Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's Chinese-Traditional Thesaurus Edition)

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

WEBSTER'S CHINESE SIMPLIFIED THESAURUS EDITION

for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOFEL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation

Edmond Rostand

Translated by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition

for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOFEL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test

Preparation

Edmond Rostand

Translated by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard

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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR.......................................................................................... 1 THE CHARACTERS ........................................................................................................... 2 ACT I. A REPRESENTATION AT THE HOTEL DE BOURGOGNE ........................................ 4 ACT II. THE POET'S EATING-HOUSE ............................................................................. 45 ACT III. ROXANE'S KISS ................................................................................................ 82 ACT IV. THE CADETS OF GASCONY ............................................................................ 116 ACT V. CYRANO'S GAZETTE ........................................................................................ 154 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................... 174

Edmond Rostand 1

PREFACE FROM TH E ED ITOR

Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-Chinese Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand was edited for three audiences. The first includes Chinese Simplified-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Chinese Simplified speakers enrolled in English speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in Chinese Simplified in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement® (AP®)1 or similar examinations. By using the Rosetta Edition® when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in Chinese Simplified or English. Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to “difficult, yet commonly used” words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Chinese Simplified, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English, and avoid them using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not translated on a page, chances are that it has been translated on a previous page. A more complete glossary of translations is supplied at the end of the book; translations are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary. Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

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Cyrano de Bergerac 2

THE % C HARAC TERS

CYRANO DE BERGERAC CHRISTIAN DE NEUVILLETTE COUNT DE GUICHE RAGUENEAU LE BRET CARBON DE CASTEL-JALOUX THE CADETS LIGNIERE VICOMTE DE VALVERT A MARQUIS SECOND MARQUIS THIRD MARQUIS MONTFLUERY BELLEROSE JODELET CUIGY MOTHER MARGUERITE DE JESUS A MEDDLER A MUSKETEER ANOTHER MUSKETEER A SPANISH OFFICER A CAVALIER THE PORTER A CITIZEN

Edmond Rostand 3

HIS %SON A CUT-PURSE A SPECTATOR A SENTRY BERTRANDOU THE FIFER A CAPUCHIN TWO MUSICIANS THE POETS THE PASTRYCOOKS THE PAGES ROXANE HER DUENNA LISE THE ORANGE-GIRL BRISSAILLE SISTER MARTHA SISTER CLAIRE AN ACTRESS A SOUBRETTE THE FLOWER-GIRL

The CROWD, TROOPERS, BURGHERS [male and female], MARQUISES, MUSKETEERS, PICKPOCKETS, PASTRY-COOKS, POETS, GASCONS CADETS, ACTORS [male and female], VIOLINISTS, PAGES, CHILDREN, SOLDIERS, SPANIARDS, SPECTATORS [male and female], PRECIEUSES, NUNS, etc.

Chinese Simplified

etc: 等等, 会长, 多大, 贲临, 所长,

白脸, 武术, 帮闲, 梆子腔, 慰问,

跑江湖.


A C T I .

A R E P R E S E N T A T I O N A T T H E H O T E L D E

B O U R G O G N E

THE%HALL OF THE HOTEL DE BOURGOGNE, IN 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance.

The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible.

On both sides of the stage are benches. The curtain is composed of two tapestries which can be drawn aside. Above a harlequin's mantle are the royal arms. There are broad steps from the stage to the hall; on either side of these steps are the places for the violinists. Footlights.

Two rows, one over the other, of side galleries: the highest divided into boxes. No seats in the pit of the hall, which is the real stage of the theater; at the back of the pit, i.e., on the right foreground, some benches forming steps, and underneath, a staircase which leads to the upper seats. An improvised buffet ornamented with little lusters, vases, glasses, plates of tarts, cakes, bottles, etc.

Chinese Simplified

aside: 在旁边, 一旁.

background: 背景, 本底.

broad: 宽, 宽广.

buffet: 自助餐.

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

composed: 安宁, 安祥, 安然的.

curtain: 布帘.

drawn: 画了.

foreground: 前景, 前台.

forms: 形式.

glasses: 玻璃杯, 眼镜.

hall: 厅, 大厅, 会堂, 礼堂.

highest: 最高.

leads: 铅.

mantle: 斗篷, 披风.

obliquely: 倾斜地.

oblong: 长方形的.

partly: 部分地.

pit: 坑, 凹洞, 窖.

places: 地方.

plates: 盘子.

royal: 皇家, 女王的, 王室的, 王的.

seats: 座位.

stage: 舞台, 阶段, 层次, 发动, 段.

staircase: 楼梯.

steps: 步骤.

theater: 剧场, 戏剧, 戏院, 剧院.

theatrical: 戏剧化, 戏剧化的.

underneath: 在下面, 下面的.

upper: 帮子, 上面的.

violinists: 小提琴手.

visible: 看得见, 可见, 看得见的,

可见的.

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The entrance to the theater is in the center of the background, under the gallery of the boxes. A large door, half open to let in the spectators. On the panels of this door, in different corners, and over the buffet, red placards bearing the words, 'La Clorise.'

At the rising of the curtain the hall is in semi-darkness, and still empty. The lusters are lowered in the middle of the pit ready to be lighted.%

SCENE 1 The public, arriving by degrees. Troopers, burghers, lackeys, pages, a pickpocket, the doorkeeper, etc., followed by the marquises. Cuigy, Brissaille, the buffet-girl, the violinists, etc. [A confusion of loud voices is heard outside the door. A trooper enters hastily.]

THE DOORKEEPER [following him]: Hollo! You there! Your money!

THE TROOPER: I enter gratis.

THE DOORKEEPER: Why?

THE TROOPER: Why? I am of the King's Household Cavalry, 'faith!

THE DOORKEEPER [to another trooper who enters]: And you?

SECOND TROOPER: I pay nothing.

THE DOORKEEPER: How so?

SECOND TROOPER: I am a musketeer.

FIRST TROOPER [to the second]: The play will not begin till two. The pit is empty. Come, a bout with the foils to pass the time.

[They fence with the foils they have brought.]

Chinese Simplified

arriving: 到达.

bearing: 态度, 仪表, 忍耐.

begin: 开始, 开创, 发起, 掀起,

兴办.

center: 中心, 中央, 顶尖.

confusion: 混乱, 迷乱, 迷惑.

degrees: 度, 程度.

empty: 空, 空洞.

enter: 进, 进入, 回车键, 入.

entrance: 入口, 大门, 入门.

fence: 篱笆, 栅栏, 栏位, 栏.

foils: 挫败.

gallery: 画廊, 观众, 看台, 听众.

gratis: 免费.

heard: 听见.

loud: 高声, 大声, 大声的.

middle: 中央, 中间, 半中腰,

中间的, 中部, 中央的.

musketeer: 滑膛枪手.

outside: 外面, 外表, 表面, 面儿,

外来, 外部的, 外面的, 外头, 之外,

外边.

pass: 隘口, 及格, 传递, 度过,

要隘.

pickpocket: 扒手.

play: 表演, 戏剧, 游戏, 玩, 演出,

戏, 剧本, 扮演, 悬念, 弹奏, 奏.

ready: 就绪, 愿意, 准备, 妥当.

red: 红, 红色, 红色的.

rising: 攀升, 新兴, 高升的.

spectators: 观众.

till: 直到.

trooper: 伞兵.


A LACKEY [entering]: Pst. . .Flanquin. . .!

ANOTHER [already there]: Champagne?. . .%

THE FIRST [showing him cards and dice which he takes from his doublet]: See, here be cards and dice. [He seats himself on the floor]: Let's play.

THE SECOND [doing the same]: Good; I am with you, villain!

FIRST LACKEY [taking from his pocket a candle-end, which he lights, and sticks on the floor]: I made free to provide myself with light at my master's expense!

A GUARDSMAN [to a shop-girl who advances]: 'Twas prettily done to come before the lights were lit! [He takes her round the waist.]

ONE OF THE FENCERS [receiving a thrust]: A hit!

ONE OF THE CARD-PLAYERS: Clubs!

THE GUARDSMAN [following the girl]: A kiss!

THE SHOP-GIRL [struggling to free herself]: They're looking!

THE GUARDSMAN [drawing her to a dark corner]: No fear! No one can see!

A MAN [sitting on the ground with others, who have brought their provisions]: By coming early, one can eat in comfort.

A BURGHER [conducting his son]: Let us sit here, son.

A CARD-PLAYER: Triple ace!

A MAN [taking a bottle from under his cloak, and also seating himself on the floor]: A tippler may well quaff his Burgundy [He drinks]: in the Burgundy Hotel!

Chinese Simplified

ace: 么点, 能手, “A”纸牌, 少许.

bottle: 瓶, 瓶子.

brought: 携带.

cloak: 斗篷, 大衣, 外套.

comfort: 安慰.

coming: 未来, 到来.

dark: 暗, 黑暗, 夜.

dice: 骰子.

eat: 吃.

expense: 花费, 费用, 支出.

fear: 恐惧, 忌惮, 畏惧, 生怕,

害怕.

ground: 地, 地面, 地皮, 理由,

土地.

hit: 袭击, 命中, 击中, 打.

kiss: 吻, 接吻, 轻抚, 轻触.

light: 光, 轻, 灯, 光纤, 燃放,

灯光, 点燃, 亮光.

lights: 灯火.

lit: 点燃.

myself: 我自己.



pocket: 口袋, 衣袋, 兜儿, 窟窿.

quaff: 畅饮.

seating: 座位数.

seats: 座位.

sit: 坐.

son: 儿子.

sticks: 棍.

takes: 拿, 取走.

villain: 恶棍, 坏人, 恶徒.

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THE BURGHER [to his son]: 'Faith! A man might think he had fallen in a bad house here! [He points with his cane to the drunkard]: What with topers! [One of the fencers in breaking off, jostles him]: Brawlers! [He stumbles into the midst of the card-players]: Gamblers!

THE GUARDSMAN [behind him, still teasing the shop-girl]: Come, one kiss!

THE BURGHER [hurriedly pulling his son away]: By all the holies! And this, my boy, is the theater where they played Rotrou erewhile.%

THE YOUNG MAN: Ay, and Corneille!

A TROOP OF PAGES [hand-in-hand, enter dancing the farandole, and singing]: Tra' a la, la, la, la, la, la, la, lere. . .

THE DOORKEEPER [sternly, to the pages]: You pages there, none of your tricks!. . .

FIRST PAGE [with an air of wounded dignity]: Oh, sir!--such a suspicion!. . . [Briskly, to the second page, the moment the doorkeeper's back is turned]: Have you string?

THE SECOND: Ay, and a fish-hook with it.

FIRST PAGE: We can angle for wigs, then, up there i' th' gallery.

A PICKPOCKET [gathering about him some evil-looking youths]: Hark ye, young cut-purses, lend an ear, while I give you your first lesson in thieving.

SECOND PAGE [calling up to others in the top galleries]: You there! Have you peashooters?

THIRD PAGE [from above]: Ay, have we, and peas withal! [He blows, and peppers them with peas.]

THE YOUNG MAN [to his father]: What piece do they give us?

Chinese Simplified

air: 空气, 样子, 晾.

bad: 坏, 糟糕, 不良, 不善, 淘气,

坏的.

blows: 打击.

boy: 男孩, 男孩子, 男孩儿, 小子.

cane: 手杖, 甘蔗, 杖, 鞭打.

dancing: 跳舞.

ear: 耳朵, 耳.


fish-hook: 鱼钩.

gallery: 画廊, 观众, 看台, 听众.

jostles: 挤.


lend: 借出, 借.

lesson: 教训, 课, 课业, 课程, 裸.

midst: 在中间, 中间.

none: 无, 没有.

page: 页, 页面, 小听差.

peas: 豌豆.

piece: 片, 部分, 一块, 一片, 块,

部份, 份.

points: 点.

pulling: 拉.

son: 儿子.

string: 绳子, 串, 线, 细线, 弦.

stumbles: 绊倒.


thieving: 偷.

top: 顶, 盖, 尖峰, 顶端, 顶部,

树梢, 最高的.

wigs: 假发.

wounded: 受伤.

ye: 你们.


THE BURGHER: 'Clorise.'

THE YOUNG MAN: Who may the author be?

THE BURGHER: Master Balthazar Baro. It is a play!. . .%

[He goes arm-in-arm with his son.]

THE PICKPOCKET [to his pupils]: Have a care, above all, of the lace knee-ruffles--cut them off!

A SPECTATOR [to another, showing him a corner in the gallery]: I was up there, the first night of the 'Cid.'

THE PICKPOCKET [making with his fingers the gesture of filching]: Thus for watches--

THE BURGHER [coming down again with his son]: Ah! You shall presently see some renowned actors. . .

THE PICKPOCKET [making the gestures of one who pulls something stealthily, with little jerks]: Thus for handkerchiefs--

THE BURGHER: Montfleury. . .

SOME ONE [shouting from the upper gallery]: Light up, below there!

THE BURGHER: . . .Bellerose, L'Epy, La Beaupre, Jodelet!

A PAGE [in the pit]: Here comes the buffet-girl!

THE BUFFET-GIRL [taking her place behind the buffet]: Oranges, milk, raspberry-water, cedar bitters!

[A hubbub outside the door is heard.]

A FALSETTO VOICE: Make place, brutes!

A LACKEY [astonished]: The Marquises!--in the pit?. . .

ANOTHER LACKEY: Oh! only for a minute or two!

Chinese Simplified

author: 作者, 作家, 创始人,

发起人, 著者.

below: 下面, 以下.

bitters: 苦味.

brutes: 畜生.

cedar: 西洋杉, 雪松.

comes: 来.

corner: 角落, 隅, 棱, 角, 转角.

gesture: 比画, 姿势, 手势.

goes: 去.

hubbub: 嘈杂.

lace: 花边, 鞋带.

milk: 牛奶, 乳.

minute: 分钟, 详细, 分, 微小的,

渺小.



外边.

presently: 目前, 随即.

pulls: 拉.

renowned: 闻名, 大明鼎鼎, 著名的,

享有声誉.

stealthily: 悄悄地, 偷偷地, 偷偷.

upper: 帮子, 上面的.

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[Enter a band of young marquises.]

