Disney movies are very popular around the world. You may still remember the characters and stories of Disney movies after many years and think you know Disney movies really well. But there's one thing about Disney movies you may never know.
From Disney's earliest cartoon film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (矮人), to more recent (最近的) ones like Frozen, many Disney movies lack moms. In Disney movies, Mom is dead like Bambi's mom or simply never appears like The Little Mermaid .Disney movies fans may think about the reason for this strange fact.
Many people think that the lack of mothers in Disney movies has something to do with the death (死亡) of Walt Disney's mother in the early 1940s. Many people think that Walt put sadness over his mother's death into his films. However, many of his movies before his mom's death also lacked moms. Hahn said lacking mothers is a way to bring out the themes (主题) like growing up in the short movie time. Many movies lasted (持续) long after Walt's death, like Beauty and the Beast. In these films, main characters lose or leave their parents and they have to grow up and become strong.
We never know if Walt's mother's death made a difference to the mother's in Disney films, but it seems like it's a common (常见的) fact.
【小题1】The underlined word "lack" means "____"in English.| A．to think...important | B．to make...beautiful | C．to have no ... | D．to dislike... |
| A．Main characters must grow up in a short time in Disney movies. |
| B．Lacking moms is a way to show the main idea of Disney movies in a short time. |
| C．The theme of Disney movies is growing up without parents. |
| D．Successful Disney movies should lack moms. |
| A．Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out later than Frozen. |
| B．Walt Disney's mother died about 90 years ago. |
| C．Walt Disney started to make films after his mother's death. |
| D．Beauty and the Beast came out after Walt's death. |
| A．show some great Disney movies to us. |
| B．show how Walt Disney made Disney movies. |
| C．let us know why Disney movies are popular. |
| D．tell us why we hardly see moms in Disney movies. |
