The Heart of a Broken Story.pdf

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1、J.D.SalingerTheHeartofaBrokenStoryEsquireXVI,September1941,Page32,131-133!!TheHeartofaBrokenStory!!EVERYdayJustinHorgenschlag,thirty-dollar-a-weekprinter’sassistant,sawatclosequartersapproximatelysixtywomenwhomhehadneverseenbefore.ThusinthefewyearshehadlivedinNewYork,Horgens

2、chlaghadseenatclosequartersabout75,120differentwomen.Ofthese75,120women,roughly25,000wereunderthirtyyearsofageandoverfifteenyearsofage.Ofthe25,000only5,000weighedbetweenonehundredfiveandonehundredtwenty-fivepounds.Ofthese5,000only1,000werenotugly.Only500werereasonablyattractive

3、;only100ofthesewerequiteattractive;only25couldhaveinspiredalong,slowwhistle.Andwithonly1didHorgenschlagfallinloveatfirstsight.贾斯汀·霍根施拉格，周薪30美元的印刷小工，每天有差不多60来个陌生女人从他眼前经过。由此推算，在霍根施拉格住在纽约的这几年里，眼前要经过大约75120个不同的女人。在这75120个女人里，大概有25000个在15~30岁之间。在这25000个里只有5000个体重在105~125磅之间（注：约为47

4、.6~56.7公斤）。在这5000个里只有1000个长得还过得去。只有500个有一定魅力；只有100个相当迷人；只有25个能引来一声长而缓的口哨声。但只有一个让霍根施拉格一见钟情。!Now,therearetwokindsoffemmefatale.Thereisthefemmefatalewhoisafemmefataleineverysenseoftheword,andthereisthefemmefatalewhoisnotafemmefataleineverysenseoftheword.通常，有两种女人可称为“致命的女人”。有种致命的

5、女人是通杀型的，也有种致命的女人不是通杀型的。!THEHEARTOFABROKENSTORY!1HernamewasShirleyLester.Shewastwentyyearsold(elevenyearsyoungerthanHorgenschlag),wasfive-foot-four(bringingherheadtothelevelofHorgenschlag’seyes),weighed117pounds(lightasafeathertocarry).Shirleywasastenographer,livedwithandsuppo

6、rtedhermother,AgnesLester,anoldNelsonEddyfan.InreferencetoShirley’slookspeopleoftenputitthisway:“Shirley’sasprettyasapicture.”这个女人的名字是雪莉·莱斯特。她二十岁（比霍根施拉格小十一岁），身高五英尺四英寸（注：约1.62米）（个头差不多到霍根施拉格眼睛这里），体重117磅（注：约53公斤）（轻得像片羽毛）。雪莉是个速记员，和她妈妈阿涅丝·莱斯特住在一起，她要赡养这个老纳尔逊·艾迪（注：美国影星，师奶杀手）的粉丝。提到雪

7、莉的长相，人们总会这样说：“雪莉美得像画里的人。”!AndintheThirdAvenuebusearlyonemorning,HorgenschlagstoodoverShirleyLester,andwasadeadduck.AllbecauseShirley’smouthwasopeninapeculiarway.Shirleywasreadingacosmeticadvertisementinthewallpanelofthebus;andwhenShirleyread,Shirleyrelaxedslightlyatthejaw.An

8、dinthatshortmomentwhileShirley’smouthwasopen,lipswereparted,Shirleywasproba