Name: 看《歌劇魅影》故事學英文 Learn English Through Story ★ Subtitles: The Phantom of the Opera (Level 1)
Uploaded: 2017-04-07T01:57:59.000Z
Duration: 59 min 19 s

‘Quick! Quick! Close the door! It’s him!’

「快點快點！把門關上，他來了！」

Annie Sorelli ran into the dressing-room, her face white.

安妮梭兒莉臉色蒼白，跑進化妝間，

One of the girls ran and closed the door, and then they all turned to Annie Sorelli.

其中一個女孩跑去把門關上，接著所有女孩都轉向梭兒莉大喊：

‘Who? Where? What’s the matter?’ they cried.

「是誰？在哪裡？發生什麼事了？」

‘In the passage. I saw him. He came through the wall in front of me!

我在走廊看到他經過前面的牆壁！

Most of the girls were afraid, but one of them, a tall girl with black hair, laughed.

大部分女孩都很害怕，但其中一個黑髮高個兒女孩反而笑了：

‘Everybody says they see the Opera ghost, but there isn’t really a ghost.

大家都說看過劇院之鬼，可是鬼其實不存在，

But she did not open the door, or look into the passage.

不過黑髮女孩也沒去打開門看看走廊，

‘Lots of people see him,’ a second girl said.

另一個女孩說：「很多人看過他。」

‘Joseph Buquet saw him two days ago. Don’t you remember?’

「喬瑟夫布克兩天前就看過，你不記得嗎？」

Then all the girls began to talk at once.

‘Joseph says the ghost is tall and he wears a black evening coat.’

「喬瑟夫說那個鬼很高，穿著黑色晚禮服，

‘He has the head of a dead man, with a yellow face and no nose...’

容貌像死人，臉色蠟黃、沒有鼻子和

‘... 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.’

「別講他了，我母親說他不喜歡這樣。」

‘Your mother?’ the girl with black hair said.

‘What does your mother know about the ghost?’

‘She says that Joseph Buquet is a fool.

The ghost doesn’t like people talking about him, and one day Joseph Buquet is going to be sorry, very sorry.’

劇院之鬼不喜歡別人談論他，所以布克總有一天會後悔的。」

‘But what does your mother know? Tell us, tell us!’ all the girls cried.

「你母親還知道什麼？告訴我們！」女孩們大喊。

‘But please don’t say a word to anyone.

好吧我告訴你們，但請別跟任何人說，

You know my mother is the doorkeeper for some of the boxes in the Opera House.

你們知道我母親負責看館劇院的某些包廂，

其中五號包廂是給劇院之鬼專用！

He watches the operas from that box, and sometimes he leaves flowers for my mother!’

他都在那裡看歌劇，有時候會留一朵花給我母親！」

‘The ghost has a box! And leaves flowers in it!’

「劇院之鬼竟然有個專屬包廂，還會送花！」

‘Oh, Meg, your mother’s telling you stories!

「梅格，你母親只是跟你編故事吧？

劇院之鬼怎麼可能有包廂呢？」

‘It’s true, it’s true, I tell you!’ Meg said.

梅格說：「是真的！我跟你們保證！」

‘Nobody buys tickets for Box 5, but the ghost always comes to it on opera nights.’

「沒人會買五號包廂的票，但只要晚上有歌劇表演，劇院之鬼就會到那邊看。」

「所以會有人去五號包廂嗎？」

‘Why, no!... The ghost comes, but there is nobody there.’

「不是，那邊沒人，只有劇院之鬼。」

‘But how does your mother know?’ one of them asked.

「但你母親怎麼知道的？」其中一個女孩問，

‘There’s no man in a black evening coat, with a yellow face. That’s all wrong.

「劇院沒有穿晚禮服的黃臉男人，都是錯誤傳言，

My mother never sees the ghost in Box 5, but she hears him!

我母親從沒在五號包廂看到劇院之鬼，可是能聽到聲音！

He talks to her, but there is nobody there!

劇院之鬼會跟她說話，可是那裡明明都沒有人！

And he doesn’t like people talking about him!’

But that evening the dancers could not stop talking about the Opera ghost.

可是那天晚上舞伶們不斷討論劇院之鬼，根本停不下來，

They talked before the opera, all through the opera, and after the opera.

歌劇表演前、歌劇上演時在後台、還有表演完後她們都在講，

But they talked very quietly, and they looked behind them before they spoke.

不過她們非常小聲地討論，開口前也會先看看身後有無可疑人物。

When the opera finished, the girls went back to their dressing-room.

表演結束後，女孩們回到化妝間，

Suddenly, they heard somebody in the passage, and Madame Giry, Meg’s mother, ran into the room.

忽然走廊傳來聲音，吉利夫人─梅格的母親─跑進化妝間，

She was a fat, motherly woman, with a red, happy face.

她身材圓胖、面容和善，向來有著紅潤臉色與快活神情，

‘Oh girls.’ she cried. ‘Joseph Buquet is dead!