A MARQUIS [seeing that the hall is half empty]: What now! So we make our entrance like a pack of woolen-drapers! Peaceably, without disturbing the folk, or treading on their toes!--Oh, fie! Fie! [Recognizing some other gentlemen who have entered a little before him]: Cuigy! Brissaille!

[Greetings and embraces.]

CUIGY: True to our word!. . .Troth, we are here before the candles are lit.%

THE MARQUIS: Ay, indeed! Enough! I am of an ill humor.

ANOTHER: Nay, nay, Marquis! see, for your consolation, they are coming to light up!

ALL THE AUDIENCE [welcoming the entrance of the lighter]: Ah!. . .

[They form in groups round the lusters as they are lit. Some people have taken their seats in the galleries. Ligniere, a distinguished-looking roue, with disordered shirt-front arm-in-arm with christian de Neuvillette. Christian, who is dressed elegantly, but rather behind the fashion, seems preoccupied, and keeps looking at the boxes.]

SCENE 2

The same. Christian, Ligniere, then Ragueneau and Le Bret.

CUIGY: Ligniere!

BRISSAILLE [laughing]: Not drunk as yet?

Chinese Simplified

band: 乐队, 带, 带子, 绑带.

candles: 蜡烛.

christian: 基督教徒, 基督教.


consolation: 慰问, 慰藉, 安慰.

de: 可选择丢弃.

disordered: 混乱.

drunk: 喝了, 喝醉.

entrance: 入口, 大门, 入门.

fashion: 时尚, 方式, 时装.

folk: 民间, 人们.

gentlemen: 绅士.

greetings: 慰问.

groups: 组.


humor: 幽默, 风趣, 笑林.

ill: 生病, 不善, 不完全, 麻烦的,

拙劣的.

indeed: 的确, 确实, 果真.

keeps: 保持.


灯光, 点燃, 亮光.

lit: 点燃.

nay: 不.

pack: 包装, 包扎, 包, 背包.

preoccupied: 被先占的.

recognizing: 承认.

seats: 座位.

troth: 誓言.


LIGNIERE [aside to Christian]: I may introduce you? [Christian nods in assent]: Baron de Neuvillette.%

[Bows.]

THE AUDIENCE [applauding as the first luster is lighted and drawn up]: Ah!

CUIGY [to Brissaille, looking at Christian]: 'Tis a pretty fellow!

FIRST MARQUIS [who has overheard]: Pooh!

LIGNIERE [introducing them to Christian]: My lords De Cuigy. De Brissaille. . .

CHRISTIAN [bowing]: Delighted!. . .

FIRST MARQUIS [to second]: He is not ill to look at, but certes, he is not costumed in the latest mode.

LIGNIERE [to Cuigy]: This gentleman comes from Touraine.

CHRISTIAN: Yes, I have scarce been twenty days in Paris; tomorrow I join the Guards, in the Cadets.

FIRST MARQUIS [watching the people who are coming into the boxes]: There is the wife of the Chief-Justice.

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Oranges, milk. . .

THE VIOLINISTS [tuning up]: La--la--

CUIGY [to Christian, pointing to the hall, which is filling fast]: 'Tis crowded.

CHRISTIAN: Yes, indeed.

FIRST MARQUIS: All the great world!

[They recognize and name the different elegantly dressed ladies who enter the boxes, bowing low to them. The ladies send smiles in answer.]

SECOND MARQUIS: Madame de Guemenee.

Chinese Simplified

certes: 诚然.


crowded: 拥挤的.


fellow: 同伴, 伙伴.

filling: 馅儿, 填土, 填料, 装满.

gentleman: 绅士.


拙劣的.

introduce: 介绍.

join: 交接, 加入, 连结, 结合,

连接, 使结合, 参加, 接合, 接合点.

ladies: 女洗手间.

latest: 最新, 最新的.

lighted: 点燃.

lords: 主人.

low: 低, 卑下, 低廉, 浅的, 低的.

luster: 光泽.

milk: 牛奶, 乳.

mode: 方式, 模式, 状态.

nods: 点头.

pointing: 指, 瞄准.

pretty: 漂亮, 美丽的, 秀丽.

recognize: 承认, 认出, 辨认, 认得,

辨.

scarce: 稀少的.

send: 派遣, 派出, 送, 发送, 寄,

投, 派.

smiles: 微笑.

tomorrow: 明天, 未来, 明日.

twenty: 二十.

wife: 妻子, 太太, 爱人, 媳妇儿,

妻, 老婆.

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CUIGY: Madame de Bois-Dauphin.%

FIRST MARQUIS: Adored by us all!

BRISSAILLE: Madame de Chavigny. . .

SECOND MARQUIS: Who sports with our poor hearts!. . .

LIGNIERE: Ha! so Monsieur de Corneille has come back from Rouen!

THE YOUNG MAN [to his father]: Is the Academy here?

THE BURGHER: Oh, ay, I see several of them. There is Boudu, Boissat, and Cureau de la Chambre, Porcheres, Colomby, Bourzeys, Bourdon, Arbaud. . .all names that will live! 'Tis fine!

FIRST MARQUIS: Attention! Here come our precieuses; Barthenoide, Urimedonte, Cassandace, Felixerie. . .

SECOND MARQUIS: Ah! How exquisite their fancy names are! Do you know them all, Marquis?

FIRST MARQUIS: Ay, Marquis, I do, every one!

LIGNIERE [drawing Christian aside]: Friend, I but came here to give you pleasure. The lady comes not. I will betake me again to my pet vice.

CHRISTIAN [persuasively]: No, no! You, who are ballad-maker to Court and City alike, can tell me better than any who the lady is for whom I die of love. Stay yet awhile.

THE FIRST VIOLIN [striking his bow on the desk]: Gentlemen violinists!

[He raises his bow.]

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Macaroons, lemon-drink. . .

[The violins begin to play.]

Chinese Simplified

alike: 相同.

awhile: 一会儿.


兴办.

bow: 弓.


comes: 来.


die: 逝世, 不讳, 死.

exquisite: 绝妙, 优美的, 讲究,

玲珑.

fancy: 花俏, 想像力.

fine: 罚款, 罚金, 良好, 要得,

美好, 精美, 纤小, 纤细, 不赖,

优美, 美好的.

lady: 女士, 夫人.

live: 住, 活, 居住.

pet: 宠物.

pleasure: 欢乐, 乐趣, 愉快.

poor: 差, 贫穷, 穷, 差劲, 贫瘠,

贫穷的, 贫苦, 困苦.

raises: 加薪.

sports: 体育, 运动.

vice: 副, 用老虎钳夹紧, 恶习.


violins: 小提琴.

whom: 谁.


CHRISTIAN: Ah! I fear me she is coquettish, and over nice and fastidious! I, who am so poor of wit, how dare I speak to her--how address her? This language that they speak to-day--ay, and write--confounds me; I am but an honest soldier, and timid withal. She has ever her place, there, on the right--the empty box, see you!

LIGNIERE [making as if to go]: I must go.%

CHRISTIAN [detaining him]: Nay, stay.

LIGNIERE: I cannot. D'Assoucy waits me at the tavern, and here one dies of thirst.

THE BUFFET-GIRL [passing before him with a tray]: Orange drink?

LIGNIERE: Ugh!

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Milk?

LIGNIERE: Pah!

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Rivesalte?

LIGNIERE: Stay. [To Christian]: I will remain awhile.--Let me taste this rivesalte.

[He sits by the buffet; the girl pours some out for him.]

CRIES [from all the audience, at the entrance of a plump little man, joyously excited]: Ah! Ragueneau!

LIGNIERE [to Christian]: 'Tis the famous tavern-keeper Ragueneau.

RAGUENEAU [dressed in the Sunday clothes of a pastry-cook, going up quickly to Ligniere]: Sir, have you seen Monsieur de Cyrano?

LIGNIERE [introducing him to Christian]: The pastry-cook of the actors and the poets!

RAGUENEAU [overcome]: You do me too great honor. . .

Chinese Simplified

address: 地址, 致词, 演说.

audience: 听众.

box: 箱, 匣, 包厢, 拳击, 拳打.

buffet: 自助餐.

cannot: 不能, 不足, 不得, 不可,

不克, 未可.

clothes: 衣服, 服装, 西装, 件,

衣裳.

dare: 敢.

drink: 喝, 饮用, 饮, 饮料.

famous: 大明鼎鼎, 有名, 知名,

闻名, 着名, 著名的, 著名.

girl: 女孩, 姑娘, 女孩子.

honest: 诚实, 正直, 清廉, 刚正,

坦白, 正值, 诚实的, 体面, 廉洁,

深切.

honor: 荣誉, 荣耀, 尊严, 面子,

尊敬.

language: 语言.

nice: 和蔼, 可亲, 好, 尼斯.

plump: 饱满, 丰满, 扑通地坠下.

quickly: 很快, 快, 迅速地.

remain: 遗迹, 留下, 保持.

sits: 坐.

soldier: 士兵, 战士, 军人, 兵家.

speak: 说, 讲.

stay: 延缓, 逗留, 停留.

taste: 滋味, 品味, 味道, 尝味.

tavern: 客栈, 酒馆.

thirst: 口渴.

timid: 胆小, 胆怯, 胆怯的.

waits: 等待, 募捐合唱队.

wit: 风趣, 机智, 智慧.

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LIGNIERE: Nay, hold your peace, Maecenas that you are!

RAGUENEAU: True, these gentlemen employ me. . .%

LIGNIERE: On credit! He is himself a poet of a pretty talent. ..

RAGUENEAU: So they tell me.

LIGNIERE: --Mad after poetry!

RAGUENEAU: 'Tis true that, for a little ode. . .

LIGNIERE: You give a tart. . .

RAGUENEAU: Oh!--a tartlet!

LIGNIERE: Brave fellow! He would fain fain excuse himself! --And for a triolet, now, did you not give in exchange. . .

RAGUENEAU: Some little rolls!

LIGNIERE [severely]: They were milk-rolls! And as for the theater, which you love?

RAGUENEAU: Oh! to distraction!

LIGNIERE: How pay you your tickets, ha?--with cakes. Your place, to-night, come tell me in my ear, what did it cost you?

RAGUENEAU: Four custards, and fifteen cream-puffs. [He looks around on all sides]: Monsieur de Cyrano is not here? 'Tis strange.

LIGNIERE: Why so?

RAGUENEAU: Montfleury plays!

LIGNIERE: Ay, 'tis true that that old wine-barrel is to take Phedon's part to-night; but what matter is that to Cyrano?

Chinese Simplified

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

cost: 费用, 花费, 代价, 价款,

价钱是.

credit: 信用, 功劳.


distraction: 分心.

ear: 耳朵, 耳.

employ: 雇佣, 雇用, 聘用, 用.

exchange: 交流, 替换, 交换, 调换.

excuse: 包涵, 借口, 原谅.


fifteen: 十五.

gentlemen: 绅士.

hold: 握住, 持有, 把握, 包容,

认为, 保持.

looks: 样子, 姿容, 神态, 看.

matter: 事情, 事, 物质, 事项.

ode: 颂词.

peace: 和平.

poet: 诗人.

poetry: 诗, 诗歌.


rolls: 卷.

strange: 奇怪, 奇特, 陌生, 奇异的,

生疏.

talent: 才能, 天才, 天资, 才华.

tart: 果馅饼.


true: 真实, 确实, 确有其事, 真正,

属实, 对头, 真正的.


RAGUENEAU: How? Know you not? He has got a hot hate for Montfleury, and so!--has forbid him strictly to show his face on the stage for one whole month.%

LIGNIERE [drinking his fourth glass]: Well?

RAGUENEAU: Montfleury will play!

CUIGY: He can not hinder that.

RAGUENEAU: Oh! oh! that I have come to see!

FIRST MARQUIS: Who is this Cyrano?

CUIGY: A fellow well skilled in all tricks of fence.

SECOND MARQUIS: Is he of noble birth?

CUIGY: Ay, noble enough. He is a cadet in the Guards. [Pointing to a gentleman who is going up and down the hall as if searching for some one]: But 'tis his friend Le Bret, yonder, who can best tell you. [He calls him]: Le Bret! [Le Bret comes towards them]: Seek you for De Bergerac?

LE BRET: Ay, I am uneasy. . .

CUIGY: Is it not true that he is the strangest of men?

LE BRET [tenderly]: True, that he is the choicest of earthly beings!

RAGUENEAU: Poet!

CUIGY: Soldier!

BRISSAILLE: Philosopher!

LE BRET: Musician!

LIGNIERE: And of how fantastic a presence!

Chinese Simplified

birth: 出生, 起源, 诞生, 出身,

开始.

cadet: 军校学员.

choicest: 选择.

comes: 来.

earthly: 尘世的.

fantastic: 奇妙, 奇异的.



forbid: 不准, 禁止.

fourth: 第四, 第四的.

friend: 朋友, 熟人, 友人.

gentleman: 绅士.


hate: 厌恨, 忌恨, 恨, 嫌.

hinder: 妨碍.

hot: 热.

noble: 高贵, 高贵的, 贵族.




presence: 出席, 面前.

searching: 搜索, 彻底的, 搜索的.

skilled: 熟练, 谙练, 精明, 熟练的.


strictly: 严格地.

tricks: 戏法, 把戏.



uneasy: 不安, 担心, 不安的.

yonder: 那边.

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RAGENEAU: Marry, 'twould puzzle even our grim painter Philippe de Champaigne to portray him! Methinks, whimsical, wild, comical as he is, only Jacques Callot, now dead and gone, had succeeded better, and had made of him the maddest fighter of all his visored crew--with his triple-plumed beaver and six-pointed doublet--the sword-point sticking up 'neath his mantle like an insolent cocktail! He's prouder than all the fierce Artabans of whom Gascony has ever been and will ever be the prolific Alma Mater! Above his Toby ruff he carries a nose!--ah, good my lords, what a nose is his! When one sees it one is fain to cry aloud, 'Nay! 'tis too much! He plays a joke on us!' Then one laughs, says 'He will anon take it off.' But no!--Monsieur de Bergerac always keeps it on.%

LE BRET [throwing back his head]: He keeps it on--and cleaves in two any man who dares remark on it!

