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Margot Fonteyn was born as Margaret Hookham in England in 1919. Many consider her to be the greatest English ballerina of all time. She received the title of Dame when she was 35 from Britain’s Queen. Fonteyn had a sparkling career and encouraged artists of all kinds to share their ideas to find deeper meaning in their work.
1919年，瑪戈·芳婷生于英格蘭，本名為瑪格麗特·胡克滿。她被譽為英國史上最偉大的芭蕾舞明星。35歲那年，芳婷被英女王授予“女爵士”稱號。芳婷事業輝煌，她還鼓勵各界藝術人士交流思想，找尋各行業的深層含義。
The young Margaret signed up for ballet classes when she was very young. She joined Britain’s Royal Ballet while still a teenager. Her exceptional talent was clear to see and by 1939, she was the star of her ballet company. She wowed TV audiences with her role as Aurora in Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. Her breathtaking grace helped bring ballet to new audiences.
從很小開始，瑪格麗特就開始進行芭蕾培訓。青年時期，瑪格麗特進入英國皇家芭蕾舞團。她才華出眾，到1939年，她已經成為了芭蕾舞團的一顆明星。在柴可夫斯基的《睡美人》中，她扮演的奧羅拉公主讓電視觀眾大為驚嘆。因為瑪格麗特，芭蕾舞觀眾面得以擴大。
In 1949, she toured the United States and became an instant celebrity. Her status as a ballet great arrived at the time most of her peers thought she would retire. In 1961 she danced with the great Rudolf Nureyev. Their partnership lasted until her retirement in 1979 and is still the greatest the ballet world has witnessed. They became lifelong friends.
1949年，她來到美國巡演，并迅速獲得人氣。芳婷成為了芭蕾舞明星，但在當時，大多數同齡人都仍為她將就此謝幕。1961年，她與魯道夫·努里耶夫搭檔。兩人一直合作到1979年芳婷退休，直到如今，他們仍是芭蕾舞史上最偉大的舞者。他們也成為了一生的摯友。
Fonteyn was, incredibly, 59 years old when she retired. She spent her final years living with her diplomat husband in Panama. She summed up her life by saying: "The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous." Fonteyn died of cancer in 1979.
令人不可思議的是，芳婷在59歲時才宣布謝幕。她與丈夫在巴拿馬度過往年，丈夫是一名外交官。芳婷總結了自己的一生。多年以來，我的最大收獲是區分認真工作，以及對自己認真的不同之處。前者是必須的，后者是災難性的。1979年，芳婷因癌癥去世。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
