Passage 21
学霸导读 辛巴回来了！2019 年翻拍的《狮子王》都有哪些地方值得影迷期待？
Simba， everyone’s f 1 baby lion， returns to movie theaters July 19th in the U.S. This time around， though， he will be much more realistic through the magic of CGL （ 电脑合成影像 ）. The much-loved classic， The Lion King， will open for the 25th anniversary of the original movie.
The 1994 f ilm p 2 to be one of Hollywood’s best-loved vivid movies！ It made almost $970 million worldwide. The f ilm went on to win numerous awards for its music and its later stage shows. Simba’s story opened on Broadway in 1997， f 3 by theatrical productions （ 剧场作品 ） around the world. Today， audiences （ 观众 ） on six continents have seen The Lion King performed on stage. Now， more than 20 years later， it is still one of Broadway’s most popular shows.
Great excitement is building for the new movie. Disney released its f irst off icial video clip during Thanksgiving Day football games last year. The trailer （ 预告片 ） was viewed more than 224 million times in the f irst 24 hours！
The trailer was received very positively， especially because of its realism. Some fans， though， noticed that the clip of the new f ilm was e 4 the same as that in the 1994 opening scene （ 首映式 ）. One Disney executive （ 高管 ） quickly gave some assurances. He said the movie kept the best of the original， while being added in something new.
One thing that excited many viewers was the sound of a very familiar voice. James Earl Jones, with his famous low but strong voice, has r 5 as Simba’s father Mufasa. Jones is the only one of the original voice actors to return in the new f ilm.
Many w 6 people provided character voices, including pop star Beyonce and actor Seth Rogan. Director Jon Favreau expressed his excitement over matching his all-star cast to such a great story. “It’s a director’s dream to assemble a talented team ... to bring this classic story to l 7 .”
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高频词汇
original /ə'rɪdʒənl/ adj. 首创的；独创的
assurance /ə'ʃʊərəns/ n. 保证；担保
familiar /fə'mɪliə（r）/ adj. 熟悉的
assemble /ə'sembl/ v. 聚集；集合