RAGUENEAU [proudly]: His sword--'tis one half of the Fates' shears!

FIRST MARQUIS [shrugging his shoulders]: He will not come!

RAGUENEAU: I say he will! and I wager a fowl--a la Ragueneau.

THE MARQUIS [laughing]: Good!

[Murmurs of admiration in hall. Roxane has just appeared in her box. She seats herself in front, the duenna at the back. Christian, who is paying the buffet-girl, does not see her entrance.]

SECOND MARQUIS [with little cries of joy]: Ah, gentlemen! she is fearfully--terribly--ravishing!

FIRST MARQUIS: When one looks at her one thinks of a peach smiling at a strawberry!

SECOND MARQUIS: And what freshness! A man approaching her too near might chance to get a bad chill at the heart!

Chinese Simplified

admiration: 赞赏, 羡慕.

aloud: 高声, 大声的.

appeared: 出现.

approaching: 临近, 未来, 接近.

beaver: 海狸, 河狸.

chill: 寒冷.

cocktail: 鸡尾酒.

comical: 滑稽, 滑稽的.

cry: 喊, 叫, 哭, 哭泣.

fierce: 猛烈, 凶猛, 暴烈, 激烈,

凶猛的, 凶恶, 剧烈.

fighter: 战士, 战斗机, 战斗者.

freshness: 新鲜.

front: 前面, 正面, 跟前, 战线,

阵地.

grim: 冷酷, 严峻, 冷酷的.

insolent: 粗野, 粗野无礼的.

joke: 笑话, 玩笑, 开玩笑.

laughs: 笑.

nose: 鼻子.

painter: 画家.

paying: 有利的, 合算的, 支付的.

peach: 桃子, 桃, 桃树.

portray: 画像, 描绘.

puzzle: 谜语, 难题.

remark: 评注, 评论.

ruff: 出王牌.

smiling: 微笑的.

strawberry: 草莓.

thinks: 想.

wager: 打赌, 赌注.

wild: 野, 猖披, 猖獗, 野生,

野性的.


CHRISTIAN [raising his head, sees Roxane, and catches Ligniere by the arm]: 'Tis she!

LIGNIERE: Ah! is it she?

CHRISTIAN: Ay, tell me quick--I am afraid.%

LIGNIERE [tasting his rivesalte in sips]: Magdaleine Robin--Roxane, so called! A subtle wit--a precieuse.

CHRISTIAN: Woe is me!

LIGNIERE: Free. An orphan. The cousin of Cyrano, of whom we were now speaking.

[At this moment an elegant nobleman, with blue ribbon across his breast, enters the box, and talks with Roxane, standing.]

CHRISTIAN [starting]: Who is yonder man?

LIGNIERE [who is becoming tipsy, winking at him]: Ha! ha! Count de Guiche. Enamored of her. But wedded to the niece of Armand de Richelieu. Would fain marry Roxane to a certain sorry fellow, one Monsieur de Valvert, a viscount--and--accommodating! She will none of that bargain; but De Guiche is powerful, and can persecute the daughter of a plain untitled gentleman. More by token, I myself have exposed this cunning plan of his to the world, in a song which. . .Ho! he must rage at me! The end hit home. . .Listen!

[He gets up staggering, and raises his glass, ready to sing.]

CHRISTIAN: No. Good-night.

LIGNIERE: Where go you?

CHRISTIAN: To Monsieur de Valvert!

LIGNIERE: Have a care! It is he who will kill you [showing him Roxane by a look]: Stay where you are--she is looking at you.

Chinese Simplified

bargain: 议价, 交易, 讨价还价.

blue: 蓝, 蓝色, 青.

breast: 奶子, 乳房, 胸, 胸部.

catches: 捕获数.

cousin: 表亲, 表哥, 堂表.

cunning: 狡猾, 狡诈, 狡猾的.

daughter: 女儿, 女孩儿, 闺女.

elegant: 高雅, 文雅, 优美, 讲究的,

优雅的.

exposed: 暴露的, 无掩蔽的.

glass: 玻璃, 杯子.

ha: 哈.

ho: 吓声.

kill: 打死, 杀害, 杀死.

listen: 听, 倾听.

marry: 结婚.

niece: 侄女, 甥女.

nobleman: 贵族, 君子.

orphan: 孤儿.

persecute: 迫害, 折磨.

plain: 平原.

powerful: 强大, 有力, 强劲,

强有力的.

rage: 愤怒, 怒火.

ribbon: 缎带, 带, 丝带, 带儿.

song: 歌, 歌曲, 歌儿.

sorry: 遗憾, 对不起.

subtle: 微妙, 微妙的.

talks: 会谈, 谈话.

tipsy: 喝醉.

token: 符记, 象征, 象徵, 标记.

untitled: 没有称号.

winking: 眨眼.

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CHRISTIAN: It is true!

[He stands looking at her. The group of pickpockets seeing him thus, head in air and open-mouthed, draw near to him.]

LIGNIERE: 'Tis I who am going. I am athirst! And they expect me--in the taverns!

[He goes out, reeling.]

LE BRET [who has been all round the hall, coming back to Ragueneau reassured]: No sign of Cyrano.%

RAGUENEAU [incredulously]: All the same. . .

LE BRET: A hope is left to me--that he has not seen the playbill!

THE AUDIENCE: Begin, begin!

SCENE 3

The same, all but Ligniere. De Guiche, Valvert, then Montfleury.

A MARQUIS [watching De Guiche, who comes down from Roxane's box, and crosses the pit surrounded by obsequious noblemen, among them the Viscount de Valvert]: He pays a fine court, your De Guiche!

ANOTHER: Faugh!. . .Another Gascon!

THE FIRST: Ay, but the cold, supple Gascon--that is the stuff success is made of! Believe me, we had best make our bow to him.

[They go toward De Guiche.]

Chinese Simplified



兴办.

bow: 弓.


cold: 冷, 感冒, 寒冷, 寒, 冷淡.

comes: 来.



draw: 画, 不分胜负, 描, 吸, 拉.

expect: 预期, 期待.



优美, 美好的.

goes: 去.


hope: 期望, 希望, 指望.

near: 近, 靠近, 接近, 比邻.

obsequious: 谄媚的.

pays: 支付.


playbill: 海报, 节目表.

seeing: 有鉴于.

sign: 符号, 标记, 署名, 牌子,

迹象, 标志, 签署, 手势, 旗.

stuff: 材料, 填塞, 职员.

success: 成功, 成就.

toward: 朝向.




SECOND MARQUIS: What fine ribbons! How call you the color, Count de Guiche? 'Kiss me, my darling,' or 'Timid Fawn?'

DE GUICHE: 'Tis the color called 'Sick Spaniard.'

FIRST MARQUIS: 'Faith! The color speaks truth, for, thanks to your valor, things will soon go ill for Spain in Flanders.%

DE GUICHE: I go on the stage! Will you come? [He goes toward the stage, followed by the marquises and gentlemen. Turning, he calls]: Come you Valvert!

CHRISTIAN [who is watching and listening, starts on hearing this name]: The Viscount! Ah! I will throw full in his face my. . . [He puts his hand in his pocket, and finds there the hand of a pickpocket who is about to rob him. He turns round]: Hey?

THE PICKPOCKET: Oh!

CHRISTIAN [holding him tightly]: I was looking for a glove.

THE PICKPOCKET [smiling piteously]: And you find a hand. [Changing his tone, quickly and in a whisper]: Let me but go, and I will deliver you a secret.

CHRISTIAN [still holding him]: What is it?

THE PICKPOCKET: Ligniere. . .he who has just left you. . .

CHRISTIAN [same play]: Well?

THE PICKPOCKET: His life is in peril. A song writ by him has given offense in high places-- and a hundred men--I am of them--are posted to-night. . .

CHRISTIAN: A hundred men! By whom posted?

THE PICKPOCKET: I may not say--a secret. . .

CHRISTIAN [shrugging his shoulders]: Oh!

Chinese Simplified

changing: 变化.


color: 颜色, 彩色.

deliver: 接生, 传达, 救.

finds: 找到.



优美, 美好的.

gentlemen: 绅士.

glove: 手套.

hearing: 听力, 听见.


拙劣的.

listening: 听.

offense: 罪行, 侵犯.

peril: 危险.

pickpocket: 扒手.


puts: 放.

rob: 抢劫.

secret: 秘密, 机密.


starts: 开始.

thanks: 感谢, 谢谢.

throw: 扔, 丢掉, 丢, 投.

tone: 音调, 笔调, 口气, 语气,

声调, 语调.

toward: 朝向.

truth: 真理, 实话.

valor: 勇气.

writ: 令状, 命令.

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THE PICKPOCKET [with great dignity]: . . .Of the profession.%

CHRISTIAN: Where are they posted?

THE PICKPOCKET: At the Porte de Nesle. On his way homeward. Warn him.

CHRISTIAN [letting go of his wrists]: But where can I find him?

THE PICKPOCKET: Run round to all the taverns--The Golden Wine Press, the Pine Cone, The Belt that Bursts, The Two Torches, The Three Funnels, and at each leave a word that shall put him on his guard.

CHRISTIAN: Good--I fly! Ah, the scoundrels! A hundred men 'gainst one! [Looking lovingly at Roxane]: Ah, to leave her!. . . [Looking with rage at Valvert]: and him!. . .But save Ligniere I must!

[He hurries out. De Guiche, the viscount, the marquises, have all disappeared behind the curtain to take their places on the benches placed on the stage. The pit is quite full; the galleries and boxes are also crowded.]

THE AUDIENCE: Begin!

A BURGHER [whose wig is drawn up on the end of a string by a page in the upper gallery]: My wig!

CRIES OF DELIGHT: He is bald! Bravo, pages--ha! ha! ha!. . .

THE BURGHER [furious, shaking his fist]: Young villain!

LAUGHTER AND CRIES [beginning very loud, and dying gradually away]: Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

[Total silence.]

LE BRET [astonished]: What means this sudden silence?. . . [A spectator says something to him in a low voice]: Is't true?

THE SPECTATOR: I have just heard it on good authority.

Chinese Simplified

authority: 大家, 权威, 权柄, 巨擘,

大权, 权威性, 职权, 当局, 权限,

权力.

bald: 光秃秃, 兀, 秃头的.

curtain: 布帘.

disappeared: 不见了, 消失.

dying: 不行了, 垂死, 垂死的.

fly: 蝇, 飞翔, 苍蝇, 飘扬, 飞,

飞行, 飞跑.

gradually: 逐渐, 渐次, 渐渐, 日趋,

逐渐地, 渐.

guard: 警卫, 警备, 把守, 保守,

守卫, 防卫, 警戒.

homeward: 回家.

hundred: 百, 佰.

hurries: 匆忙.

laughter: 笑声.

leave: 别离, 动身, 离开, 起身.




save: 节约, 节省, 省得, 救, 援救,

挽救, 保存.

shaking: 摇动.

spectator: 旁观, 观众.


sudden: 突然, 急剧, 突然的.

total: 整个, 全面, 总计, 全球,

总额, 总体, 总数, 全体, 合计.


viscount: 子爵.

wig: 假发.

word: 字, 词, 单词, 誓言.


MURMURS [spreading through the hall]: Hush! Is it he? No! Ay, I say! In the box with the bars in front! The Cardinal! The Cardinal! The Cardinal!

A PAGE: The devil! We shall have to behave ourselves. . .%

[A knock is heard upon the stage. Every one is motionless. A pause.]

THE VOICE OF A MARQUIS [in the silence, behind the curtain]: Snuff that candle!

ANOTHER MARQUIS [putting his head through the opening in the curtain]: A chair!

[A chair is passed from hand to hand, over the heads of the spectators. The marquis takes it and disappears, after blowing some kisses to the boxes.]

A SPECTATOR: Silence!

[Three knocks are heard on the stage. The curtain opens in the centre Tableau. The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the stage. The scene represents a pastoral landscape. Four little lusters light the stage; the violins play softly.]

LE BRET [in a low voice to Ragueneau]: Montfleury comes on the scene?

RAGUENEAU [also in a low voice]: Ay, 'tis he who begins.

LE BRET: Cyrano is not here.

RAGUENEAU: I have lost my wager.

LE BRET: 'Tis all the better!

[An air on the drone-pipes is heard, and Montfleury enters, enormously stout, in an Arcadian shepherd's dress, a hat wreathed with roses drooping over one ear, blowing into a ribboned drone pipe.]

THE PIT [applauding]: Bravo, Montfleury! Montfleury!

Chinese Simplified

attitudes: 态度.

begins: 开始.

behave: 举止, 表现, 行为.

blowing: 吹.

candle: 蜡烛.

chair: 椅子.

devil: 魔鬼, 妖怪, 鬼.

disappears: 消失.

dress: 服装, 打扮.

drone: 雄蜂, 嗡嗡.

enormously: 大大.

hat: 帽子.

heads: 头.


kisses: 吻.

knock: 敲, 敲撞.

landscape: 风景, 景色, 山水,

风景画, 地形.

lost: 遗失.

marquis: 侯爵, 侯爵夫人.

motionless: 不动, 不动的.

opening: 揭幕, 口, 打开, 孔,

开始.

opens: 打开.

ourselves: 我们自己, 我们.

pastoral: 牧人, 牧师的.

represents: 代表.

scene: 景色, 场面, 现场, 实况,

镜头, 景象, 幕, 情景.

silence: 沉默, 沈默, 悄静.

stout: 肥硕, 强壮的.

violins: 小提琴.


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MONTFLEURY [after bowing low, begins the part of Phedon]: 'Heureux qui loin des cours, dans un lieu solitaire, Se prescrit a soi-meme un exil volontaire, Et qui, lorsque Zephire a souffle sur les bois. . .'

A VOICE [from the middle of the pit]: Villain! Did I not forbid you to show your face here for month?

[General stupor. Every one turns round. Murmurs.]

DIFFERENT VOICES: Hey?--What?--What is't?. . .%

[The people stand up in the boxes to look.]

CUIGY: 'Tis he!

LE BRET [terrified]: Cyrano!

THE VOICE: King of clowns! Leave the stage this instant!

ALL THE AUDIENCE [indignantly]: Oh!

MONTFLEURY: But. . .

THE VOICE: Do you dare defy me?

