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  'Winnie the Pooh' on Walk of Fame
[ 2006-04-14 13:00 ]

小熊维尼和它的伙伴风靡世界80年之后,终于得到好莱坞的认可,成为星光大道上第2308颗星的主人。在卡通片《小熊维尼》欢快的主题曲伴奏下,维尼身穿标志性的红色上衣,与跳跳虎、兔子瑞比小驴屹耳等伙伴一起走上了星光大道的红地毯,对着前来观礼的维尼迷们挥手致意。

Johnny Grant, the honorary Mayor of Hollywood, poses for a photo with from left, Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger during a ceremony Tuesday, April 11, 2006, celebrating Pooh's 80th anniversary with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Winnie the Pooh sure does love his honey, but the beloved bear now has something just as sweet: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

The children's character, created in the 1920s by British author A.A. Milne, was joined Tuesday at the star's unveiling by his Hundred Acre Wood pals Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit.

Pooh debuted as a cartoon character in the 1966 Disney featurette "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," and went on to star in dozens of films, specials and several cartoon series.

"I know that Winnie would react to all this fanfare by simply saying, `Oh bother," said Robert Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Co. "But, Winnie, you really are worth a bother."

Milne named Pooh after a stuffed bear owned by his son Christopher Robin Milne.

The ceremony coincided with the DVD release of 1997's "Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin," which marks the bear's 80th anniversary.

(China Daily)

Vocabulary:

Winnie the Pooh: 小熊维尼是上世纪20年代由苏格兰作家米尔恩创造的动画形象。1966年好莱坞把小熊维尼的故事搬上荧幕,第一部为《小熊维尼与蜂蜜树》,后来又有多部影片和电视系列片面世。

pal: close friend(亲密的伙伴)

featurette: 动画短片

fanfare : a spectacular public display(盛大的场面)
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