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November 17

1972 A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son
富孀慘遭親兒謀害

Wealthy socialite Barbara Baekeland is stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by
her 25-year-old son, Antony, in her London, England, penthouse. When police
arrived at the scene, Antony was calmly placing a telephone order for Chinese
food.
芭芭拉貝克蘭遭其25歲親兒安東尼持刀刺死，這名富有名媛慘死於位於倫敦家中的閣樓
內。警方趕到現場時，兇手仍手持話筒，從容訂購外送中國菜。

Socialite: a socially prominent person 社會名流
penthouse: A shed or roof attached to and sloping from a wal or building. 閣樓


Antony's grandfather, Leo Baekeland, acquired his family's fortune with the
creation of Bakelite, an early plastic product. Though financially successful,
the family was far from stable. Leo's son Brooks was a decadent adventurer and
a self-described writer who rarely put pen to paper. Brooks' wife Barbara, a
model and would-be Hollywood starlet, had her own problems: she attempted
suicide several times and was reportedly so deeply distressed by her son
Antony's homosexuality that she attempted to seduce him as a "cure." Though
Antony displayed signs of schizophrenia, his father called psychiatry
"professionally amoral" and refused to pay for treatment.
安東尼的祖父李奧貝克蘭以發明酚醛塑料(早期的塑料)而富甲一方，雖是坐擁金銀，可家
庭生活波濤不安。其兒布魯克為欲振乏力的投機商兼作家，作品內容為半自傳性描寫，但
產量極少；其媳芭芭拉原為模特兒兼好萊塢女明星，卻數次自殺未遂，據聞她曾苦於誘姦
親子安東尼，以期治好其龍陽之癖。之後安東尼顯露精神分裂的病徵，但礙於其父認為精
神科學是「不道德的治療手段」，因而拒付治療費。

acquire: to gain or com possess, expecially by one's own work, skill, or
action, often over a long period of time.

adventurer: one who seeks unmerited wealth or position expecially by playing
on the credulity or prejudice of others.

starlet: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles.

distressed: to cause to worry or be troubled; upset.

schizophrenia: 精神分裂症


Barbara and Antony's tempestuous mother-son relationship worried her friends.
Indeed, Antony's erratic behavior was cause for concern, and over the years the
two had several threatening arguments involving knives.
芭芭拉的好友相當擔憂如此紊亂的母子關係，安東尼古怪無常的行為的確引起關注，往後
的日子裡，這兩人不斷有持刀爭論的情形發生。

tempestuous: turbulent; violently agitated.

erratic: (usually derog.) irregular or uneven in movement, quality or behavior.


After the murder, Antony was institutionalized at Broadmoor until a
bureaucratic mistake resulted in his release in July 1980. He then relocated to
New York City, where he lived with his grandmother for a short time until he
beat and stabbed her to death in 1980. Antony was sent to Riker's Island, where
he suffocated himself to death on March 20, 1981.
案發後，安東尼被安置於布羅德莫精神病院內，直至1980年7月，一場行政疏失才令他重獲
自由。他遷居至紐約市與祖母同住一段時間，同年也將她刺死。之後安東尼被送往位於瑞
克島的監獄。1981年3月20日，他以窒息自殺的方式結束其一生。

institutionalize: place someone in an institution.

relocate to: move someone to another place.

suffocate: cause someone to die as a result of not being ablt to breathe.




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她突然朝那個男同學膝蓋上踹了一腳，然後我看見她向宿舍樓跑來，
一邊跑一邊向車棚那裡回頭，儘管她捂著嘴笑，
我還是聽見了她的類似男孩的沙啞而放肆的笑聲。
我看見她提著裙子跑進宿舍樓，由於這個動作我注意到了她的裙子，
那條裙子很長很寬大，裙子的花色圖案與她的實習作品如出一轍，
是白底色上的金黃色的向日葵。

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