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湖南省长沙市中雅培粹学校2020-2021学年九年级下学期英语入学考试试卷
Africangirl Joelle was raised on a steady (持续不断的) dietof Disney princesses. Whenever she felt sad, her parents would play a video ofSnow White, Cinderella, or Beauty and the Beast.It was always the quickest way to make her happy.
Therewas one princess who Joelle admired above all others. "Ariel (the Little Mermaid) fought to meet theexpectations she had for her own life," Joelle says. "I like herbecause she desired a world she wasn't a part of."
Joelleknew that kind of desire well. Since the moment she had first begun to watchDisney cartoons, she had dreamed of creating something similar. But her parentstold her that the idea wasn't practical. The girl was made to realize whocreated the cartoons she loved. Most of them were men and were white. That'salso why there were few African characters.
Twodecades later, however, Joelle had managed to create her own happy ending. "Irealized that if I wanted to see myself in comics, I had to be the one to drawthem," she says. Her most popular work,The Diary of Ebene Data, follows the adventures of an Africanteenager in Europe.
Lastyear, Joelle helped to organize an online exhibition of African comics. "Whenyou say Marvel or manga, people around the world immediately know what you aretalking about," she says. "We want the same to be true for Africancomic artists."
LikeAriel, Joelle fought to meet the expectations she had for herself. She has seta great example to young artists in Africa.
①often included African characters
②were mostly created by white men
③inspired her to create comics herself
④were sometimes based on African stories
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