報刊英語文摘
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《蒙娜麗莎》的***
這一天是1911年8月11日,星期二,一位年輕的藝術家路易斯·貝勞德來到了巴黎盧浮宮的卡雷沙龍畫廊完成一幅油畫,在這條畫廊裡陳列著世界上最著名的油畫——列奧納多·達·芬奇創作的《蒙娜麗莎》。令路易斯感到吃驚的是,本該掛著油畫的地方卻是空空蕩蕩的。中午11時博物館館方意識到這幅名畫已經被盜了。第二天全球各大報刊的頭條新聞都報道了《蒙娜麗莎》被盜的訊息。
Actually the Leonardo had been gone for more than twenty-four hours before anyone noticed it was missing. The museum was always closed on Mondays for maintenance***維修***. Just before closing time on Sunday three men had entered the museum, where they had hidden themselves in a storeroom. The actual theft was quick and simple. Early the next morning Perrugia removed the painting from the wall while the others kept watch. Then they went out a back exit.
實際上,直到達·芬奇的這幅畫被盜24小時後才有人發現此事。每逢星期一盧浮宮都要閉館例行保養文物。就在星期天,有三個人進入了博物館並藏在貯藏室裡。他們的盜竊行動迅速而簡單,第二天一大早,三個盜賊之一佩魯吉亞從牆上取下《蒙娜麗莎》,其餘兩個為他望風,然後他們從後門溜走逃得無影無蹤了。
Nothing was seen or heard of the painting for two years when Perrugia tried to sell it to a dealer for half a million lire***里拉***. Perrugia was arrested on December 13th. Perrugia claimed he had stolen it as an act of patriotism***愛國主義***, because, he said, the painting had been looted from the Italian nation by Napoleon***拿破崙***. Perrugia was imprisoned for seven months. It seemed that the crime of the century had been solved.
《蒙娜麗莎》在被盜後的兩年間一直杳無音迅,直到有一天佩魯吉亞想以50萬里拉賣給一個文物販子時,人們才重新見到它。佩魯吉亞於1913年12月13日被捕,他宣稱偷《蒙娜麗莎》之舉完全是出於愛國心。他說,盧浮宮的這幅畫是被拿破崙從義大利搶劫來的。佩魯吉亞為此被判了7個月的監禁,看來這個世紀奇案好像是解決了。
But had it? Perrugia was keen to claim all responsibility for the theft, and it was twenty years before the whole story came out. In fact Perrugia had been working for two master criminals, Valfierno and Chaudron, who went unpunished for their crime. They would offer to steal a famous painting from a gallery for a crooked***不誠實的*** dealer or an unscrupulous***肆無忌憚的*** private collector. They would then make a copy of the picture and, with the help of bribed gallery attendants***服務員***, would then tape the copy to the back of the original***原始的*** painting. The dealer would then be taken to the gallery and would be invited to make a secret mark on the back of the painting. Of course the dealer would actually be marking the copy. Valfierno would later produce forged***偽造*** newspaper cuttings announcing the theft of the original, and then produce the copy, complete with secret marking. If the dealer were to see the painting still in the gallery, he would be persuaded that it was a copy, and that he possessed the genuine***真正的*** one.
果真如此嗎?佩魯吉亞試圖把這次盜竊案的全部責任都攬到自己身上。直到二十年後,整個事件的真相才大白於天下。事實上,佩魯吉亞一直在為兩個犯罪頭目瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍工作。在這個案件中,另兩個傢伙一直逍遙法外。瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍經常從陳列館偷竊名畫提供給奸詐的商人或肆無忌憚的私人收藏家。他們先製作名畫的贗品,然後向博物館的工作人員行賄,以便在博物館工作人員的協助下將偽造品粘在原作的背後,爾後他們再將文物販子帶到陳列室,並要他在要買的那幅畫的背面做上祕密的記號。當然,事實上文物販子只是在贗品的背面作記號。在此之後,瓦爾菲爾諾就偽造一些剪報宣稱原作被盜,然後拿出帶有祕密記號的贗品。如果買畫的販子看見畫仍然在展出,偷盜者將說服他相信展出的畫是贗品,而賣給他的才是真正的原作。
Chaudron then painted not one, but six copies of the Mona Lisa, using 400-year-old wood panels from antique Italian furniture. The forgeries***贗品*** were carefully aged, so that the varnish***光澤*** was cracked and dirty. Valfierno commissioned Perrugia to steal the original, and told him to hide it until Valfierno contacted him. Perrugia waited in vain in a tiny room in Paris with the painting, but heard nothing from his partners in crime. They had gone to New York, where the six copies were already in store. They had sent them there before the original was stolen. At that time it was quite common for artists to copy old masters, which would be sold quite honestly***合法的*** as imitations***仿造品***, so there had been no problems with US Customs. Valfierno went on to sell all six copies for '300,OOO each. Valfierno told the story to a journalist in 1914, on condition that it would not be published until his death.
