1. Allison Moorer's latest album, Mockingbird, honors many of the artists who inspired her as a singer and songwriter.
艾莉森摩儿的最新专辑《Mockingbird》感谢了很多激励她成为歌手和曲作家的艺人。
album
(a) book in which a collection of photographs, autographs, postage stamps, etc can be kept 收存照片、签名手迹、邮票等的册子.
(b) long-playing record with several items by the same performer （有同一人的几项演唱或演奏的）歌集唱片:
* This is one of the songs from her latest album. 这是她的最新歌集唱片里的一首歌.
2. Allison is the younger sister of alternative Country singer Shelby Lynne.
Ａ是特立独行的乡村歌手SL的妹妹
alternative
Espousing or reflecting values that are different from those of the establishment:
标新立异的：支持或反映出与正统相异的价值观的：
* an alternative newspaper; alternative greeting cards.
一份观点标新立异的报纸；内容新颖的贺卡
3. In 1985, their alcoholic father murdered their mother, then turned the gun on himself.
在1985年她们的酒鬼父亲杀害了她们的母亲，然后引枪自尽。
alcoholic
(a) Related to or resulting from alcohol.
酒精的：与酒精有关的或由酒精制成的
(b) Containing or preserved in alcohol.
含酒精的：含有酒精的或保存在酒精中的
4. Allison admits she never fit into Nashville's mainstream Country scene, and that's fine with her.
A承认她从未融入纳什维尔的主流乡村舞台，这些对她来说根本没什么。
mainstream adj.（形容词）
Representing the prevalent attitudes and values of a society or group:
主流的：代表一个社会或团体的普遍态度和价值观的：
* mainstream morality.
主要的道德观
5. On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool. He was splashing, ...enjoying the jungle's great joys ...
在五月15日，在Nool的丛林中，在一天最热的时候，在清爽的一个池塘中。他正在戏水，享受丛林的无穷乐趣。
splash
(a) cause (a liquid) to fly about in drops; make sb/sth wet in this way 使（液体）溅起; 溅湿某人[某物]:
* The children love splashing water over each other. 儿童喜欢互相泼水.
(b) (of a liquid) fly about and fall in drops （指液体）溅落:
* Water splashed into the bucket from the tap. 水从龙头里喷溅着注入水桶中.
6. I wanted to be the type of elephant that didn't realize that he was enormous and bulky
我想把它塑造成为一个对自己没有的庞大没有任何意识的大象。
bulky
(a) Having considerable bulk; massive.
大的，巨大的：有可观体积的；巨大的
* a bulky knit. 巨大的编织物
(b) Clumsy to manage; unwieldy.
庞大的：笨拙得难以控制的；不灵巧的
7. So Horton treats the microscopic residents of Who-ville as equals because, as he proclaims, "a person's a person no matter how small."
所以Horton对Who-villes微小居民都非常平等，应为就像他说的一样，无论多小，人就是一个人。
microscopic adj.（形容词）
(a) Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
非用显微镜不可见的；微观的：用肉眼不可见的但是可以用显微镜观察的
(b) Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
显微镜的：属于，关于或涉及一个显微镜的
(a) Exceedingly small; minute:
极小的；微小的：
proclaim
(a) make (sth) known officially or publicly; announce 宣告, 公布（某事物）; 声明:
* proclaim the good news 宣布好消息
* proclaim a public holiday 宣布定某日为公众假日
(b) show (sth) clearly; reveal 表明（某事物）; 显示:
* His accent proclaimed him a Scot/that he was a Scot. 他的口音表明他是苏格兰人.
8. They don't understand the metaphors and a sort of richness to it, but at the same time, it resonates.
他们不明白里面的隐喻和意味深长，但是同时还会产生共鸣。
metaphor
(example of the) use of a word or phrase to indicate sth different from (though related in some way to) the literal meaning, as in `I'll make him eat his words' or `She has a heart of stone' 隐喻
* striking originality in her use of metaphor 她在运用隐喻方面的独创性.
resonate
(a) To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects.
共振：表现或产生共振或共振效果
(b) To resound:
回响，反响：
9. Carrey believes the vivid imagination in the books by Theodore Geisel - "Dr. Seuss" - is what brings new generations of children to the stories and is the spirit that drives the film.
C认为是TG博士所写的书中的鲜明的想象为该故事带来了新一代的孩子，而且也是驱动电影的精神所在。
vivid
(a) (of light or colour) strong and bright; intense （指光线或颜色）鲜明的, 鲜艳的, 强烈的:
* vivid green trousers 鲜绿色的裤子.
(b) (of a mental faculty) creating ideas, etc in a lively or an active way （指头脑）活跃的, 富有创造性的:
10.Carell adds that the theme of tolerance - "a person's a person, no matter how small" - is as relevant today as it was when the book first appeared in 1954.
Carell补充说容忍的主题-无论多小，人就是一个人，该主题在今天的意义和该书在1954年刚出版的时候的意义相关联。
relevant
Having a bearing on or connection with the matter at hand.
相关联的：和手头的事务有关系或关联的‘