092 试镜

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Early the next morning, Ben, Gaby, and Mog stood outside the auditorium

waiting for auditions to start.

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Winnie had come to give them encouragement

温妮过来给他们打气。

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" I can't believe we get to audition for Victoria Lafang!" Ben said

“真不敢相信我们能参加维多利亚·拉方的试镜！”本说。

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" She seems nice," Gaby said as the auditorium door opened

“她看起来人很好。”加比说，这时礼堂的门开了。

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Victoria Lafang stepped into the hallway and looked

at her clipboard. "Who's Gaby?"

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" Me!" Gaby said

“我！”加比说。

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As Gaby followed Victoria, Winnie smiled

加比跟着维多利亚进去时，温妮笑了。

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" Gaby was born to play Lady Macdeath."

“加比天生就是演麦克白夫人的料。”

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" And I was born to have sword fights!"

“而我天生就是来比剑的！”

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Mog had a plastic toy sword, which he started swinging

at an invisible enemy.

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" Watch out, Mog!" Sonia snapped

“小心点，莫格！”索尼娅厉声说道。

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She and her two witch friends were standing nearby

她和她的两个女巫朋友就站在旁边。

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" Oops, sorry!"

“哎呀，对不起！”

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The witch named Lucy stared at Winnie

那个叫露西的女巫盯着温妮。

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" You're not auditioning, are you?"

“你不会是来试镜的吧？”

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" I signed up for stage crew," Winnie retorted

“我报名的是舞台幕后工作，”温妮回嘴道。

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" Good," Sonia said smugly

“那最好不过了，”索尼娅得意洋洋地说。

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" Because Lucy, Jade, and I want to get the three witches' parts."

“因为露西、杰德和我都想拿到那三个女巫的角色。”

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Winnie rolled her eyes." You already told me that yesterday."

温妮翻了个白眼。“这话你昨天就跟我说过了。”

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Boom! A loud crash came from the auditorium

砰！礼堂里传来一声巨大的撞击响。

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" What was that?" Ben asked

“那是什么？”本问道。

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Moments later the auditorium doors swung open

and Gaby came out with the director.

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" Great work, Gaby," Victoria said

“干得好，加比，”维多利亚说。

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" But remember to control your emotions — when you waved

your arms, you knocked over that bookshelf.

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Now, who's next?"

那么，下一个是谁？”

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" Me." Ben hadn't felt nervous earlier

but suddenly his knees felt weak.

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Winnie smiled at him." You'll be great!"

温妮对他笑了笑。“你会很棒的！”

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" Good luck!" Mog slapped Ben on the back

“祝你好运！”莫格拍了拍本的后背。

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" Oof!" Ben stumbled into the famous actress." Sorry!"

“哎哟！”本踉跄地撞到了那位著名女演员。“对不起！”

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" That's okay."

“没关系。”

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Victoria smoothed her hair, and then instructed Ben

to go onstage and stand in the spotlight.

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But as he floated up to the stage, he crashed into a tall lamp

但当他飘上舞台时，撞上了一盏高高的灯。

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" Sorry!" he said, scrambling to pick up the lamp

“对不起！”他说着，手忙脚乱地去扶灯。

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" You Monster Academy students sure like to knock things over,"

Victoria said with a little laugh.

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" What's your name?"

“你叫什么名字？”

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" I'm... I'm..."

“我是……我是……”

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Victoria checked her clipboard." Ben?"

维多利亚看了看她的写字板。“本？”

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" Yes!"

“对！”

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" Which part are you reading for, Ben?"

“本，你是来试读哪个角色的？”

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" The lead role," Ben said

“主角。”本说。

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" Marvelous!" Victoria clapped in glee

“太棒了！”维多利亚高兴地拍手。

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" You can begin when you're ready."

“你准备好就可以开始了。”

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She was so kind and enthusiastic, Ben felt himself relaxing

她是如此亲切又热情，本感到自己放松了下来。

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He looked down at his script, cleared his throat, and began reading

他低头看向剧本，清了清嗓子，开始念台词。

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"'Out, out, bright light! I am but a walking shadow...'"

“‘熄灭吧，熄灭吧，亮光！我不过是一个行走的影子……’”

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" That was wonderful, Ben!" Victoria exclaimed after Ben had

finished reciting Macdeath's lines.

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" Really?" Ben could feel himself blushing

“真的吗？”本能感觉到自己脸红了。

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" Absolutely!" She cocked her head, staring at him for a second

“绝对！”她歪着头，盯着他看了一会儿。

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" You know, you remind me of someone I used to know."