肖德龍不僅偽造了一幅,而是六幅《蒙娜麗莎》。他用400年前古義大利老傢俱做油畫板,所有贗品均經過了細心的老化處理,以使油畫表面產生裂縫顯得不乾淨。瓦爾菲爾諾指派佩魯吉亞盜走《蒙娜麗莎》的真品並叫他躲藏起來直到與他取得聯絡。佩魯吉亞一直帶者那幅畫首在巴黎的一間小屋裡,可是他卻一直未見同夥們的蹤跡。原來瓦爾菲爾諾和肖德龍早已跑到了紐約,那裡儲存著六幅《蒙娜麗莎》的贗品。他們在原作被盜前就已將贗品運到了美國。在那個時代,藝術家們複製已故大師的作品是司空見慣的事情,而且複製品還能夠合法地在市場上進行交易,因此複製品可以毫不費力地通過美國海關。在美國瓦爾菲爾諾以每幅300,000美元的價格陸續將這六幅《蒙娜麗莎》贗品出售。1914年瓦爾菲爾諾將事件真相透露給了一位記者,條件是隻有等到他死後才能將此事公之於眾。
Does the story end there? Collectors have claimed that Perrugia returned a copy. It is also possible that Leonardo may have painted several versions of the Mona Lisa, or they might be copies made by Leonardo's pupils. There has been a lot of controversy and argument about a 450-year-old painting, but after all, maybe that's what she's smiling about.
事情就此瞭解了嗎?收藏專家們宣稱佩魯吉亞還回的《蒙娜麗莎》或許是贗品。或許當初達·芬奇創作了幾個不同版本的《蒙娜麗莎》;或許這些《蒙娜麗莎》皆為達·芬奇的學生們製作的複製品。因此迄今為止人們對於這幅有著450年左右歷史的名畫,仍有著諸多的爭議。也許,這就是蒙娜麗莎微笑的原因吧!
愛如讀書
Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to commit to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it maybe, from the back or from a blurb on the front. But who knows, right? Those bits and pieces aren't always right.
讀一本新書恰似墜入愛河，是場冒險。你得全身心投入進去。翻開書頁之時，從序言簡介直至封底你或許都知之甚少。但誰又不是呢?字裡行間的隻言片語亦不總是正確。
Sometimes people advertise themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they're something completely different. Either there was some good marketing attached to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a superficial way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there's so much more to this book than anyone could have ever told you.
有時候你會發現，人們自我推銷時是一種形象，等你再深入瞭解後，他們又完全是另一種模樣了。有時拙作卻配有出色的市場推銷，故事的敘述卻流於表面，閱讀過半後，你方才發覺：這本書真是出乎意料地妙不可言，這種感受只要靠自己去感悟!