DIFFERENT VOICES [from the pit and the boxes]: Peace! Enough!--Play on, Montfleury--fear nothing!

MONTFLEURY [in a trembling voice]: 'Heureux qui loin des cours, dans un lieu sol--'

THE VOICE [more fiercely]: Well! Chief of all the blackguards, must I come and give you a taste of my cane?

[A hand holding a cane starts up over the heads of the spectators.]

MONTFLEURY [in a voice that trembles more and more]: 'Heureux qui. . .'

[The cane is shaken.]

THE VOICE: Off the stage!

Chinese Simplified

begins: 开始.


dare: 敢.

defy: 否定, 违抗.


heads: 头.

instant: 即刻, 立即的, 瞬间.

loin: 腰肉.




month: 月, 月份.


solitaire: 独粒宝石.

souffle: 杂音.


stand: 站住, 主张, 架子, 站立, 耐,

站, 架.

starts: 开始.

stupor: 昏呆, 昏迷.


trembles: 发抖.

trembling: 发抖, 发抖的.


THE PIT: Oh!

MONTFLEURY [choking]: 'Heureux qui loin des cours. . .'

CYRANO [appearing suddenly in the pit, standing on a chair, his arms crossed, his beaver cocked fiercely, his mustache bristling, his nose terrible to see]: Ah! I shall be angry in a minute!. . .%

[Sensation.]

SCENE 4

The same. Cyrano, then Bellerose, Jodelet.

MONTFLEURY [to the marquises]: Come to my help, my lords!

A MARQUIS [carelessly]: Go on! Go on!

CYRANO: Fat man, take warning! If you go on, I Shall feel myself constrained to cuff your face!

THE MARQUIS: Have done!

CYRANO: And if these lords hold not their tongue Shall feel constrained to make them taste my cane!

ALL THE MARQUISES [rising]: Enough!. . .Montfleury. . .

CYRANO: If he goes not quick I will cut off his ears and slit him up!

A VOICE: But. . .

CYRANO: Out he goes!

Chinese Simplified

angry: 愤怒, 火儿, 生气, 生气的.

arms: 武器, 武装, 军备, 兵戈,

兵器, 军火, 兵戎.



chair: 椅子.

cuff: 袖口.

cut: 采伐, 切, 刀口, 伤口, 割, 截,

剪切, 切口.

ears: 耳朵.

goes: 去.


认为, 保持.

loin: 腰肉.

lords: 主人.

mustache: 须.

myself: 我自己.

nose: 鼻子.


quick: 快, 玲珑, 敏捷的, 迅速的.

standing: 站立, 地位.

suddenly: 忽然, 突然地, 骤, 猛然,

一下.


terrible: 可怕, 糟糕, 可怕的.

tongue: 舌头, 舌.

warning: 警报, 鉴戒, 警告.

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ANOTHER VOICE: Yet. . .%

CYRANO: Is he not gone yet? [He makes the gesture of turning up his cuffs]: Good! I shall mount the stage now, buffet-wise, To carve this fine Italian sausage--thus!

MONTFLEURY [trying to be dignified]: You outrage Thalia in insulting me!

CYRANO [very politely]: If that Muse, Sir, who knows you not at all, Could claim acquaintance with you--oh, believe [Seeing how urn-like, fat, and slow you are] That she would make you taste her buskin's sole!

THE PIT: Montfleury! Montfleury! Come--Baro's play!

CYRANO [to those who are calling out]: I pray you have a care! If you go on My scabbard soon will render up its blade!

[The circle round him widens.]

THE CROWD [drawing back]: Take care!

CYRANO [to Montfleury]: Leave the stage!

THE CROWD [coming near and grumbling]: Oh!--

CYRANO: Did some one speak?

[They draw back again.]

A VOICE [singing at the back]: Monsieur de Cyrano Displays his tyrannies: A fig for tyrants! What, ho! Come! Play us 'La Clorise!'

ALL THE PIT [singing]: 'La Clorise!' 'La Clorise!'. . .

CYRANO: Let me but hear once more that foolish rhyme, I slaughter every man of you.

A BURGHER: Oh! Samson?

CYRANO: Yes Samson! Will you lend your jawbone, Sir?

Chinese Simplified

acquaintance: 相识, 熟人, 熟知,

相识者.

blade: 刀叶, 刀片.

carve: 雕刻, 雕塑.

circle: 圆, 圈, 循环, 圈子, 圆圈.

claim: 宣称, 要求, 索求.


fat: 档案分配区, 肥, 油脂, 肥胖,

脂肪.

fig: 无花果.

foolish: 愚蠢的.


gone: 去.

hear: 听见, 听取, 听.

ho: 吓声.

jawbone: 颚骨.

knows: 知道.

lend: 借出, 借.

mount: 安装, 登, 装配.

outrage: 暴行, 使愤慨.

pray: 祈祷.

render: 呈送, 提出理由.

rhyme: 韵, 押韵, 压韵.

scabbard: 鞘.

slaughter: 杀戮, 宰杀, 屠杀, 残杀.

slow: 慢, 缓慢, 迟慢, 迟钝, 迟迟,

迟缓.

sole: 唯一, 单一, 唯一的, 惟一,

跖, 鞋底.

soon: 不久, 最近, 眼看, 快, 近期,

早, 早日.


turning: 旋转.


A%LADY [in the boxes]: Outrageous!

A LORD: Scandalous!

A BURGHER: 'Tis most annoying!

A PAGE: Fair good sport!

THE PIT: Kss!--Montfleury. . .Cyrano!

CYRANO: Silence!

THE PIT [wildly excited]: Ho-o-o-o-h! Quack! Cock-a-doodle-doo!

CYRANO: I order--

A PAGE: Miow!

CYRANO: I order silence, all! And challenge the whole pit collectively!-- I write your names!--Approach, young heroes, here! Each in his turn! I cry the numbers out!-- Now which of you will come to ope the lists? You, Sir? No! You? No! The first duellist Shall be dispatched by me with honors due! Let all who long for death hold up their hands! [A silence]: Modest? You fear to see my naked blade? Not one name?--Not one hand?--Good, I proceed! [Turning toward the stage, where Montfleury waits in an agony]: The theater's too full, congested,--I Would clear it out. . .If not. . . [Puts his hand on his sword]: The knife must act!

MONTFLEURY: I. . .

CYRANO [leaves his chair, and settles himself in the middle of the circle which has formed]: I will clap my hands thrice, thus--full moon! At the third clap, eclipse yourself!

THE PIT [amused]: Ah!

CYRANO [clapping his hands]: One!

MONTFLEURY: I. . .

Chinese Simplified

annoying: 可气, 恼火.

blade: 刀叶, 刀片.

chair: 椅子.

challenge: 挑战.

circle: 圆, 圈, 循环, 圈子, 圆圈.

clap: 拍手, 拍.


due: 会费, 应该.

eclipse: 日蚀, 月蚀, 蚀.


害怕.

heroes: 英雄.

honors: 尊敬.

knife: 刀子, 刀, 餐刀.



moon: 月亮, 月球, 月.

naked: 赤裸裸, 裸体的.

numbers: 民数记, 数据.


proceed: 进行, 继续进行, 着手,

前进.

puts: 放.


sport: 运动.

thrice: 三次, 三倍的.

toward: 朝向.

turning: 旋转.


write: 撰写, 写, 编着, 写作,

写信给, 书写, 书写器, 写字, 作曲.

yourself: 你自己.

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A VOICE [in the boxes]: Stay!

THE PIT: He stays. . .he goes. . .he stays. . .%

MONTFLEURY: I think. . .Gentlemen,. . .

CYRANO: Two!

MONTFLEURY: I think 'twere wisest. . .

CYRANO: Three!

[Montfleury disappears as through a trap. Tempest of laughs, whistling cries, etc.]

THE WHOLE HOUSE: Coward. . .come back!

CYRANO [delighted, sits back in his chair, arms crossed]: Come back an if you dare!

A BURGHER: Call for the orator!

[Bellerose comes forward and bows.]

THE BOXES: Ah! here's Bellerose!

BELLEROSE [elegantly]: My noble lords. . .

THE PIT: No! no! Jodelet!

JODELET [advancing, speaking through his nose]: Calves!

THE PIT: Ah! bravo! good! go on!

JODELET: No bravos, Sirs! The fat tragedian whom you all love Felt. . .

THE PIT: Coward!

JODELET: . . .was obliged to go.

THE PIT: Come back!

Chinese Simplified



chair: 椅子.

comes: 来.

dare: 敢.

disappears: 消失.


脂肪.

forward: 向前, 前言, 在前, 引言,

前进的.

goes: 去.

laughs: 笑.

lords: 主人.


orator: 演说者.

sits: 坐.

stays: 停留.

tragedian: 悲剧演员.

trap: 圈套, 陷阱, 阱.

whistling: 吹口哨, 吹笛.

whom: 谁.


SOME: No!

OTHERS: Yes!

A YOUNG MAN [to Cyrano]: But pray, Sir, for what reason, say, Hate you Montfleury?

CYRANO [graciously, still seated]: Youthful gander, know I have two reasons--either will suffice. Primo. An actor villainous! who mouths, And heaves up like a bucket from a well The verses that should, bird-like, fly! Secundo-- That is my secret. . .%

THE OLD BURGHER [behind him]: Shameful! You deprive us Of the 'Clorise!' I must insist. . .

CYRANO [turning his chair toward the burgher, respectfully]: Old mule! The verses of old Baro are not worth A doit! I'm glad to interrupt. . .

THE PRECIEUSES [in the boxes]: Our Baro!-- My dear! How dares he venture!. . .

CYRANO [turning his chair toward the boxes gallantly]: Fairest ones, Radiate, bloom, hold to our lips the cup Of dreams intoxicating, Hebe-like! Or, when death strikes, charm death with your sweet smiles; Inspire our verse, but--criticise it not!

BELLEROSE: We must give back the entrance fees!

CYRANO [turning his chair toward the stage]: Bellerose, You make the first intelligent remark! Would I rend Thespis' sacred mantle? Nay! [He rises and throws a bag on the stage]: Catch then the purse I throw, and hold your peace!

THE HOUSE [dazzled]: Ah! Oh!

JODELET [catching the purse dexterously and weighing it]: At this price, you've authority To come each night, and stop 'Clorise,' Sir!

Chinese Simplified

actor: 艺人, 男演员.

bag: 袋子, 袋, 手提包, 提包, 囊.

bloom: 花开, 开花.

bucket: 水桶, 桶.

charm: 魅力, 迷人.

cup: 杯, 茶杯, 杯子.

dear: 亲爱, 亲爱的, 可爱的.

deprive: 剥夺.

doit: 几文钱.

dreams: 梦想.

gander: 雄鹅.

glad: 高兴, 高兴的.

insist: 坚持.

intelligent: 聪明, 懂事, 智能,

聪明的, 理解力强的, 伶俐.

interrupt: 中断, 干扰.

intoxicating: 醉人.

lips: 嘴唇.

mouths: 口.

mule: 骡子.

price: 价钱, 价格, 代价, 价目.

purse: 钱包, 钱袋, 囊.

reason: 理由, 道理, 原因, 缘故,

缘由, 情理.

rend: 撕碎.

sacred: 神圣, 神圣的.

stop: 停止, 终止, 截止, 站.

strikes: 打击.

sweet: 甜, 甜食, 糖果.

verse: 诗, 韵文, 诗节, 散文.

villainous: 卑劣的.

weighing: 称量.

worth: 价值, 值, 值得.

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THE PIT: Ho!. . .Ho! Ho!. . .%

JODELET: E'en if you chase us in a pack!. . .

BELLEROSE: Clear out the hall!. . .

JODELET: Get you all gone at once!

[The people begin to go out, while Cyrano looks on with satisfaction. But the crowd soon stop on hearing the following scene, and remain where they are. The women, who, with their mantles on, are already standing up in the boxes, stop to listen, and finally reseat themselves.]

LE BRET [to Cyrano]: 'Tis mad!. . .

A BORE [coming up to Cyrano]: The actor Montfleury! 'Tis shameful! Why, he's protected by the Duke of Candal! Have you a patron?

CYRANO: No!

THE BORE: No patron?. . .

CYRANO: None!

THE BORE: What! no great lord to shield you with his name?

CYRANO [irritated]: No, I have told you twice! Must I repeat? No! no protector. . . [His hand on his sword]: A protectress. . .here!

THE BORE: But you must leave the town?

CYRANO: Well, that depends!

THE BORE: The Duke has a long arm!

CYRANO: But not so long As mine, when it is lengthened out. . . [Shows his sword]: As thus!

THE BORE: You think not to contend?

Chinese Simplified


arm: 手臂, 膀子, 臂膀, 臂, 膀臂,

胳膊, 肩膀, 武器.


兴办.

chase: 追逐, 驱赶.

contend: 斗争, 争执.

crowd: 人群.

depends: 依赖.

finally: 最后, 到底, 终于, 最後,

总算.

hearing: 听力, 听见.

ho: 吓声.

lengthened: 延长.


lord: 贵族, 洛德, 主人.

mine: 矿, 我的, 矿山, 矿井.

patron: 支持者.

protected: 保护.

protector: 保护者.

protectress: 女保护者.


repeat: 重复, 复述, 复诵, 重做.

satisfaction: 满意.



shameful: 不体面, 丢脸的.

shield: 盾, 屏蔽, 庇护, 包庇, 庇,

掩护, 盾牌.

shows: 显示.


town: 城镇, 城市, 市镇.

twice: 两次.


CYRANO: 'Tis my idea!

THE BORE: But. . .%

CYRANO: Show your heels! now!

THE BORE: But I. . .

CYRANO: Or tell me why you stare so at my nose!

THE BORE [staggered]: I. . .

CYRANO [walking straight up to him]: Well, what is there strange?

THE BORE [drawing back]: Your Grace mistakes!

CYRANO: How now? Is't soft and dangling, like a trunk?. . .

THE BORE [same play]: I never. . .

CYRANO: Is it crook'd, like an owl's beak?

THE BORE: I. . .

CYRANO: Do you see a wart upon the tip?

THE BORE: Nay. . .

CYRANO: Or a fly, that takes the air there? What Is there to stare at?

