英文剧本《项链》.doc

Necklace 主要角色：Husband; Mathilde; Forestier; Thief（同时是舞会侍者） 配角：旁白; 舞会上路人甲、乙 （旁白：） Once there was a girl named Mathilde. The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate（命运）, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry（嫁妆）, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station. When she sat down to dinner, before the round table covered with a tablecloth in use three days, opposite her husband, who uncovered the soup tureen（汤碗）and declared with a delighted air. （第一幕：家中。二人坐在餐桌旁） Husband：Ah, the good soup! I dont know anything better than that. Mathilde：Thanks darling, but I feel sad. I have a friend, a former schoolmate. She’s rich. I do not like to go to see her any more because she’s better than me. Husband：（拿出信封）There! There is something for you. Mathilde：What’s this?（打开信封拿出信念） The Minister of Public Instruction and Madame Georges request the honor of Madame Loisels company at the palace of the Ministry on Monday evening, January 18th. （放下信不开心）What do you wish me to do with that? Husband：Why, my dear, I thought you would be glad. You never go out, and this is such a fine opportunity. I had great trouble to get it. Every one wants to go; it is very select, and they are not giving many invitations to clerks. The whole official world will be there. Mathilde：But I don’t know what to put on. Husband：Well, the dress you go to the theatre in. It looks very well. （Mathilde很难过） Husband：（惊慌）Whats the matter? Whats the matter? Mathilde：Nothing. Only I have no gown, and, therefore, I cant go to this party. Give your card to some colleague whose wife is better equipped than I am. Husband： Come, let us see, Mathilde. How much would it cost, a suitable gown? M