她大喊：「女孩們，喬瑟夫布克死了！」

You know he works a long way down, on the fourth floor under the stage.

你們都知道他在舞台地下四樓工作，離地面很遠，

The other stage workers found his dead body there an hour ago - with a rope around his neck!’

一個小時前，其他舞台工人發現他的屍體，脖子被繩子勒住，

‘It’s the ghost!’ cried Meg Giry. ‘The ghost killed him!’

梅格尖叫：「是劇院之鬼！一定是他殺死布克的！」

Chapter 2; The directors of the Opera House

The Opera House was famous, and the directors of the Opera House were very important men.

巴黎歌劇院很有名，劇院經理也是重要人物，

It was the first week of work for the two new directors, Monsieur Armand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin Richard.

艾蒙與費曼先生剛接管巴黎歌劇院一個星期，

In the directors’ office the next day, the two men talked about Joseph Buquet.

隔天兩位經理在辦公室談論布克事件，

‘It was an accident,’ Monsieur Armand said angrily.

孟夏曼生氣地說：「這只是場意外，

‘An accident?... Killed himself?’ Monsieur Firmin said.

‘Which story do you want, my friend? Or do you want the story of the ghost?’

朋友，你希望是什麼原因？還是你希望是劇院之鬼造成的？」

‘Don’t talk to me about ghosts!’ Monsieur Armand said.

艾蒙說：「別講劇院之鬼的事情！」

‘We have 1,500 people working for us in this Opera House, and everybody is talking about the ghost.

「可是劇院一千五百位員工都在談論劇院之鬼。」

They’re all mad! I don’t want to hear about the ghost, OK?’

「他們都瘋了！別讓我聽到『劇院之鬼』這四個字，可以嗎？」

Monsieur Firmin looked at a letter on the table next to him.

‘And what are we going to do about this letter, Armand?’

「艾蒙，那這封信我們要怎麼處理？」

‘Why, do nothing, of course! What can we do?’

當然是什麼都別做，不然還能做什麼？」

The two men read the letter again. It wasn’t very long.

經理們又把信看了一次，內容不長，

Because you are new in the Opera House, I am writing to tell you some important things.

你們剛接管巴黎歌劇院，所以我要用信告訴你們重要的事情：

Never sell tickets for Box 5; that is my box for every opera night.

絕對不要出售五號包廂的票，如果晚上有歌劇演出，要特別留給我，

Madame Giry, the doorkeeper, knows all about it.

吉莉夫人也就是包廂的看門人對這件事很清楚，

Also, I need money for my work in the Opera House.

I am not expensive, and I am happy to take only 20,000 francs a month.

我要求不高，一個月兩萬法郎就夠了，

That is all. But please remember, I can be a good friend, but a bad enemy. O.G.

這是我的所有請求，請記住我可以是你們的朋友、也能是敵人，劇鬼敬上」

‘Don’t sell tickets for Box 5! 20,000 francs a month!’

「別賣五號包廂的票！一個月兩萬法郎！」

‘That’s the best box in the Opera House, and we need the money, Firmin!

「那可是巴黎歌劇院最好的包廂，我們需要收入，費曼！

And who is this O.G., eh? Tell me that!’

‘Opera ghost, of course,’ Monsieur Firmin said.

費曼先生說：「當然是劇院之鬼。

‘But you’re right, Armand. We can do nothing about this letter.

但艾蒙你是對的，我們沒辦法做什麼，

Somebody thinks we are fools, because we are new here.

有些人覺得我們是傻瓜，只因為我們才剛來這裡，

There are no ghosts in the Opera House!’

The two men then talked about the opera for that night.

接著經理們開始討論當天晚上的歌劇─《浮士德》，

It was Faust, and usually La Carlotta sang Margarita.

瑪格莉塔通常由名伶卡洛塔扮演，

La Carlotta was Spanish, and the best singer in Paris.

卡洛塔是西班牙人，也是巴黎最好的歌唱家，

‘Everybody in Paris is going to be at the opera tonight,’ said Monsieur Armand,

艾蒙說：「所有巴黎人今晚都會來看這場歌劇，

可是我們最好的歌手卻生病了，

Suddenly! She writes a letter to us just this morning - she is ill, she cannot sing tonight!’

多突然啊！她早上才寄信給我們說她生病了，今晚無法演出！」

‘Don’t get angry again, Armand,’ Monsieur Firmin said quickly.

費曼立刻說：「艾蒙，別生氣了，

‘We have Christine Daae, that young singer from Norway.

我們還有克莉絲汀黛也─來自挪威的年輕歌手，

She can sing Margarita tonight. She has a good voice.’

她歌喉好，可以演出瑪格麗塔。」

‘But she’s so young, and nobody knows her!

「可是她太年輕，而且沒沒無聞！

Nobody wants to listen to a new singer.’

‘Wait and see. Perhaps Daae can sing better than La Carlotta. Who knows?’

「試試看吧！也許她唱得比卡洛塔好，誰知道呢？」

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