THE BORE: Oh. . .

CYRANO: What do you see?

THE BORE: But I was careful not to look--knew better.

CYRANO: And why not look at it, an if you please?

THE BORE: I was. . .

CYRANO: Oh! it disgusts you!

THE BORE: Sir!

Chinese Simplified


beak: 鸟嘴, 喙.

careful: 小心, 仔细, 不苟, 慎重,

周密, 小心的, 精细, 细心, 细致.

disgusts: 憎恶.


飞行, 飞跑.

nose: 鼻子.

please: 请, 使高兴.

soft: 柔软, 柔和, 柔软的.

stare: 凝视.

straight: 直, 海峡, 迳直, 直接,

笔直, 一直.


生疏.

takes: 拿, 取走.

tip: 小费, 尖端, 尾端.

wart: 疣, 赘疣.

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CYRANO: Its hue Unwholesome seems to you?

THE BORE: Sir!

CYRANO: Or its shape?

THE BORE: No, on the contrary!. . .%

CYRANO: Why then that air Disparaging?--perchance you think it large?

THE BORE [stammering]: No, small, quite small--minute!

CYRANO: Minute! What now? Accuse me of a thing ridiculous! Small--my nose?

THE BORE: Heaven help me!

CYRANO: 'Tis enormous! Old Flathead, empty-headed meddler, know That I am proud possessing such appendice. 'Tis well known, a big nose is indicative Of a soul affable, and kind, and courteous, Liberal, brave, just like myself, and such As you can never dare to dream yourself, Rascal contemptible! For that witless face That my hand soon will come to cuff--is all As empty. . .

[He cuffs him.]

THE BORE: Aie!

CYRANO: --of pride, of aspiration, Of feeling, poetry--of godlike spark Of all that appertains to my big nose, [He turns him by the shoulders, suiting the action to the word]: As. . .what my boot will shortly come and kick!

THE BORE [running away]: Help! Call the Guard!

CYRANO: Take notice, boobies all, Who find my visage's center ornament A thing to jest at--that it is my wont-- An if the jester's noble--ere we part To let him taste my steel, and not my boot!

Chinese Simplified

affable: 亲切友好的.

appertains: 属于.

aspiration: 抱负, 意愿, 志愿, 渴望,

热望.

boot: 长靴, 靴子.

brave: 勇敢, 勇敢的, 勇士.

contemptible: 卑鄙, 可鄙的.

courteous: 有礼貌, 有礼的.

cuffs: 袖口.

dream: 梦寐, 梦见, 做梦, 梦想.

empty-headed: 没有头脑的.

enormous: 极大, 庞大, 巨大,

巨大的.

godlike: 庄严的.

hue: 色调, 色.

indicative: 指示.

jest: 玩笑, 笑话, 戏弄, 戏谑.

kick: 踢.

ornament: 装饰物, 装饰品.

possessing: 占有.

pride: 自豪, 骄傲.

proud: 傲岸, 骄矜, 骄傲的,

自豪的.

ridiculous: 荒谬, 荒谬的, 岂有此理,

可笑的.

shape: 形状, 形式, 外形, 型状,

形态, 塑造, 使成形, 成形.

shortly: 不久, 早日.

shoulders: 肩, 双肩.

soul: 灵魂.

spark: 触发, 火花.

steel: 钢, 钢铁.


DE GUICHE [who, with the marquises, has come down from the stage]: But he becomes a nuisance!

THE VISCOUNT DE VALVERT [shrugging his shoulders]: Swaggerer!

DE GUICHE: Will no one put him down?. . .%

THE VISCOUNT: No one? But wait! I'll treat him to. . .one of my quips!. . .See here!. . . [He goes up to Cyrano, who is watching him, and with a conceited air]: Sir, your nose is. . .hmm. . .it is. . .very big!

CYRANO [gravely]: Very!

THE VISCOUNT [laughing]: Ha!

CYRANO [imperturbably]: Is that all?. . .

THE VISCOUNT: What do you mean?

CYRANO: Ah no! young blade! That was a trifle short! You might have said at least a hundred things By varying the tone. . .like this, suppose,. . . Aggressive: 'Sir, if I had such a nose I'd amputate it!' Friendly: 'When you sup It must annoy you, dipping in your cup; You need a drinking-bowl of special shape!' Descriptive: ''Tis a rock!. . .a peak!. . .a cape! --A cape, forsooth! 'Tis a peninsular!' Curious: 'How serves that oblong capsular? For scissor-sheath? Or pot to hold your ink?' Gracious: 'You love the little birds, I think? I see you've managed with a fond research To find their tiny claws a roomy perch!' Truculent: 'When you smoke your pipe. . .suppose That the tobacco-smoke spouts from your nose-- Do not the neighbors, as the fumes rise higher, Cry terror-struck: "The chimney is afire"?' Considerate: 'Take care,. . .your head bowed low By such a weight. . .lest head o'er heels you go!' Tender: 'Pray get a small umbrella made, Lest its bright color in the sun should fade!' Pedantic: 'That beast Aristophanes Names Hippocamelelephantoles Must have possessed just such a solid lump Of flesh and bone, beneath his forehead's bump!' Cavalier: 'The last fashion, friend, that hook? To hang your hat on? 'Tis a useful crook!'

Chinese Simplified

annoy: 苦恼, 生气, 恼火.

beast: 野兽, 动物.

beneath: 在下方, 之下, 下面.

birds: 禽, 禽类, 鸟.

bone: 骨头, 骨, 骨法.

bowed: 有弓的.

bright: 聪明, 光明, 光亮, 光明的,

鲜明.

cape: 海角, 岬.

chimney: 烟囱, 烟窗.

conceited: 自负, 骄傲, 狂想的,

逞能的, 自负的.

dipping: 药浴.

flesh: 肉, 血肉, 肌肉.

fond: 喜欢.

hang: 挂, 悬挂.

hook: 钩, 钩子.

least: 最少, 至少, 最少的.

lest: 唯恐.

lump: 块状, 块, 疙瘩.

nuisance: 损害, 讨厌的事物.

pipe: 管, 管子, 筒, 喉管.

pot: 壶, 罐, 锅.

roomy: 广阔的.

smoke: 烟, 抽烟, 烟雾, 硝烟,

吸烟, 熏.

solid: 固体, 立体, 固体的, 坚硬,

扎实, 实心的, 坚固的, 坚实.

tiny: 系小, 微型, 癣, 渺小, 微小.

treat: 对待.

trifle: 琐事, 小事.

umbrella: 雨伞, 伞.

varying: 时大时小, 变化.

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Emphatic: % 'No wind, O majestic nose, Can give THEE cold!--save when the mistral blows!' Dramatic: 'When it bleeds, what a Red Sea!' Admiring: 'Sign for a perfumery!' Lyric: 'Is this a conch?. . .a Triton you?' Simple: 'When is the monument on view?' Rustic: 'That thing a nose? Marry-come-up! 'Tis a dwarf pumpkin, or a prize turnip!' Military: 'Point against cavalry!' Practical: 'Put it in a lottery! Assuredly 'twould be the biggest prize!' Or. . .parodying Pyramus' sighs. . . 'Behold the nose that mars the harmony Of its master's phiz! blushing its treachery!' --Such, my dear sir, is what you might have said, Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!--of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!--they spell Ass! And--had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience. . .e'en so, You would not have been let to utter one-- Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest! I take them from myself all in good part, But not from any other man that breathes!

DE GUICHE [trying to draw away the dismayed viscount]: Come away, Viscount!

THE VISCOUNT [choking with rage]: Hear his arrogance! A country lout who. . .who. . .has got no gloves! Who goes out without sleeve-knots, ribbons, lace!

CYRANO: True; all my elegances are within. I do not prank myself out, puppy-like; My toilet is more thorough, if less gay; I would not sally forth--a half-washed-out Affront upon my cheek--a conscience Yellow-eyed, bilious, from its sodden sleep, A ruffled honor,. . .scruples grimed and dull! I show no bravery of shining gems. Truth, Independence, are my fluttering plumes. 'Tis not my form I lace to make me slim, But brace my soul with efforts as with stays, Covered with exploits, not with ribbon-knots, My spirit bristling high like your mustaches, I, traversing the crowds and chattering groups Make Truth ring bravely out like clash of spurs!

THE VISCOUNT: But, Sir. . .

Chinese Simplified

arrogance: 骄气, 气焰.

atom: 原子.

bleeds: 流血.

blushing: 忸怩, 脸红.

brace: 支柱.

bravely: 勇敢地.

bravery: 英勇.

breathes: 呼吸.

clash: 冲突.

crowds: 人群.

dwarf: 矮子, 矮星, 侏儒.

exploits: 功业.

fluttering: 颤动.

gloves: 手套.

harmony: 调和, 和谐, 协调.

lamentable: 可悲, 可悲的.

lottery: 抽彩给奖法.

majestic: 崇高, 壮丽, 雄壮,

雄伟的, 盛大, 浩浩荡荡.

monument: 纪念碑.

pleasantries: 幽默.

prank: 闹剧.

pumpkin: 南瓜.

quote: 引证, 引用, 援引, 摘引,

引述.

shining: 彪炳, 发亮.

sighs: 叹息.

slim: 瘦长, 纤细, 苗条的.

sodden: 烂.

spurs: 刺激.

thorough: 彻底, 深入, 彻底的,

周密.

utter: 说出, 说.


CYRANO: I wear no gloves? And what of that? I had one,. . .remnant of an old worn pair, And, knowing not what else to do with it, I threw it in the face of. . .some young fool.%

THE VISCOUNT: Base scoundrel! Rascally flat-footed lout!

CYRANO [taking off his hat, and bowing as if the viscount had introduced himself]: Ah?. . .and I, Cyrano Savinien Hercule de Bergerac

[Laughter.]

THE VISCOUNT [angrily]: Buffoon!

CYRANO [calling out as if he had been seized with the cramp]: Aie! Aie!

THE VISCOUNT [who was going away, turns back]: What on earth is the fellow saying now?

CYRANO [with grimaces of pain]: It must be moved--it's getting stiff, I vow, --This comes of leaving it in idleness! Aie!. . .

THE VISCOUNT: What ails you?

CYRANO: The cramp! cramp in my sword!

THE VISCOUNT [drawing his sword]: Good!

CYRANO: You shall feel a charming little stroke!

THE VISCOUNT [contemptuously]: Poet!. . .

CYRANO: Ay, poet, Sir! In proof of which, While we fence, presto! all extempore I will compose a ballade.

THE VISCOUNT: A ballade?

CYRANO: Belike you know not what a ballade is.

THE VISCOUNT: But. . .

Chinese Simplified

charming: 迷人, 迷人的.

comes: 来.

compose: 撰写, 组成, 排字, 作曲.

cramp: 夹子, 扒钉, 钳.


extempore: 即席的, 即席之作.



gloves: 手套.

hat: 帽子.

idleness: 怠惰, 游手好闲.

knowing: 博学的, 知道.

pair: 对, 一对, 双.

poet: 诗人.

presto: 急板.

proof: 证据, 证明, 证, 论证.

remnant: 遗物, 残余, 剩余.

saying: 名言, 说.

scoundrel: 无籁, 坏蛋, 无赖.

stiff: 僵硬, 板滞, 僵硬的.

stroke: 笔锋, 冲程, 打击, 行程,

敲打, 笔划.

sword: 剑.

threw: 丢了.

viscount: 子爵.

vow: 发誓, 誓约.

wear: 穿带, 穿.

worn: 穿.

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CYRANO [reciting, as if repeating a lesson]: Know then that the ballade should contain Three eight-versed couplets. . .%

THE VISCOUNT [stamping]: Oh!

CYRANO [still reciting]: And an envoi Of four lines. . .

THE VISCOUNT: You. . .

CYRANO: I'll make one while we fight; And touch you at the final line.

THE VISCOUNT: No!

CYRANO: No? [declaiming]: The duel in Hotel of Burgundy--fought By De Bergerac and a good-for-naught!

THE VISCOUNT: What may that be, an if you please?

CYRANO: The title.

THE HOUSE [in great excitement]: Give room!--Good sport!--Make place!--Fair play!--No noise!

[Tableau. A circle of curious spectators in the pit; the marquises and officers mingled with the common people; the pages climbing on each other's shoulders to see better. All the women standing up in the boxes. To the right, De Guiche and his retinue. Left, Le Bret, Ragueneau, Cyrano, etc.]

CYRANO [shutting his eyes for a second]: Wait while I choose my rhymes. . .I have them now! [He suits the action to each word]: I gayly doff my beaver low, And, freeing hand and heel, My heavy mantle off I throw, And I draw my polished steel; Graceful as Phoebus, round I wheel, Alert as Scaramouch, A word in your ear, Sir Spark, I steal-- At the envoi's end, I touch! [They engage]: Better for you had you lain low; Where skewer my cock? In the heel?-- In the heart, your ribbon blue below?-- In the hip, and make you kneel? Ho for the music of clashing steel! --What now?--A hit? Not much! 'Twill be in the paunch the stroke I steal, When, at the envoi, I touch.

Chinese Simplified

choose: 挑选, 选择, 拣, 推举,

推选, 选定, 选取.

climbing: 攀登, 上升的.

cock: 公鸡.

contain: 包含, 遏制, 容纳, 包藏,

包容, 含有, 满怀.

curious: 有好奇心, 好奇, 好奇的.

duel: 决斗.

fight: 打, 打仗, 斗争, 斗, 打架,

战斗, 奋斗.

final: 最终, 最后, 最后的, 最後.

freeing: 自由化.

heart: 心, 心脏, 中心, 胸, 内心.

heavy: 重, 沉重, 笨重, 沈重, 沉闷.

heel: 脚跟, 踵, 踝部.

hip: 臀部.

kneel: 跪, 下跪.

lain: 躺.

lines: 行数.

music: 音乐, 民乐, 曲子.

noise: 噪音, 噪声, 响声, 吵闹声,

吵声.

officers: 官员.

polished: 优美的, 精练的, 擦亮的.

repeating: 反复的.

retinue: 扈从.

steal: 偷窃, 盗窃, 偷, 窃取.

tableau: 场面.

title: 锦标, 标题, 题目, 称号,

职称.

touch: 触摸, 笔锋, 触, 联系, 碰,

接触.

wheel: 轮子, 轮, 车轮.


