1Study skills 部分翻译
A play has several parts not found in other kinds of literature. This is how an excerpt of a play looks:
戏剧有几个在其他种类的文学作品中没有的部分。这是一部剧的片断看起来的样子：
Most plays have three to five acts.
大部分戏剧有三到五幕。
Act 1
第一幕
Each act is divided into "scenes".
每一幕被分成“场景”。
Scene 1
场景一
Setting shows when and where each scene happens.
背景表明了每一个场景发生的时间和地点。
Living room in Algernon's flat. The sound of a piano is heard in the next room.
在阿尔杰农公寓的客厅。隔壁听见了钢琴的声音。
The characters in a scene will be introduced first.
一个场景的人物将先被介绍。
Words in brackets tell what the characters are doing, and how the characters are acting or speaking.
括号里的词讲述人物正在做什么，人物怎样做或说。
[Lane is arranging aftemoon tea on the table, and after the music has stopped,Algernon enters. ]
[菜恩正在把下午茶端到桌上，音乐声停止后，阿尔杰农走进来。]
This is what the characters are saying to each other.
这是人物间彼此说的话。
Algernon:Did you hear what I was playing,Lane?
阿尔杰农：你听见了我在弹什么了吗，莱恩？
Lane:I didn't think it polite to listen,sir.
莱恩：我认为听是不礼貌的，先生。
Algernon:I'm sorry for that. I don't play well-anyone can play well-but I play with wonderful feelings.
阿尔杰农：那样我很难过。我弹得不好——任何人都能弹好——但是我用美好的感觉弹。
Read this excerpt of a play. Then answer the questions on the right.
阅读一个戏剧的这个片断。然后回答右边的问题。
Act 2
第二幕
Scene 1
场景一
Garden behind a house. Grey stone steps go up to the house. The garden,full of roses. Time of year, July. Chairs,and a table covered with books, are set under a Iarge tree.
一座房子后面的花园。灰色的石头台阶拾级而上到房子前。花园，满是玫瑰。一年的这个时候，7月。被书盖满了的椅子和一张桌子被放置在一棵大树下。
[Miss Prism is seated at the table. Cecily is at the back watering flowers. ]
[普丽兹姆女士坐在桌子旁。塞西莉在后面浇花。]
Miss Prism:[Calling.] Cecily,Cecily! Your studies wait for you. Your German grammar book is on the table. Please open it at page 15. We will repeat yesterday's lesson.
普丽兹姆士士：[叫喊。]塞西莉，塞西莉！你该学习了。你的德语语法书在桌子上。请打开15页。我们将复习昨天的课程。
Cecily:[Coming over very slowly. ] But I don't like German. It isn't at all an enjoyable language. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson.
塞西莉：[非常缓慢地走过来。]但是我不喜欢德语。它根本不是一门快乐的语言。我完全知道，在德语课后，我看起来相当平凡。
1 where does this scene take place?
1这个场景在哪发生的？
2 Which month is it?
2这是哪个月份？
3 What is Miss Prism sitting under?
3普丽兹姆女士坐在什么下面？
4 What is Cecily doing?
4塞西莉在做什么？
5 Why does Miss Prism call Cecily?
5普丽兹姆女士为什么叫塞西莉？
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