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Picasso And Me 毕加索和我

This is the 50th anniversary of the day I crossed paths with Pablo Picasso. It came about ina strange way. I had written a column showing how absurd some of my mail had become.

One letter was from Philadelphia. It was written by a Temple University student namedHarvey Brodsky. Harvey said he was in love with a girl named Gloria Segall, and he hoped tomarry her someday. She claimed to be the greatest living fan of Picasso. The couple went to aPicasso exhibit and, to impress her, Harvey told Gloria that he could probably get the artist'sautograph.

Harvey's letter continued, "Since that incident, Gloria and I have stopped seeing eachother. I did a stupid thing and she threw me out and told me she never wanted to see meagain.

"I'm writing to you because I'm not giving up on Gloria. Could you get Picasso's autographfor me? If you could, I have a feeling Gloria and I could get back together. The futures of twoyoung people depend on it. I know she is miserable without me and I without her. Everythingdepends on you."

At the end of the letter, he said, "I, Harvey Brodsky, do solemnly swear that any itemreceived by me from Art Buchwald (namely, Pablo Picasso's autograph) will never be sold orgiven to anyone except Miss Gloria Segall."

I printed the letter in my column to show how ridiculous my mail was. When it appeared,David Duncan, a photographer, was with Picasso in Cannes and Duncan translated it forPicasso.

Picasso was very moved, and he took out his crayons and drew a beautiful color sketch forGloria Segall and signed it.

Duncan called and told me the good news.

I said, "The heck with Gloria Segall, what about me?"

David explained this to Picasso and in crayons he drew a picture of the two of us together,holding a glass of wine, and wrote on the top, "Pour Art Buchwald."

By this time, the Associated Press had picked up the story and followed through on thedelivery of the picture to Gloria Segall. When it arrived special delivery in Philadelphia, Gloriatook one look and said, "Harvey and I will always be good friends."

If you're wondering how the story ends, Harvey married somebody else, and so did Gloria.The Picasso hangs in Gloria's living room.

It was a story that caught the imagination of people all over the world. I received lots ofletters after the column was published. My favorite came from an art dealer in New York, whowrote:

"I can find you as many unhappy couples in New York City as you can get Picassosketches. Two girls I know are on the verge of suicide if they don't hear from Picasso, and Iknow several couples in Greenwich Village who are in the initial stages of divorce. Please wireme how many you need. We both stand to make a fortune."

Another letter, from Bud Grossman in London, said, "My wife threatens to leave me unless Ican get her Khrushchev's autograph. She would like it signed on a Russian sable coat."

阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德著

邹红云 译

今天是我和帕勃洛?毕加索相遇的50周年纪念日。这件事发生得很是离奇。在那以前,我写过一篇专栏文章,让大家瞧瞧我收到的一些邮件有多荒唐。

有一封寄自费城的信,是坦普尔大学一位名叫哈维?布洛德斯基的学生写的。哈维说他与一位叫格洛里亚?西格尔的姑娘坠入了爱河,希望有朝一日能娶她为妻。这位姑娘声称自己是活着的头号毕加索迷。这一对儿去参观了毕加索的一个画展,为了打动她,哈维告诉格洛里亚他很有可能弄到画家的签名。

哈维的信继续往下写:“自从那件事后,格洛里亚不再和我见面。我干了件蠢事,她就甩了我,并告诉我她再也不想见我。

“我写信给你是因为我不想放弃格洛里亚。你能给我弄到毕加索的签名吗?要是弄得到的话,我觉得格洛里亚和我还能再走到一块。两个年轻人的未来就取决于这个签名了。我知道,她没有了我很痛苦,我呢,没有了她心里不好受。一切都靠你的了。”

在信的结尾,他写道:“我,哈维?布洛德斯基,庄严宣誓:任何阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德寄给我的东西(即毕加索的签名),我决不会卖掉或送给除了格洛里亚?西格尔以外的任何人。”

我把这封信刊载在我的专栏里,让大家瞧瞧我收到的邮件有多可笑。信登出来时,摄影师戴维?邓肯正在戛纳和毕加索在一起,邓肯就把这封信翻译给毕加索听。

毕加索很感动,他拿出有色粉笔,为格洛里亚?西格尔画了幅彩色速写,并签上了名。

邓肯打电话告诉我这个好消息。

我说:“见格洛里亚?西格尔个鬼,有我的份吗?”

戴维把我的话向毕加索做了说明,他便用有色粉笔画了幅我们俩在一起手举酒杯的画,并在画的上方写道:“为阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德斟酒。”

这个时候,美联社已嗅得了这个故事,并且一路追踪到将画交给格洛里亚?西格尔这一步。当画以邮件快递的方式到达费城时,格洛里亚看了一眼说:“哈维和我将永远是好朋友。”

要是你想知道这个故事的结局,我可以告诉你。哈维娶了别人,格洛里亚也嫁了他人。毕加索的画现挂在格洛里亚家的起居室里。

这个故事引发了世界各地人们的想象力。专栏文章发表后,我收到了许多信。我最喜欢的一封信来自纽约的一位画商,他这样写道:

“你弄得到多少毕加索的画,我就能给你找到多少对不幸的人儿。有两个我认识的姑娘要是得不到毕加索的回音几乎就要自杀了。我还认识格林威治村几对正处于离婚初级阶段的夫妻。 请打电报告诉我你需要多少这样的人。我们俩也好赚一笔。”

另一封信寄自伦敦的巴德?格罗斯曼,他说:“我妻子威胁说要离开我,除非我能给她搞到赫鲁晓夫的签名。她想让他把名字签在一件俄罗斯的紫貂皮大衣上。”

*阿尔特?布赫瓦尔德(Art Buchwald, 1925—)美国幽默语言大师,美国艺术与文学院院士,曾获普例策奖。旧版的《大学英语》精读课本曾选用过他的“Ts There Life on Earth?”

