萊奧納爾達·錢丘利：人肉肥皂製作者：英語精讀講義

Following on from our strangest serial killer in the US, 表達脈絡

繼美國最離奇的連環殺手之後，

we now bring you one of the weirdest tales from the dark side of humanity. 慣用語

我們現在為您帶來一個關於人性黑暗面的最詭異故事之一。

Okay, so our woman of the hour may not have been as bestial as lady killer Ted Bundy, 講解

好吧，我們今天的主角也許不像女性殺手泰德·邦迪那樣野蠻，

or as utterly demented as Ed Gein,

也不像喜歡穿著死女人的皮製成衣服的

the man who liked to dress in skin suits made from dead women,

艾德·蓋恩那樣徹底瘋狂，

but she has certainly worked her way into the serial killer hall of infamy just for originality. 講解

但她絕對僅憑著原創性，就成功擠進了連環殺手的惡人堂。

It's conceivable the novel and then movie Fight Club 文法

可以想像，小說及後來的電影《鬥陣俱樂部》

may have used her wicked deeds as inspiration

在關於抽脂廢料製成肥皂的情節上，

regarding soap made out of liposuction waste, 片語搭配

可能就是以她的邪惡行徑為靈感的，

so we can say she made her mark on history. 慣用語

所以我們可以說她在歷史上留下了自己的印記。

Welcome to this episode of the Infographic Show,

歡迎收看本期《資訊圖表秀》，

Leonarda Cianciulli, aka the human flesh soap maker.

萊昂納達·西安丘利，又名「人肉肥皂製造者」。

Okay, so there isn't really a big reveal to this show as the title pretty much explains what this serial killer got up to. 講解

好的，本期節目其實沒有太大的懸念，因為標題基本上已經解釋了這位連環殺手做過什麼。

But who was she before she started making lumps of soap out of the people she killed?

但在她開始把她殺死的人做成肥皂塊之前，她到底是個什麼樣的人呢？

Let's start with a short bio.

讓我們先從一段簡短的生平說起。

Leonarda Cianciulli, aka the human soap maker,

萊昂納達·西安丘利，又名「人肉肥皂製造者」，

aka the soap maker of Correggio,

又稱「科雷焦的造皂師」，

in Italian it sounds much more poetic,

在義大利語中聽起來更有詩意一些，

la saponificatrice di Correggio,

叫「la saponificatrice di Correggio」，

was born in 1894 and lived until an old age dying in 1970.

生於1894年，活到了高齡，於1970年過世。

Her childhood wasn't easy,

她的童年並不順遂，

and reading about it,

讀完關於她的童年經歷後，

you might not be surprised that she turned out uh a little odd. 文法

你可能就不會對她變得，呃，有點古怪感到驚訝了。

Apparently her mother was a nasty woman

據說她的母親是個脾氣暴躁的女人，

telling Leonarda that she was cursed by the devil and that her life would come to nothing. 慣用語

她告訴萊昂納達，說她被魔鬼詛咒了，一輩子都會一事無成。

That's not easy on a child,

這對一個孩子來說很難承受，

and when she was a teenager,

當她十幾歲的時候，

she tried to commit suicide not once but twice. 片語搭配

她曾不止一次而是兩次嘗試自殺。

She was yet another serial killer with what is known as an overbearing mother. 片語搭配

她又是一個擁有所謂「強勢母親」的連環殺手。

She then met a fellow when she got older,

長大後她遇到了一個男人，

a registry office clerk,

是一名婚姻登記處的職員，

but he wasn't quite what her mother was expecting 文法

但他並不符合她母親的期望，

and so the man was vociferously disapproved of. 用詞

因此這個男人遭到了強烈反對。

She had in total 17 kids,

她總共生了17個孩子，

which is quite the accomplishment, 文法

這可以說是個不小的成就，

but unfortunately only four of them lived past the age of 10.

但遺憾的是，其中只有四個活過了10歲。

You could say after all that heartbreak and pain,

你可以說在經歷了所有這些心碎和痛苦之後，

she was a protective mother to those that survived.

她對那些倖存下來的孩子成了一位極具保護慾的母親。

Leonarda doted on her kids, 片語搭配

萊昂納達非常溺愛她的孩子，

but she was full of anger at what life had thrown at her, 慣用語

但她對生活強加給她的一切充滿憤怒，

and it threw a lot more than dying children and miscarriages.

而生活塞給她的，遠不止是孩子的夭折和流產。

Perhaps it was very much her fault when she got imprisoned for fraud at the age of 33,

33歲那年她因詐騙入獄，這也許很大程度上是她自己的錯，

but when an earthquake destroyed her house a few years later,

但幾年後一場地震摧毀了她的房子，

that seemed like rotten luck again.

這似乎又是她倒楣透頂。

Nonetheless, this unlucky woman was apparently well liked in her community,

儘管如此，這位不幸的女人在社區裡似乎還是很受大家歡迎的，

if not in her own mind doomed somewhat.

