新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第三册 te-unit04-b

[-1:-8.00]A later job as designer at an advertising agency
[-1:-9.00]"taught me about the business of art."
[-1:10.00]9  In 1975 Engelbreit met social worker Phil Delano,
[-1:11.00]and the couple married two years later.
[-1:12.00]Delano became his wife's biggest supporter.
[-1:13.00]"Even when we had no money, he never said,
[-1:14.00]'Go get a job,' " she says.
[-1:15.00]"I can't express my gratitude for his support."
[-1:16.00]10  After that ill-fated trip to New York,
[-1:17.00]Engelbreit sent a sample of her drawings to two greeting-card companies.
[-1:18.00]One bought three of her original drawings,
[-1:19.00]and she did occasional work for the other,
[-1:20.00]sketching a lot of whales, dragons, castles and mythical animals.
[-1:21.00]Then in 1980 the birth of her son added a new element to her work.
[-1:22.00]"Suddenly everyday life seemed more interesting to me," she says.
[-1:23.00]Children, pets, even "good old Mom"
[-1:24.00]started showing up on her cards.
[-1:25.00]Her work became "pictures of daily life, things everyone's been through".
[-1:26.00]11  While eight months pregnant, in 1983,
[-1:27.00]Engelbreit decided to start her own company.
[-1:28.00]Within two years, her company was producing nearly 100 different cards
[-1:29.00]and selling a million of them a year.
[-1:30.00]In 1986 she licensed the copyrights to the cards to Sunrise Publications,
[-1:31.00]who now manages their production and distribution,
[-1:32.00]allowing her to focus on other projects.
[-1:33.00]Among these is her home-decorating magazine which is sent to 550,000 people.
[-1:34.00]12  Despite her success,
[-1:35.00]Engelbreit's feet are planted firmly on the ground.
[-1:36.00]She still lives 16 kilometres from where she grew up,
[-1:37.00]has many friends dating back to school years,
[-1:38.00]and moved from a large house to a smaller one because,
[-1:39.00]she explains, her family didn't use all the space in the old place.
[-1:40.00]She does most of her drawing in her home studio at night.
[-1:41.00]13  With her work taking off in so many directions,
[-1:42.00]it was perhaps inevitable that Engelbreit
[-1:43.00]would eventually realize her dream of illustrating a children's book.
[-1:44.00]In 1993 she created drawings for a children's book
[-1:45.00]and saw it become a best-seller.
[-1:46.00]At the same time she made a surprising discovery:
[-1:47.00]"It was fun, but oddly enough. I like doing cards best."