初一适合阅读的英语美文阅读

The Missed Blessings 错过的祝福

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

从前，有位年轻人即将大学生毕业。数月来，他一直渴望得到某汽车商产品陈列室中的一辆跑车。他知道，他那富有的父亲肯定买得起这辆车，于是，他便跟父亲说他很想得到那辆漂亮的跑车。

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

在毕业典礼即将来临的日子里，年轻人等待着父亲买下跑车的消息。终于，在毕业典礼那天上午，父亲将他叫到自己的书房，并告诉他，有他这么出色的儿子自己感到非常自豪而且非常爱他这个儿子。接着，父亲递给儿子一个包装精美的礼品盒。年轻人感到好奇，但带着些许失望地打开礼品盒，却发现里面是一本精美的精装本《圣经》，上面以金子凸印着年轻人的名字。看罢，年轻人怒气冲冲地向父亲大喊道：“你有那么多钱，却只给我一本《圣经》?”说完，便丢下《圣经》，愤怒地冲出房子。

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

多年以后，年轻人已事业有成。他拥有一所漂亮的房子，一个温馨的家庭。但当得知父亲年事已高，他想，或许应该去看看他。自从毕业那天起他就一直不见父亲。就在起程时，他收到一封电报--父亲已逝世，并已立下遗嘱将其所有财产转给儿子。他要立即回父亲家处理后事。

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words... "PAID IN FULL".

在父亲的房子里，他突然内心感到一阵悲伤与懊悔。他开始仔细搜寻父亲的重要文件，突然发现了那本《圣经》--还跟几年前一样崭新。他噙着泪水打开《圣经》并一页一页地阅读着。忽然，从书的背面掉出一把钥匙。钥匙上挂着一个标签，上面写着一个汽车经销商的名字--正是他曾渴望的那辆跑车的经销商。标签上还有他的毕业日期及“款已付清”的字样。

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

我们多少次地与祝福擦肩而过，仅仅因为他们没有按我们想象中的样子包装好?不要在渴望得到没有的东西时损坏你已经拥有的东西，但要记住一点：你现在所拥有的恰恰正是你曾经一心渴望得到的。

Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

有时，我们并没有意识到我们已经拥有或本该拥有的好运，仅仅因为它的外表与我们想象中的有所不同。其实，表面上看起来像是坏运气的东西或许正是等待开启的幸运之门。

初一适合阅读的英语美文学习

侠盗罗宾汉

Robin Hood was a legendary English outlaw. Some people believe he was a real person but most do not. In the story, Robin Hood lived with his band of merry followers in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. They wore green suits and pointed caps, and they were gay and bold. Robin Hood and his men had many exciting adventures. The Merry Men robbed the rich and gave money to the poor. Robin Hood fought the sheriff of Nottingham, a corrupt official who treated the poor badly. So he became a hero of the common people. Robin Hood was a great archer. He never missed his target. He travelled around the country in many different disguises so that no one knew who he was. Whenever Robin Hood got into trouble he would blow his horn and his men would come to help him.

Friar Tuck, Little John, and Maid Marian were the best-known members of his band. Friar Tuck was a fat, jolly priest. Little John stood more than 7 feet tall and was known for his great skill with a bow and arrow. Maid Marian was Robin Hood’s sweetheart.

Although Robin fought and robbed landowners, church leaders and government officials, he and his band respected the ruling king, RichardⅠ. In many stories, the king disguised himself and joined the Merry Men, in order to capture Robin. But the king then discovered that Robin Hood and his fellows were honourable people and pardoned them.

罗宾汉是英国传说中的绿林好汉。有人认为历史上确有其人，做了不少考证，但大多数人还是倾向于认为他只是个传说人物。罗宾汉和他快乐的伙伴们住在诺丁汉郡的舍伍德森林里，身穿绿衣，头戴尖顶帽，寻欢作乐，胆大包天，生活中充满了冒险。他们劫富济贫，专门与欺压穷人的贪官诺丁汉郡长作对，因而成了平民百姓的英雄。罗宾汉还是个百发百中的神箭手。他总是化装后出行，遇到危险无法脱身时就吹响号角，附近的好汉们就会来搭救他。

好汉们当中的著名人物有塔克修士、小约翰和玛丽安姑娘。塔克修士是个性情开朗的大胖子，小约翰是个身高七英尺的大个子，也是个神箭手。玛丽安姑娘是罗宾汉的女友。

虽然罗宾汉与地主、教士和贪官为敌并劫掠他们的钱财，但对国王理查一世却怀有敬意。故事里的理查一世化装后加入罗宾汉一伙，俟机逮捕罗宾汉。但国王发现这伙人品行高尚，并百无法无天的歹徒，就赦免了他们。

题外话：英国中世纪的农民与中国的农民相似，总有一种顽固的想法：坏事都是贪官干的，皇帝(国王)并不知情。罗宾汉一伙与梁山好汉们一样，只反贪官，不反国王(皇帝)。