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高二英语课文04 高二课文：Unit 04 Newspapers Betty and Zhou Lan are talking in the students dining room. 贝蒂和周兰正在学生食堂谈话。 BETTY: Zhou Lan, can I have a look at your copy of China Daily? 贝蒂:周兰，我可以看看你这张《中国日报》吗？ ZHOU LAN: Sure, go ahead. 周兰:当然可以，看吧。 BETTY: I want to have a look at whats on this weekend. Let me see now. 贝蒂:我想看看这周末上演什么。让我看看。 ZHOU LAN: Is there anything good on? 周兰:有什么好节目上演吗？ BETTY: The Red Roses are giving a performance at the Peoples Theatre. Do you know what they are? 贝蒂:红玫瑰演唱团将在人民剧院演出。你知道他们是干什么的吗？ ZHOU LAN: Theyre pop group. Theyre said to be very good. What time does the performance start? 周兰:他们是一家流行音乐演唱团。据说他们很棒。演出什么时候开始？ BETTY: 7 p.m. Will you be free then? 贝蒂:晚上7点。那时你有空吗？ ZHOU LAN: Yes, Ill be free. Id like to go. 周兰:是的，有空。我想去。 BETTY: Lets go together then. Ill meet you at the theatre at six-thirty. 贝蒂:到时咱们一块儿去看吧。我六点半在剧院跟你会面。 ZHOU LAN: Good! See you then. Bye. 周兰:好的！到时见。再见。 A journalist (J) is interviewing the director(D) of a play. 一位记者正在采访一位戏剧导演。 J: What do you do in the theatre? J: 你在剧院做什么工作？ D:Im a director. I direct plays. D: 我是导演。我导演戏剧。 J: Some of us do not know much about the theatre. Could you explain exactly what you do? J: 我们中有些人还不太懂戏剧。您能确切的解释一下你做些什么吗？ D:Yes. At the very beginning I choose a play and the actors. Then for a period of several weeks we practise doing the play. At the end of this period we put the play on in a theatre. D: 好。一开始我得选取剧本、挑选演员，随后几个星期我们进行排练，最后我们就在剧场上演这出戏。 J: What do you do as a director? J: 作为导演您具体干什么呢？ D:First, I tell the actors where to stand and where to move. We practise entrances and exits. D: 首先，我要告诉演员在剧中站立和移动的位置。我们排练登场和退场。 J: Do you direct comedies? J: 您导演喜剧吗？ D:Yes, I love doing comedies. You need to practise a lot with the actors before. The timing is very important, not only for the movements but also for the lines of the dialogue. D: 是的，我喜欢导演喜剧。上演前你得同演员一道进行大量的排练。剧中动作以及对 话中台词的时间安排非常重要。 J: What do you plan to do next? J: 下一步您打算导演什么剧？ D:Theres a particular comedy which I