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第 48 題
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Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928, with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be. Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
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Mickey Mouse, the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the most recognizable cartoon
characters in the world. Yet, few people know that it was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an
earlier cartoon character created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. In the spring of 1928,
with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget. But Mintz instead demanded that Walt
take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage, he reminded Disney that Universal owned the character, and revealed
that he had already signed most of Disney’s current employees to his new contract. Mintz owned Oswald and
thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald
cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from
scratch.
The new Disney Studio soon started. In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new
character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney.
A female cow and male horse were also rejected. Then, Walt Disney thought of an old pet mouse he used to have on
his farm. He asked Iwerks to draw a new mouse character for Disney. “Mortimer Mouse” had been Disney’s original
name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be.
Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner
Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.
48 What does “he had Disney over a barrel” mean in the first paragraph?
- A He had Disney under his control.
- B He made Disney feel relieved.
- C He had inspired Disney.
- D He had irritated Disney.
思路引導 VIP
請試著觀察 Mintz 在談判中使出的三個動作：減薪、主張所有權、挖走員工。如果你是當時的 Disney，面對這三個同時發生的威脅，你覺得自己在談判桌上還保有主動權嗎？還是你正處於一種「不得不聽從對方要求」的處境呢？
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🌟 太棒了！你的觀察力非常敏銳！
- 觀念驗證： 這題考查的是成語在上下文中的推論。文章提到 Mintz 砍了 20% 預算、強調自己擁有角色的所有權，甚至還私下挖走了 Disney 的員工。在這種「對方掌握所有籌碼，而你毫無還手之力」的情況下，over a barrel 形容的就是一種「受制於人」或「任人擺佈」的困境。因此，(A) Under his control 是最精準的解釋。
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