三毛的故事英语小演讲（推荐阅读）.docx

三毛的故事英语小演讲（推荐阅读）

第一篇：三毛的故事英语小演讲三毛的故事英语小演讲At80,Sanmao,China'smostpopularcomicstriphero,isnotagingatall.Skinnylimbs,bigheadandthreecurlystrandsofhaircrowningthetop,heisbraveandquick-wittedasTintinandactsasanultimatesurvivorlikeCharlieBrown.Butunlikehiswesterncounterparts,Sanmao'stalesaremuchdarker,sincetheymirrorsomeofthemostturbulentmomentsofChinesehistoryinthe20thcentury.ShaoJianqiuisacomicbuffborninthe1980s.“WhenIreadthebooksasakid,Icouldonlymemorizethescenes.ButasIgetolder,Istarttorecognizethepoliticalconnotationandironyofthesecomicstrips.Therearemanyelementsofhistoricalbackgroundembedded.Intermsoftheplot,drawingstyle,andtheincisivereflectiononthesociety,Sanmaoseriesaretrulymasterpieces.”In1935,Sanmao,literarilymeaning“threehairs”inChinese,wasdevisedbycartoonistZhangLepinginShanghai.Thoughatthattime,moderncomicshadalreadybeenpopularizedfortenyears,itwasraretoseeacomicstripfeaturingachildasprotagonist.ZhangWeijun,thecartoonist'syoungestson,recalls.“WhenSanmao'sstorieswerefirstserializedin1935,hehadn'troamedonthestreetandjoinedthearmyyet.HewasjustanaveragekidlivinginaShanghailanehouse.Hewasprettynaughtyandhadasenseofjustice.”ThebirthofSanmaofilledablankinChinesecomicindustry.Adoptingthetechniqueofline-drawing,ZhangLepingwrotenodialoguesandusedthesimplestbrushworkstorevealthecomplexityofone'sinnerworldandthechoresandtriflesinoldShanghai.Butsoon,thingswentdownhill,asJapanleviedthewarofaggressionagainstChina.Zhangandothercartoonistslefthomeandtravelledaroundthecountrytodisseminatethemessageofresistanceandpatriotism.Duringhiseight-yearrove,theartistwitnessedhowbloodshed,violenceandmiseryravagedChina.Heartbreakingly,healsowatchedordinarypeople,particularlyyoungchildren,becomethevictimsofthewar.ZhangWeijunsaysthoseexperiencestransformedhisfather'sartworksdrastically.“Ithinkhiswartimeexperiencebecamehisbaptismandpurifiedhim.Fromthenon,hewasdeterminedtoseetheworldandreflectproblemsforthesakeofcommonpeople.HecamebacktoShanghaiin1945.Oneyearlater,hedrewthecomic'SanmaoJoinsth