to spring(sprang,sprung) to mind - приходить на ум
to extend - растягивать, продлевать
WaltDisneywasborn in Chicago,hisfatherbeingIrishCanadian,hismother of German-Americanorigin. He revealed a talentfor drawing and an interest in photographyearly on andafterservicewiththeAmericanRedCross in theFirstWorldWar. In 1923 he leftwithhisbrotherRoyforHollywoodandforsomeyearsstruggledagainstpovertywhileproducing a series of cartoonfilms. In 1927 he hadsomesuccesswiththeseriescalled"OswaldtheLuckyRabbit",but it wasnotuntilSeptember1928,when"SteamboatWillie"appeared,thefirst"MickeyMouse"withsound,that he achievedlastingsuccess.MickeyMousebecame a householdwordtogetherwithsuchcompanions as Minnie,Pluto,and—perhapsthefavourite of themall—DonaldDuck. "TheThreeLittlePigs"and"SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs",withtheirstillfamiliarsongs by FrankChurchill,immediatelyspring to mind. AftertheSecondWorldWarDisneyturnedhisattention to real-lifenaturestudiesandnon-cartoonfilmswithlivingactors.After a ratherunsuccessfulfeaturecartoon"TheSleepingBeauty", he made a triumphantcome-backwiththeverysuccessful"MaryPoppins". In 1955 he branchedoutinto a differententerprise—"Disney-land", a hugeamusementpark in southernCalifornia. Disneyland is situated 27 milessouth of LosAngeles, at Ana-heim. Of alltheshow-placesnone is as famous as Disneyland.Thissuperbkingdom of fantasylinked to technologywascreated by WaltDisney. Thepark is dividedintosixthemesandthere is so much to seeand do in eachthat no onewouldattempt to seeall of them in onevisit.Allthechildrendream of thisplaceandlove being taken there.Thepark is reallyworthvisiting. Forextendedvisits,therearehotelsnearby. WaltDisneydied in California at theage of 65.Hisworkshavegiven so muchpleasureformanyyears to manypeople,youngandold, in manycountries.
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