考研英语外刊：25年后，《狮子王》王者归来

"The Lion King" is three years in the making with some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Beyoncé, and the expectations couldn't be higher. None of the other major studios have even dared to go up against it in theaters this weekend. Early tracking suggest that it could make as much as $150 million in its first weekend in North America, and it's already grossed over $55 million in China.

It helps, of course, that the material is familiar to most of the world already. The animated film, which opened in June 1994 at the peak of the Disney animation renaissance, went on to become a critical hit, the highest grossing film of the year at the worldwide box office (it was second domestically to "Forrest Gump"), a two-time Oscar winner for Zimmer's score and the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," and a Broadway show — now the third-longest running and one of the most successful in history. So it was only a matter of time before the Walt Disney Co., in this new era of live-action remakes of its animated library which this year included both "Dumbo" and "Aladdin," turned to one of its most beloved.

单词笔记：

1. entertainment 英[ˌentəˈteɪnmənt] 美[ˌentərˈteɪnmənt]  

n. 娱乐片；文娱节目；表演会；娱乐活动；招待；款待；娱乐

复数：entertainments

2. expectation 英[ˌekspekˈteɪʃn] 美[ˌekspekˈteɪʃn]  

n. 预料；预期；期待；希望；盼望；期望；指望

复数： expectations

3. dare 英[deə(r)] 美[der]  

v. 敢于;胆敢;激(某人做某事);问(某人)有没有胆量(做某事);谅(某人)没胆量(做某事)

n. 激将;挑战

第三人称单数：dares 现在分词：daring 过去式：dared 过去分词：dared

4. track 英[træk] 美[træk]  

n. (人踩出的)小道，小径;(人、动物或车辆留下的)足迹，踪迹;车辙;轨道

v. 跟踪;追踪;(尤指用特殊电子设备)跟踪;跟踪(进展情况)

第三人称单数：tracks 复数：tracks 现在分词：tracking 过去式：tracked

过去分词：tracked

5. animate 英[ˈænɪmeɪt , ˈænɪmət]  美[ˈænɪmeɪt , ˈænɪmət]  

v. 使具活力;使生气勃勃;把……制作成动画片

adj. 有生命的;有活力的;有生气的

第三人称单数：animates 现在分词：animating 过去式：animated 过去分词： animated

6. renaissance 英[rɪˈneɪsns]  美[ˈrenəsɑːns]  

n. 文艺复兴(欧洲14、15和16世纪时，人们以古希腊罗马的思想文化来繁荣文学艺术);(某一学科或艺术形式等衰落后的)复兴

7. domestically adv. 国内地；家庭式地；适合国内地

8. era 英[ˈɪərə] 美[ˈɪrə]  

n. 时代;年代;纪元;代(地质年代，宙下分代)  复数：eras

9. beloved  英[bɪˈlʌvd , bɪˈlʌvɪd]  美[bɪˈlʌvd , bɪˈlʌvɪd]  

adj. 钟爱的;深受喜爱的;深爱的;亲爱的

n. 心爱的人

复数：beloveds