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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 120
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Without a charm of face or figure, Charlotte Cushman resolved to place herself in the front rank as an actress, even in such characters as Rosalind and Queen Katherine. The star actress was unable to perform, and Miss Cushman, her understudy, took her place. That night she held her audience with such grasp of intellect and iron will that it forgot the absence of mere dimpled feminine grace. Although poor, friendless, and unknown before, when the curtain fell upon her first performance at the London theater, her reputation was made. In after years, when physicians told her she had a terrible, incurable disease, she flinched not a particle, but quietly said, "I have learned to live with my trouble."
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定位:Excerpt 120 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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夏洛特·库什曼相貌身材都不出众,却立志当一流女演员,连罗莎琳德、凯瑟琳王后这类角色也敢演。一次主角临时不能上场,作为替补的她登台,凭头脑和意志牢牢抓住观众,让人忘了她缺少柔美的外貌。演出结束,她一举成名。后来医生说她得了不治之症,她毫不退缩,只说:“我已经学会带着麻烦生活。”核心是:外在条件不占优时,靠专业能力和意志照样能立足;面对无法改变的困境,接受它并继续过日子,比怨天尤人更有力量。
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马登《奋力向前》中关于19世纪英国著名女演员夏洛特·库什曼的故事,强调意志与专业素养胜过外貌。
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