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The Importance of Being Ernest 真诚的重要性 芮渝萍 译 英文学习资料 选自《王尔德精选集》北京燕山出版社 P368-P414 译文部分所有名字地名均置换成英文原文 Act I 第一幕 SCENE Morning-room in Algernons flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room. Algernon位于半月街的寓所起居室。房间装饰华丽典雅。钢琴声从邻室传来。 [LANE is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, ALGERNON enters.] Lane在摆放下午茶点，音乐停止后，Algernon出场。 ALGERNON: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? 听得出我弹奏的什么吗？Lane？ LANE: I didnt think it polite to listen, sir. 先生，我认为偷听不礼貌。 ALGERNON: I’m sorry for that, for your sake. I dont play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life. 真为你感到遗憾。我弹的音调不一定很准—可弹准音调谁不会—我的弹奏很有表现力。就弹钢琴而言，我的特点是弹出感情。至于生活嘛，我是讲理性的。 LANE: Yes, sir. 是的，先生。 ALGERNON: And, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell? 呵，说到生活的理性，你为Bracknell夫人准备好了黄瓜三明治吗？ LANE: Yes, sir.[Hands them on a salver.] 准备好了，先生。（递上一盘黄瓜三明治） ALGERNON: [Inspects them, takes two, and sits down on the sofa.] Oh! . . . by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed. （检查三明治，拿了两块，在沙发上坐下）哦！顺便说一下，Lane，我从你的账本上看到，星期四晚上我请Shoreman勋爵和Worthing先生就餐时，喝掉了八瓶香槟。 LANE: Yes, sir; eight bottles and a pint. 是的，先生，八瓶外加一品脱。 ALGERNON: Why is it that at a bachelors establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. 为什么在单身汉的家里，仆人们都要喝香槟酒呢？我只是随便问问。 LANE: I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand. 先生，我想是因为酒太好了。我发现在结了婚的人家里，上等香槟就难得一见了。 ALGERNON: Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that? 天啊！婚姻真是那么让人沮丧吗？ LANE: I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it