泰迪熊守护一个世纪童心.docVIP

泰迪熊守护一个世纪的童心 　　翻译：郑远涛 　　Teddy Bears: The Heart of a Century 　　The Name of the Bear 　　Today in the West, people can hardly imagine a world without that eager listener, confidant[知己], and loyal friend, the teddy bear. But the teddy bear has not always been with us. In fact, the teddy bear did not make its entrance until 1902. 　　In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt (nicknamed “Teddy ) became President of the United States. In November 1902, he embarked on a four-day hunting in Mississippi, during which he refused to shoot a bear that had been cornered for him. The incident prompted[促使] a cartoon drawn by Clifford Berryman. 　　The cartoon appeared in The Washington Post. It caused an immediate sensation[轰动] and was reprinted widely. Following that cartoon, Morris Michtom, a Russian immigrant, displayed a plush[长毛绒] bear, made by his wife Rose and labeled “Teddy’t Bear,in his New York store. Instead of looking fierce[凶猛的] and standing on all four paws[爪] like previous toy bears, the Michtomsbear looked sweet, innocent, and upright[正直的], like the bear in Berryman’t cartoon. Perhaps that’t why “Teddy’t Bearmade a hit with the buying public. In fact, the demand was so strong that the Michtoms, with the help of a wholesale firm[批发店] called Butler Brothers, founded the first teddy bear manufacturer in the United States, the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company. 　　Meanwhile in Germany, Richard Steiff was working for his aunt, Margarete Steiff, in her stuffed[填充] toy business. Richard, a former art student, often visited the Stuttgart Zoo to sketch[速写] animals, particularly the bear cubs[崽]. In 1902, the Steiff firm made a toy bear based on Richard’t designs. Though both the Michtoms and Steiff were working on bears at the same time, the Michtomsbear resembled the wide-eyed cub in the Berryman cartoon, while the Steiff bear, with its humped[驼背] back and long snout[口鼻部], looked more like a real bear cub. 　　By 1906, the teddy bear craze was in full swing in the United States. Ladies carr