NPR 06-26:Father vs. Father: Two Traditions Square Off这就是我的父

Tony Gargagliano's father came to New York from Italy and held on to many of his Old World ways

Time again for StoryCorps, the project that is travelling the country recording¹ your stories. Today it's hailed from New York City, that is where Cathie Campbell spoke² with her friend Tony Gargagliano. He remembers his father Paul who immigrated³ from Italy.

My father was a goat-herder in Sicily. When he came to this country he learned how to use the sewing machine and became a tailor, and he never approved of me being an artist. He used to say, "hey, look at the bum⁴, he's drawn⁵ and painted dirty pictures, all of nude⁶ women. He is a bum."

My father one day, came to visit me and he was 84 at that time. He says "oh, you know my third wife, she's gone to Italy, she's left me all alone. I told her you go on, you no find me when you come back." So I said "well, you know you can get an annulment⁷, dad." And he said "what's that?" I said "that is when one part of the marriage does not live up to the marriage for us. If your wife disappears in Italy, then you have a perfect right, that's not a marriage any more." He says "you will find me an Italian priest"

I found a monsignor, who was the head of the church. And I set a date, took my father. We entered the room, and the monsignor greets us. The first thing out of my father's mouth was "Eh, you know, father, it is not natural for a man to be without a woman." Just the monsignor was, just one look at me, I know he's accepted his celibacy⁸. Yeah, my father continued telling his story. And he's just to speak like this and the monsignor, he would say to me "well, tell your father" you know, and before I know I was translating English into English, the monsignor said "tell your father that the church does not move very quickly." My father said "I, I am in no hurry."

Did he ever do it?
No, she wrote him a love letter and he sent her the money to come back.

Tony Gargagliano with his friend Cathie Campbell in New York City, this interview will be archived along with all StoryCorps interviews at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress. And you can subscribe⁹ to the StoryCorps podcast at npr.org.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

4 bum   

n.臀部；流浪汉，乞丐；vt.乞求，乞讨

参考例句：

• A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.在火车上有人捏她屁股，她打了那人。
• The penniless man had to bum a ride home.那个身无分文的人只好乞求搭车回家。

5 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

6 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

7 annulment   

n.废除，取消，（法院对婚姻等）判决无效

参考例句：

• The annulment caused a profound impression in Japan. 同盟的废止，在日本发生了强烈的反响。 来自辞典例句
• Law An annulment acquittal; dismissal, of a court order. 取消，宣告无罪；法院命令的撤销。 来自互联网

8 celibacy   

n.独身(主义)

参考例句：

• People in some religious orders take a vow of celibacy. 有些宗教修会的人发誓不结婚。
• The concept of celibacy carries connotations of asceticism and religious fervor. 修道者的独身观念含有禁欲与宗教热情之意。

9 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。