Oh, %for a rhyme, a rhyme in o?-- You wriggle, starch-white, my eel? A rhyme! a rhyme! The white feather you SHOW! Tac! I parry the point of your steel; --The point you hoped to make me feel; I open the line, now clutch Your spit, Sir Scullion--slow your zeal! At the envoi's end, I touch. [He declaims solemnly]: Envoi. Prince, pray Heaven for your soul's weal! I move a pace--lo, such! and such! Cut over--feint! [Thrusting]: What ho! You reel? [The viscount staggers. Cyrano salutes]: At the envoi's end, I touch!

[Acclamations. Applause in the boxes. Flowers and handkerchiefs are thrown down. The officers surround Cyrano, congratulating him. Ragueneau dances for joy. Le Bret is happy, but anxious. The viscount's friends hold him up and bear him away.]

THE CROWD [with one long shout]: Ah!

A TROOPER: 'Tis superb!

A WOMAN: A pretty stroke!

RAGUENEAU: A marvel!

A MARQUIS: A novelty!

LE BRET: O madman!

THE CROWD [presses round Cyrano. Chorus of]: Compliments! Bravo! Let me congratulate!. . .Quite unsurpassed!. . .

A WOMAN'S VOICE: There is a hero for you!. . .

A MUSKETEER [advancing to Cyrano with outstretched hand]: Sir, permit; Naught could be finer--I'm a judge I think; I stamped, i' faith!--to show my admiration!

[He goes away.]

CYRANO [to Cuigy]: Who is that gentleman?

Chinese Simplified

anxious: 焦急, 巴不得, 担心,

焦虑的.

bear: 熊, 忍受, 背负, 忍耐, 承担,

担负, 空头, 堪.

clutch: 抓, 离合器.

congratulating: 祝贺.

dances: 跳舞.

eel: 鳗鱼, 鳝鱼.

feather: 羽毛.

happy: 快乐, 愉快, 幸福, 快活,

美好, 欢乐, 高兴, 快乐的, 喜悦,

舒畅, 愉快的.

hero: 英雄.

joy: 乐趣, 快乐, 高兴, 喜悦.

judge: 法官, 裁判, 判定, 判断,

审判员.

madman: 狂人, 疯子.

marvel: 奇事, 奇景, 奇迹.

move: 步骤, 搬家, 移动, 一举,

运动, 感动, 开动, 移.

novelty: 新奇的事物.

outstretched: 伸开的.

permit: 容许, 允许, 许可.

reel: 卷轴.

rhyme: 韵, 押韵, 压韵.

spit: 吐痰, 沙嘴, 岬.

superb: 极好, 极好的.

surround: 包围, 围住, 围绕.

thrown: 丢.

viscount: 子爵.

weal: 幸福.

wriggle: 蠕动前进.

zeal: 热心, 热诚, 热忱, 积极性.

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CUIGY: Why--D'Artagnan!

LE BRET [to Cyrano, taking his arm]: A word with you!. . .%

CYRANO: Wait; let the rabble go!. . . [To Bellerose]: May I stay?

BELLEROSE [respectfully]: Without doubt!

[Cries are heard outside.]

JODELET [who has looked out]: They hoot Montfleury!

BELLEROSE [solemnly]: Sic transit!. . . [To the porters]: Sweep--close all, but leave the lights. We sup, but later on we must return, For a rehearsal of to-morrow's farce.

[Jodelet and Bellerose go out, bowing low to Cyrano.]

THE PORTER [to Cyrano]: You do not dine, Sir?

CYRANO: No.

[The porter goes out.]

LE BRET: Because?

CYRANO [proudly]: Because. . . [Changing his tone as the porter goes away]: I have no money!. . .

LE BRET [with the action of throwing a bag]: How! The bag of crowns?. . .

CYRANO: Paternal bounty, in a day, thou'rt sped!

LE BRET: How live the next month?. . .

CYRANO: I have nothing left.

LE BRET: Folly!

CYRANO: But what a graceful action! Think!

THE BUFFET-GIRL [coughing, behind her counter]: Hum!

Chinese Simplified


bounty: 恩惠, 慷慨.

changing: 变化.

dine: 用膳, 吃晚餐, 进餐.

doubt: 怀疑, 疑.

farce: 趣剧, 闹剧.

goes: 去.

graceful: 优雅, 优美, 优雅的,

优美的.

heard: 听见.

hoot: 叫嚣, 鸣叫, 不满的叫嚣声.


lights: 灯火.



porter: 杂工, 搬运工人.

rabble: 乌合之众.

rehearsal: 排练, 排演.

return: 退还, 回来, 回去, 归还,

重回, 重返, 回报, 还回, 返回.



声调, 语调.



[Cyrano and Le Bret turn. She comes timidly forward]: Sir, my heart mislikes to know you fast. [Showing the buffet]: See, all you need. Serve yourself!

CYRANO [taking off his hat]: Gentle child, Although my Gascon pride would else forbid To take the least bestowal from your hands, My fear of wounding you outweighs that pride, And bids accept. . .%

[He goes to the buffet]: A trifle!. . .These few grapes. [She offers him the whole bunch. He takes a few]: Nay, but this bunch!. . . [She tries to give him wine, but he stops her]: A glass of water fair!. . . And half a macaroon!

[He gives back the other half.]

LE BRET: What foolery!

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Take something else!

CYRANO: I take your hand to kiss.

[He kisses her hand as though she were a princess.]

THE BUFFET-GIRL: Thank you, kind Sir! [She courtesies]: Good-night.

[She goes out.]

SCENE 5

Cyrano, Le Bret.

CYRANO [to Le Bret]: Now talk--I listen.

Chinese Simplified

accept: 将就, 接受, 采纳, 受,

同意.

bestowal: 赠与.

bids: 投标.

bunch: 束, 串.

comes: 来.

fast: 快, 禁食, 快速, 迅速, 速.


害怕.

few: 少数, 很少.



goes: 去.

hands: 手.



kisses: 吻.



macaroon: 小杏仁饼干.

offers: 提供.


stops: 停止.

takes: 拿, 取走.

turn: 转动, 转弯.

wine: 酒, 葡萄酒, 水果酒,

酒色财气.


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[He stands at the buffet, and placing before him first the macaroon]: Dinner!. . .%

[then the grapes]: Dessert!. . . [then the glass of water]: Wine!. . . [he seats himself]: So! And now to table! Ah! I was hungry, friend, nay, ravenous! [eating]: You said--?

LE BRET: These fops, would-be belligerent, Will, if you heed them only, turn your head!. . . Ask people of good sense if you would know The effect of your fine insolence--

CYRANO [finishing his macaroon]: Enormous!

LE BRET: The Cardinal. . .

CYRANO [radiant]: The Cardinal--was there?

LE BRET: Must have thought it. . .

CYRANO: Original, i' faith!

LE BRET: But. . .

CYRANO: He's an author. 'Twill not fail to please him That I should mar a brother-author's play.

LE BRET: You make too many enemies by far!

CYRANO [eating his grapes]: How many think you I have made to-night?

LE BRET: Forty, no less, not counting ladies.

CYRANO: Count!

LE BRET: Montfleury first, the bourgeois, then De Guiche, The Viscount, Baro, the Academy. . .

Chinese Simplified


发起人, 著者.

belligerent: 交战的, 交战国的,

好战的.

bourgeois: 中产阶级的, 资产阶级.

buffet: 自助餐.

enemies: 敌人.

fail: 不及格, 失败, 不遂.

faith: 信心, 信仰, 信任, 信念.



优美, 美好的.



heed: 注意, 理会, 理睬.

hungry: 饥饿, 饿, 饥饿的.


nay: 不.

placing: 放置.




ravenous: 很饿, 渴望的, 贪婪的.

seats: 座位.


would-be: 将要成为.


CYRANO: Enough! I am o'erjoyed!

LE BRET: But these strange ways, Where will they lead you, at the end? Explain Your system--come!

CYRANO: I in a labyrinth Was lost--too many different paths to choose; I took. . .%

LE BRET: Which?

CYRANO: Oh! by far the simplest path. . . Decided to be admirable in all!

LE BRET [shrugging his shoulders]: So be it! But the motive of your hate To Montfleury--come, tell me!

CYRANO [rising]: This Silenus, Big-bellied, coarse, still deems himself a peril-- A danger to the love of lovely ladies, And, while he sputters out his actor's part, Makes sheep's eyes at their boxes--goggling frog! I hate him since the evening he presumed To raise his eyes to hers. . .Meseemed I saw A slug crawl slavering o'er a flower's petals!

LE BRET [stupefied]: How now? What? Can it be. . .?

CYRANO [laughing bitterly]: That I should love?. . . [Changing his tone, gravely]: I love.

LE BRET: And may I know?. . .You never said. . .

CYRANO: Come now, bethink you!. . .The fond hope to be Beloved, e'en by some poor graceless lady, Is, by this nose of mine for aye bereft me; --This lengthy nose which, go where'er I will, Pokes yet a quarter-mile ahead of me; But I may love--and who? 'Tis Fate's decree I love the fairest--how were't otherwise?

LE BRET: The fairest?. . .

CYRANO: Ay, the fairest of the world, Most brilliant--most refined--most golden-haired!

Chinese Simplified

admirable: 令人钦佩, 令人钦佩的.

ahead: 前头, 前方, 前面的.

bethink: 想起.

changing: 变化.

coarse: 粗劣, 粗糙的, 淫秽, 粗鲁.

crawl: 爬, 爬行.

danger: 危险.

decree: 法令, 旨意, 命令.

fond: 喜欢.

frog: 青蛙, 蛙.

hate: 厌恨, 忌恨, 恨, 嫌.

hers: 她的.

labyrinth: 迷宫.


lead: 领导, 铅, 带领, 主角, 率领.

lengthy: 长篇, 漫长的, 冗长的,

冗长.

lovely: 可爱, 可爱的.


motive: 动机, 用心.

nose: 鼻子.

otherwise: 否则, 不然, 不然的话,

要不然, 要不, 要部然.

path: 道, 道路, 路径, 小径, 走道.

paths: 路径.

raise: 升起, 提高, 筹措, 增加,

抚育, 举起.

slug: 小毛虫, 子弹.


生疏.


声调, 语调.

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LE BRET: Who is this lady?

CYRANO: She's a danger mortal, All unsuspicious--full of charms unconscious, Like a sweet perfumed rose--a snare of nature, Within whose petals Cupid lurks in ambush! He who has seen her smile has known perfection, --Instilling into trifles grace's essence, Divinity in every careless gesture; Not Venus' self can mount her conch blown sea-ward, As she can step into her chaise a porteurs, Nor Dian fleet across the woods spring-flowered, Light as my Lady o'er the stones of Paris!. . .%

LE BRET: Sapristi! all is clear!

CYRANO: As spiderwebs!

LE BRET: Your cousin, Madeleine Robin?

CYRANO: Roxane!

LE BRET: Well, but so much the better! Tell her so! She saw your triumph here this very night!

CYRANO: Look well at me--then tell me, with what hope This vile protuberance can inspire my heart! I do not lull me with illusions--yet At times I'm weak: in evening hours dim I enter some fair pleasance, perfumed sweet; With my poor ugly devil of a nose I scent spring's essence--in the silver rays I see some knight--a lady on his arm, And think 'To saunter thus 'neath the moonshine, I were fain to have my lady, too, beside!' Thought soars to ecstasy. . .O sudden fall! --The shadow of my profile on the wall!

LE BRET [tenderly]: My friend!. . .

CYRANO: My friend, at times 'tis hard, 'tis bitter, To feel my loneliness--my own ill-favor. . .

LE BRET [taking his hand]: You weep?

Chinese Simplified

ambush: 埋伏, 伏击.

bitter: 苦, 苦味, 沉痛.

careless: 大意, 粗心, 草草, 不在意,

粗心大意, 不小心, 大意的, 潦草,

草率, 马虎.

conch: 海螺.

dim: 阴暗, 暗淡, 暗淡的.

ecstasy: 狂喜, 入迷.

essence: 本质, 精华.

fleet: 舰队, 船队.

inspire: 唤起, 振奋.

lull: 哄骗, 间歇.

mortal: 会死, 临死的, 不免一死.

perfection: 完美, 完成.

profile: 外貌, 总则, 简介, 轮廓,

外形.

protuberance: 突起.

saunter: 闲逛.

scent: 气味, 嗅, 香味.

self: 自己, 自, 自我, 我.

shadow: 阴影, 影子, 暗影, 跟踪.

silver: 银, 白银.

smile: 微笑, 笑容.

snare: 陷阱, 诱陷.

stones: 石头.

trifles: 小事.

triumph: 胜利.

ugly: 丑陋的, 难看的, 难看, 丑恶,

丑的.

unconscious: 失去意识, 昏迷的.

vile: 恶劣, 恶劣的.

weep: 哭泣.

woods: 树林, 森林.


CYRANO: No, never! Think, how vilely suited Adown this nose a tear its passage tracing! I never will, while of myself I'm master, let the divinity of tears--their beauty Be wedded to such common ugly grossness. Nothing more solemn than a tear--sublimer; And I would not by weeping turn to laughter The grave emotion that a tear engenders!

LE BRET: Never be sad! What's love?--a chance of Fortune!

CYRANO [shaking his head]: Look I a Caesar to woo Cleopatra? A Tito to aspire to Berenice?

LE BRET: Your courage and your wit!--The little maid Who offered you refreshment even now, Her eyes did not abhor you--you saw well!

CYRANO [impressed]: True!

LE BRET: Well, how then?. . .I saw Roxane herself Was death-pale as she watched the duel.%

CYRANO: Pale?

LE BRET: Her heart, her fancy, are already caught! Put it to th' touch!

CYRANO: That she may mock my face? That is the one thing on this earth I fear!

THE PORTER [introducing some one to Cyrano]: Sir, some one asks for you. . .

CYRANO [seeing the duenna]: God! her duenna!

THE DUENNA [with a low bow]: I was bid ask you where a certain lady Could see her valiant cousin--but in secret.

CYRANO [overwhelmed]: See me?

THE DUENNA [courtesying]: Ay, Sir! She has somewhat to tell.

