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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)--- 22

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课文22  熟记台词
* v0 X, \5 \9 Z, K; N% g0 b# |% [; _370. Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
+ M+ V8 \( z: t1 j  s        有些剧目十分成功,以致连续上演好几年。
' |) \6 K6 O* g# l6 ^6 @371. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
2 _" o* C! ^, m% T" [: @8 G2 l2 O        这样一来,可怜的演员们可倒霉了。因为他们需要一夜连着一夜地重复同样的台词。2 l& v* D8 ^' w3 a( a+ j4 f
372. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.+ \. A0 q$ U5 i' [
        人们以为,这些演员一定会把台词背得烂熟,绝不会临场结巴的,
) G. V7 y1 A6 Z6 Z/ B$ O373. Yet this is not always the case.
* D0 R- C9 S  q4 {, K1 {        但情况却并不总是这样。$ D: l# K$ V- c/ ]' ^0 h7 |
374. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.. b! _. U' x* i# C
        有一位名演员曾在一出极为成功的剧目中扮演一个贵族角色,这个贵族已在巴士底狱被关押了20年。4 k% i) @3 J8 _( Z
375. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
$ Z( p7 U2 \. @" i" k; M* T3 W        在最后一幕中,狱卒手持一封信上场,然后将信交给狱中那位贵族。! u. }# o) u4 ]) g
376. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
% e) H2 i; o/ s, O9 Y        尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。" P: P: P) Q/ o+ ~1 s6 G4 b
377. he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
  {" H/ D9 \0 ^5 w6 G; r        但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。) K' ^1 X0 Q$ u1 G' e! H/ }
378. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if,6 q; O1 J( B# f. Z' I0 R( S
        一天晚上,狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑,
+ ]" f) L, ^3 B) C6 @( J7 |5 r379. after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
+ a+ u1 W- N' N7 g        看看他反复演出这么多场之后,是否已将信的内容记熟了。
- ]2 X- r7 U" L2 U6 u' Q. a( W380. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.+ F) l. ~" _5 B6 K
        大幕拉开,最后一幕戏开演,贵族独自一人坐在铁窗后阴暗的牢房里。0 l: o( M6 S  E; ^/ G! d
381. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands.
. k9 ~. C. ?" ^" j" r, x' o$ [! V        这时狱卒上场,手里拿着那封珍贵的信。$ v. x3 C4 |. o, J! C3 ~
382. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat." g! ^* f! r  ], u" P9 w
        狱卒走进牢房,将信交给贵族。/ j% ]0 u1 m' K# t
383. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.
% C* i& K4 p1 v6 C        但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全,
+ Z5 I, P* {# C4 H% H384. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.& y. h2 F1 P9 A4 h$ Y" S- g
        而是一张白纸。% z4 o+ u5 C" F4 U
385. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
9 Y! ?9 H, @* Z& C% U+ S" l        狱卒热切地观察着,急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
3 @3 P8 ~0 V, f% Z: J' i386. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.
# J' j2 u% O: [+ N0 c8 E3 B7 S* i        贵族盯着纸看了几秒钟,1 N, f* n. A) G
387. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me'.: ], C' m) r1 s: E- [7 c/ h
        然后,眼珠一转,说道:“光线太暗,请给我读一下这封信。”
7 V5 r4 k9 n2 R3 ^$ z, r( ^! A388. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.% T6 X7 e0 u, R
        说完,他一下子把信递给狱卒。
7 X5 R2 ~7 _: z; L, V, I$ ~2 T389. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either,
8 O! ]- ~" }* o3 G1 G: o; E* z        狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住,
6 |2 p! d& w+ @2 s390. the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.'# b+ u+ g8 ]5 F' H
        于是便说:“陛下,这儿光线的确太暗了,我得去眼镜拿来。”& ^7 U2 O! N% m# F" |
391. With this, he hurried off the stage.
! F$ v2 V5 _' X/ x# e4 t        他一边说着,一边匆匆下台。
$ [' L0 S" r0 J/ I8 M6 f; Q392. Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
- U' B9 {; |# o3 H: Z! }! R        贵族感到非常好笑的是:8 O* ?; Q  _$ B4 q
393. the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
" v& D0 P! J) b4 Z# J& g3 d        一会儿工夫,狱卒重新登台,拿来一副眼镜以及平时使用的那封信,然后为那囚犯念了起来。
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