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Paddington Bear at 50 帕丁顿熊50周年纪念
[ 2008-02-05 09:14 ]

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Paddington Bear celebrates his 50th birthday this year
Paddington Bear, one of Britain's favourite children's fictional characters, is celebrating his 50th birthday this year. From his humble origins as a homeless immigrant at a London railway station, Paddington has gone on to sell over 30 million books in 30 different languages.

According to the first story, the bear was discovered at Paddington Station sitting on a battered suitcase bearing the label "Wanted on Voyage". There was a note attached to his coat which said "Please look after this bear". It transpires that Paddington Bear had been sent from the South American country of Peru by his aunt.

A family called the Browns were at the station to meet their daughter when they noticed Paddington. They decided to take him in. Because he didn't know how old he was, he decided to give himself two birthdays a year!

Paddington wears a distinctive outfit: a blue duffle coat and a shapeless hat; sometimes he's shown wearing Wellington boots, though this was a later addition to his attire. He also has a very special diet which consists mainly of marmalade sandwiches and cocoa.

Paddington Bear was the brainchild of Michael Bond, who came up with the character after seeing a teddy bear alone in a shop near Paddington Station. He felt sorry for it and bought the toy for his wife for Christmas and set about writing the first book. Many more stories followed as well as a TV series and a film, which is now in the pipeline.

Although he is just a children's character, Paddington Bear has recently attracted controversy. He appeared in advertisements eating sandwiches containing not marmalade but Marmite, a British sandwich spread made from yeast extract. Purists argue that Paddington would never eat anything other than marmalade sandwiches.

However, all arguments will be forgotten as fans get together to wish Paddington Bear a happy 50th birthday.

GLOSSARY 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词) 

humble origins
微贱的出身

 homeless immigrant
无家可归的移民

battered
破旧不堪的

bearing
带有

voyage
航行,旅程

transpires
原来是这样 (被泄漏的秘密)名

take him in
照顾某人

distinctive outfit
独特的装扮

duffle coat
带帽子的夹克

shapeless
没有形状的

Wellington boots
雨靴

attire
打扮

marmalade
用橘子做成的果酱

cocoa
可可

brainchild
智慧产儿,某人的构想,发明

came up with
想出来

teddy bear
玩具熊

in the pipeline
正在制作中

yeast extract
酵母精

purists
纯化论者

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