CYRANO: Somewhat?. . .

THE DUENNA [still courtesying]: Ay, private matters!

Chinese Simplified

abhor: 痛恨, 嫌恶.

asks: 问.

aspire: 热望, 渴望.

beauty: 美人, 美丽, 美.

bid: 出价, 企图, 标, 投标.

caught: 捉了.

chance: 机会.

courage: 勇气, 胆子, 胆量, 精神.

divinity: 神性, 神的.

emotion: 感情, 情感, 情绪.

grave: 严重, 庄重, 坟墓, 墓穴,

深重.

herself: 她自己.

maid: 女佣, 侍女, 少女, 姑娘.

master: 主, 大师, 主人, 主人翁,

师傅, 万事达, 硕士.

matters: 事, 事宜.

mock: 愚弄, 嘲弄, 模仿.

passage: 通道, 通路, 通过.

refreshment: 身心爽快, 茶点.

sad: 悲伤, 哀愁, 不幸, 哀伤, 哀怨,

悲伤的, 悲哀的.

solemn: 严肃, 俨然, 岸然, 隆重,

庄严的, 庄重.

somewhat: 有些, 有所, 有点,

有一些, 有点儿.

suited: 适宜于.

tear: 眼泪, 撕破, 撕.

tracing: 描图, 追查, 追踪.

valiant: 英勇, 英勇的, 勇敢的人,

强悍.

weeping: 垂枝的.

woo: 求爱.

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CYRANO [staggering]: Ah, my God!

THE DUENNA: To-morrow, at the early blush of dawn, We go to hear mass at St. Roch.%

CYRANO [leaning against Le Bret]: My God!

THE DUENNA: After--what place for a few minutes' speech?

CYRANO [confused]: Where? Ah!. . .but. . .Ah, my God!. . .

THE DUENNA: Say!

CYRANO: I reflect!. . .

THE DUENNA: Where?

CYRANO: At--the pastry-house of Ragueneau.

THE DUENNA: Where lodges he?

CYRANO: The Rue--God!--St. Honore!

THE DUENNA [going]: Good. Be you there. At seven.

CYRANO: Without fail.

[The duenna goes out.]

CYRANO [falling into Le Bret's arms]: A rendezvous. . .from her!. . .

LE BRET: You're sad no more!

CYRANO: Ah! Let the world go burn! She knows I live!

LE BRET: Now you'll be calm, I hope?

CYRANO [beside himself for joy]: Calm? I now calm? I'll be frenetic, frantic,--raving mad! Oh, for an army to attack!--a host! I've ten hearts in my breast; a score of arms; No dwarfs to cleave in twain!. . . [Wildly]: No! Giants now!

Chinese Simplified

ah: 啊, 哎呀.



army: 陆军, 兵团, 陆海空三军,

部队, 军, 军队.

blush: 害羞, 脸红.


burn: 烧, 烙, 烧伤, 燃烧.

calm: 镇静, 泰然, 安静, 安宁,

坦然, 从容不迫, 冷静, 镇定,

平静的, 沉静.

cleave: 劈开, 劈.

dawn: 黎明.



frenetic: 慌乱.

goes: 去.


hearts: 心.


host: 主办, 主人, 寄主.

knows: 知道.


lodges: 传达室.

mad: 狂, 发怒, 发狂, 生气,

疯狂的.

mass: 群众.

rendezvous: 集合点.



score: 比分, 得分, 成绩.

seven: 七.

speech: 演说, 言语, 报告.


[For%a few moments the shadows of the actors have been moving on the stage, whispers are heard--the rehearsal is beginning. The violinists are in their places.]

A VOICE FROM THE STAGE: Hollo there! Silence! We rehearse!

CYRANO [laughing]: We go!

[He moves away. By the big door enter Cuigy, Brissaille, and some officers, holding up Ligniere, who is drunk.]

CUIGY: Cyrano!

CYRANO: Well, what now?

CUIGY: A lusty thrush They're bringing you!

CYRANO [recognizing him]: Ligniere!. . .What has chanced?

CUIGY: He seeks you!

BRISSAILLE: He dare not go home!

CYRANO: Why not?

LIGNIERE [in a husky voice, showing him a crumpled letter]: This letter warns me. . .that a hundred men. . . Revenge that threatens me. . .that song, you know-- At the Porte de Nesle. To get to my own house I must pass there. . .I dare not!. . .Give me leave To sleep to-night beneath your roof! Allow. . .

CYRANO: A hundred men? You'll sleep in your own bed!

LIGNIERE [frightened]: But--

CYRANO [in a terrible voice, showing him the lighted lantern held by the porter, who is listening curiously]: Take the lantern. [Ligniere seizes it]: Let us start! I swear That I will make your bed to-night myself! [To the officers]: Follow; some stay behind, as witnesses!

Chinese Simplified

bed: 床, 床铺.

beginning: 开头, 初, 开端, 开始.


bringing: 带来.

dare: 敢.


held: 握住.

husky: 壳的.

lantern: 灯笼.

letter: 字母, 信.

lighted: 点燃.

listening: 听.

moves: 运动.

moving: 感动, 动态, 动人, 活动,

乔迁.

officers: 官员.


要隘.

porter: 杂工, 搬运工人.

rehearsal: 排练, 排演.

rehearse: 排练, 预演.

roof: 屋顶, 顶部, 顶板.

seeks: 寻求.

seizes: 抓住.

shadows: 影子.

sleep: 梦寐, 睡觉, 睡眠, 睡.



swear: 立誓, 发誓.


thrush: 画眉鸟.


whispers: 耳语.

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CUIGY: A hundred!. . .%

CYRANO: Less, to-night--would be too few!

[The actors and actresses, in their costumes, have come down from the stage, and are listening.]

LE BRET: But why embroil yourself?

CYRANO: Le Bret who scolds!

LE BRET: That worthless drunkard!--

CYRANO [slapping Ligniere on the shoulder]: Wherefore? For this cause;-- This wine-barrel, this cask of Burgundy, Did, on a day, an action full of grace; As he was leaving church, he saw his love Take holy water--he, who is affeared At water's taste, ran quickly to the stoup, And drank it all, to the last drop!. . .

AN ACTRESS: Indeed, that was a graceful thing!

CYRANO: Ay, was it not?

THE ACTRESS [to the others]: But why a hundred men 'gainst one poor rhymer?

CYRANO: March! [To the officers]: Gentlemen, when you shall see me charge, Bear me no succor, none, whate'er the odds!

ANOTHER ACTRESS [jumping from the stage]: Oh! I shall come and see!

CYRANO: Come, then!

ANOTHER [jumping down--to an old actor]: And you?. . .

CYRANO: Come all--the Doctor, Isabel, Leander, Come, for you shall add, in a motley swarm, The farce Italian to this Spanish drama!

ALL THE WOMEN [dancing for joy]: Bravo!--a mantle, quick!--my hood!

Chinese Simplified

actresses: 女演员.

add: 加, 增加, 增添.

cask: 木桶, 桶.

charge: 收费, 控告, 记帐, 冲锋,

指责, 负荷.

drama: 戏剧.

drank: 喝了.

embroil: 卷入纠纷.

farce: 趣剧, 闹剧.


grace: 优雅, 恩典, 天恩, 魅力,

宽限.


优美的.

holy: 神圣, 神圣的, 神圣的东西.

hood: 兜帽, 头巾.

hundred: 百, 佰.

mantle: 斗篷, 披风.

motley: 斑驳, 丛杂.

none: 无, 没有.

odds: 可能性, 差距.




ran: 跑.

rhymer: 打油诗人.


succor: 援手.

swarm: 蜂群, 一群.


worthless: 不稂不莠, 无用, 不值的.



JODELET: % Come on!

CYRANO: Play us a march, gentlemen of the band! [The violinists join the procession, which is forming. They take the footlights, and divide them for torches]: Brave officers! next, women in costume, And, twenty paces on-- [He takes his place]: I all alone, Beneath the plume that Glory lends, herself, To deck my beaver--proud as Scipio!. . . --You hear me?--I forbid you succor me!-- One, two three! Porter, open wide the doors! [The porter opens the doors; a view of old Paris in the moonlight is seen]: Ah!. . .Paris wrapped in night! half nebulous: The moonlight streams o'er the blue-shadowed roofs; A lovely frame for this wild battle-scene; Beneath the vapor's floating scarves, the Seine Trembles, mysterious, like a magic mirror, And, shortly, you shall see what you shall see!

ALL: To the Porte de Nesle!

CYRANO [standing on the threshold]: Ay, to the Porte de Nesle! [Turning to the actress]: Did you not ask, young lady, for what cause Against this rhymer fivescore men were sent? [He draws his sword; then, calmly]: 'Twas that they knew him for a friend of mine!

[He goes out. Ligniere staggers first after him, then the actresses on the officers' arms--the actors. The procession starts to the sound of the violins and in the faint light of the candles.]

CURTAIN.

Chinese Simplified

actresses: 女演员.

alone: 独自, 单独, 单纯, 单独地.

ask: 问, 询问.

cause: 原因, 致使, 事业, 缘故,

缘由, 造成.

costume: 服装, 衣服.

deck: 甲板.

divide: 除, 分给, 分.

doors: 门.

faint: 暗淡, 隐约, 昏厥, 微弱.

floating: 漂浮的, 移动的, 浮动的,

飘浮.


frame: 框, 帧, 架, 画面, 陷害,

边框, 诬陷, 架子, 框架.

magic: 魔术.

mirror: 镜子, 映.

moonlight: 月光.

mysterious: 神秘, 莫名其妙,

神秘的.

paces: 速度.

paris: 巴黎.

plume: 羽毛.

procession: 行列, 游行.


sent: 送了.

sound: 声音, 音.

streams: 河流.

succor: 援手.


violins: 小提琴.

wide: 宽阔, 广阔, 开阔, 宽广的,

宽广.

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ACT I I .

THE PO ET 'S EAT IN G - HOUSE

Ragueneau's cook and pastry-shop. A large kitchen at the corner of the Rue St. Honore and the Rue de l'Arbre Sec, which are seen in the background through the glass door, in the gray dawn.%

On the left, in the foreground, a counter, surmounted by a stand in forged iron, on which are hung geese, ducks, and water peacocks. In great china vases are tall bouquets of simple flowers, principally yellow sunflowers.

On the same side, farther back, an immense open fireplace, in front of which, between monster firedogs, on each of which hangs a little saucepan; the roasts are dripping into the pans.

On the right, foreground with door. Farther back, staircase leading to a little room under the roof, the entrance of which is

visible through the open shutter. In this room a table is laid. A small Flemish luster is alight. It is a place for eating and drinking. A wooden gallery, continuing the staircase, apparently leads to other similar little rooms.

In the middle of the shop an iron hoop is suspended from the ceiling by a string with which it can be drawn up and down, and big game is hung around it.

Chinese Simplified

alight: 下车.

apparently: 似乎, 看来, 明显地.

bouquets: 花束.

ceiling: 天花板.

cook: 厨子, 厨司, 厨师, 炊事员,

烹调, 煮, 烹煮.

counter: 计数器, 案子, 码字,

计数者, 柜台, 柜.

drinking: 喝.

dripping: 滴下.

ducks: 鸭.

eating: 吃.

farther: 更远, 更远的.

fireplace: 壁炉.

flowers: 花.

forged: 伪造的, 假.

geese: 鹅.

gray: 灰色, 灰.

hoop: 箍, 圈状物, 篮圈, 绷子,

鲸骨圈.

hung: 挂.

immense: 巨大, 无限的, 广大.

iron: 铁, 熨斗, 鐵.

kitchen: 厨房.

laid: 放.

monster: 妖怪, 怪物, 妖物.

principally: 主要地.

rooms: 房间.

saucepan: 平底锅.

shutter: 百叶窗.

tall: 高大的, 高大.

wooden: 木制, 木制的.

yellow: 黄, 黄色.


The ovens in the darkness under the stairs give forth a red glow. The copper pans shine. The spits are turning. Heaps of food formed into pyramids. Hams suspended. It is the busy hour of the morning. Bustle and hurry of scullions, fat cooks, and diminutive apprentices, their caps profusely decorated with cock's feathers and wings of guinea-fowl.%

On metal and wicker plates they are bringing in piles of cakes and tarts. Tables laden with rolls and dishes of food. Other tables surrounded with chairs

are ready for the consumers. A small table in a corner covered with papers, at which Ragueneau is seated writing

on the rising of the curtain.

SCENE 1 Ragueneau, pastry-cooks, then Lise. Ragueneau is writing, with an inspired air, at a

small table, and counting on his fingers.

FIRST PASTRY-COOK [bringing in an elaborate fancy dish]: Fruits in nougat!

SECOND PASTRY-COOK [bringing another dish]: Custard!

THIRD PASTRY-COOK [bringing a roast, decorated with feathers]: Peacock!

FOURTH PASTRY-COOK [bringing a batch of cakes on a slab]: Rissoles!

FIFTH PASTRY-COOK [bringing a sort of pie-dish]: Beef jelly!

RAGUENEAU [ceasing to write, and raising his head]: Aurora's silver rays begin to glint e'en now on the copper pans, and thou, O Ragueneau! must perforce stifle in thy breast the God of Song! Anon shall come the hour of the lute!--now 'tis the hour of the oven! [He rises. To a cook]: You, make that sauce longer, 'tis too short!

Chinese Simplified

apprentices: 学徒.

batch: 批量, 批, 一批.

busy: 忙, 繁忙, 忙碌, 占线,

忙碌的.

chairs: 椅子.

copper: 铜.

darkness: 黑暗.

diminutive: 爱称, 小型的.

dishes: 菜.

elaborate: 精巧, 阐述, 详细说明.

feathers: 翎毛, 羽毛.

fifth: 第五.

forth: 向前.

glint: 闪耀.

glow: 炽热, 发光.

hurry: 仓促, 匆忙, 赶忙.

jelly: 果子冻, 燕菜.

laden: 充满的.

longer: 较长的.

metal: 金属.

oven: 炉子, 炉.

papers: 报纸.

perforce: 不得已地.

piles: 痔, 痔疮, 堆.

roast: 焙烧, 烘烤, 烤, 烤肉, 烘,

炙, 烧烤.

sauce: 调味汁, 酱油.

shine: 发光, 发亮, 照射, 照耀, 光.

stairs: 楼梯.

stifle: 窒息.

tables: 桌子.

wicker: 柳条.

wings: 翼.

