百老汇宣布《歌剧魅影》永久停演【暴虐朗读】

【头条播报】
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running show, is scheduled to close in February 2023, less than a month after its 35th anniversary. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic – going as high as over $1m a week but also dropping to about $850,000. Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris opera house and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine.

【朗读要点】
①The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running show, is scheduled to close in February 2023, less than a month after its 35th anniversary.

三个逗号分成四个部分；longest running要突出
The Phantom of the Opera, … Broadway’s LONGEST RUNNING show, … is scheduled to CLOSE in February 2023, … less than a month after its 35th anniversary. 

②Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic – going as high as over $1m a week but also dropping to about $850,000.

主句后可以停顿一次，破折号停顿第二次，but前停顿第三次；fluctuated和reopened要强调
Box office grosses have FLUCTUATED … since the show REOPENED after the pandemic – … going <as high as over $1m a week> … but also dropping to about $850,000. 

③Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris opera house and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine.

第一个逗号前是第一个意群，定语从句前第二次停顿，从句中两个谓语中间再停顿第三次
Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, … Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured composer … who haunts the <Paris opera house> … and <falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano>, Christine. 

【朗读练习】
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running show, is scheduled to close in February 2023, less than a month after its 35th anniversary. Box office grosses have fluctuated since the show reopened after the pandemic – going as high as over $1m a week but also dropping to about $850,000. Based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris opera house and falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine.