Lesson 22-1 By heart
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.
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.
音标:ˈlɛsn 22-1 baɪ hɑːt
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.
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.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:1.lines台词
2.part剧中的角色
3.falter结巴说
aristocrat贵族
imprison关押
Bastille巴士底狱
on end连续不断地
in many ways在许多方面
go on repeating继续重复
Yet this is not always the case.然而情况并非总是如此。
练习感悟:1.你的熟悉程度决定了你的驾驭程度。一句话，加油干
