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.
8 X: K/ t# X3 L0 H, q' y3 D* b        有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。
371. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
8 ?. F9 k0 Y; l! G$ R# ^        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，
373. Yet this is not always the case.
        但情况却并不总是这样。
% R* D" t1 l' \  a% k8 k374. 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。
6 _6 i& d/ P, Q; [3 h0 z1 A376. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
        尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。
0 z9 ~# X6 F5 f, G2 e6 u' S& ~377. he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
1 r$ W4 ^& k+ y2 q, `        但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
6 W: G4 z2 F1 V7 [/ T0 t378. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if,
9 e1 O" T, b& [! H        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.
        看看他反复演出这么多场之后，是否已将信的内容记熟了。
" X4 `* E% y. V' n5 p8 u8 ^380. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
5 e* z* W1 E- M1 x        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。
$ E  t& I5 y+ A: h' [. N3 F# U3 D381. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands.
9 W$ a' M0 |+ H! J6 I; o        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.
        狱卒走进牢房，将信交给贵族。
# M9 M' i6 ~% [- A383. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual.
- T3 M6 m' G6 G& O) i        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.
8 V! ~5 N' y4 _6 g& `  O        而是一张白纸。
9 h, c5 \2 V1 C385. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
$ w: e: k# Y% n* U! l! 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.
$ D* y3 U$ o: i/ Q9 W        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。”
" D& j( S$ b/ B5 P5 i388. 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，
+ G  n& K* y1 v- L, m  v390. the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.'
1 ]8 F+ u$ {( G! _" Z: E8 D        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.
5 h- j4 ]9 N8 S( d4 m% u        他一边说着，一边匆匆下台。
4 B+ M6 t$ y0 [: G# ]. N392. Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
        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.
        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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