关于爱情的英文短剧剧本

 　　** Learn to love, not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly¹. --someone **They have been married for two years. He loves literature, and often posts his work on the net, but nobody ever reads them. He is also into photography, and he handle their wedding photos.

　　He loves her very much. Likewise with her. She has a quick temper, and always bullies² him. He is a gentleman, and always gives in to her. Today, she’s being "wilful³" again.

　　Her : "Why can’t you be the photographer for my friend’s wedding? She promised she’d pay."Him : "I don’t have time that day."

　　Her :"Humph!"

　　Him : "Huh?"

　　Her : "Don’t have time? Write less of those novels,and you will have all the time you need."Him : "I...someone will definitely recognize my work some day."Her : "Humph! I don’t care, you’ll have to do it for her.! "Him : "No."

　　Her : "Just this once?"

　　Him : "No."

　　Negotiation’s broken. So, she gave the final warning: "Give me a Yes within three days, or else..."First day. She "withheld⁴" the kitchen, bathroom, computer, refrigerator, television, hi-fi...Except the double-bed, to show her "benevolence⁵". Of course, she has to sleep on it too. He didn’t mind, as he still has some cash in his pockets.

　　Second day. She conducted a raid and removed everything from his pockets and warned, "Seek any external help, and you bear the consequences." He’s nervous now. Night. On the bed. He begs for mercy, hoping that she’ll end this state.

　　She doesn’t give a damn. No way am I giving in, whatever he says. Until he agrees.

　　Third day. Night. On the Bed. He’s lying on the bed, looking to one side. She’s lying on the bed, looking to the other side.

　　Him : "We need to talk."

　　Her : "Unless it’s about ! the wedding, forget it."Him : "It’s something very important."

　　She remains⁶ silent.

　　Him :"Let’s get a divorce."

　　She did not believe her ears.

　　Him : "I got to know a girl."

　　She’s totally angry, and wanted to hit him. But she held it down, wanting to let him finish. But her eyes already felt wet. He took a photo out from his chest. Probably from his undershirt pocket, that’s the only place she didn’t go through yesterday. How careless!

　　Him : "She’s a nice girl."

　　Her tears fell.

　　Him : "She has a good personality too."

　　She’s heartbroken, because he puts a photo of some other girl "close to his heart".

　　Him : "She says that she’ll support me fully⁷ in my pursue for literature after we got married."She’s very jealous, because she said the same thing in the past.

　　Him : "She loves me truly. "

　　She wishes to sit up and scream at him: "Don’t I?"Him : ! "So, I think she won’t force me to do something that I don’t want to do."She’s thinking, but the rage won’t subside⁸.

　　Him : "Want to take a look at the photo I took for her?"Her : ".....!"

　　He brings the photo before her eyes.

　　She’s in a total rage, hits his hand away and leaves a burning mark of a slap on his face.He sighs. She cries. He puts the photo back to his pocket. She pulls her hand back under the blanket. He turns off the light,and sleeps. She turns on the light, and sits up. He’s asleep. She lost sleep. She regrets treating him the way she treated him. She cried again, and thought about a lot of things. She wants to wake him up. She wants to have a intimate talk with him. She doesn’t want to push him anymore. She stares at his chest. She wants to see how the girl looks. She slips the photo out. She wanted to cry, and she wanted to laugh.It’s a nicely taken photo of herself. A photo he took for her. She bends down, and kissed him on his cheek. He smiled. He was just pretending to be asleep.

 

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。

3 wilful   

adj.任性的，故意的

参考例句：

• A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。
• He later accused reporters of wilful distortion and bias.他后来指责记者有意歪曲事实并带有偏见。

4 withheld   

withhold过去式及过去分词

参考例句：

• I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他们履行合同后，我才付款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent. 由于校长没同意，学校里没有举行比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 benevolence   

n.慈悲，捐助

参考例句：

• We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries.我们对反动派决不施仁政。
• He did it out of pure benevolence. 他做那件事完全出于善意。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 subside   

vi.平静，平息；下沉，塌陷，沉降

参考例句：

• The emotional reaction which results from a serious accident takes time to subside.严重事故所引起的情绪化的反应需要时间来平息。
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon.围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。