给大人们讲童话故事的斯坦李，走了

昨天看到Stan Lee去世的消息，想必你们也很难受。最近电影《Venom》里面，老爷爷客串路人，一边遛狗一边告诫男主不要放弃女主，说的“Don’t give up on her, either of you.”……

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Over 90, he can’s hear or see so well, and a pacemaker regulates his heart. But he still works 5 days per week, and tops each autograph with his trademark “Excelsior!” 

虽然已经九十多岁，看不太清也听不太清了，靠着心脏起搏器生活，但他依然每周工作五天，写亲笔签名的时候都要带上自己的标志：“Excelsior”！

Excelsior：不断向上的，精益求精的

I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain people, you’re doing a good thing.

我曾经因为自己只是漫画创作者，而其他人都在建筑或从事医务工作而感到尴尬。后来我开始意识到，娱乐是人们生活中最重要的事之一。没有了娱乐，人们可能会陷入极端之中。我觉得如果你能娱乐人们，那你就在做一件好事。

It's an extension of the fairy tales we read as kids. Or the monster stories or stories about witches and sorcerers. You get a little older and you can't bother with fairy tales and monster stories anymore, but I don't think you ever outgrow your love for things that are fantastic, that are bigger than you are—the giants or the creatures from other planets or people with superpowers who can do things you can't.

这些其实是我们小时候读到的童话故事的延伸。 你慢慢长大，你再也不会被童话和怪物故事迷惑了，但你不会因为年长而失去对那些奇妙事物的喜爱。他们比你更大——那些巨人，或来自其他星球的生物 ，或那些拥有着超能力的人，他们能做一些你做不了的事。

Sorcerer ：男巫师

Witch：女巫

Outgrow /,aʊt'ɡro/是指过大而不适合做什么事情

to grow too big or too old for sth. 

The added appeal of so many of these characters is that they were extraordinary but ordinary at the same time. 

这些角色的附加属性是非凡，又平凡的。

Just like Spider-Man, he was like a lot of teenage boys, confused, troubled. He had problems trying to fit in the world and coping with being a superhero. 

就像蜘蛛侠，他和普通的青少年一样，会迷茫，也会惹麻烦。他有不知如何融入世界、以及怎样做一个超人的困惑。

背景音乐：班得瑞--天堂

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