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The Life of the Greatest Comedy Artist—Charlie Chaplin
伟大喜剧家的一生——查理·卓别林
To a failure, hardship is an excuse；To a success, hardship is great fortune. Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.
对失败者来说，磨难是苟且的籍口，对于成功者来说，反而是宝贵的财富。痴迷于艺术的他一生都在不懈追求......
Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London.
1889年4月16日查理·卓别林出生于伦敦。
His father was an entertainer and although not one of the big names, he was doing very well.
他父亲是一个演员，虽然不是什么大人物，但也表现不俗。
His mother Hannah was also an entertainer. A wonderful mimic, she had a sweet, charming voice.
他母亲哈那是一位出色的喜剧演员，嗓音甜美动人。
While they were by no means rich, the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living.
虽然谈不上富裕，可戏院的工作毕竟能使卓别林一家过上安逸的生活。
Unfortunately happy life didn't last long. Father's alcoholism was slowly, but surely destroying his marriage.
然而，幸福的生活并不长久，父亲对酒的嗜好缓慢地、但却毫无疑问地破坏着他的婚姻生活。
Finally it ended in divorce, but Hannah was indomitable.
这桩婚姻最终以离婚而宣告结束，但哈娜是不会轻易认输的。
Without her, Charlie Chaplin would have become just one more child lost in the poverty of Victorian London.
没有母亲，查理·卓别林充其量也只是维多利亚时期伦敦城里又一位穷困潦倒的儿童。
Somehow she not only managed to keep Charlie and his brother Syney clean and warm, clothed and fed but she conjured little treats for them.
她不仅想方设法让查理和弟弟西尼吃饱穿暖，保持干净整洁，而且动足脑筋变换方法，让他们过得欢乐愉快。
She would sit at the window watching the passersby and guess at their characters from the way they looked and behaved, spinning tales to delight Charlie and Syney.
她有时站在窗边，注视行人，通过行人的外表和举止猜测他们的性格，继而仿造故事，逗查理和西尼乐。
Charlie took in her skills and went on using them all his life.
查理继承了母亲的这点，而这也正是他一生用之不尽的财富。
划红精讲
1. all the way 一路上；自始至终
eg. This box of glasses has been bumped about all the way here and quite a few pieces are broken.
这箱玻璃杯一路上磕磕碰碰的， 碎了不少。
eg. I couldn't help screaming all the way.
我忍不住自始至终都在尖叫。
2. by no means 决不；毫不；一点也不；并没有
eg. However, these notations were by no means a standard.
然而，这些记号并不意味着一个标准。
eg. By no means will this method produce satisfactory results.
这种方法决不会产生令人满意的结果。
3. end in 以……为结果；以……告终
eg. The match ended in a draw.
比赛结果是平局。
eg. to end in disaster
以灾难告终
