47 Why did Walt Disney create the cartoon character Mickey Mouse?
(A) He wanted to create an official mascot for the Walt Disney Company.
(B) Charles Mintz asked him to create a character in a new cartoon series.
(C) Universal Studios needed a new character to replace Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
(D) He lost his right to an old popular cartoon character and had to create a new one.

with the series going strong, Disney asked Mintz for an increase in the budget.

Disney向Mintz要求增加經費。

But Mintz instead demanded that Walt take a 20 percent budget cut, and as leverage

但作為權衡，Mintz向Walt要求砍20%經費

Angrily, Disney refused the deal and returned to produce the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch.

因此Disney拒絕這項交易，並製作了在Oswald cartoon最後的影片，然後Disney就被裁員了。但他準備重新出發。

start from scratch這個習慣用語裡意思。整個短語的意思是“從零開始”，“白手起家”。

http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/6/3/4/n1243591.htm

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E8%80%81%E9%BC%A0#.E6.AD.B7.E5.8F.B2

其實米老鼠的維基百科就是這篇的中譯

感謝, 剛好鍵盤無法出現 倉頡, 去 搜寻. 

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