哪怕在她自己心裡覺得自己多少有些厄運纏身。

In fact, it's said she even believed that her mother was right

事實上，據說她甚至相信她母親是對的，

and indeed she was cursed.

她確實被詛咒了。

She went to see a Gypsy fortune teller, 用詞

她去看了吉普賽算命先生，

but that just made matters a lot worse as it said this is what she was told: 片語搭配

但這只是讓事情變得更糟，因為據說算命先生是這樣告訴她的：

"In your right hand I see prison,

「在妳的右手，我看到了監獄，

in your left a criminal asylum."

在妳的左手，我看到了精神病院。」

Okay, so you kind of get the picture. 慣用語

好吧，你大概能猜到是怎麼回事了。

This is a woman who had a brutal life,

這是一個生活殘酷的女人，

but on the surface of things she looked okay. 慣用語

但表面上她看起來還算正常。

Her neighbors liked her and she was a loving mother to the dear children that didn't kick the bucket before they got out of primary school, 慣用語

鄰居們喜歡她，她也是個慈愛的母親，照顧著那些沒在國小畢業前就死翹翹的寶貝孩子們，

but something sinister was lurking behind the scenes. 慣用語

但在幕後，卻潛伏著險惡的東西。

Imagine this: 表達脈絡

想像一下這個場景：

one day your neighbor, a loving mother and good friend,

有一天，你的鄰居，一位慈愛的母親和好朋友，

the owner of a shop in town,

鎮上一家商店的老闆，

a trusted member of the community,

社區裡備受信賴的一員，

invites you for cake and coffee.

邀請你去吃蛋糕喝咖啡。

You accept the offer and are greeted with some sweet-tasting cakes,

你接受了邀請，並受到了一些味道甜美的蛋糕的款待，

only you don't know that the cakes are part human.

只是你不知道這些蛋糕的一部分是用人肉做的。

Yes, between 1939 and 1940,

是的，在1939年到1940年之間，

when she was about 42 or 43,

當她大約42或43歲時，

Leonarda murdered three women.

萊昂納達謀殺了三名女性。

The story goes that she wasn't just killing because she was inherently evil, 表達脈絡

據說她殺人不僅僅是因為她本性邪惡，

but she believed, again, that she was cursed and that to keep her remaining kids alive,

而且她再次相信，她被詛咒了，為了讓她剩下的孩子們活下去，

she had to make some sacrifices, as you do. 語氣意圖

她必須做出一些犧牲，這是人的本能。

She was particularly concerned about her favorite son Giuseppe,

她特別擔心她最喜歡的兒子朱塞佩，

who had just signed up to the Italian army 片語動詞

他剛剛報名加入義大利軍隊，

and was about to join the battlefields of bloody Europe. 文法

即將奔赴歐洲血腥的戰場。

So, that's what she did.

所以，她就這樣做了。

She made some sacrifices like those old-school Aztecs who propitiated the gods with human blood. 用詞

她做出了一些犧牲，就像那些用人血討好神明的古老阿茲特克人一樣。

Leonarda lured these women into her shop and then drugged them. 片語搭配

萊昂納達把這些女人騙到她的店裡，然後把她們迷昏。

After they passed out, 片語動詞

在她們昏過去之後，

she killed them with an ax and then boiled their bodies in caustic soda. 用詞

她用斧頭殺了她們，然後把她們的屍體放在燒鹼裡煮。

So far so good, 語氣意圖

到目前為止一切順利，

but that doesn't mean everything just disappears. 文法

但這並不意味著所有東西都會消失。

In her own diaries,

在萊昂納達自己的日記中，

Leonarda described what was left as a thick dark mush.

她將殘骸描述為濃稠深色的泥狀物。

So, our killer went a step further. 慣用語

於是，我們的殺手又更進一步。

You might know that regular soap often contains animal fats.

你可能知道，普通的肥皂通常含有動物脂肪。

So, Miss Cianciulli realized she could turn human fat into soap. 片語搭配

因此，西安丘利女士意識到她可以把人的脂肪做成肥皂。

She actually explained this in her diaries.

她實際上在日記中解釋了這一點。

Her flesh was fat and white.

她的肉又胖又白。

When it had melted, 文法

當它融化後，

I added a bottle of cologne and after a long time on the boil, 用詞

我加入了一瓶古龍水，然後在煮了很長一段時間後，

I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap.

我做成了一些非常令人滿意的奶油般細膩的肥皂。

I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances.

我把肥皂送給了鄰居和熟人們。

What a sweet gift that was, 語氣意圖

那真是一份甜蜜的禮物，

and Leonarda went as far as to call the remains of her victims very sweet. 講解

而萊昂納達甚至稱她受害者的殘骸「非常甜美」。

She didn't stop there, though. 表達脈絡

不過，她並沒有就此止步。

Waste not, want not was likely her motto. 慣用語

「勤儉節約，吃穿不缺」可能就是她的座右銘。

She used part of this mush to make what she called crunchy cakes.

