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Lesson 22 By heart Language points Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. Run-v. 连续演出：很长一段时间一直进行或表演： --The play ran for six months.这个剧连演了六个月 On end-adv. 连续地 --He has been working on this project for months on end. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Part-(剧中的)角色, 台词 --act ones part well演得好 --know ones parts well台词背得熟 By heart-熟记, ；逐字记忆 --learn sth. by heart熟记 --get sth. by heart熟记 --have sth. by heart熟记 --know sth. by heart熟记 Falter-vt.支吾地说, 结巴地讲出 --He faltered out a few words.他支吾地说出了几句。 A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. Cast-指定扮演：把某一个角色分派给（一个 演员）： --cast her as the lead.指定由她主演 指定角色：选派某个演员扮演（一个角色）： --cast each role carefully.仔细安排每一个角色 Aristocrat-n.贵族 Imprison-vt.监禁, 关押 In the last act, the gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Act-n.幕 Scene-n. [戏剧]一场 Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he was always insisted that it should be written out in full. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Expect-vt. 料想, 指望, 希望, 要求 --You cant expect me to approve of it.你别指望我赞成。 In full-adv.充足, 以全文, 用完整的词(不缩写) One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. Play a joke on sb.-v.开某人玩笑 --play a joke on a friend.对朋友开玩笑 The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Reveal-vt.展现, 显示 --reveal a mystery [secret]揭露一个秘密 behind bars关在监牢里 The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. Look on-旁观 Only one man tried to help; the rest just looked on in silence. Fellow-adj. ；有共同的特征或利益的 --fellow workers.同事 --Fellow students lines –n. 台词 --