1.
　　The first thing you notice about Shrek the Ogre is that he is ugly. As drawn by William Steig in his picture book Shrek!, the ogre has 1)rotten green skin, red eyes, ears that look like 2)miniature elephant 3)trunks, and a big, hairy, potato nose. Steig writes, "His mother was ugly and his father was ugly, but Shrek was uglier than the two of them put together." 4)Creatures in the 5)swamp where Shrek lives are all afraid of him. Flowers 6)wilt in his presence. Shrek is ugly--very ugly.

　　看到怪物史瑞克，你首先会注意到他的丑。威廉史泰格在童话画册《史瑞克！》中画的这只怪物，有腐败的绿皮肤、红眼睛、长得像小型象鼻子的耳朵、还有一个多毛的马铃薯大鼻子。史泰格写道：「他的老妈很丑，老爸也很丑，可是史瑞克比他们俩个加起来还要丑。」跟史瑞克住在同一个沼泽里的生物都很怕他。花儿因他的出现而凋零。史瑞克真是丑——丑毙了。

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　　1) rotten (a.) 腐败的
　　2) miniature (a.) 缩小的
　　3) trunk (n.) 象鼻
　　4) creature (n.) 生物
　　5) swamp (n.) 沼泽
　　6) wilt (v.) 凋谢

　　2.
　　But Shrek's red eyes and hairy nose haven't prevented him from becoming the star of a new 1)animated movie, a movie which is attracting lots of attention and showing signs of becoming a huge success. Shrek took his first step towards movie 2)stardom when his book caught the 3)fancy of the two young children of movie 4)producer John H. Williams. The two kids loved the story of the ugly ogre who leaves his swamp and goes out into the world in search of adventure. As he read the story over and over again to his children, Williams himself started to see Shrek's 5)potential. "He was a great movie 6)character in search of a movie," says Williams.

　　但是史瑞克的红眼睛和毛鼻子，并未阻止他成为一部新动画片的主角，这部电影备受瞩目，看来会成为热门大片。史瑞克迈向明星之路的第一步，在於他的书吸引了电影制作人约翰威廉的两个小孩喜爱。这两个小孩很喜欢这只丑陋的怪物离开沼泽到世界各地冒险的故事。威廉一遍又一遍地念这个故事给他的小孩听，自己也开始看出史瑞克的潜力。「他是个极适合拍成电影的角色，」威廉说。

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　　1) animated (a.) 动画的
　　2) stardom (n.) 明星地位
　　3) fancy (n.) 想像
　　4) producer (n.) 制作人
　　5) potential (n.) 潜力
　　6) character (n.) 角色

　　3.
　　Before long, Shrek had his movie, and it has all the 1)ingredients of a 2)classic. Produced by the PDI / DreamWorks 3)studio, Shrek 4)features a 5)fable-like story 6)bursting with humor and fun, a first-class voice 7)cast, and some of the most advanced 8)animation effects ever seen on the 9)screen.

　　没多久，史瑞克就有了自己的电影，而且拥有经典钜作的所有要素。《史瑞克》由PDI/梦工厂制作，是部充满幽默与乐趣的寓言式故事，拥有一流的配音人员，以及一些首度出现在银幕上的先进动画效果。

　　【本段单词】

　　1) ingredient (n.) 元素，成份
　　2) classic (n.) 经典之作
　　3) studio (n.) 工作室，制片厂
　　4) feature (v.) 以……为号召
　　5) fable (n.) 寓言
　　6) burst (v.) 爆发
　　7) cast (n.) 卡司，演员阵容
　　8) animation (n.) 动画
　　9) screen (n.) 银幕