新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 22

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课文22  熟记台词
370. Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
% i, ?# U0 Y6 H) l$ `1 m        有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。
. ?" e, C  @$ _, M6 G2 k371. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
        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。
  ~% b8 J* C6 b( X) H; E372. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.
        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，
373. Yet this is not always the case.
9 J# {+ V- Y/ J" f6 C7 ^        但情况却并不总是这样。
1 Y& S5 c! Z0 Y3 b374. 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.
        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。
375. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
        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。
376. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
  U; G# M3 S; a% T        尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。
377. he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
  E$ Z: w6 @& e8 ~* k        但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
) G: G: z9 S9 @6 a378. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if,
& K8 m- S6 c5 y" i# Q        一天晚上，狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑，
+ V) \9 T4 F% N379. after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
) I( G4 R, G4 e* {9 ]- U        看看他反复演出这么多场之后，是否已将信的内容记熟了。
; g" D; n1 t2 m  p, E+ b  L! t* h380. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
6 p: j$ {: b4 _( b7 P% a8 @        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。
; g3 R+ T; X4 ~: K: _381. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands.
+ N: h  z% s; `: H+ P1 _0 s        这时狱卒上场，手里拿着那封珍贵的信。
382. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat.
" o2 k" D  z% ]; b) l8 o        狱卒走进牢房，将信交给贵族。
383. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.
& c5 `0 Q* w8 }9 ^        但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全，
384. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
        而是一张白纸。
2 T' W" Q  g5 E# ]7 u( R: U385. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
& N6 r0 P% g5 Y        狱卒热切地观察着，急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
! L/ @7 r: \3 _- O& n386. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.
        贵族盯着纸看了几秒钟，
387. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read the letter to me'.
        然后，眼珠一转，说道：“光线太暗，请给我读一下这封信。”
388. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.
. e# E  n$ q* R  m        说完，他一下子把信递给狱卒。
: P7 k) E6 i! o) f5 A6 `389. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either,
- _  G5 O1 D5 Z. A; w        狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住，
390. the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.'
6 H2 H3 G$ k0 [* P$ K        于是便说：“陛下，这儿光线的确太暗了，我得去眼镜拿来。”
9 o6 n3 G3 U- X391. With this, he hurried off the stage.
        他一边说着，一边匆匆下台。
392. Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
# N2 [' A. L6 n        贵族感到非常好笑的是：
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.
( O$ u+ t0 }6 _, C6 a( J        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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