练习材料:
By heart——Part1
baɪ hɑːt——pɑːt1
Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end, In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.
sʌm pleɪz ɑː səʊ səkˈsɛsfʊl ðæt ðeɪ rʌn fɔː jɪəz ɒn ɛnd, ɪn ˈmɛni weɪz, ðɪs ɪz ʌnˈfɔːʧnɪt fɔː ðə pʊər ˈæktəz huː ɑː rɪˈkwaɪəd tuː gəʊ ɒn rɪˈpiːtɪŋ ðə seɪm laɪnz naɪt ˈɑːftə naɪt. wʌn wʊd ɪksˈpɛkt ðɛm tuː nəʊ ðeə pɑːts baɪ hɑːt ænd ˈnɛvə hæv kɔːz tuː ˈfɔːltə. jɛt ðɪs ɪz nɒt ˈɔːlweɪz ðə keɪs.
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. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.
ə ˈfeɪməs ˈæktər ɪn ə ˈhaɪli səkˈsɛsfʊl pleɪ wɒz wʌns kɑːst ɪn ðə rəʊl ɒv ən ˈærɪstəkræt huː hæd biːn ɪmˈprɪznd ɪn ðə bæsˈtiːl fɔː ˈtwɛnti jɪəz. ɪn ðə lɑːst ækt, ə ˈʤeɪlə wʊd ˈɔːlweɪz kʌm ɒn tuː ðə steɪʤ wɪð ə ˈlɛtə wɪʧ hiː wʊd hænd tuː ðə ˈprɪznə. ˈiːvən ðəʊ ðə ˈnəʊbl wɒz ɪksˈpɛktɪd tuː riːd ðə ˈlɛtər æt iːʧ pəˈfɔːməns, hiː ˈɔːlweɪz ɪnˈsɪstɪd ðæt ɪt ʃʊd biː ˈrɪtn aʊt ɪn fʊl.
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。
任务配置:L0、L1、L2、L3、L4
知识笔记:
单词与短语
run for years on end连续上演好几年
In many ways这样一来
are required to do sth需要做某事
go on doing sth持续做某事
night after night一夜接着一夜
One would expect sb to do sth人们以为
be expected to do sth需要做某事
know their parts by heart 把台词背得烂熟
Yet this is not always the case.但情况却并不总是这样
cast in the role of 扮演某个角色
imprison/ɪmˈprɪznd/Kept in prison: captive.
Even though尽管
gaoler/ˈdʒeɪlə/noun:A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.
音标
/a:/发音要点:张大嘴巴,舌身后缩;舌尖远离下齿;长元音,发音要长一些。
/a/发音要点:发音要点同/a:/,发短音。
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