Give brief answers to the following questions.1. How did Disney become friends with the mouse?_____________________2. Why was Disney not discouraged when his firm went bankrupt?_____________________3. How did Disney lose Oswald, his first big-time character?_____________________4. How was Mickey Mouse made a popular cartoon figure?_____________________5. What made Disney a successful man?

我们来逐题回答这些问题。这些问题涉及迪士尼（Walt Disney）的生平和事业经历，以下是简要但准确的回答，并附上中文解题过程。

1. How did Disney become friends with the mouse?
答案： Disney never actually became friends with a real mouse, but he was inspired by a mouse that visited his early animation studio in Kansas City. He named it "Mickey" and later created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse based on it.

解题过程：
华特·迪士尼并没有真正和一只老鼠成为朋友，而是在他早期于堪萨斯城工作时，办公室里常有一只小老鼠出没。迪士尼觉得它很有趣，还给它起名叫“Mickey”。后来他在创作新卡通形象时，想起了这只老鼠，于是以此为灵感创造了“米老鼠”（Mickey Mouse）。因此，这里的“成为朋友”是比喻性的，实际是受到小老鼠的启发。

2. Why was Disney not discouraged when his firm went bankrupt?
答案： Because he believed in his creativity and dreams, and saw failure as a learning experience rather than the end.

解题过程：
迪士尼早年创办的“Laugh-O-Gram Studio”在1923年破产，这是他人生中的一次重大挫折。但他并没有因此气馁，因为他始终相信自己的创意和动画梦想。他认为失败只是通往成功的一部分，是一次学习的机会。这种积极的心态促使他前往好莱坞，重新开始，并最终取得巨大成功。

3. How did Disney lose Oswald, his first big-time character?
答案： Disney lost the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit because the distributor, Universal Pictures, owned the character and chose to keep the rights when Disney asked for a higher fee.

解题过程：
奥兹华（Oswald the Lucky Rabbit）是迪士尼在1927年创造的第一个成功的卡通形象。然而，这个角色的版权并不属于迪士尼本人，而是属于发行公司——环球影业（Universal Pictures）。1928年，当迪士尼要求提高报酬时，环球拒绝了他，并带走了奥兹华的版权，还挖走了他的动画团队。这让迪士尼失去了自己创造的角色，成为他事业上的重大打击。

4. How was Mickey Mouse made a popular cartoon figure?
答案： Mickey Mouse became popular through the success of the first synchronized sound cartoon, "Steamboat Willie," in 1928, which impressed audiences with its innovative use of music and sound.

解题过程：
米老鼠首次亮相是在1928年的动画短片《威利号汽船》（Steamboat Willie）中。这部动画是最早成功使用同步声音技术的卡通之一，音乐、音效和画面完美配合，给观众带来全新体验。这部作品大获成功，使米老鼠迅速走红，成为家喻户晓的卡通明星，也奠定了迪士尼在动画界的地位。

5. What made Disney a successful man?
答案： Disney’s success came from his creativity, perseverance through failures, willingness to innovate, and belief in bringing joy to people through storytelling and imagination.

解题过程：
华特·迪士尼的成功并非偶然。他拥有非凡的创造力，始终坚持自己的梦想；在经历公司破产、失去角色版权等重大挫折后仍不放弃；他勇于创新，率先使用声音、彩色动画等新技术；更重要的是，他始终相信通过故事和想象力可以为人们带来快乐。正是这些品质——创造力、毅力、创新精神和对梦想的坚持——使他成为一位伟大的成功者。

最终答案汇总：

1. Disney was inspired by a real mouse that visited his studio, which led him to create Mickey Mouse.
2. He was not discouraged because he believed in his dreams and saw failure as a chance to learn.
3. He lost Oswald because the distributor owned the character and took it away when Disney demanded better pay.
4. Mickey became popular through the success of "Steamboat Willie," the first cartoon with synchronized sound.
5. Disney’s creativity, perseverance, innovation, and belief in imagination and storytelling made him successful.

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