“你知道吗，你让我想起一个以前认识的人。”

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" Someone who knocks over lamps?" he joked

“一个会撞倒灯的人吗？”他开玩笑说。

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" Kind of," Victoria said as she walked Ben out of the auditorium

“算是吧，”维多利亚说着，陪本走出了礼堂。

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" Thank you for auditioning

“谢谢你来试镜。

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Mog? You're next."

莫格？下一个是你了。”

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Mog cut the air with his sword and started whistling

as he headed toward the door.

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" Whoa, stop right there!" Victoria said sharply

“哇哦，停下！”维多利亚严厉地说。

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" We never, ever whistle in a theater

“我们永远、绝对不能在剧场里吹口哨。

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It's very bad luck

那会带来霉运的。

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So are mirrors onstage and blue costumes."

就像在台上放镜子或者穿蓝色戏服一样。”

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" They are?" Mog said

“是吗？”莫格说。

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" Yes," Victoria said

“是的，”维多利亚说。

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" Now, are you ready to read for the Scottish play?"

“好了，你准备好为那部苏格兰剧试读了吗？”

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" Huh?" Mog scratched his head

“啊？”莫格挠了挠头。

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" I thought we were doing Macdeath, not the Scottish play."

“我们不是要演《麦克白之死》吗，不是苏格兰剧呀。”

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" That's another theater superstition," Victoria said

“这是另一个剧场迷信，”维多利亚说。

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" We never say the name of this play except onstage."

“除非在舞台上，我们绝不直接说出这部戏的名字。”

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" Okay." Mog shrugged

“好吧。”莫格耸了耸肩。

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" But that's pretty weird, if you ask me!"

“不过要我说，这还真够奇怪的！”

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Ben waited as patiently as he could for the end of the day

when the cast list would be posted.

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Finally the last bell rang, and he and Winnie

hurried toward the auditorium.

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" I really hope I got the part," Ben said

“我真心希望我能选上那个角色。”本说。

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When they reached the auditorium, a small crowd was

gathered in front of the cast list.

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The three witch friends were there, smiling

and hugging one another.

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" Beware!" Sonia teased as Ben and Winnie approached

“小心啦！”看到本和温妮走过来，索尼娅取笑道。

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" We're going to put a spell on you two!"

“我们要给你俩施个咒！”

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" Poof!" Lucy joined in, flicking her fingers toward them

“砰！”露西也加入了进来，朝他们弹了弹手指。

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" Oh, and Winnie, by the way, we did get the witch roles."

“哦，对了温妮，顺便说一句，我们确实拿到女巫的角色了。”

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" Congratulations," Winnie muttered

“恭喜。”温妮小声嘟囔道。

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" Wow, Ben!" Jen rushed toward him with Mog

“哇，本！”珍和莫格朝他冲了过来。

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" We just checked the list — you got the lead role!"

“我们刚看了名单——你得到了主角！”

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" I did?" Ben said." That's awesome!"

“真的吗？”本说，“太棒了！”

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" And I'm Macdoof, your arch enemy!" Mog said

“而我是麦克呆夫，你的死对头！”莫格说。

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" We get to fight with swords." He pretended

to stab Ben in the gut.

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" Ugh!" Ben staggered, pretending to die

“呃！”本踉跄了一下，假装死了。

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" You just killed Macdeath!"

“你刚刚杀了麦克死亡！”

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" You two shouldn't goof around like that," Jen warned them

“你俩不该这样胡闹，”珍警告他们。

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" Remember what Victoria said about all the superstitions

surrounding Macdeath?"

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To Ben's surprise, Winnie nodded

让本惊讶的是，温妮点了点头。

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" I was reading about the superstitions last night

“我昨晚读了关于那些迷信的说法。

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This play has a long tradition of being cursed."

这部戏有很长的被诅咒的传统。”

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" Cursed?" Mog said." What do you mean?"

“被诅咒？”莫格说，“什么意思？”

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" Weird things happen during rehearsals

and performances," Winnie said.

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" Some theater groups won't even stage it."

“有些剧团甚至不会上演它。”

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" Cool!" a ghoul named Ozzy said

“酷！”一个叫奥兹的食尸鬼说。

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" I love cursed things!"

“我爱被诅咒的东西！”

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Ben laughed." Superstitions aren't real, Winnie

本笑了。“迷信不是真的，温妮。

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Our Monster Academy play is going to be fantastic!"

我们怪兽学院的演出一定会精彩绝伦的！”