秀蘭·鄧波兒：黑暗中的小天使
人物
作者：by Alison Bryce
你知道好萊塢史上票房最高的影星是誰嗎？不是克拉克·蓋博，也不是瑪麗蓮·夢露或伊麗莎白·泰勒，更不是哈利·波特和他的小夥伴們。雖然他們都在各自的鼎盛時期創造了票房佳績，但在入場人數和實際收入方麵，他們都被一個有著一對小酒窩和一頭金色卷發的6歲小女孩打敗了。這個小女孩甚至還挽救了瀕臨破產的福克斯電影公司。她就是世界上最著名的童星——秀蘭·鄧波兒。
她是大蕭條時期的一縷陽光，為在現實中苦苦掙紮的人們帶來了無盡的歡樂。對於英美觀眾來說，秀蘭·鄧波兒讓他們得以在艱難的生活以外找到一絲慰藉。
秀蘭·鄧波兒的一生堪稱傳奇：4歲初登銀幕，6歲風靡影壇，7歲手捧奧斯卡小金人，10歲已經稱霸好萊塢票房，成為最具號召力的電影明星。20世紀40年代末，她淡出影壇，結婚生子，20年後再次出現，身份已是美國外交官。
這位有著超凡魅力的女性於今年2月10日在家中辭世，享年85歲。
A bigger star never came in a package so small. She sang and danced her way to super-stardom[明星地位] by the impossible age of six years old. In the year 1934， she acted in nine films， one called Stand Up And Cheer.
（soundbite[原聲摘要] of song）
（soundbite of archived[存檔] recording） Shirley Temple Black： I loved learning to dance and sing and scripts[劇本] and acting. Children don’t have a lot of memories， and so you’re like a blotter[吸墨紙]. Everything you learn very quickly， and for me， since I didn’t have much in my head， I was able to learn everything relatively[相對地] easily.
Shirley Temple Black talked to NPR in 1985 and says when she was a child， she didn’t know she was extraordinary. But it wasn’t just talent that made her a hit onscreen. She was born just as films with sound were invented. If she had been born a few years earlier， her singing and tapping talent would have gone unnoticed. Also Temple’s innocence[天真無邪]， maturity[成熟] and merriment[歡樂] were qualities that brought hope to people during the Depression注， among them Chicagoan[芝加哥人] Giggi Cortizi. Giggi Cortizi： Do you know how I survived those days， was going to the show every Sunday to see Shirley Temple. I’m telling you， she was my inspiration to go on living. Honest to goodness[上天作證].
Cortizi is one speaking for many. Professor John Kasson at the University of North Carolina is working on a book about Shirley Temple Black during the Depression. John Kasson： She seemed to embody[使具體化] a spirit of cheer， a spirit of confidence， a spirit of fearlessness， and also at the same time a spirit of trust.