 内容提要：加菲猫的作者简介及加菲猫的创作背景。 Today is Garfield’s birthday. The fat, lazy, wisecracking说俏皮话的 cat first appeared in a comic strip连环漫画 on June 19, 1978. Garfield加菲猫 is known all over the world. Dozens of Garfield books have been translate into 26 languages. The cat used to have a TV show. Garfield products are sold in 69 countries. Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945, in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad raised Black Angus cows. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm chores零星工作. They had 25 cats. Their mom always made sure there was plenty of food for the cats. As a boy, Jim had asthma. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny. After college Jim worked a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he became a cartoonist’s assistant. Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the world is full of cat lovers. He remembered the 25 farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. Garfield became the central character in daily ordeals严峻的考验 with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is always lazy, sassy无礼的, and hungry. More than 220 million people worldwide read the comic strip every day. Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist漫画家 of the Year award. He has won four Emmys艾美奖 and other honors. 本文选自上海外语教育出版社引进出版的 《听读美国小故事》第6册（六月） 您可登陆waijiaoshe.tmall.com 或在天猫页面（www.tmall.com） 搜索“外教社旗舰店” 或扫描以下二维码购买 （请确保手机中已经安装天猫客户端，然后长按下面的二维码图片，选择“识别图中的二维码”，按指示操作即可；如实在无法操作，请用另一部手机扫描下面的二维码购买） 更快更好的购书体验，尽在“外教社旗舰店”！ |
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