I-didnt-think-any-young-people-enjoyed-Shakespeare-配套文本及練習

Ididn’tthinkanyyoungpeopleenjoyedShakespear配套文本及練習Ashley:Hi,Jessica.阿什莉:你好，杰西卡。Ashley:Hi,Jessica.阿什莉:你好，杰西卡。Jessica:Oh,hi,Ashley.Youfrightenedme.杰西卡:哦，你好，阿什莉。你嚇了我一跳。Ashley:Ididn'tmeanto.Icalledyoufrombackthere.Didn'tyouhearme?阿什莉:我不是有意的。我從后面叫你，你難道沒聽見嗎？Jessica:No,Ididn'thearathing.Iwassointerestedinmybook.杰西卡:沒有，我什么也沒聽見。我太喜歡看這本書了。Ashley:Itmustbeaverygoodbook.Whatisit?阿什莉:那一定是本好書。什么名字？Jessica:It's"RomeoandJuliet".杰西卡:《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。Ashley:Really!You'rereading"RomeoandJuliet"byShakespeare?阿什莉:真的嗎！你在讀莎士比亞的《羅密歐與朱麗葉》嗎？Jessica:That'stheone.IenjoyreadingShakespeare.杰西卡:就是那本。我喜歡讀莎士比亞的書。Ashley:Youdo?阿什莉:是嗎？Jessica:Doesthatsurpriseyou?杰西卡:你很驚訝嗎？Ashley:Itcertainlydoes.Ididn'tthinkanyyoungpeopleenjoyedShakespeare.阿什莉:當然了。我沒想到還有年輕人喜歡莎士比亞。Jessica:Whynot?杰西卡:為什么不呢？Ashley:I'mnotsure.Maybeit'sbecausehelivedsolongagoandusedlanguagethatishardtounderstandnow.Maybeit'sbecausewewereforcedtoreadhiminhighschoolbyteacherswhodidn'tmakehisplaysveryexciting.阿什莉:我也不確定。也許是因為他生活在那么久遠的年代，用的又是現(xiàn)在很難理解的語言吧。還可能是由于上高中時那些老師強迫我們?nèi)プx他，而自己又沒法把他的作品講得非常激動人心的緣故吧。Jessica:Youshouldhavehadmyteacherthen.Iwastaught"RomeoandJuliet"whenIwaseightyearsold.杰西卡:你應該有我老師那樣的一位老師。我八歲時就讀《羅密歐與朱麗葉》了。Ashley:Howsurprising!Howcouldyouread"RomeoandJuliet"whenyouwereonlyeight?阿什莉:多么令人驚訝！你只有八歲，怎么讀《羅密歐與朱麗葉》呢？Jessica:Oh,Ididn'treaditintheoriginallanguage.Ihadthisgreatteacherwhorewrotetheplayinverysimplelanguagethatyoungchildrencouldunderstand.杰西卡:哦，我不是讀原著。我有一個特棒的老師，她用小孩子們能理解的簡單的語言重新寫了這個劇本。Ashley:Soshejustreadittoyouinsimplelanguage,didshe?阿什莉:所以她只是用簡單的語言給你們讀這本書，對嗎？Jessica:Oh,notatall.Wehadsomuchfunwithit.Westudieditandtookturnsactingasthemaincharacters.IrememberIgottobeJuliet.杰西卡:哦，不是。我們對它很感興趣。我們學這個小說，并輪流扮演主要角色。我記得當時我演朱麗葉。Ashley:AndwhowasyourRomeo?阿什莉:那誰是你的羅密歐？Jessica:Thislittleboyinmyclass.Ican'tevenrememberhisname.Ijustrememberthathewasalwayspullingmyhair.杰西卡:是班里的一個小男孩。我甚至都記不起他的名字了。我只是記得他總是拉我的頭發(fā)。Ashley:Andyouhadtopretendyoulovedhim?阿什莉:你得假裝愛他，是嗎？Jessica:Well,thatpartwashard,butweweresoyoung,wedidn'tevenknowwhatlovemeant.杰西卡:哦，挺難的，那時我們都太小了，還不知道愛是什么意思。Ashley:Didyoujusttaketurnsreadingthepartsandlearningthestory?阿什莉:你們就是輪流著分角色朗讀和學習這個故事吧？Jessica:Oh,no.Wedidagreatdealofart.Wedrewallthecharacters,andwemadesceneryandweevenputonaplay.Wememorizedallthepartsandputontheplayforourfamilies.杰西卡:哦，不是的。我們做了很多藝術(shù)加工。我們畫下了所有人物，布了好多場景，甚至我們還上演了話劇。我們背下了所有的臺詞，然后為我們的家人們表演了這個劇目。Ashley:ThatmusthavebeenfunnytoseeyoungchildrenperforminginaShakespeareplay.阿什莉:看到小孩子們演莎士比亞劇，那一定很有意思。Jessica:Ourfamiliesloveditandwehadsomuchfun.Ifwemadeamistake,ourfamiliesjustthoughtwewerecute.杰西卡:我們的家人都喜歡它，我們也覺得很有意思。即使我們犯了錯誤，他們也會認為我們很可愛。Ashley:NowonderyouloveShakespeareifyouhadsomuchfunputtingonhisplaywhenyouweresoyoung.阿什莉:如果你那么小的時候就對演莎士比亞的戲感興趣的話，你喜歡他就不奇怪了。Jessica:It'strue.Afterthatexperience,Iwasn'tafraidofShakespeare'slanguage.ThismustbethefourthtimeI'veread"RomeoandJuliet".杰西卡:是的。那次以后，我就不怕莎士比亞的語言了。這已經(jīng)是我第四次讀《羅密歐與朱麗葉》了。Ashley:That'squiteamazing.Well,ifwe'regoingtohaveanytimetoshopbeforewehavetobehome,we'dbettergetgoing.阿什莉:這真令人驚奇。哦，如果在我們回家之前，還想有點時間去逛逛商店的話，我們最好馬上走。Jessica:You'reright.RomeoandJulietwillhavetowait.杰西卡:說的對，羅密歐與朱麗葉得等等了。Ashley:Wheredoyouwanttogofirst?阿什莉:你想先去哪兒？Jessica:Whydon'tweheadtothemarket?杰西卡:為什么我們不直接去市場呢？Ashley:Greatidea.Maybewecangetsomebargainsthere.阿什莉:好主意。在那里我們可能會買到一些便宜貨呢。

情景劇練習Whydidn'tJessicahearAshley?a)Shedoesn'thearverywell.b)Shewassointerestedinherbook.c)Ashleydidn'tspeakloudlyenough.HowcouldJessicareadRomeoandJulietwhenshewasonlyeight?a)Shewasaverybrightchild.b)RomeoandJulietisaveryeasyplaytoread.c)Herteacherrewrotetheplayinsimplelanguage.WhydidJessicathinklearningRomeoandJulietwasfun?a)Jessicathinksalllearningisfun.b)Thecharactersmadelotsofjokes.c)Thechildrenwereabletoactouttheplayanddoartf