《花花公子》84歲創始人與24歲嫩模訂婚
Hugh Hefner, the twice-married founder of Playboy, is taking the plunge again.
Hefner, 84, said on Saturday in a posting on Twitter that he and his girlfriend Crystal Harris, 24, got engaged on Friday.
"When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears. This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory," Hefner tweeted.
Hefner, whose magazine was founded in 1953, was divorced from his second wife, Kimberley Conrad, earlier this year. His first marriage to Mildred Williams ended in divorce in 1959.
Harris was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2009.
Hefner, known around the world by his nickname, Hef, has championed sexual freedom, published stories challenging McCarthyism and the Vietnam War, and backed gay causes and the legalisation of marijuana.
With a cover featuring a calendar photo of Marilyn Monroe, Hefner put the first issue together on the kitchen table in his flat. It hit the stands in December 1953 and sold 51,000 copies -- enough to finance a second issue -- and led to a multimillion dollar international corporation.
《花花公子》雜誌創始人休•赫夫納在經歷了兩次失敗的婚姻之後，又要當新郎了。
現年84歲的赫夫納上週六在Twitter上宣佈，他和24歲的女友克里斯托爾•哈里斯已於上週五訂婚。
赫夫納在微博上寫道：“當我把戒指送給克里斯托爾的時候，她激動得熱淚盈眶。這是我記憶中最幸福的聖誕週末了。”
赫夫納今年早些時候與第二任妻子金伯利•康拉德離婚。他在1959年與第一任妻子米爾德里德•威廉斯勞燕分飛。《花花公子》創刊於1953年。
哈里斯是《花花公子》2009年12月刊的玩伴女郎。
赫夫納以其暱稱“赫夫”廣爲人知。他提倡性自由，曾刊文挑戰麥卡錫主義與越南戰爭，並且支持同性戀和大麻合法化。
1953年12月，赫夫納在自家廚房裏創辦了《花花公子》雜誌。《花花公子》首期以瑪麗蓮•夢露的日曆照爲封面，上架發售後即售出5.1萬冊，足以支付第二期的成本，並最終成就了價值數百萬美元的跨國傳媒帝國。
Vocabulary:
take the plunge: to begin an unfamiliar venture, especially after hesitating（冒險嘗試）
hit the stands: 上市，開始銷售
