Unit 2 Tintin has been popular for over eighty years. Everyone liked cartoon stories when he/she was a child. We can see many cartoon heroes in the books and on the movies. Let’s look at the following pictures about cartoon stories and talk about them. Happy Little Submarines 2 The Pirates! The Pirates! What kind of cartoon do you like?I like the cartoons which…Who is your favourite character? And why?I like the character who can…, such as…. because …Discussion Answer the questions about the cartoon characters.1.Which of them do you know?2.Which of them do you like? Why? America America China Belgium America Do you know where they are from?NemoShrekMonkey KingSnoopyTintin The Adventures of Tintin ( 丁丁历险记 ) Tintin He is Tintin. He is a reporter. He’s from Belgium( 比利时 ). He is a Belgian( 比利时人 ). He has traveled to many places, such as jungles, the backstreets( 后街 ) of Shanghai.He has also travelled to the surface( 表面 ) of the moon. It is an old cartoon. We can see him in The Adventures of Tintin.In December 1984 the whole series ( 丛书 , 系列 ) of Tintin began to be published in China. There are several fan clubs in China which have held birthday parties for Tintin in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan. It was written by Herge ( 埃尔热 ). The main charactersTINTIN ( 丁丁 ) SNOWY ( 白雪 ) CAPTAIN HADDOCK( 阿道克船长 ) THOMSON & THOMPSON ( 杜邦兄弟 ) CALCULUS( 向日葵教授 ) BLANCA CASTAFIORE( 卡斯塔菲尔 ) NESTOR( 内斯特 ) JOLYON WAGG( 威格 ) lRASTARPOPOULOS( 拉斯泰波波罗斯 ) He is called Nemo. He is a cute orange-and-white( 橙白相间的 ) fish.Nemo 尼莫 First, he lived in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and next he was sold to a dentist clinic...
