新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 22

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课文22  熟记台词
2 E0 p' M& A/ T' r370. Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end.
4 T  F+ X; C) n; x* `        有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。
3 ]! w- o7 E' M" |- m+ i, P0 k371. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
# G1 v; `! c4 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。
372. 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，
  O9 [7 t7 e. X1 l& t* J373. Yet this is not always the case.
2 ^' f0 `0 Y2 o! l: u        但情况却并不总是这样。
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.
        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.
8 Z/ V& d! C& q; R        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。
  |9 G" Y, |, T376. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
& _% e+ O9 V# R: W" |        尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。
; E# Y5 I* Q9 `6 v" i, d8 C+ y377. he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
" Z4 v3 E: J* b. ?# |& m0 g7 ~+ X        但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
378. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if,
7 Z  ~6 l5 a2 n% ~        一天晚上，狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑，
379. after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
$ r5 S3 S. J% n  Z$ A        看看他反复演出这么多场之后，是否已将信的内容记熟了。
380. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
( o$ \! L* F5 v: N        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。
; s" {3 r. r" r+ g8 f0 p8 W381. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands.
        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.
) C  g. _0 r6 Y        狱卒走进牢房，将信交给贵族。
/ G- _9 X  j6 p1 m: Q8 m% `383. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.
        但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全，
2 \) {, S: p$ }( X/ n. |& h384. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
        而是一张白纸。
385. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
+ |! i% {& F' X# k( ]. \9 |  Q7 t4 B        狱卒热切地观察着，急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
386. 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'.
9 }; `' q. x+ e3 }        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.
        说完，他一下子把信递给狱卒。
389. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either,
        狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住，
6 `2 `( D9 Q' n3 i7 w4 ^' _390. the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.'
$ ~  B% b4 _) C2 t1 [        于是便说：“陛下，这儿光线的确太暗了，我得去眼镜拿来。”
391. With this, he hurried off the stage.
4 R( s8 h8 ]- e0 @        他一边说着，一边匆匆下台。
* J" z7 v7 |3 S* I% \# E6 B. g392. Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
        贵族感到非常好笑的是：
8 {' U3 P" J1 I393. 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.
        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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