美國首位金牌女主播芭芭拉·沃爾特斯

Bill Weir

Host： By itself， a moment spent dancing with a U.S. President or 1）grilling a powerful tyrant would be enough to define a career in television news， but， for Barbara Walters， that describes a busy week. When it comes to the glass ceiling she shattered， the massive audiences her reporting reached， there will never be another like her， which is why her announcement this morning marks such a milestone， far beyond this building.

David Muir （Anchor and correspondent for ABC News）： A rare glimpse into her dressing room， a television icon， a ground breaker about to break yet another headline and we asked how shes feeling.

主持人：不管是與美國某位總統(tǒng)共舞的片刻，抑或是追問某位一手遮天的暴君的那刻，任何一件事本身都足以證明一個人電視新聞職業(yè)生涯的成就。但對于芭芭拉·沃爾特斯來說，那只不過是忙碌的一周罷了。說到她所打破的隱形性別歧視，她的報道所影響的廣大觀眾，那可是無人能及的。因此，她今早宣布辭職這一里程碑式事件的影響所及已不限于這幢大樓。

大衛(wèi)·繆爾（ABC新聞節(jié)目主持人、記者）：我們難得一窺她的化妝室。一位電視屏幕上的偶像，一位開創(chuàng)者準備好播報又一重大新聞了，我們來問問她現(xiàn)在的感受。

Barbara： Its how Im going to feel then， and everybody says to me， “What are you gonna do next？”... I dont know.

David： Everything about it has been a groundbreaking run. Back on the Today show， when they were called “Today Girls，” she became co-host， the first woman to 2）co-anchor the evening news…

Voice： Barbara Walters.

David： …and then， of course， creating The View. But she will walk away from all of those cameras a year from now， but today she wanted her crew to hear it from her first.

Barbara： Why？ Its time. I…I wanta leave while people say “Well miss her” instead of “Is she still here？” People say， “Who was your mentor？” I didnt have any. Today， if a young woman says， “I grew up watching you” or…or “You made it a little easier.” David， I think thats my legacy.

David： What has she taught you？

Joy Behar （Co-host， The View）： You know， you always show up and never get sick and dont go to the bathroom either， because， if you go to the bathroom， that means youve missed the interview. Anne Sweeney （President， Disney/ABC Television Group）： How she approached the truth， the number of people that she got to speak their truth in front of the camera； its astounding.

芭芭拉：應該是我到時候?qū)⑷绾胃惺?，每個人都會問我，“接下來你要做什么呢？”……我不知道。大衛(wèi)：她的一切一直都是具有開創(chuàng)性的。當初在《今日》節(jié)目，當時她們被稱為“今日女孩”，后來她成為聯(lián)合主持人，隨后是晚間新聞聯(lián)合主持的第一位女主播……

畫外音：芭芭拉·沃爾特斯。

大衛(wèi)：……然后，當然就是創(chuàng)辦了《觀點》節(jié)目?？墒且荒旰?，她將徹底告別所有的電視工作。但今天，她想讓她的新聞組同事最先聽聽她的感言。

芭芭拉：為什么呢？因為時機到了。我想在人們會說“我們會想念她的”而不是“她還在這里？”的時候離開。人們問我，“誰是你的導師？”其實我沒有任何導師。今天，如果一位年輕女性說，“我從小就看著你的節(jié)目長大”或者……“是你使這條路變得不那么艱難。”大衛(wèi)，我覺得那就是我給大家留下的財產(chǎn)。

大衛(wèi)：她教會了你什么？

喬伊·貝哈爾（《觀點》節(jié)目聯(lián)合主持人）：你知道，你一定得到場，永遠不要生病，也不要去洗手間之類的，因為，如果你去洗手間，這意味著你就錯過了采訪。

安妮·斯維尼（迪士尼及ABC電視集團總裁）：她獲取真相的途徑，在她的鏡頭前說真話的人數(shù)，都是很驚人的。

David： But all this time， one person， waiting. What has your daughter said to you about this decision？

Barbara： There were times when I feel I should have been with my daughter. I think every working mother has those days， but I think she wants me to stop working now， and spend more time with…with her， and I will.

David： And about not having a mentor； do you see women out there that you could look up to now？

Barbara： Its not just that I look up to them， Im so proud of them， like 3）Diane—Im very proud of her and very close to her—and 4）Robin， who has shown us all the kind of courage that so many of us really need.

David： Back stage， the mic， the cards， the TV earpiece， and she was off.

Barbara： So let me just say that—Huh！ Take a breath. A year from now； I plan to retire from appearing on television at all.

David： Right there， her co-hosts， her viewers and her boss， who once delivered her the mail in 1976. Bob Iger， now the CEO of Disney.

Bob： I was asked to deliver something to your dressing room， and I 5）barged in， and there you were. I was rather embarrassed…

Barbara： Was I nice， I hope？

Bob： You were extremely nice. You asked me what my name was and what did I do， and I told you， and from then on you called me Jim. My name is Bob.

Barbara： Thank you， Jim. It means…

David： But， amid the laughter， a sincere thank-you to the viewers who have witnessed the world with her.

Barbara： Weve been together a long time. My cup runneth over. I thank you， thank you， thank you.

大衛(wèi)：但一直以來，有一個人在等待。關(guān)于這個辭職的決定，你女兒跟你說了些什么呢？

芭芭拉：有時候，我覺得我應該陪伴在我女兒的身邊。我想每一個工作的媽媽都會經(jīng)歷那樣的日子。但現(xiàn)在，她想讓我放下工作，然后花多點時間陪她，我當然會這么做的。

大衛(wèi)：關(guān)于沒有導師這個問題，現(xiàn)在在我們這里的那群女性當中，有沒有你會景仰的？

芭芭拉：不僅僅是景仰她們，我還很為她們感到驕傲，像黛安，我就很為她感到驕傲，我們也很親近；還有羅賓，她向我們展現(xiàn)了我們許多人都非常需要的勇氣。

大衛(wèi)：在后臺，麥克風、提示卡、電視耳機，她上節(jié)目去了。

芭芭拉：現(xiàn)在想說的是——哇！先喘口氣。我打算在一年后退休，不再出現(xiàn)在屏幕上。

大衛(wèi)：在臺下，有曾與她合作的主持人，她的觀眾們，還有她的老板，那位曾經(jīng)在1976年為她送過郵件的人——鮑勃·伊格爾，現(xiàn)在是迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官。

鮑勃：有人讓我送東西到你的化妝室，我沖了進去，你就在里面。我當時覺得尷尬極了……

芭芭拉：我當時還友好吧？

鮑勃：你非常友好。你問我叫什么名字，做什么工作。我告訴了你，然后從那時候開始，你就叫我吉姆，但我的名字叫鮑勃。

芭芭拉：謝謝你，吉姆。這意味著……

大衛(wèi)：在爽朗的笑聲中，一份真誠的感謝獻給那些曾經(jīng)跟隨她一起看世界的觀眾們。

芭芭拉：我們在一起很長時間了，這使我的幸福滿溢。謝謝你們，謝謝，謝謝。