【Day 21】歌剧院的幽灵-失踪的女歌唱家12

前情提要 

埃里克因为长相丑陋可怖，没有女人爱他。但他想得到克里斯廷的爱，还扬言要杀了拉乌尔。当克里斯廷把这一切都告诉拉乌尔时，拉乌尔决定在下次演出后带走克里斯廷。说着，剧院里又传来了奇怪的声音，这对恋人立马跑了下去……他们的计划能否成功？

故事原文 

The Phantom of the Opera L12

歌剧院的幽灵 L12

On Saturday morning Comte Philippe looked across the breakfast table at his brother.

星期六早上菲利普伯爵望着早餐桌另一边的弟弟。

 'Don't do it, Raoul, please. All this talk about ghosts and phantoms. I think the girl is mad.'

“请不要做这样的事，拉乌尔。这里所有人都在谈论鬼啊幽灵啊。我想那个姑娘疯了。”

'She's not mad, and I'm going to marry her,' Raoul said.

“她没有疯，而且我要和她结婚。”拉乌尔说。

'She's only a little opera singer,' Philippe said unhappily. 'And she's very young. Are you still going to love her in ten, or twenty, years' time?'⑴

“她只是一个微不足道的歌剧演员，”菲利普不高兴地说，“而且她太年轻。10年或20年以后你还会爱她吗？”

Raoul drank his coffee and did not answer.

拉乌尔喝着咖啡没有回答。

There were two more unhappy faces in the Opera House, too.⑵ The directors now understood about O. G. They didn't want any more accidents.

在歌剧院里也有两个闷闷不乐的人。经理们现在终于知道了O.G.的厉害。他们不想再出现任何事故。

'Box 5 is free tonight for O. G. Daaé is singing Margarita. And here is 20,000 francs. Madame Giry can leave the money in Box 5 for him. Is that everything?' Monsieur Armand asked Monsieur Firmin.

“五号包厢今晚空着留给O.G.。由达 埃来演唱玛格丽塔。另外这里是两万法郎。吉里夫人可以把这些钱留在五号包厢里给他。就这些了吧？”阿曼德先生问弗明先生。

'It's a lot of money, ' Monsieur Firmin said unhappily. He thought for a minute. 'What about some flowers in Box 5? Madame Giry says that O. G. likes flowers.'

“这是很多钱啊，”弗明先生不高兴地说。他想了一会儿，“在五号包厢里放些鲜花怎么样？吉里夫人说那个O.G.喜欢鲜花。”

'O. G. can bring his own flowers!' shouted Monsieur Armand.

“O.G.可以带上他自己的鲜花！”阿曼德先生喊道。

The evening began well. The chandelier was now back in place, with new ropes.⑶ All Paris was in the Opera House.  Everybody wanted to hear Christine Daaé's voice again. People also knew about the love story between Christine Daaé and the Vicomte de Chagny. There are no love secrets in Paris! People watched the Comte and the Vicomte in Box 14 with interest. Young men from families like de Chagny do not marry opera singers.

这个夜晚到来时，一切还是令人满意的。那枝形吊灯换了新的绳索又挂回了它原来的位置。巴黎所有的人都到了歌剧院。 每个人都想再次欣赏克里斯廷·达埃的演唱。人们也都知道了克里斯廷·达埃和査格尼家族的子爵之间的爱情故事。在巴黎没有什么爱情秘密！人们饶有兴趣地朝14号包厢里的伯爵和子爵张望着。出身于像查格尼那样家族的年轻人是不会与歌剧演员结婚的。

When Christine came onto the stage, her face was white and she looked afraid. But she sang like an angel. Ah, what a voice! All Paris was in love with Christine Daaé.

当克里斯廷出现在舞台上的时候，她的脸色苍白而且看上去有些害怕。但是她唱得像一位天使。啊，多么美妙的声音！整个巴黎都爱上了克里斯廷·达埃。

She began to sing the famous love song. Suddenly, every light in the Opera House went out.⑷ For a second nobody moved or spoke. Then a woman screamed, and all the lights came on again.⑸

她开始演唱那首著名的爱情歌曲。突然，歌剧院里所有的灯都熄灭了。这片刻之间没有人走动，也没有人说话。随后一个女人尖叫起来，与此同时所有的灯又都亮了。

But Christine Daaé was no longer on the stage! She was not behind the stage, she was not under the stage. Nobody could find her.

但是克里斯廷却不再在舞台上了！她不在舞台的后面，她也不在舞台底下。没有人能够找到她。

The Opera House went mad. Everybody ran here and there, shouted and called. In the directors' office, people ran in and out. The police came, and asked questions. But nobody could answer the questions. Monsieur Armand got angry and shouted, and Monsieur Firmin told him to be quiet. Then Madame Giry arrived in the office with her daughter Meg.

歌剧院里乱得一团糟。每个人都跑来跑去，又喊又叫。在经理办公室里，人们跑进跑出。警察来了，问了一些问题。但是没有人能够回答这些问题。阿曼德先生发着脾气，喊叫着，弗明先生要他冷静一些。接着，吉里夫人领着她的女儿梅格走进了办公室。

'Go away,woman!' Monsieur Armand shouted.

“出去，小娘们！ ”阿尔曼先生喊道。

'Monsieur, there are three people missing now!' Madame Giry said. 'Meg, tell the directors your story.'

“先生，现在有三个人失踪了！”吉里夫人说，“梅格，把你看到的事告诉经理们。”

This was Meg's story.

这是梅格的故事。

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.in （将来时态） 一段时间之后

例句：I’ll come back in an hour.

          我一个小时后回来。

          In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different.

          几年之后，这个地方将会变得完全不同。

2.face 脸庞（代指人）

例句：There are a few similar faces in class every year.

           每年在课堂上都能看到一些熟悉的面孔。

           It’s the same old faces at our meetings every week.

           每周我们的会议中都是这些老面孔。

3.in place 在原位上

例句：He makes sure that every hair on his head is in place before leaving the house.

             在出门前，他要确保他头上的每根头发都梳好了。

             With all the performers in place, we were ready to rehearse.

             所有的演员都就位了，我们准备排练。

4.go out 外出；熄灭

例句：She goes out partying with her friends every weekend.

           她每周都会跟她的朋友去聚会。

           When I woke up, the fire had gone out.

           当我醒来的时候，火已经熄灭了。

5.come on （机器等）开始工作；加油

例句：The light went out briefly and then came on again.

           这个灯刚刚熄灭了一会儿后，又亮起来了。

           The heating comes on at six in the morning.

           暖气在早上六点开始工作。