人物:她自己的联盟(1)

A League of Her Own

她自己的联盟

She was a kid from the Bronx who never thought she fit in. But the beloved TV star and director changed Hollywood forever

她是一个来自布朗克斯的孩子，从没想过自己能融入这个圈子。但是这位受人爱戴的电视明星和导演永远地改变了好莱坞

Penny Marshall liked telling a story about her early Hollywood days.

佩妮·马歇尔喜欢讲她早年在好莱坞的故事。

She'd been cast in a Head & Shoulders ad alongside a model named Farrah Fawcett, and in rehearsals¹ Fawcett's stand-in wore a placard that read "pretty girl".

她和一个名叫法拉·福塞特的模特一起出演了一个海飞丝广告，在彩排中，福塞特的替身戴着一个写着“漂亮女孩”的牌子，而她的替身上写着“丑女孩”。

Mortified², Fawcett tried to take out the sting by crossing out "homely³" and writing in "plain."

窘迫之下，福克特试图划掉“相貌一般”，替换为“相貌平平”，以避免伤害。

"I was before, and she was after," the pioneering director and actress often deadpanned.

“我是之前，她是之后，”这位开拓性的导演兼演员常常面无表情地说。

No matter how famous she got, Marshall saw herself as a kvetchy schlump from the Bronx who had bluffed⁴ her way into a glamorous⁵ world far from Pelham Parkway. How had she pulled it off?

不管马歇尔有多出名，她都认为自己是个来自布朗克斯区、脾气暴躁的笨蛋，靠招摇撞骗进入远离佩勒姆公园路的迷人世界。她是怎么做到的？

"I have my own way of functioning," she said. "My personality is, I whine⁶."

“我有自己的运作方式，”她说。“我的个性是，发牢骚。”

But, to crib from the theme song of her sit-com Laverne & Shirley, if you gave Carole Penny Marshall any chance, she'd take it; if you gave her any rule, she'd break it; well, and in the end she made her dreams come true.

但是，从她的情景喜剧《拉文和雪莉》的主题曲来看，你给卡罗尔·佩妮·马歇尔任何机会，她都会接受的；如果你给她任何规则，她都会打破；最后她实现了她的梦想。

She would be the first woman to direct a movie—Big—that grossed $100 million.

她成为了第一个执导电影票房过亿的女性。她执导的电影《长大》总票房1亿美元。

Marshall followed up with a string of box office hits that belied⁷ her relentless⁸ self-deprecation.

随后，她又创造了一系列票房佳绩，掩盖了她不断自嘲的事实。

Along the way she befriended the biggest talents of her generation, including Robin⁹ Williams, Jack¹⁰ Nicholson, Carrie Fisher, Albert Brooks¹¹, Steven Spielberg and John Belushi.

在此过程中，她结交了当时最具才华的人，包括罗宾·威廉姆斯、杰克·尼科尔森、凯莉·费舍尔、阿尔伯特·布鲁克斯、斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格和约翰·贝鲁希。

"She was very loyal," says actor Ed Begley Jr. "If she thought you were going through something or needed something, she would find a way to help. I loved her deeply."

“她非常忠诚，”演员小埃德·贝格利说。“如果她认为你正在经历什么或者需要什么，她会想办法帮助你。我深深地爱着她。”

Being a den¹² mother made Marshall enduringly popular in a business not known for camaraderie¹³.

作为一名女训导，马歇尔在这个不以同志情谊著称的行业里一直很受欢迎。

"The people around Penny reflected just how smart she really was," says actor Tim Matheson, who like Richard Dreyfuss and Brooks crashed with Marshall and her ex-husband Rob Reiner when he was finding his footing in show business.

“佩妮身边的人反映出她有多聪明，”演员蒂姆·马西森(Tim Matheson)说。他和理查德·德莱弗斯(Richard Dreyfuss)、布鲁克斯(Brooks)一样，在演艺圈立足之前，临时借宿在马歇尔和她的前夫罗布·赖纳(Rob Reiner)那里。

In her younger years Marshall ran with the wildest of that crowd and later confessed that being a devoted¹⁴ mother to her daughter Tracy Reiner, now 54, was what kept her from flaming out like Belushi.

在她年轻的时候，她和最狂野的人群一起跑步，后来她承认，她深爱着现年54岁的女儿特蕾西·赖纳(Tracy Reiner)，因此没有像白露西那样激情四射。

1 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mortified   

v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 )；伤害（人的感情）；克制；抑制（肉体、情感等）

参考例句：

• She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. 她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。
• The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities. 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 homely   

adj.家常的，简朴的；不漂亮的

参考例句：

• We had a homely meal of bread and cheese.我们吃了一顿面包加乳酪的家常便餐。
• Come and have a homely meal with us,will you?来和我们一起吃顿家常便饭，好吗？

4 bluffed   

以假象欺骗，吹牛( bluff的过去式和过去分词 )； 以虚张声势找出或达成

参考例句：

• Hung-chien bluffed, "You know perfectly well yourself without my telling you." 鸿渐摆空城计道：“你心里明白，不用我说。”
• In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades. 每一个案例中，劫机者都用了假手榴弹吓唬机组人员。

5 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

6 whine   

v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣

参考例句：

• You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
• The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

7 belied   

v.掩饰( belie的过去式和过去分词 )；证明（或显示）…为虚假；辜负；就…扯谎

参考例句：

• His bluff exterior belied a connoisseur of antiques. 他作风粗放，令人看不出他是古董鉴赏家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her smile belied her true feelings. 她的微笑掩饰了她的真实感情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

9 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

10 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

11 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

13 camaraderie   

n.同志之爱，友情

参考例句：

• The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
• Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板，偶尔才和下属互动一下；有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。

14 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。