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The Life of the Greatest Comedy Artist—Charlie Chaplin
偉大喜劇家的一生——查理·卓別林
To a failure, hardship is an excuse；To a success, hardship is great fortune. Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way.
對失敗者來說，磨難是茍且的籍口，對于成功者來說，反而是寶貴的財富。癡迷于藝術的他一生都在不懈追求......
Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London.
1889年4月16日查理·卓別林出生于倫敦。
His father was an entertainer and although not one of the big names, he was doing very well.
他父親是一個演員，雖然不是什么大人物，但也表現不俗。
His mother Hannah was also an entertainer. A wonderful mimic, she had a sweet, charming voice.
他母親哈那是一位出色的喜劇演員，嗓音甜美動人。
While they were by no means rich, the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living.
雖然談不上富裕，可戲院的工作畢竟能使卓別林一家過上安逸的生活。
Unfortunately happy life didn't last long. Father's alcoholism was slowly, but surely destroying his marriage.
然而，幸福的生活并不長久，父親對酒的嗜好緩慢地、但卻毫無疑問地破壞著他的婚姻生活。
Finally it ended in divorce, but Hannah was indomitable.
這樁婚姻最終以離婚而宣告結束，但哈娜是不會輕易認輸的。
Without her, Charlie Chaplin would have become just one more child lost in the poverty of Victorian London.
沒有母親，查理·卓別林充其量也只是維多利亞時期倫敦城里又一位窮困潦倒的兒童。
Somehow she not only managed to keep Charlie and his brother Syney clean and warm, clothed and fed but she conjured little treats for them.
她不僅想方設法讓查理和弟弟西尼吃飽穿暖，保持干凈整潔，而且動足腦筋變換方法，讓他們過得歡樂愉快。
She would sit at the window watching the passersby and guess at their characters from the way they looked and behaved, spinning tales to delight Charlie and Syney.
她有時站在窗邊，注視行人，通過行人的外表和舉止猜測他們的性格，繼而仿造故事，逗查理和西尼樂。
Charlie took in her skills and went on using them all his life.
查理繼承了母親的這點，而這也正是他一生用之不盡的財富。
