英语小达人 54 The Right Girl for the Job

 　　The Right Girl for the Job

　　第7单元 非她莫属

　　Two weeks before opening night, our lead actor had broken his ankle and couldn't perform in the play. We had a big problem on our hands.

　　还有两天就是开幕夜了，可是我们的主角却扭伤了脚踝，无法参加演出，这真是个需要解决的大问题。

　　During dress rehearsal¹ a background actor named Lauren,shyly spoke² up and said that she knew all the lines by heart. She said that the play had been her favorite while growing up and that she and her grandfather used to act it out for fun.

　　在排演时，有个幕后工作人员萝兰害羞地说她记得所有的台词，她说这出戏是她从小到大最喜欢的戏，她和祖父曾经闹着玩地演过。

　　She said she could stand in until we could find a man to take the role. It was difficult doing the scenes without an actor so we gratefully accepted her offer. As the days passed, we were so impressed by Lauren's great acting³ that we decided⁴ we didn't need to find anyone else. Lauren was very happy to have the role.

　　她说她可以代演，直到我们找到接替角色的人为止。没有主角，戏根本演不成，所以我们当然欣然接受她的提议。几天下来，我们对萝兰精湛的演出印象深刻，而决定这个角色非她莫属，萝兰很高兴拿到这个角色。

　　Lauren's grandfather had been dead for several years, but in honor of him, she bought him a seat for the opening night. Throughout the performance, she looked at the empty seat and imagined her grandfather sitting in it with a big smile on his face.

　　萝兰的祖父已经过世多年，不过为了向他致敬，她为他买了张开幕夜的票，整场演出她都看着那张空椅子，想象祖父就坐在那里，脸上挂满了笑容。

1 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。