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1、诺拉·艾芙伦与孤独乔治Obituary;NoraEphronandLonesomeGeorge讣告;诺拉·艾芙伦与孤独乔治NoraEphron,observerofsexualbehaviour,diedonJune26th,aged71.LonesomeGeorge,habitualabstainer,diedonJune24th,agedperhaps100.性行为观察家诺拉·艾芙伦,6月26日逝世,享年71岁。习惯性禁欲者孤独乔治,6月24日去世,可能已是百岁高龄。THEfirststoryNoraEphr
2、onhadtowritefortheNewYorkPost—theonethatmadetheguysonthecitydeskfallaroundlaughing,gotherthejob,andlaunchedheronacareerofwitty,wisewritingonsurvivingmodernlife—wasaboutapairofhoodedsealsattheConeyIslandaquarium.Theywerenotonlynotmating,astheyweresupposedto,bu
3、talsorefusingtohaveanythingtodowitheachother.诺拉·艾芙伦为纽约邮报写的第一篇报道是不得以为之,这篇关于科尼岛水族馆冠海豹两口子的文章让编辑部的那帮伙计笑得满地打滚,也让她得到了工作,以风趣而睿智的笔触描写当代生活的职业生涯由此展开。那两只冠海豹本该交配而不成,非但如此,而且根本不想和彼此有一毛钱关系。LonesomeGeorgecouldrelatetothat.ThoughhewasprobablythelastsurvivingexampleofthegiantG
4、alápagostortoiseChelonoidisnigraabingdonii,hetoorefusedtoperform.Scientists,tourists,journalists,conservationistsandthegovernmentofEcuadorallwaitedfortwodecadesforhimtomatesuccessfullyor,indeed,getitonatall.Hewasn'tplaying.孤独乔治可能与此有点关系。尽管他极可能是世上最后一只加拉帕戈斯象龟平塔岛
5、亚种,他仍然拒绝交配。任凭一帮科学家、观光客、媒体人、环保者以及厄瓜多尔政府等了二十年,为了看他成功交配或者只是雄起一下,他就是不给力。In1993twofemalesofaslightlydifferentsubspecieswereputintohiscorral.Heignoredthem.Whenatlasthedecidedtodohisduty,in2008andoccasionallylater,theeggsfailedtohatch.Clearly,hewasaslowburner.Possib
6、lyhewasgay.1993年,两只略有差异的亚种雌象龟被带到了他的围栏中。他对她们视而不见。2008年和稍后偶然几次,他终于决定要完成他的使命,但是雌龟产的蛋也没能成功孵化。很明显,他是个慢热型选手。也许,他是个基佬。HerefusedtobeturnedonevenwhenafemaleSwisszoologygraduate,smearedwithtortoisehormones,gavehimmanualstimulationforfourmonths.即使是一位瑞士动物学女大学生抹上龟类的性激素,给他
7、做了四个月的人工刺激,他还是拒绝有所反应。AtwhichstageMsEphronmighthaveasked,couldn'theatleasthavefakedit?Womendidthatallthetime.Themostfamoussceneofherhighlysuccessfulscreenwritingcareer—whichincluded“SleeplessinSeattle”,“You'veGotMail”and“JulieandJulia”—wastheonein“WhenHarryMet
8、Sally”(1989)inwhichSallyfakedanorgasmoverlunchatadelionNewYork'sLowerEastSide.#Aftershehadreared,moaned,gaspedandshouted“Yes!”forwhatseemedlikefiveminutes,theelderlyladyatanearbytabletold