"He was 'lights as a father', as he puts it. You know, he was like a dancer. In his head he is not bigger than anybody else. That's where I wanted to come (from) with that character instead. Maybe it's an inferiority complex, I don't know, but he doesn't feel like he's bigger. He could do a lot of damage if he wanted to. But he doesn't feel like he has that power. He feels equal  to everybody."

So Horton treats the microscopic residents of Who-ville as equals because, as he proclaims, "a person's a person no matter how small."

Steve Carell, the voice of Who-ville's mayor, says children have had no trouble getting the message since the book was first published more than 50 years ago.

"This is a book that I think resonates with kids. And they don't understand the metaphors and disa? richness to it. But at the same time, it resonates. There is something very specific about the theme that I think even a little kid can understand. And that is that everyone deserves an equal footing in life. And I think that's just a very basic tenet of being a creature of the world."


【词汇复习】
inferiority    / in7fiEri5Criti /   n.自卑, 次等
microscopic    / maIkrE5skRpIk /   adj.用显微镜可见的, 精微的
scopic    【修】视觉；广泛
resonate    / 5rezEneit /   v.(使)共鸣, (使)共振
metaphor    / 5metEfE /   n.[修辞]隐喻, 暗喻, 比喻说话
richness   n.丰富, 浓烈, 富裕, 富饶, 华美
footing    / 5futiN /  n.立足处, (社会)地位, 关系, 总额
tenet    / 5ti:net, 5tenit /   n.原则

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