Unit 4 Period 4 Developing ideas-【金版教程】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第二册作业与测评word（外研版2019）

英语 必修·第二册 作业与测评 Period 4　Developing ideas 课时作业(四) Ⅰ　阅读 Stephen Hillenburg, the US cartoon maker whose childhood summers on an island later made him create the famous cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants (《海绵宝宝》)”， passed away at the age of 57. Hillenburg was interested in the ocean as a child and developed a love for art. He studied Natural Resource Planning at college, and especially showed interest in sea resources. “One day I decided that if I was going to do a show on animals, I'd do a show about undersea animals—all the ones that I'm interested in and know a lot about，” Hillenburg told Entertainment Weekly in 2010. “I focused on the sponge because it's one of the most unusual creatures.” Although he wasn't sure whether people would like a cartoon about the ocean, he kept on working on it. “We just try to make ourselves laugh, and then ask if it's fit for children.” Hillenburg told The Associated Press SpongeBob is an innocent in this show. And all the other characters in the show are just like ordinary people in the world they have all the advantages and disadvantages as human beings: kind, optimistic, determined, shy but sometimes caring about only themselves and lazy. Sometimes they are looking forward to a better life through good luck but not hard work. They are dreaming of becoming rich overnight. Everyone can find parts of himself or herself in the characters. Perhaps that is why it is so popular around the world. SpongeBob is popular because he attracts not only children but older viewers as well, including college students. Children like SpongeBob's innocence, teenagers and young adults love the show's humor, while the middle­aged and the even elders enjoy it as part of meme (表情包) culture. What Hillenburg Probably didn't conjecture was that the life of this innocent character in his underwater hometown would be such a success. There have been nearly 250 episodes to date. It has won several Emmy Awards, and has been shown in more than 60 languages. The show's