她用這團泥狀物的一部分做成了她所謂的「脆餅乾」。

This wasn't, it seems,

這似乎並不是，

out of rage towards her neighbors

出於對鄰居們的憤怒，

because she said she and her sons all ate the delicious cakes.

因為她說她和她的兒子們都吃了那些美味的蛋糕。

She said of her process,

她在談到自己的製作過程時說，

"As for the blood in the basin, 表達脈絡

「至於盆裡的血，

I waited until it had coagulated,

我等到它凝固，

dried it in the oven,

在烤箱裡烘乾，

ground it, and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk, and eggs,

磨碎，然後與麵粉、糖、巧克力、牛奶和雞蛋混合，

as well as a bit of margarine,

再加上一點人造奶油，

kneading all the ingredients together."

把所有的原料揉在一起。」

Voila, human cake. 用詞

看哪，人肉蛋糕。

You could at least call her resourceful,

你至少可以說她很足智多謀，

which isn't necessarily a bad thing during a World War. 文法

在世界大戰期間，這不一定是一件壞事。

But she wasn't exactly a clever killer and was easily found out. 講解

但她絕不是一個聰明的殺手，很容易就被識破了。

You see, she didn't just make things from her victims, 文法

你看，她不僅用她的受害者製作東西，

but she scammed them out of money, too. 片語搭配

她還騙了她們的錢。

She went as far as to tell these women that she had found a great teaching job for them abroad,

她甚至告訴這些女人，她為她們在國外找到了一份很棒的教書工作，

and just before they set off, 片語動詞

就在她們出發前，

Leonarda coerced them to write to their family and friends 用詞

萊昂納達強迫她們寫信給家人和朋友，

explaining that they would be leaving the country for a while to work.

解釋說她們將離開國家一段時間去工作。

There was no job, of course,

當然，根本沒有工作，

and a fate worse than cake awaited them. 慣用語

等待她們的是比變成蛋糕更悲慘的命運。

One such victim, Virginia Cacioppo,

其中一位名叫弗吉尼亞·卡喬波的受害者

had disappeared and her sister had said the last person who had seen her was that shopkeeper called Leonarda.

失蹤了，她的妹妹說最後一個見到她的人就是那個叫萊昂納達的店主。

She didn't buy into the teaching job and believed a cunning canard had taken place. 講解

她不相信教書工作的說辭，並認為這是一個狡猾的謊言。

She was right.

她是對的。

Later, Leonarda would remark that this was her best victim in terms of how she turned out on the plate and in the bathroom.

後來，萊昂納達評論說，就裝在盤子裡和放在浴室裡的成品而言，這是她最棒的受害者。

In her diaries, she wrote,

她在日記中寫道，

"The cakes, too, were better.

「這些蛋糕也更好吃。

That woman was really sweet."

那個女人真是太甜美了。」

At first, the Italian cops accused Leonarda,

起初，義大利警察指控萊昂納達，

who denied any wrongdoing.

她否認有任何不法行為。

But then the cops accused her son,

但後來警察指控了她的兒子，

good old Giuseppe,

好兒子朱塞佩，

and that was too much to bear for the doting mother. 慣用語

這對於這位溺愛孩子的母親來說實在難以承受。

She confessed to everything, 片語搭配

她承認了一切，

even the soap and cake bit. 用詞

甚至承認了肥皂和蛋糕的部分。

Not surprisingly, this soon became a cause célèbre in Italy. 用詞

毫不奇怪，這很快成了義大利的轟動案件。

The trial lasted three days and after that,

審判持續了三天，在那之後，

our loving mother would spend a total of 30 years in prison

我們慈愛的母親將在監獄裡度過整整30年，

and three years in an asylum.

並在精神病院裡度過3年。

She died at age 76 from a cerebral apoplexy. 用詞

她76歲時死於腦中風。

She still causes shivers down people's spines today 慣用語

直到今天，她依然讓人不寒而慄，

as you can see her ax and other instruments,

因為你可以在義大利羅馬的犯罪學博物館，

including the pot in which she boiled the bodies, 文法

看到她的斧頭和其他工具，

at the Criminology Museum in Rome, Italy.

包括那個用來煮屍體的鍋子。

Well, that's all we have to say about this strange cannibal. 表達脈絡

好了，關於這個奇怪的食人魔我們就說這麼多了。

Only in Italy can a cannibal turn her victim not only into a delicious dessert, 文法

只有在義大利，食人魔才能將她的受害者不僅變成美味的甜點，

but also a sweet fragrance.

還能變成甜美的香氣。

What are your thoughts regarding this serial killer?

你對這個連環殺手有什麼看法？

Pure evil or worthy of sympathy? 片語搭配

純粹的邪惡還是值得同情？

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

在評論區讓我們知道你的想法吧。

Also, be sure to check out our other video called Worst Punishments in the History of Mankind.

此外，一定要看看我們的另一個影片，名為《人類歷史上最嚴酷的懲罰》。

Thanks for watching and as always,

感謝觀看，一如既往，

don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

不要忘記按讚、分享和訂閱。

See you next time.

下次見。