查理·卓別林的故事：世界上最偉大的喜劇演員

楊璐

The trousers and shoes are too big. The coat and a hat are too small. Oh， that moustache2. The Tramp Character3， they called him. And what a character he was.

褲子和鞋子太大了，外套和帽子太小了。哦，還有那胡子，人們叫他“流浪漢”。這是一個(gè)多么了不起的角色??！

Charles Spencer Chaplin was not rich at first. He has good work， but money came later. First， Charlie had to win4 over life before he could win over the audience5.

查爾斯·斯賓塞·卓別林一開始并不富有。他的作品很棒，但是到后來才擁有財(cái)富。首先，查理必須戰(zhàn)勝生活，然后才能贏得觀眾的喜愛。

There have been many great actors over the ages， but he has been passed on over time. The Tramp is a character that will live on in peoples heart. You see people on the streets pretending6 to be him， you see him at childrens birthday parties， and you see him in movies.

歷史上一直都有很多偉大的演員，但是隨著時(shí)間的推移他被人們代代相傳。“流浪漢”是一個(gè)被人們銘記在心的角色。你可以在街上看到有人模仿他，你可以在孩童的生日派對上看到他，你也可以在電影里看到他。

He was the first comedian. Hes not just a name in the history of acting， but the history of acting. His movies are well known， but his hard past isnt. So here is the story of Charlie Chaplin.

他是第一個(gè)喜劇演員。他不僅是表演歷史上的一個(gè)名字，而且還創(chuàng)造了表演的歷史。他的電影廣為人知，但是人們對他艱難的過去一無所知。接下來是查理·卓別林的故事。

Charlies father was important in his life. The man liked drinking very much. His mother was also an actor. She would often put on small shows for her son to make him laugh7. Chaplins family lived a poor8 but happy life.

查理的父親在他的生命中扮演著重要的角色，他的父親嗜酒成性。他的母親也是一位演員，她經(jīng)常表演小節(jié)目逗兒子開心。查理的家庭雖然貧困，但是很幸福。

He became a comedian because of his mother. Disease9 made her leave the stage10. Charlie was only 5 at the time and sitting in the front. Later he took her stead11. A young boy who， in his first show， had the audience on its feet and made his mother happy.

因?yàn)槟赣H，他成為了一名喜劇演員，而疾病迫使她離開了舞臺(tái)。查理當(dāng)時(shí)只有5歲，常常坐在舞臺(tái)前面，后來他代替了母親。一個(gè)這么小的男孩，在他的首場演出里，令觀眾嘆為觀止，也讓他的母親感到開心。

But the family faced a big problem. His mothers disease would one day need a lot of money. He and his half-brother Sydney went to the streets and danced. Small kids made money to keep the house going. But soon， it all got worse.

但是這個(gè)家庭面臨著一個(gè)巨大的問題。母親的病總有一天會(huì)需要一大筆錢。他和同父異母的兄弟悉尼去街上跳舞，小小的孩子賺錢來維持家庭的開銷。但是很快，情況變得更糟了。

He was only 7， when he and Sydney were sent to a boarding school12. Charlie felt lonely13. Later， his mother was sent to an institution14 because of mental15 disease and Sydney joined the navy16. Charlie had nowhere to go. He would sleep on the streets and had no food. He was only 14 at the time. He was poor and lonely. He couldnt go to school. A short meeting with his mother made him happier， but the disease got worse. He said， “There was nothing we could do but face poor mothers disease.” He made money later. He made a lot. But it could not bring back the woman who gave us the greatest comedian ever.

在他只有7歲的時(shí)候，他和悉尼去了一個(gè)住宿學(xué)校。查理感到十分孤單。后來，因?yàn)榫癫。麐寢尡凰腿チ艘粋€(gè)（醫(yī)療）機(jī)構(gòu)，悉尼參加了海軍，查理無處可去。他睡在大街上，沒東西吃，這時(shí)他才14歲，貧窮而孤獨(dú)，也無法上學(xué)。 和母親的一次短暫會(huì)面使他開心了些，但是母親的病愈發(fā)嚴(yán)重。他說：“我們無能為力，只能面對可憐母親的病。”后來他賺了錢，賺了很多，但卻再也不能救回這個(gè)給我們帶來了最偉大的喜劇演員的女人。

Charlie Chaplin had a hard past. But that did help him. How many problems ever he may have had， he made the world laugh and that is what a greatest a man can do. The Tramp character was a symbol， which is to make the world a better place. People around the world were lucky to have him. He was a beautiful gift.

查爾斯·卓別林的過去很不幸，但這也幫助了他。不管他經(jīng)歷過多少困難，他會(huì)讓世界開心地笑，這是最偉大的人才能做到的事。“流浪漢”角色是一個(gè)象征，象征我們要努力讓世界變得更好。世界上所有的人都應(yīng)該為曾經(jīng)擁有過他而感到幸運(yùn)。他是一個(gè)美好的禮物。

（英語原文選自：scoopwhoop.com）

【Notes】

1. comedian ?n. 喜劇演員，滑稽劇演員

2. moustache ?n. 小胡子

3. Tramp Character ? n. （卓別林飾演的）流浪漢角色

4. win ?v. 贏得

5. audience ?n. 觀眾

6. pretend ?v. 假裝

7. laugh ?v. 笑，發(fā)出笑聲

8. poor ?adj. 貧窮的，可憐的

9. disease ?n. 疾病

10. stage ?n. 舞臺(tái)

11. take sbs stead 代替某人

12. boarding school 寄宿學(xué)校

13. lonely ?adj. 孤獨(dú)的

14. institution ?n. 機(jī)構(gòu)

15. mental ?adj. 精神的

16. navy ?n. 海軍