澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-12

The long-running Mr Men book series turns 40 this week. The very first Mr Men character was Mr Tickle¹. The long-armed bright orange character was created by author Roger Hargreaves in 1971. He got the idea when his six-year-old son asked “what does a tickle look like?” Next came Mr Greedy, Nosey, Happy, Bump and Sneeze, which eventually led to four decades of children’s books and the TV series. The series has sold 120 million books worldwide.

After being launched in Europe and Asia, the Music Matters campaign has reached Australia. It's to remind music fans about the value and significance of music and persuade people not to fileshare. Many artists have written blogs, including the Birds of Tokyo, Silverchair and Gotye, and Eskimo Joe did this animation².

In a rare opportunity for collectors, thirteen works by John Glover have gone under the hammer in Tasmania. It's the largest collection of his works to be put out for sale since his death 150 years ago. John Glover is considered the most important landscape artist of colonial times. The works ranged from sketches³ to water colours and fetched a combined total of $7,500.

1 tickle   

v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒

参考例句：

• Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
• I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。

2 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

3 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》