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.
        有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。
- G0 S. l2 \0 ~+ o371. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night.
8 g# r  `$ J2 C8 U- 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，
% ^2 }% i3 t, X& ^& x$ I373. Yet this is not always the case.
7 v) ]8 `0 a4 B/ l$ c        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.
2 q4 u) r) {' b5 q        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。
8 b5 |: w( j. I3 ^- r$ ~375. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
" o& ?# @+ x2 y) L, K0 \  J        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。
. v/ i8 q! w  {: @! o1 Y- F376. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,
% l5 N1 z8 A1 c( d2 W1 o        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.
% c' T7 _3 |3 }  E* \4 ^7 }        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,
        一天晚上，狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑，
4 Q4 Y/ v" y7 W/ }379. after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart.
; |" q8 _0 x* V8 S        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.
( n' S, t: d: P2 `) Q3 w/ {$ m        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。
2 B8 Z; I- j: ]# _381. 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.
3 H6 O, A2 i5 `, p( S* {        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.
0 c4 d1 N; S/ S9 t        但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全，
/ X+ U' i4 |4 A384. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.
$ l" W4 P# Q7 L# L7 ^        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.
5 R: J/ h) i5 R        狱卒热切地观察着，急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
: ]; p) {" |- s. J/ \; a6 u386. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.
" R. \' x, |/ P+ [5 g0 I        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.
        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,
* \9 S9 f1 x  b        狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住，
) }/ A- w; o0 a5 i% z390. the gaoler replied: 'The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glasses.'
        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.
        他一边说着，一边匆匆下台。
392. Much to the aristocrat's amusement,
        贵族感到非常好笑的是：
. `% W7 c! Q8 D1 t393. 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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