三麗鷗角色出道好萊塢
The cutest mouthless cat, Hello Kitty, is going to appear on the big screen! This is the first movie deal ever made for Hello Kitty outside of Japan in the 45-year history of Sanrio, the Hello Kitty brand.
最可愛的沒嘴貓Hello Kitty要登上大螢幕了！這是Hello Kitty的品牌三麗鷗45年來首次的海外電影合約。
appear(v.)出現deal(n.)合約
Sanrio founder, President and CEO, Shintaro Tsuji, said in a statement, “I am extremely pleased that Hello Kitty and other popular Sanrio characters will be making their Hollywood debut.”
三麗鷗創辦人兼社長辻信太郎在聲明中表示「Hello Kitty跟其他三麗鷗角色將在好萊塢出道了，我十分開心。」
statement(n.)聲明character(n.)角色debut(n.)首演、初登台，make one’s debut某人初次登場
The producers are all excited for the Hello Kitty movie as well.
電影製片同樣也對Hello Kitty電影感到興奮。
producer(n.)製作人、製片人
New Line Cinema, Sanrio and FlynnPictureCo. are teaming up to develop an English-language film for the lovable characters including, Gudetama the cracked egg, My Melody the rabbit, and Little Twin Stars.
新線影業（New Line Cinema）、三麗鷗及Flynn Picture將合作為Hello Kitty發展一部英語電影，其中包含了蛋黃哥、美樂蒂及雙星仙子等可愛角色。
team up合作develop(v.)發展lovable(adj.)可愛的character(n.)角色
New Line said it had spent nearly five years to acquire the licensing rights in order to make the movie.
新線影業表示，爭取電影版權的過程花了將近5年。
acquire(v.)取得license(v.)許可right(n.)權利
Hello Kitty has been one of the most beloved characters around the world. According to Shintaro, every year there are over 50,000 kinds of Hello Kitty products sold in 130 countries.
Hello Kitty是個在全世界都受到喜愛的角色，根據三麗鷗，Hello Kitty每年出現在全球130個國家5萬多種商品上。
beloved(adj.)心愛的character(n.)角色
The first Hello Kitty movie is expected to be a huge box office hit.
首部Hello Kitty電影可望帶來極佳的票房成果。
expect(v.)期待box office票房hit(n.)非常受歡迎的事物