltd. properties as well. This includes the Indiana Jones franchise, the visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, and the sound effects company Skywalker Sound. The move follows Disney’s recent purchases of Pixar in 2006 and Marvel in 2009.
华特．迪斯尼公司宣布以40亿5千万美元买下卢卡斯影业。卢卡斯影业最广为人知的就是创造《星际大战》系列。除了《星际大战》电影和相关商品外，这宗交易也让迪斯尼拥有其他卢卡斯影业相关所有权，包括《印地安那琼斯》系列、视觉特效公司－光影魔幻工业，以及声音特效公司－天行者音效。这个动作延续迪斯尼近来于2006年对皮克斯及2009年对漫威影业的收购。
“For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next. It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers,” said Star Wars creator and Lucasfilm CEO, George Lucas, in an official press release. Only hours after news of the deal broke, Disney announced plans for a seventh Star Wars movie scheduled for the summer of 2015. It mentioned that it would also produce two more sequels in the following years.
「过去35年，最让我高兴的事莫过于看着《星际大战》的世代传承。现在轮到我将《星际大战》交棒给新一代电影工作者了。」《星际大战》创造者及卢卡斯影业首席执行者乔治．卢卡斯在一份正式新闻稿中这样说。此交易消息发布后仅数小时，迪斯尼便宣布第7部《星际大战》电影预定在2015年夏天上映的计划，并提到将会接着制作另外两部续集。
－by Johnny Tseng
单词发音
Vocabulary
acquire [əˋkwaɪr] v. 取得，获得
creation [krɪˋeʃən] n. 创作；创立
franchise [ˋfræn͵tʃaɪz] n. 经销权
merchandise [ˋmɝtʃən͵daɪz] n. 商品
property [ˋprɑpɚtɪ] n. 所有权
purchase [ˋpɝtʃəs] n. 购买
generation [͵dʒɛnəˋreʃən] n. 世代
filmmaker [ˋfɪlm͵mekɚ] n. 产生影片制作人及导演等
CEO chief executive officer 首席执行官
press release 新闻稿
sequel [ˋsikwəl] n. 续集
Reading Comprehension
1. According to the article, what is Lucasfilm best known for?
(A) Making deals with big companies.
(B) Making offers on properties.
(C) Making special effects in movies.
(D) Making the Star Wars series.
2. What companies does Disney now own?
(A) Pixar.
(B) Marvel.
(C) Lucasfilm.
(D) All of the above.
3. Aside from the purchase of Lucasfilm, what other news did Disney announce?
(A) They purchased Pixar in 2006.
(B) They purchased Marvel in 2009.
(C) They will produce new Star Wars movies.
(D) They will pass Star Wars to George Lucas.
Answer
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1. ( D) |
2. ( D) |
3. ( C) |
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