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Lesson22By heart熟记台词
1.heart1by heart/off by heart熟记2wear yourheart onyour sleeveto allowyour feelingsto beseen byother people感情外露3lose one,s heartto sb/sth爱上某人或者某物4sb9s heartsinks突然难过/沮丧5heart andsoul全心全意地6sbs heartmiss abeat心脏骤停Listen to the tapethen answerthe questionbelow.听录音,然后回答以下问题Which actorread the letter in the end,the aristocrator the gaoler Someplays areso successfulthat theyrun foryears on end,In manyways,this isunfortunate forthe pooractors whoare requiredto goon repeatingthe samelines nightafter night.One wouldexpect themto knowtheir partsby heartand neverhave causeto falter.Yet thisis notalways thecase.
2.run1in thelong/short runterm从长远/短期来看2on therun躲避;奔波on thego/move3run across/into偶遇run out/out of用完,耗尽run shortof缺乏,快用完run for竞选;赶快去请run ared light/jump ared lightrun therisk ofdoing
3.onend竖着;连续地continuously
4.way1go along waytowards/to doing在....上帮助很大2make way for给....让路give wayto屈月艮3mend one9s ways改过自新4under way在进行中5pave thewayfor为.....做好铺垫6get one5s way随心所欲,为所欲为7on one9s wayto doing8in someways/in away/in oneway从某种程度上来说9by wayof经由;经过;通过
5.expect out of expectation=out ofblue=unexpectedly出乎意料A famousactor in a highlysuccessful playwas oncecast in the roleof anaristocrat whohad beenimprisoned in the Bastillefor twentyyears.In thelast act,a gaolerwould alwayscome onto thestage witha letter which hewould handto theprisoner.Even thoughthe noblewas expectedto readthe letterat eachperformance,he alwaysinsisted thatit shouldbe writtenout infull.
6.cast1cast/throw/shed lighton/upon2cast avision for3cast ashadow over4be castas…in…5cast・・・as・・・=describe
7.hand1wash one9s handsoff撒手不管2in hand/out ofhand掌控中/失去控制3lay/get yourhands onsb/sth抓住某人/找到某物4have yourhands full忙的不可开交5ask...for sb9s handin marriage求婚6get yourhands dirty做苦力活7a birdin thehand isworth twoin thebush8at hand=handy即将到来;方便的,在手边的One night,the gaolerdecided toplay ajoke onhis colleagueto findout if,after somany performances,he hadmanaged tolearn thecontents of the letterbyheart.The curtainwent upon thefinal actof theplay andrevealed the aristocrat sittingalone behindbars inhis darkcell.Just then,the gaolerappeared withthe preciousletter inhis bands.He enteredthe celland presentedtheletter to thearistocrat.But thecopy hegave himhad notbeen writtenout infull asusual.It wassimply ablank sheet of paper.The gaolerlooked oneagerly,anxious tosee ifhis fellowactor hadat lastlearnt hislines.The noblestared atthe blanksheetof paper fora fewseconds.Then,squinting hiseyes,he said:The lightis dim.Read thelettertome.And hepromptly handedthe sheetofpaperto the gaoler.Finding thathe couldnot remembera wordof theletter either,thegaolerreplied:The lightis indeeddim,sire,I mustget myglasses/With this,he humedoff thestage.Much tothearistocrat^amusement,thegaolerreturned afew momentslater witha pairof glassesand theusual copyoftheletterwhichhe proceededto readtotheprisoner.
8.dark1inthedark不知道地,秘密地keep sthdark隐瞒=keep sthinthedark keep/put sbinthe picture给某人需要的一些信息为了了解某个形式in/outofthepictureinvolved/not involvedinasituationthe bigpicture大形势,大局势2a darkhorse黑马
9.band1a bandof一群,一帮=a gangof2band together
10.promptly迅速地,立刻地adj.prompt/adv prompt(准时地=§112可)
11.proceed继续进行proceed todo继续做某事proceed withsth Newwords andexpressions生词和短语run ran,run v.戏剧,电影等连演,连映lines n.剧本中的台词part n.剧中的角色,台词falter v.支吾,结巴说cast cast,cast v.连派……扮演角色role n.角色aristocrat n.贵族imprison v.关押Bastille n.巴土底狱gaoler n.监狱长,看守colleague n.同事curtain n.(舞台上的)幕布reveal v.使显露cell n.单人监房,监号blank adj.空白的squint v.眯着(眼)看,瞄dim adj.昏暗sire n.(古用法)陛下proceed V.继续进行参考译文有些剧目十分成功,以致连续上演好几年这样一来,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,但情况却并不总是这样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尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上一天晚上,狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑,看看他反复演出这么多场之后,是否已将信的内容记熟了大幕拉开,最后一幕戏开演,贵族独自一人坐在铁窗后阴暗的牢房里这时狱卒上场,手里拿着那封珍贵的信狱卒走进牢房,将信交给贵族但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全,而是一张白纸狱卒热切地观察着,急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词贵族盯着纸看了几秒钟,然后,眼珠一转,说道“光线太暗,请给我读一下这封信说完,他一下子把信递给狱卒狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住,于是便说“陛下,这儿光线的确太暗了,我得去眼镜拿来”他一边说着,一边匆匆下台贵族感到非常好笑的是一会儿工夫,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。