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刘沧龙分享：泰迪熊名字的由来

The lovable teddy bear can be found allaround the world. You can find it not only in toy stores, but also on T-shirts,posters and more. Do you know how the teddy bear got its name?

On November 14, 1902, US PresidentTheodore Roosevelt went to Mississippi to solve a problem. After a day's work,Roosevelt went hunting. However, he was unhappy because he couldn't find anybig game to shoot during the hunt. Legend has it that his host wanted thehunting trip to be successful, so he went out and found a bear cub and tied itto a tree for Roosevelt to shoot. But Roosevelt refused and asked him to set itfree.

After hearing about this, artist CliffordBerryman drew a cartoon of Roosevelt and the bear. He then published thecartoon in The Washington Post.

A few days later, a shopkeeper saw thecartoon and had his wife make many toy bears based on the bear in the cartoon.They named them after Roosevelt’s nickname Teddy. In early 1903, they soldthese teddy bears in the shop and many people came to buy them.

1902年，当时的美国总统西奥多.罗斯福参加了一次狩猎活动。由于一路下来毫无收获，同行的人为了安抚和讨好总统，就把事先捕获的小黑熊绑在树上，好让总统射杀。罗斯福看到已受伤的小熊无辜可爱的模样，不忍下手。他放下枪说：“这不是一场公平的竞争！”还当场发誓从此不再猎杀黑熊。此事后来被政治漫画家贝利曼作为蓝本，画了一幅漫画。在纽约经营杂货水果铺的俄裔米德姆夫妇依照这幅漫画中的形象制作了一只小绒毛熊，并将它放在铺里作装饰。意外的是，小熊很快就被买走。在得到罗斯福总统的允许后，这种小熊被正式以总统的小名---Teddy来命名。

Vocabulary

1. Theodore

Roosevelt: 西奥多•罗斯福（1858年—1919年），人称老罗斯福，昵称泰迪（Teddy）。美国历史学家、政治家，第26任总统。他的独特个性和改革主义政策，使他成为美国历史上最伟大的总统之一。

2. game: 

野味，这里指野生动物。

3. legend: 

传说；cub: 

野兽幼崽。

4. shopkeeper: 店主，老板。