Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

罗密欧与朱丽叶

本篇适合：朗读、复述

大家听说过莎士比亚吗？他是英国文学史上最杰出的戏剧家、西方文艺史上最杰出的作家之一，同时也是全世界最卓越的文学家之一。这期《故事会》，我们选取了他的著名戏剧作品之一——《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。让我们来看看这对天造地设的佳人，他们的爱情故事是如何一波三折的吧！

Many years ago in Verona, Italy, there were two families.

“We are the Capulets.”

“We are the Montagues.”

These families are always fighting. The Montagues have a son, Romeo. The Capulets have a daughter, Juliet.

One night the Capulets have a party and Romeo goes. He meets Juliet and they fall in love. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, sees Romeo and is very angry.

“He's a Montague! Get him!”

“Oh Romeo, why are you a Montague?”

Romeo and Juliet talk and decide to get married.

They know that their families will be very angry so they go to Friar Lawrence and are married in secret.

The next day, Tybalt sees Romeo. He is still angry with Romeo and wants to fght him. Romeo doesn't want to fight but his best friend, Mercutio, does.

“If you won't fght him, I will!”

Mercutio fights Tybalt. Tybalt kills Mercutio! Romeo is so upset he fights Tybalt and kills him too!

The Prince of Verona is very angry and sends Romeo away. Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for help.

“Here is a special drink. You will sleep for two days. Your family will think you are dead but you will wake up. Then you and Romeo can be free together.”

Friar Lawrence sends Romeo a letter to tell him the plan. But Romeo doesn't get the message. He hears that Juliet is dead!

Romeo is so upset he buys some poison and goes to see Juliet.

“Now I will stay with you forever.”

Too late, Juliet wakes up! She sees what happened.

“Oh no! You didn't leave any poison for me but here is your knife.”

Romeo and Juliet are both dead. Friar Lawrence tells the Capulets and Montagues what happened. They are so sad they agree not to fght any more.

中文大意请见第44页。

1. in secret 意思是“秘密地，暗地里”。例如：

They must marry in secret. 他们必须秘密地结婚。

2. go to sb. for help 意思是“向某人求助”。例如：

If you have any problem, go to your teachers for help. 如果你有任何问题，就向老师们求助。3. not…any more 意思是“不再，再也不”。例如：

It won't rain any more because rainbow is coming out. 不会再下雨了，因为彩虹出来了。

Verona[və'rəʊnə] n. 维罗纳（意大利北部城市）

friar['fraıə] n. 男修道士

fght[faıt] v. 与……打仗

poison['pɔızn] n. 毒药

knife[naıf] n. 刀