Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin: Good day, young lady. It's nice to meet you. Girl: Who are you? Chaplin: Who am I? My name is Charlie Chaplin. I was the most famous silentmovie actor in the world. Girl: What are silent movies? Chaplin: Silent movies were the first kind of movie. In silent movies, the actors do nottalk.

卓别林：你好，小姐。很高兴认识你。 女孩：你是谁？ 卓别林：我是谁？我叫查理·卓别林。我是世界上最著名的无声电影演员。 女孩：什么是无声电影？ 卓别林：无声电影是第一种电影。在无声电影中，演员不说话。

Girl: No talking? That sounds boring. Chaplin: Absolutely not! Silent movies are exciting and funny. Mn loved them. saw my movies. Everyone loved them. Girl: Really? Chaplin: Do you like to read storybooks?

女孩：不说话？听起来很无聊。 卓别林：绝对不是！无声电影既刺激又有趣。我喜欢它们。看了我的电影。每个人都喜欢他们。 女孩：真的吗？ 卓别林：你喜欢看故事书吗？

Well, silent movies are like storybooks. But thcy are much better becausc thcpictures move. That's why they are called movies — because they have moving pictures. Girl: Movies havc moving pictures. Ha-ha! Why did you stop making silent movies? Chaplin: These days, people don't want to see silent movies; everyone wants talkies.

好吧，无声电影就像故事书。但这比故事书好得多，因为画面会移动。 这就是为什么他们被称为电影——因为他们有动态图片。 女孩：电影有会动的画面。哈哈！你为什么停止制作无声电影？ 卓别林：现在，人们不想看无声电影；每个人都想要有声电影。

Girl: Talkies? Chaplin: That’s the word people first used for talking movies. Movies where the actors talked were called talkies. Girl: Did you come from Hollywood? Chaplin: No, I was born far away from Hollywood. I came from England.

女孩：有声电影？ 卓别林：这是人们第一次用来谈论电影的词。演员们谈话的电影叫做有声电影。 女孩：你是从好莱坞来的吗？ 卓别林：不，我出生在远离好莱坞的地方。我来自英国。

I was born on April 16, 1889, in London. Like me, my father and mother were both entertainers. Girl: Were they rich and famous? Chaplin: No, we were very poor. But my parents gave me something better than money. They gave me the talent to entertain people.

我于1889年4月16日出生在伦敦。和我一样，我的父亲和母亲都是演员。 女孩：他们有钱又有名吗？ 卓别林：不，我们很穷。但我父母给了我比钱更好的东西。他们给了我娱乐的天赋。

When I was very young, they taught me how to sing and dance. When I was five years old, I sang and danced in front of many people. Girl: Did they like you? Chaplin: Of course, they did. They loved me and they threw money at me. Girl: That must have been exciting.

当我很小的时候，他们教我如何唱歌和跳舞。当我五岁的时候，我在很多人面前唱歌跳舞。 女孩：他们喜欢你吗？ 卓别林：当然了。他们爱我，向我扔钱。 女孩：那一定很刺激。