2 Call Me Hitch

Chapter 1 Call Me Hitch Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899. His brother, William, and sister, Nellie, were nine and seven. Alfred's father, William, ran a grocery store and his mother, Emma, took good care of the children. The family lived above the grocery store. Life at 517 High Road was very orderly.

阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克生于1899年8月13日。 他的弟弟威廉和妹妹内莉分别是九岁和七岁。 阿尔弗雷德的父亲威廉开了一家杂货店，母亲艾玛负责照顾孩子们。 这家人住在杂货店的楼上。 高路517号的生活很有秩序。

From an early age, Alfred liked to be alone. At family gatherings he stood off in a corner watching everyone else. Although there were other children who lived on his street, Alfred always played by himself or watched the other children play. For him this was more fun than being with other people. By the time he was eight, Alfred had ridden all the tramlines in London. He had taken the river steamers all the

从很小的时候起，阿尔弗雷德就喜欢独处。 在家庭聚会上，他站在角落里看着其他人。 虽然这条街上住着其他的孩子，但阿尔弗雷德总是自己玩，或者看着其他孩子玩。 对他来说，这比和别人在一起更有趣。 到八岁时，阿尔弗雷德已经坐遍了伦敦所有的有轨电车。 他一直乘坐河上的轮船

way to the mouth of the Thames River! He loved to ride streetcars and big ships and kept charts of all their routes. He also memorized train timetables—the hours of all the arrivals and departures. To Alfred, keeping track of the schedules was as exciting as reading stories.

通往泰晤士河入海口的路！他喜欢乘坐有轨电车和大船，并把它们所有的路线都记在地图上。 他还记住了火车时刻表——所有到达和离开的时间。 对阿尔弗雷德来说，记录日程安排就像读故事一样令人兴奋。

Every evening Alfred's mother called him to her room and asked him questions about his day. He confided in her about everything he had seen and heard. At the time, movie theaters did not exist. But the Hitchcock family loved to go to the theater to see plays performed onstage. Alfred not only enjoyed the stories and the characters but also the way the lighting could make the audience react. He remembered a show where the ghostly looking villain stood under a spooky green light.

每天晚上，阿尔弗雷德的母亲把他叫到自己的房间，问他一天过得怎么样。 他向她吐露了他的所见所闻。 当时，电影院还不存在。 但是希区柯克一家喜欢去剧院看舞台表演。 阿尔弗雷德不仅喜欢故事和人物，也喜欢灯光引起观众反应的方式。 他记得有一场演出中，一个面目狰狞的反派站在令人毛骨悚然的绿光下。

He was amazed at how a simple lighting trick made a character seem more frightening. It sometimes seemed as if much of young Alfred's life was scary, too. One night he woke up and found the house empty. He went from room to room calling out for his parents. He didn't know it, but they had gone for a walk. His brother and sister weren't at home. Alfred was completely alone, and he was scared. He wandered around the empty house. There was "nothing but night" all around him. Later, his parents came home and found him in the kitchen crying. In 1910 Alfred started school at St. Ignatius College, a Catholic school for boys. Alfred still

他惊讶于一个简单的灯光技巧如何使一个角色看起来更可怕。 有时，年轻的阿尔弗雷德的生活似乎也很可怕。 一天晚上，他醒来发现房子里空无一人。 他从一个房间走到另一个房间呼唤他的父母。 他不知道，他们出去散步了。 他的哥哥和妹妹不在家。 阿尔弗雷德独自一人，他很害怕。 他在空荡荡的房子里走来走去。 他的周围只有“黑夜”。 后来，他父母回到家，发现他在厨房里哭。 1910年，阿尔弗雷德开始在圣。 伊格内修斯学院，一所天主教男校。 阿尔弗雷德还

liked to spend time alone. Years later, a classmate of his remembered him as a plump schoolboy leaning against the wall, his hands folded across his round stomach, simply watching the other boys. ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE The Jesuit priests who were his teachers were strict, and punishments were harsh. And yet, Alfred still broke the rules. One of his favorite tricks was to steal eggs from the school henhouse. He liked to throw them at the

喜欢独处。 多年以后，他的一个同学回忆起他是一个胖乎乎的学生，靠在墙上，双手交叉放在圆圆的肚子上，只是看着其他男孩。 他的老师是耶稣会的牧师，他们很严厉，惩罚也很严厉。 然而，阿尔弗雷德还是违反了规则。 他最喜欢的把戏之一是从学校的鸡舍里偷鸡蛋。 他喜欢把它们扔向