第1级-《歌剧院的幽灵》-第9课

前情提要 

歌唱家拉·卡洛塔演出前收到了一封信，威胁她不要登台演唱，否则将发生意外。拉·卡洛塔认为这是克里斯廷·达埃的诡计，对信中的要求置之不理。当天晚上，剧院经理们照常在5号包厢里观看演出。意外到底会不会发生？

故事原文 

The Phantom of the Opera L9

歌剧院的幽灵 L9

La Carlotta sang and sang, and nothing happened. Then she began a beautiful love song.

拉·卡洛塔唱啊唱，并没有发生什么事。接着她开始演唱一首优美的爱情歌曲。

'My love begins to—Co-ack!'

“我的爱始于——呱！” 

Everybody stared. What was the matter with Carlotta's voice? What was that strange noise—Co-ack?⑴

众人面面相觑。卡洛塔的嗓音怎么了？那个陌生的杂音——呱是什么？

Carlotta stopped and began the song again.

卡洛塔停下来重新开始演唱。

'My love begins to—Co-ack!

“我的爱始于——呱！”

I cannot forget my—Co-ack!'

“我无法忘记我的——呱！”

It was the noise of a toad! People began to talk and laugh. Monsieur Firmin put his head in his hands. Then he felt Monsieur Armand's hand on his arm.There was a voice in the box with them! A man' s voice, laughing!

这是癞蛤蟆的鼓噪！人们开始交头接耳并且哄笑。弗明先生把头埋进双手之中。然后他觉得阿曼德先生的手放在了自己的手臂上。包厢里有一个声音！一个男人的声音，大笑着！

Poor Carlotta tried again, and again.⑵

可怜的卡洛塔试了一次又一次。

'I cannot forget my—Co-ack!'

“我无法忘记我的——呱！”

Then the two directors heard the voice again, behind them, in front of them, everywhere. 'Her singing tonight is going to bring down the chandelier!'⑶

接着这两位经理又听到了那个声音，它来自身后，面前，各个方向。“今晚她的演唱将会使枝形吊灯落下来！”

The two directors looked up at the top of the Opera House. Their faces were white. The famous chandelier, with its thousand lights, broke away from its ropes and crashed down on to the people below.⑷⑸

两位经理抬头朝歌剧院的屋顶看去。他们的脸色变得惨白。那著名的有着上千盏灯的枝形吊灯，竟然脱离束缚它的绳索坠落在下面的观众席上。

That was a terrible night for the Paris Opera House. One woman was killed by the chandelier, and many people were hurt. The Opera House closed for two weeks. And La Carlotta never sang again.

对于巴黎歌剧院来说那是一个可怕的夜晚。一名妇女被枝形吊灯砸死，还有许多人被砸伤。歌剧院为此关闭两周。而拉·卡洛塔从此再没有演唱过。

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.strange 奇怪的

例句：Something strange happened.

           奇怪的事情发生了。

           Things take a strange turn when he decides to move out.

            当他决定搬出去时，事情有些奇怪的反转。

2.poor 贫穷的；可怜的（口语）

例句：Poor kid, he’s had a rough day.

           可怜的孩子，他一天过得很糟。

           You poor thing, you’ve had a hard time of it, haven’t you?

           可怜的你，确实遇到了一些困难，对吧？

3.bring sth. down 使……倒下

   bring the house down （表演）获得满堂彩

例句：Shakespeare plays always bring the house down.

           莎士比亚戏剧总是能获得满堂彩。

4.break away from... 从……中摆脱

例句：The company has broken away from the competition.

           这家公司已从竞争中脱颖而出。

           Young people are breaking away from traditions.

           年轻人正在摆脱传统。

5.crash 猛撞

拓展：car crash 车祸

例句：The plates went crashing to the ground.

           盘子哗啦一声掉到地上。

           We watched the waves crashing against the rocks.

           我们看着海浪拍打着岩石。