Romeo and Juliet

羅密歐與朱麗葉

本篇適合：朗讀、復(fù)述

大家聽說過莎士比亞嗎？他是英國文學(xué)史上最杰出的戲劇家、西方文藝史上最杰出的作家之一，同時也是全世界最卓越的文學(xué)家之一。這期《故事會》，我們選取了他的著名戲劇作品之一——《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。讓我們來看看這對天造地設(shè)的佳人，他們的愛情故事是如何一波三折的吧！

Many years ago in Verona, Italy, there were two families.

“We are the Capulets.”

“We are the Montagues.”

These families are always fighting. The Montagues have a son, Romeo. The Capulets have a daughter, Juliet.

One night the Capulets have a party and Romeo goes. He meets Juliet and they fall in love. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, sees Romeo and is very angry.

“He's a Montague! Get him!”

“Oh Romeo, why are you a Montague?”

Romeo and Juliet talk and decide to get married.

They know that their families will be very angry so they go to Friar Lawrence and are married in secret.

The next day, Tybalt sees Romeo. He is still angry with Romeo and wants to fght him. Romeo doesn't want to fight but his best friend, Mercutio, does.

“If you won't fght him, I will!”

Mercutio fights Tybalt. Tybalt kills Mercutio! Romeo is so upset he fights Tybalt and kills him too!

The Prince of Verona is very angry and sends Romeo away. Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for help.

“Here is a special drink. You will sleep for two days. Your family will think you are dead but you will wake up. Then you and Romeo can be free together.”

Friar Lawrence sends Romeo a letter to tell him the plan. But Romeo doesn't get the message. He hears that Juliet is dead!

Romeo is so upset he buys some poison and goes to see Juliet.

“Now I will stay with you forever.”

Too late, Juliet wakes up! She sees what happened.

“Oh no! You didn't leave any poison for me but here is your knife.”

Romeo and Juliet are both dead. Friar Lawrence tells the Capulets and Montagues what happened. They are so sad they agree not to fght any more.

中文大意請見第44頁。

1. in secret 意思是“秘密地，暗地里”。例如：

They must marry in secret. 他們必須秘密地結(jié)婚。

2. go to sb. for help 意思是“向某人求助”。例如：

If you have any problem, go to your teachers for help. 如果你有任何問題，就向老師們求助。3. not…any more 意思是“不再，再也不”。例如：

It won't rain any more because rainbow is coming out. 不會再下雨了，因為彩虹出來了。

Verona[v?'r??n?] n. 維羅納（意大利北部城市）

friar['fra??] n. 男修道士

fght[fa?t] v. 與……打仗

poison['p??zn] n. 毒藥

knife[na?f] n. 刀