卡通节目"布偶"开启新的欢乐旅程

短语讲解：

1. Kermit, created by the late Jim Henson as a combination of marionette and puppet - hence, "Muppet," led audiences through a variety show of wacky acts with a parade of human guest stars joining in the absurdist humor.

join in参加, 加入
例句：Do you know how many of them joined in the research project?
你知道他们中间有多少人参加了这项研究项目吗?

2. But those happy half-hours are long gone and, in the new film, the old Muppet theater is about to be torn down unless they can raise $10 million.

tear down拆毁; 拆卸
例句：The old houses have been torn down.
旧房子拆掉了。

3. The only way to raise that kind of money would be …to put on a show.

put on上演, 演出; 展览
例句：We are going to put on an exhibition of cultural relics next Tuesday.
我们下周二要举办一个文物展览。

4. "It's hard to get a movie made in general, but I think the big thing we had to get across was that we weren't trying to do it with a sense of irony …that it wasn't us making the Muppets with a 'wink-wink' attached to it," Segel explains.

get across(使)被理解; (使)被接受
例句：The message got across all right.
这条消息很清楚地说明了问题。
attach to (使)贴〔系, 粘〕在…上
例句：He attached his horse to a tree.
他把马系在一棵树上。

5. However, he says The Muppets has the added challenge of re-introducing its characters to a younger audience.

add to增加, 加强
例句：The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.
舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好, 使演出更具魅力。

6. "The Muppets remind us of the best versions of ourselves," Segel says.

remind of使(某人)想起…
例句：The film reminded him of what he had seen in Paris.
这部电影使他回想起在巴黎所看到的情况。

7. The sense of wide-eyed wonder that the world eventually beats out of you is something the Muppets have refused to let go away.

beat out弄明白，搞清楚(意义、真相等)；(经反复推敲)阐明
例句：She wants to beat out the purpose of my coming.
她要追究我来的目的。
go away消失；停止，停息
例句：The pain will go away soon.
疼痛马上会减轻。

8. I think in this more cynical world where a lot of comedy now comes through making jokes at other people's expense, the Muppets refuse to go there.

come through经历...仍活着,安然渡过
例句：She came through a serious illness last year.
去年她生了一场大病。