人物:一个家庭的地狱之旅(1)

A Famlily's Journey to Hell and back

一个家庭的地狱之旅

Cameron Douglas was abusing drugs by his teens and a convicted felon¹ by age 21. Now, sober and a proud dad, the son of Michael Douglas shares his story

卡梅隆·道格拉斯十几岁时吸毒，21岁时被判重罪。现在，迈克尔·道格拉斯的儿子戒毒成功，光荣成为一名父亲，分享着他的故事

As a little boy, says Michael Douglas, his towheaded firstborn was quiet and good-natured. "Cameron was a wonderful kid," says the 75-year-old Hollywood icon², sitting beside his son, now 40, on a recent morning in New York City.

迈克尔·道格拉斯说，他的长子小时候，头发蓬松，温和文静。“卡梅隆是个很棒的孩子，”最近在纽约的一个清晨，这位75岁的好莱坞偶像坐在他40岁的儿子旁边说道。

He smiles warmly toward Cameron and adds with just a hint of wistfulness, "He was a sweetie." But the sweetness of those early years would sour in cinematic fashion.

他对卡梅隆热情地笑了笑，带着一丝惆怅补充道：“他是懂事的孩子。”但早年的体贴会在电影时尚中变质。

What began as teenage bouts³ of drinking, pot-smoking and high jinks escalated⁴ into a tsunami⁵ of drug addiction⁷ and darkness for Cameron —and caused unending worry for his father and mother, Diandra, 63, a former model and producer who split from Michael in 1995.

对卡梅隆来说，青少年时期的酗酒、吸食大麻和狂欢逐渐升级为毒瘾和黑暗的海啸，并给他的父亲和母亲——63岁的迪安德拉带来了无尽的烦恼。迪安德拉曾是一名模特和制作人，1995年与迈克尔分手。

By the time Cameron hit his early 20s, the scion⁸ of Hollywood royalty—his grandfather is legendary⁹ actor Kirk Douglas—was a full-blown cocaine¹⁰ and heroin¹¹ addict⁶.

当卡梅隆20出头的时候，这个好莱坞皇族的后裔——他的祖父是传奇演员柯克·道格拉斯——已经是一个十足的可卡因和海洛因瘾君子了。

Dealing¹² meth-amphetamines for a time and carrying a Glock for protection, Cameron clung to the fast lane and mostly disregarded efforts by his parents to get him help over the years.

卡梅隆曾有一段时间贩卖冰毒安非他命，并随身携带一把格洛克手枪以保护自己。多年来，他沉迷刺激的人生，他的父母一直在努力帮助他，但他却毫不理会。

"It's the sneaky power, the stranglehold that addiction has when you're in the throes of it," says Cameron, who shot up cocaine nearly daily and withstood drug-induced seizures¹³.

“这是一种鬼鬼祟祟的力量，当你处于毒瘾的痛苦中时，它就会产生一种抑制作用，”卡梅隆说，他几乎每天都吸食可卡因，并忍受着毒品引起的痉挛。

"When you get that far down the rabbit hole, there are a couple of options: There's prison and then there's death."

“当你深入到兔子洞那么远的地方时，你有两个选择：一是坐牢，二是死亡。”

Cameron narrowly escaped the latter, but in 2009 a DEA sting operation landed him behind bars.

卡梅隆勉强躲过了后者，但在2009年，缉毒局的一次突击行动使他锒铛入狱。

He faced a five-year term for conspiracy¹⁴ to distribute meth and cocaine.

他因共谋分销冰毒和可卡因而面临5年刑期。

After the sentence was extended by another five years for possession while he was incarcerated¹⁵, "something inside me broke," he says.

在监禁期间，他的刑期又延长了五年，他说，“我内心的某些东西碎了。”

That low point also marked the start of a gradual turnaround. He got sober in prison and focused on his future for the first time in decades.

那个低点也标志着一个逐渐好转的开始。他在监狱里清醒了，几十年来第一次专注于自己的未来。

1 felon   

n.重罪犯；adj.残忍的

参考例句：

• He's a convicted felon.他是个已定罪的重犯。
• Hitler's early "successes" were only the startling depredations of a resolute felon.希特勒的早期“胜利 ”，只不过是一个死心塌地的恶棍出人意料地抢掠得手而已。

2 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

3 bouts   

n.拳击（或摔跤）比赛( bout的名词复数 )；一段（工作）；（尤指坏事的）一通；（疾病的）发作

参考例句：

• For much of his life he suffered from recurrent bouts of depression. 他的大半辈子反复发作抑郁症。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was one of fistiana's most famous championship bouts. 这是拳击界最有名的冠军赛之一。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

5 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

6 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

7 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

8 scion   

n.嫩芽，子孙

参考例句：

• A place is cut in the root stock to accept the scion.砧木上切开一个小口,来接受接穗。
• Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。

9 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

10 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

11 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

12 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

13 seizures   

n.起获( seizure的名词复数 )；没收；充公；起获的赃物

参考例句：

• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因，有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句

14 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

15 incarcerated   

钳闭的

参考例句：

• They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间，他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
• I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白