Q124考研英语阅读2006 text2 全文翻译.pdfVIP

2006 年 Text 2 ①Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry —William Shakespeare— but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. ②There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. ③And there are the townsfolk who largely the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights. ①众所周知，埃文河畔的斯特福特镇只有一个产业——威廉·莎士比亚产业，但 是却有两个泾渭分明且敌意日渐升温的派别。②一方是皇家莎士比亚公司，它在 埃文河畔的莎士比亚纪念剧院上演经典剧目。③另一方则是很大程度上依赖游客 而谋生的当地居民，这些游客来到镇上，不是为了看戏，而是来参观安哈瑟薇小 屋、莎士比亚出生地及其他景点。 ①The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. ②They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. ③It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making. ①斯特福特镇令人景仰的居民们不相信剧院给他们增添了哪怕是一丁点的收入。 ②他们毫不掩饰地讨厌皇家莎士比亚公司的演员，讨厌他们的长头发、胡须、凉 鞋以及吵闹声。③当你想到为他们提供生计的莎士比亚本人就是个留着胡须、吵 吵嚷嚷的演员时，这真是一个极好的讽刺。 ①The tourist streams are not entirely separate. ②The sightseers who come by bus —and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side—don ’t usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. ③ However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. ④ It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town ’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. ⑤The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall. ①旅游的人流并不是完全分离的。②乘车来的观光者经常会顺道去参观沃维堡和 布伦亨宫，而通常不去看戏，有些人甚至很惊讶地发现在斯特福特镇居然有剧院。 ③然而，看戏的人则设法在看戏的间隙出来观光。④皇家莎士比亚公司认为，正 是看戏的人给镇上带来丰厚的收入，因为他们在此过夜(有些人会住四到五个晚 上)，自然也就将大量的钱花费在酒店和餐馆中。⑤而观光者到了黄昏时会参观 完所有地方并离开镇