2 daughters reflect on a secret their dad shared nearly 20 years ago

 

2 daughters reflect on a secret their dad shared nearly 20 years ago

Transcript¹

David Hedison came to a StoryCorps booth² years ago with his daughter Serena and revealed³ he got a nose job to be an actor. Serena and her sister Alex came back to StoryCorps to reflect on the secret.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Time now for StoryCorps. Nearly 20 years ago, David Hedison came to a StoryCorps booth with his youngest daughter, Serena, to share something they'd never discussed.

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DAVID HEDISON: I wanted to be an actor, but I realized it was going to be a battle because I had a very Armenian nose. And in those days, to get a job, you had to have the boy-next-door face.

MART?NEZ: He revealed to his daughter that he'd had a nose job. David Hedison went on to have a prolific⁴ career as a television, film and stage actor. He died in 2019 at the age of 92. Recently, his daughter Serena came back to StoryCorps with her sister, Alex, to reflect on the secret their dad shared.

SERENA HEDISON: I was really surprised because we never talked about it as a family. My recollection of realizing that something was different was seeing older photos of him at Grandma's house and thinking, like, wait a second. That's Dad? And even then I thought, well, maybe he grew out of his nose, too, like he said that I'm going to do.

Years prior⁵, I was 12, and I guess I had spent a lot of time looking at myself in the mirror and all I could see was my nose. And I remember asking Dad, like, Dad, can I have a nose job? He never in that moment said, I didn't like the way I looked once, too. He just laughed and said, oh, honey, you got a terrific⁶ nose. There was something about how he said, you're going to be OK. And I never thought about getting a nose job after that moment.

ALEX HEDISON: I actually have more of Dad's nose than you do.

S HEDISON: His new nose?

A HEDISON: No, his old nose. I see Dad in my face. He's in my gesture, like the way I move my hand and the way I'll make a dumb⁷ joke or try to make someone laugh because I want them to feel seen.

S HEDISON: Yeah.

A HEDISON: What for me still is painful is that he walked away from the parts of himself that he felt didn't belong. But I see Armenian in my face, and I like it. I like the things that make me feel I have a unique sense of belonging in the world. I carry him with me.

S HEDISON: Yeah. That's his legacy⁸.

MART?NEZ: That was Serena and Alex Hedison remembering their father, David Hedison. Their conversation will be archived at the Library of Congress⁹.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 booth   

n.小房间，公用电话亭，岗亭；货摊

参考例句：

• Where can I find a telephone booth?我在哪儿可以找到电话亭？
• Let's walk around to each booth.我们到每个摊子转一转吧！

3 revealed   

v.显示( reveal的过去式和过去分词 )；揭示；泄露；[神学]启示

参考例句：

• They revealed to me that the experiment had failed. 他们向我透露试验失败了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His insincerity is revealed by the quick goggle of his eyes. 他眼睛的快速转动泄露了他的不诚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 prolific   

adj.丰富的，大量的；多产的，富有创造力的

参考例句：

• She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
• The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。

5 prior   

adj.更重要的，较早的，在先的；adv.居先；n.小修道院院长；大修道院副院长

参考例句：

• The duty to protect my sister is prior to all others.保护我的妹妹是我最重要的责任。
• I took up one-year prior course in German in this college.我在这所大学读了一年的德语预科。

6 terrific   

adj.可怕的，极好的，非常的

参考例句：

• The game was terrific.那场比赛棒极了。
• Darren drove at a terrific speed.达伦以惊人的速度驾车。

7 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

8 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

9 Congress   

n.(代表)大会；(C-:美国等国的)国会，议会

参考例句：

• There were some days to wait before the Congress.大会的召开还有几天时间。
• After 18 years in Congress,he intented to return to private life.在国会供职18年后，他打算告老还乡。