070 后台邮件

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Hi Marcus

嗨，马库斯，

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I hope you like your new school, but I really miss you here!

我希望你喜欢你的新学校，但我在这里真的很想念你！

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This year the drama club is putting on William Shakespeare's

Romeo and Juliet.

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You probably think I'm playing Romeo since I'm usually the lead

in drama club productions.

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But you're wrong

但是你错了。

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I'm not even in the cast!

我甚至都没在演员阵容里！

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Mrs. Geller picked me for stage manager

盖勒夫人选我担任舞台监督。

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I'll be in charge of the sets, sound and lighting, and props

我将负责布景、音响和灯光，还有道具。

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She said it would be good experience, but it sounds pretty boring to me

她说这会是不错的经历，但对我来说听起来很无聊。

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And you know what makes it even worse?

而且你知道什么让它更糟糕吗？

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Rose Adams is playing Juliet!

罗斯·亚当斯要演朱丽叶！

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This would have been my chance to get to know her better

这本该是我进一步了解她的好机会。

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Instead I'm stuck backstage, and Jae gets to be Romeo

结果我却困在后台，而杰居然能演罗密欧。

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I guess it's good that you moved all the way across the country

我想你搬去那么远的国内另一头也算是好事吧。

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Things around here aren't much fun

这边的事情都不太有意思。

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Hope to hear from you soon!

希望能很快收到你的回信！

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Carlos

卡洛斯

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Hey!

嘿！

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Sorry it's been so long since I wrote

抱歉隔了这么久才写信给你。

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I've been super busy!

我最近超级忙！

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The sets for the play are supposed to be pretty basic

这场戏的布景原本应该很简单。

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But we've been working every single afternoon to build what we need

但我们每个下午都在忙着搭建需要的东西。

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We just finished the set for the scene where Juliet talks

to Romeo from her balcony.

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I came up with the idea for the set

这个布景的点子是我想出来的。

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We painted big pieces of cardboard to look like the front of Juliet's house

我们把大块纸板涂成朱丽叶家正面的样子。

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Then we cut out a doorway and added a railing

然后我们挖出了一个门洞，并加上了栏杆。

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Rose stands on a platform behind the cardboard front

罗斯站在纸板正面后面的平台上。

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It looks just like she's looking over a balcony railing!

看起来就像她正从阳台栏杆上望出去！

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We're making props too

我们也在做道具。

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We used wood for daggers and painted the blades with shiny silver paint

我们用木头做匕首，并把刀刃涂上了闪亮的银色颜料。

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Jae's little brother lent us a giant plastic baseball bat

杰的弟弟借给我们一根巨大的塑料棒球棒。

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We covered it with brown paper to make it look like a wooden club

for the fight scene in act 1.

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It's actually fun thinking of ways to make things or adapt them

to look realistic for the props.

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I have to run now

我现在得走了。

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We're meeting in a few minutes to discuss sound and lighting

我们几分钟后要开会，讨论音效和灯光。

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Talk to you soon!

再聊！

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Carlos

卡洛斯

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I don't know how we're going to get everything done in two weeks!

我真不知道我们怎么能在两周内完成所有事情！

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The cast is rehearsing every afternoon, and the backstage crew

is working long hours too.

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If we don't get the sets, lighting, and sound just right

the play will be ruined.

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I've learned how to set up the sound system so even people in the rear

of the theater can hear everything.

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If there wasn't a sound system, the actors would need to yell!

要是没有音响系统，演员们就得大喊大叫才行！

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Lighting is tricky too

灯光也挺棘手的。

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Without it, the audience wouldn't be able to see much onstage

没有灯光，观众就看不到舞台上的什么了。

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You have to aim the light where the action is

你得把灯光对准有表演的地方。

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It's taken some practice to make sure we move the lights up

and down on cue.

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And you're not going to believe this: Jae broke his leg playing soccer

so he's out of the play!

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Mrs. Geller asked me to replace him since I've been helping him with

his lines and know almost all of them.

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But I've just gotten the hang of working the sound system

可我刚刚才弄明白怎么操作音响系统。

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Working backstage is more fun than I thought

and there's still a lot to do.

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We have to design and print programs, put up posters to advertise

the play, and take care of so many more details.

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Luckily Mrs. Geller said Larry could play Romeo if I help him practice

幸好盖勒老师说，如果我帮拉里练习，他就可以演罗密欧。

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Whew! Thank you, Larry!

呼！谢谢你，拉里！

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Carlos

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Hey Marcus!

嘿，马库斯！

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Too bad you couldn't come!

你不能来真是太可惜了！

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The play sold out and the audience loved it

戏的票卖光了，而且观众们很喜欢。

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I think this is our best drama club production ever

我觉得这是我们戏剧社有史以来最好的一部作品。

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We still have six more performances and they're all sold out

我们还有六场演出，票全卖光了。

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I hope I get to work backstage again next year

希望明年我还能在后台工作。

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Well, I have to rush off to the after-play party

好了，我得赶紧去参加演后派对了。

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I was talking to Juliet/Rose between scenes, and she said

she hoped to see me there.

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Just call me backstage Romeo!

就叫我后台罗密欧吧！