THERE WERE many Marilyn Monroes. In the 1940s a young actress named Norma Jeane(玛丽莲·梦露出生时的名字是Norma J...) swapped(交换；替换) her normal-sounding name for this more glamorous(迷人的；富有魅力的) one; Marilyn, she felt, was “a veil(面纱；遮蔽物)” she could wear. Then came Hollywood Marilyn and, soon enough, sex-symbol(性感符号；性感偶像) Marilyn. Others emerged in gossip: there was girlish Marilyn who called her husband “Daddy”; political Marilyn who sang to (and probably slept with) the president; and even literary Marilyn, who read Dostoevsky and married Arthur Miller, a playwright. Later Marilyn became a tragic figure, dying from an overdose(药物过量) in 1962, aged 36.
玛丽莲·梦露有很多个。20世纪40年代，一位名叫诺玛·珍的年轻女演员将她平凡的名字换成了这个更迷人的名字；她觉得“玛丽莲”是她可以穿戴的“面纱”。然后是好莱坞梦露，很快，性感符号梦露。其他版本在流言中出现：有称丈夫“爸爸”的少女梦露；有向总统献唱（并可能与之共枕）的政治梦露；还有阅读陀思妥耶夫斯基并嫁给剧作家阿瑟·米勒的文学梦露。后来梦露成为一个悲剧人物，于1962年因服药过量去世，年仅36岁。
This year there are almost as many celebrations as there are versions of Marilyn: June 1st marks the centenary(百年纪念) of her birth. There are exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, as well as new books and film screenings. At commemorative(纪念性的) auctions fans can bid on(竞拍) everything from Marilyn’s used lipstick to a tile from her bathroom. New products are also being released: you can sip Marilyn champagne, hold Marilyn china or wear jewel-encrusted(镶嵌珠宝的) Marilyn high heels. And if that’s not too many Marilyns, 500 or so will gather in Palm Springs on May 30th to try to break the world record(打破世界纪录) for the largest gathering of Marilyn lookalikes.
今年，庆祝活动几乎和梦露的版本一样多：6月1日是她诞辰一百周年。伦敦国家肖像馆和洛杉矶电影学院博物馆都有展览，还有新书和电影放映。在纪念拍卖会上，竞拍者可以竞拍从梦露用过的口红到浴室瓷砖等各种物品。新产品也在推出：你可以喝玛丽莲香槟，拿玛丽莲瓷器，或穿镶嵌珠宝的玛丽莲高跟鞋。如果这还不够多，5月30日将会有大约500人聚集在棕榈泉，试图打破最多梦露模仿者聚集的世界纪录。
The celebrations are not only the result of adoration(崇拜；爱慕). Much of the centenary was planned by the firm that owns the rights to Monroe’s estate(遗产；财产) and intellectual property (IP). Founded in 2010, Authentic Brands Group acquired Monroe as its first celebrity estate; today its portfolio(投资组合；作品集) includes Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali.
这些庆祝活动不仅是崇拜的结果。百年纪念的大部分是由拥有梦露遗产和知识产权（IP）版权的公司策划的。Authentic Brands Group成立于2010年，收购梦露作为其首个名人遗产；如今其投资组合包括猫王艾尔维斯·普雷斯利和穆罕默德·阿里。