[歌剧院的幽灵 / 詹妮弗·巴塞特 著]
The Phantom of the Opera by Jennifer Bastt
■ 简介
你相信有鬼吗？当然不会相信。我们喜欢谈论鬼，喜欢讲述关于鬼的故事，但我们并非真的相信有鬼……是不是？
1880年，在巴黎歌剧院发生了一件不可思议的事情：一个舞蹈演员在黑暗的走廊里遇见了鬼。它穿越墙壁来到她的面前，它的脸上没有眼睛；一个舞台工人看见一个穿黑色晚礼服的男人，但他却有一个死人般的头颅，黄色的面孔，并且没有鼻子；人们听到另一个房间里有声音，而那个房间却是空的。
这就是歌剧院的幽灵……
一个名叫盖斯顿·勒罗克斯的法国人最早创作了这个关于歌剧院的幽灵的故事。他的书很受欢迎，1925年它被拍成一部美国无声电影，由著名演员朗·钱尼扮演幽灵。从那以后，已经出现了许多其他的电影和戏剧，以及最近由安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯创作的著名的英国音乐片。
石家庄英语培训
本书作者詹妮弗·巴塞特是一位经验丰富的教师和作家。她生活和工作在英国西南部的德文郡。
■ 1 The dancers
'Quick！Quick！Clo the door！It's him！'Annie Sorelli ran into the dressing－room， her face white．
One of the girls ran and clod the door， and then they all turned to Annie Sorelli．
'Who？Where？What's the matter？' they cried．
'It's the ghost！'Annie said．'In the passage．I saw him．He came through the wall in front of me! And…and I saw his face！'
Most of the girls were afraid， but one of them， a tall girl with black hair，laughed．
'Pooh!'she said．'Everybody says they e the Opera ghost， but there isn't really a ghost．You saw a shadow on the wall．'But she did not open the door，or look into the p
assage.
闭塞的意思 'Lots of people e him，' a cond girl said．'Joph Buquet saw him two days ago. Don't you remember？'batista
Then all the girls began to talk at once．
'Joph says the ghost is tall and he wears a black evening coat．'
'He has the head of a dead man， with a yellow face and no no…'
'…And no eyes-only black holes！'
Then little Meg Giry spoke for the first time．'Don't talk about him．He doesn't like it．My mother told me．'
'Your mother？' the girl with black hair said．'What does your mother know about the ghost？'
'She says that Joph Buquet is a fool． The ghost doesn't like people talking about him，and one day Joph Buquet is go ing to be sorry， very sorry．'
'But what does your mother know？ Tell us，tell us！' all the girls cried．
'Oh dear！'said Meg．'But plea don't say a word to any one．You know my mother is the doorkeeper for some of the boxes in the Opera Hou．Well，Box 5 is the ghost's box！He watches the operas from that box，and sometimes he leaves flowers for my mother！yogurt
'The ghost has a box！ And leaves flowers in it！'
'Oh， Meg，your mother's telling you stories！How can the ghost have a box？'
'It's true， it's true，I tell you！'Meg said．'Nobody buys tickets for Box 5， but the ghost always comes to it on opera nights．'
美丽英文 'So somebody does come there？'
'Why，no！… The ghost comes， but there is nobody there．'
as long as you love me翻译 The dancers looked at Meg．'But how does your mother know？' one of them asked．
'There's no man in a black evening coat， with a yellow face．That's all wrong．My mother never es the ghost in Box 5，but she hears him！ He talks to her，but there is nobody there！And he doesn't like people talking about him！'
But that evening the dancers could not stop talking about the Opera ghost．They talked before the opera， all through the opera, and after the opera． But they talked very quietly， and they looked behind them before they spoke．
When the opera finished，the girls went back to their dress ing-room．Suddenly，they heard somebody in the passage，and Madame Giry， Meg's mother， ran into the room． She was a fat，motherly woman，with a red，happy face．But tonight her face was white．
msmr 'Oh girls，'she cried'．'Joph Buquet is dead！ You know he walks a long way down，
on the fourth floor under the stage．The other stage workers found his dead body there an hour ago -with a rope around his neck！'
'It's the ghost!'cried Meg Giry．'The ghost killed him！'
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■ 2 The directors of the Opera Hou
The Opera Hou was famous， and the directors of the Opera Hou were very important men．It was the first week of work for the two new directors， Monsieur Ar mand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin Richard．In the direc tors' office the next day，the two men talked about Joph Bu quet．
'It was an accident，' Monsieur Armand said angrily．'Or Buquet killed himlf．'
'An accident？…Killed himlf？' Monsieur Firmin said．'Which story do you want，my friend？ Or do you want the sto ry of the ghost？'英语学习官网
'Don't talk to me about ghosts！'Monsieur Armand said．'We have 1，500 people working for us in this Opera Hou，and everybody is talking about the ghost． They're all mad! I don't want to hear about the ghost， OK？'
Monsieur Firmin looked at a letter on the table next to him．
And what are we going to do about this letter，Armand？'
'Do？' cried Monsieur Armand．'Why， do nothing， of cour！ What can we do？'
The two men read the letter again．It wasn't very long．
acquainted
To the new directors
Becau you are new in the Opera Hou，I am writing to tell you some important things．Never ll tickets for Box 5；that is my box for every opera night． Madame Giry， the door keeper， knows all about it． Also，I need money for my work in the Opera Hou．I am not expensive，and I am happy to take only20，000 francs a month
成人英文怎么写
． That is all． But plea remem ber， I can be a good friend， but a bad enemy．