談一場戀愛 如同讀一本新書
You start off slow. The story is beginning to unfold. You're unsure. It's a big commitment lugging this tome around. Maybe this book won't be that great but you'll feel guilty about putting it down. Maybe it'll be so awful you'll keep hate-reading or just set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you'll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely — needing something to fill the time, but it won't be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
你慢慢翻頁，故事開始緩慢展開，而你卻依舊心存猶疑。閱讀這樣的巨著需要百分之百的投入。或許它並不是你想象中的偉大的作品，奈何半途棄讀會使你覺得不安。又或許，故事真的很爛，你要麼咬牙苦讀下去，要麼立刻放棄束之高閣。抑或某個酒醉或孤寂的夜晚，你又重新撿起這本書來——但只為打發時光。不管怎樣，它並沒有比你初次閱讀時好多少。
Maybe you're worn out. You've read tons of books before. Some were just light weights on a Kindle or Nook, no big deal really. Others were Infinite Jest-style burdens, heavy on your back or in your purse. Weighing you down all the time. Maybe you've taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren't worth it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe that time you fell in love with a book before will just never happen for you again. Maybe it's a once in a lifetime feeling and you're never gonna find it again.
或許你已疲憊至極。你曾閱覽無數，有些無足輕重無甚重要，而有些卻像荒誕諷刺的包袱，沉重地壓在你背上或藏在你行囊裡，隨時都可能壓垮你。或許因為上次讀的書索然無味，你已暫時避開閱讀時光。還會有優秀的新文學作品麼?只怕等你再次戀上一本書前，那優秀的新作品永遠也不會出現罷。或許這真的就是千年等一回、除卻巫山不是雲了。
Or something exciting could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. That's always a possibility right? That's the beauty of risk. The reward could actually be worth it. You invest your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is empathy and a new understanding and pure wonder.
當然，生活總會有新鮮事發生，你也會有新的愛書。一切總有可能，不是嗎?這正是冒險的魅力。得到的也大抵物有所值吧。你在字裡行間播撒時間和心思，自然便可收穫新的感悟、理解與遐思。
How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It's like they're seeing inside your soul. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just waiting for you pick it up and crack the spine. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not alone.”
怎會有人知道你喜歡它呢?某個陌生人、作者，抑或書中的某個角色。他們似乎能看透你的心思。這本書，它陳列在某隅書店的書架上、它經人輾轉，真的就像是在等你捧起翻閱，等著向你低語：“我會伴你左右。”
You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author's ever written. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the slower you read, wanting to savor it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to never having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you're better for having this close, inside you, covering your heart and mind.
你渴望更多故事，你繼續閱讀，甚至蒐集這位作者以往所有作品。你希望故事永遠延續。書頁越翻越薄，你也越讀越慢，心裡想著要細細含英咀華。此刻，它確定無疑就是你永恆的至愛了。你總想一讀再讀，每次捧起它都感覺新奇如初，而你也明白：因為內心深處的每一縷思緒都與它這般親密，你已變得更加美好。
Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.
情動至深那刻，你便知道自己再也將它割捨不下了。
生活的漣漪
My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone.
在我七歲那年，我的祖父來到田邊的一個池塘。他讓我丟一顆石子到水中，並囑咐我仔細觀察石子所激起的水波紋。然後他叫我把自己想象成那顆石子。
"You may create lots of splashes in your life, but the waves that come from those splashes will disturb the peace of all your fellow creatures," he said.
他說：“在生命的水面上，你也許能激起許多波紋，而你所激起的波紋也會打破別人的平靜，”
"Remember that you are responsible for what you put in your circle and that circle will also touch many other circles."
“要謹記，對你所激起的波紋中所包含的東西負責，因為這些東西會接觸、影響到別人的波紋。”
"You will need to live in a way that allows the good that comes from your circle to send the peace of that goodness to others. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those feelings to other circles. You are responsible for both."
“你應當努力使自己波紋中的平和寧靜傳播給他人。當然，如果你的波紋中攜帶有憤怒、嫉妒，別人也會受到你的影響，因此，你要對它們負責。”
That was the first time I realized that each person creates the inner peace or discord that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are riddled with inner conflict, hatred, doubt, or anger.
這是我第一次瞭解到，每個人心中的平和抑或不和，都會傳播給整個世界。如果我們自己內心都被衝突、仇恨、疑慮或者憤怒所糾纏，自然就不能給世界帶來平和寧靜。
We radiate the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we speak them or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
無論我們是否說出心中的感覺和思緒，我們都在向外界傳播它們。無論我們內心激起的是何種波紋，它們都會被傳向他人，與別人的生命波紋共同激起美麗，抑或是不和諧。