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THE COOK: How much too short?

RAGUENEAU: Three feet.%

[He passes on farther.]

THE COOK: What means he?

FIRST PASTRY-COOK [showing a dish to Ragueneau]: The tart!

SECOND PASTRY-COOK: The pie!

RAGUENEAU [before the fire]: My muse, retire, lest thy bright eyes be reddened by the fagot's blaze! [To a cook, showing him some loaves]: You have put the cleft o' th' loaves in the wrong place; know you not that the coesura should be between the hemistiches? [To another, showing him an unfinished pasty]: To this palace of paste you must add the roof. . . [To a young apprentice, who, seated on the ground, is spitting the fowls]: And you, as you put on your lengthy spit the modest fowl and the superb turkey, my son, alternate them, as the old Malherbe loved well to alternate his long lines of verse with the short ones; thus shall your roasts, in strophes, turn before the flame!

ANOTHER APPRENTICE [also coming up with a tray covered by a napkin]: Master, I bethought me erewhile of your tastes, and made this, which will please you, I hope.

[He uncovers the tray, and shows a large lyre made of pastry.]

RAGUENEAU [enchanted]: A lyre!

THE APPRENTICE: 'Tis of brioche pastry.

RAGUENEAU [touched]: With conserved fruits.

THE APPRENTICE: The strings, see, are of sugar.

Chinese Simplified

alternate: 轮流, 变换, 备用,

交替的.

apprentice: 学徒, 徒弟.

blaze: 火焰, 烈火.


烹调, 煮, 烹煮.

dish: 菜, 碟.

flame: 火焰.

fowl: 野禽, 鸡, 飞禽.

fruits: 水果.


冗长.

lest: 唯恐.

modest: 谦虚, 谦虚的, 虚心.

muse: 瞑想, 沉思.

palace: 宫殿, 宫, 皇宫.

passes: 传递.

paste: 糊, 软膏, 粘贴, 糊状物.

pastry: 饽饽, 点心, 饼饵.

pie: 馅饼.

reddened: 变红.

retire: 退休.

roof: 屋顶, 顶部, 顶板.

short: 短, 矮, 小结, 短暂.


sugar: 糖.

superb: 极好, 极好的.

tart: 果馅饼.

tray: 盘子, 托盘.

unfinished: 未完成, 半途而废,

半半拉拉, 未完成的.


wrong: 不对, 不平, 错误的, 错误.


RAGUENEAU% [giving him a coin]: Go, drink my health! [Seeing Lise enter]: Hush! My wife. Bustle, pass on, and hide that money! [To Lise, showing her the lyre, with a conscious look]: Is it not beautiful?

LISE: 'Tis passing silly!

[She puts a pile of papers on the counter.]

RAGUENEAU: Bags? Good. I thank you. [He looks at them]: Heavens! my cherished leaves! The poems of my friends! Torn, dismembered, to make bags for holding biscuits and cakes!. . .Ah, 'tis the old tale again. . .Orpheus and the Bacchantes!

LISE [dryly]: And am I not free to turn at last to some use the sole thing that your wretched scribblers of halting lines leave behind them by way of payment?

RAGUENEAU: Groveling ant!. . .Insult not the divine grasshoppers, the sweet singers!

LISE: Before you were the sworn comrade of all that crew, my friend, you did not call your wife ant and Bacchante!

RAGUENEAU: To turn fair verse to such a use!

LISE: 'Faith, 'tis all it's good for.

RAGUENEAU: Pray then, madam, to what use would you degrade prose?

Chinese Simplified

ant: 蚂蚁.

beautiful: 漂亮, 美, 美丽, 菲菲,

锦绣, 美丽的, 秀丽, 美观.

biscuits: 饼干.

call: 喊, 称呼, 叫, 号召, 召唤.

comrade: 同志, 同伴.

conscious: 察觉, 有意识, 清醒的,

自觉.

crew: 人员, 全体人员, 包承组,

工作人员.

degrade: 降级.

divine: 神圣, 神的.

fair: 公平, 博览会, 清澈, 公正,

公道, 展, 直.

halting: 跛的, 踌躇的.

hide: 躲藏, 暗藏, 掩饰, 藏, 隐瞒,

隐藏.

insult: 侮辱.

leaves: 离开.

passing: 经过的, 短暂的, 目前的,

及格的.

payment: 付款.

pile: 一堆, 桩, 堆.

prose: 散文.

silly: 愚蠢, 糊涂, 愚蠢的, 傻的,

傻.

singers: 歌手.


跖, 鞋底.

sworn: 立誓.

tale: 故事.

thank: 感谢, 谢谢.


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SCENE 2

The same. Two children, who have just trotted into the shop.%

RAGUENEAU: What would you, little ones?

FIRST CHILD: Three pies.

RAGUENEAU [serving them]: See, hot and well browned.

SECOND CHILD: If it please you, Sir, will you wrap them up for us?

RAGUENEAU [aside, distressed]: Alas! one of my bags! [To the children]: What? Must I wrap them up? [He takes a bag, and just as he is about to put in the pies, he reads]: 'Ulysses thus, on leaving fair Penelope. . .' Not that one! [He puts it aside, and takes another, and as he is about to put in the pies, he reads]: 'The gold-locked Phoebus. . .' Nay, nor that one!. . .

[Same play.]

LISE [impatiently]: What are you dallying for?

RAGUENEAU: Here! here! here [He chooses a third, resignedly]: The sonnet to Phillis!. . .but 'tis hard to part with it!

LISE: By good luck he has made up his mind at last! [Shrugging her shoulders]: Nicodemus!

[She mounts on a chair, and begins to range plates on a dresser.]

RAGUENEAU [taking advantage of the moment she turns her back, calls back the children, who are already at the door]: Hist! children!. . .render me back the sonnet to Phillis, and you shall have six pies instead of three.

[The children give him back the bag, seize the cakes quickly, and go out.]

Chinese Simplified

advantage: 好处, 裨益, 优点.



begins: 开始.

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

chair: 椅子.

chooses: 选择.


公道, 展, 直.

hard: 硬, 坚固, 沉重, 辛苦, 艰苦,

坚硬.

hot: 热.

instead: 代替, 反而.

luck: 运气, 幸运.

mounts: 安装.

nor: 也不.

pies: 馅饼.

plates: 盘子.


puts: 放.


range: 范围, 靶场, 射程, 牧场,

区域, 距离, 围范.


seize: 把握, 捕捉, 霸占, 抓住, 捉,

窃取, 掳获, 捕, 抓.

sonnet: 十四行诗.

takes: 拿, 取走.

wrap: 包, 包裹.


RAGUENEAU [smoothing out the paper, begins to declaim]: 'Phillis!. . .' On that sweet name a smear of butter! 'Phillis!. . .'

[Cyrano enters hurriedly.]

SCENE 3

Ragueneau, Lise, Cyrano, then the musketeer.%

CYRANO: What's o'clock?

RAGUENEAU [bowing low]: Six o'clock.

CYRANO [with emotion]: In one hour's time!

[He paces up and down the shop.]

RAGUENEAU [following him]: Bravo! I saw. . .

CYRANO: Well, what saw you, then?

RAGUENEAU: Your combat!. . .

CYRANO: Which?

RAGUENEAU: That in the Burgundy Hotel, 'faith!

CYRANO [contemptuously]: Ah!. . .the duel!

RAGUENEAU [admiringly]: Ay! the duel in verse!. . .

LISE: He can talk of naught else!

CYRANO: Well! Good! let be!

Chinese Simplified

begins: 开始.

butter: 牛油, 黄油.

duel: 决斗.

naught: 无.

paces: 速度.

paper: 纸, 论文, 纸张.

smear: 弄脏, 涂污, 污, 诬蔑.


talk: 谈话, 报告, 言语, 谈.

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RAGUENEAU [making passes with a spit that he catches up]: 'At the envoi's end, I touch!. . .At the envoi's end, I touch!'. . .'Tis fine, fine! [With increasing enthusiasm]: 'At the envoi's end--'

CYRANO: What hour is it now, Ragueneau?

RAGUENEAU [stopping short in the act of thrusting to look at the clock]: Five minutes after six!. . .'I touch!' [He straightens himself]: . . .Oh! to write a ballade!

LISE [to Cyrano, who, as he passes by the counter, has absently shaken hands with her]: What's wrong with your hand?

CYRANO: Naught; a slight cut.%

RAGUENEAU: Have you been in some danger?

CYRANO: None in the world.

LISE [shaking her finger at him]: Methinks you speak not the truth in saying that!

CYRANO: Did you see my nose quiver when I spoke? 'Faith, it must have been a monstrous lie that should move it! [Changing his tone]: I wait some one here. Leave us alone, and disturb us for naught an it were not for crack of doom!

RAGUENEAU: But 'tis impossible; my poets are coming. . .

LISE [ironically]: Oh, ay, for their first meal o' the day!

CYRANO: Prythee, take them aside when I shall make you sign to do so. . .What's o'clock?

RAGUENEAU: Ten minutes after six.

CYRANO [nervously seating himself at Ragueneau's table, and drawing some paper toward him]: A pen!. . .

Chinese Simplified

absently: 心不在焉地.



catches: 捕获数.

changing: 变化.


计数者, 柜台, 柜.

crack: 裂缝, 精干, 崩裂, 爆裂,

裂开, 空隙.

danger: 危险.

disturb: 打扰, 惊动, 扰乱, 干扰.

doom: 毁灭.

drawing: 图, 图画, 画儿, 绘画,

并条, 图纸, 画.

finger: 手指, 指头.

impossible: 不可能, 不可能的.

lie: 谎言, 谎话, 躺, 撒谎, 说谎.

meal: 餐, 膳食, 饭.

monstrous: 怪物似, 似怪物的.

naught: 无.

nose: 鼻子.

passes: 传递.

quiver: 颤抖, 打颤.

seating: 座位数.

shaken: 摇动.



slight: 轻微, 稍微.


spoke: 辐条, 说了.

thrusting: 自作主张的.

toward: 朝向.


RAGUENEAU [giving him the one from behind his ear]: Here--a swan's quill.%

A MUSKETEER [with fierce mustache, enters, and in a stentorian voice]: Good-day!

[Lise goes up to him quickly.]

CYRANO [turning round]: Who's that?

RAGUENEAU: 'Tis a friend of my wife--a terrible warrior--at least so says he himself.

CYRANO [taking up the pen, and motioning Ragueneau away]: Hush! [To himself]: I will write, fold it, give it her, and fly! [Throws down the pen]: Coward!. . .But strike me dead if I dare to speak to her,. . .ay, even one single word! [To Ragueneau]: What time is it?

RAGUENEAU: A quarter after six!. . .

CYRANO [striking his breast]: Ay--a single word of all those here! here! But writing, 'tis easier done. . . [He takes up the pen]: Go to, I will write it, that love-letter! Oh! I have writ it and rewrit it in my own mind so oft that it lies there ready for pen and ink; and if I lay but my soul by my letter-sheet, 'tis naught to do but to copy from it.

[He writes. Through the glass of the door the silhouettes of their figures move uncertainly and hesitatingly.]

SCENE 4

Ragueneau, Lise, the musketeer. Cyrano at the little table writing. The poets, dressed in black, their stockings ungartered, and covered with mud.

Chinese Simplified

copy: 复本, 抄, 抄写, 拷贝.

dare: 敢.

dead: 死.

easier: 更容易.




飞行, 飞跑.

fold: 摺折, 折.


ink: 墨水, 墨水儿, 篇幅.

lay: 产卵, 安放, 放, 凡俗.


lies: 谎言.

mud: 泥, 泥浆.


mustache: 须.

naught: 无.

pen: 笔, 栏圈, 笔杆, 笔杆子, 栏位,

栏, 钢笔.

quarter: 四分之一.

single: 单一, 单独的, 单身的,

唯一的, 选拔.

soul: 灵魂.

speak: 说, 讲.

stockings: 袜子, 长统袜.

strike: 罢工, 打, 敲打, 敲, 打击.


uncertainly: 易变的.


writes: 写.

writing: 篇章, 笔墨, 着述, 写,

写作.

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LISE [entering, to Ragueneau]: Here they come, your mud-bespattered friends!

FIRST POET [entering, to Ragueneau]: Brother in art!. . .%

SECOND POET [to Ragueneau, shaking his hands]: Dear brother!

THIRD POET: High soaring eagle among pastry-cooks! [He sniffs]: Marry! it smells good here in your eyrie!

FOURTH POET: 'Tis at Phoebus' own rays that thy roasts turn!

FIFTH POET: Apollo among master-cooks--

RAGUENEAU [whom they surround and embrace]: Ah! how quick a man feels at his ease with them!. . .

FIRST POET: We were stayed by the mob; they are crowded all round the Porte de Nesle!. . .

SECOND POET: Eight bleeding brigand carcasses strew the pavements there--all slit open with sword-gashes!

CYRANO [raising his head a minute]: Eight?. . .hold, methought seven.

[He goes on writing.]

RAGUENEAU [to Cyrano]: Know you who might be the hero of the fray?

CYRANO [carelessly]: Not I.

LISE [to the musketeer]: And you? Know you?

THE MUSKETEER [twirling his mustache]: Maybe!

CYRANO [writing a little way off:--he is heard murmuring a word from time to time]: 'I love thee!'

FIRST POET: 'Twas one man, say they all, ay, swear to it, one man who, single-handed, put the whole band to the rout!

Chinese Simplified

band: 乐队, 带, 带子, 绑带.

bleeding: 渗色, 出血.

brother: 弟兄, 兄弟.

crowded: 拥挤的.


eagle: 鹰, 老鹰.

ease: 缓解, 减轻, 容易, 悠, 舒适.

feels: 感觉.

fifth: 第五.


goes: 去.

heard: 听见.

hero: 英雄.


认为, 保持.

mob: 乌合之众, 暴民.

murmuring: 淙淙.


rout: 击溃.

seven: 七.

shaking: 摇动.

single-handed: 单手.

smells: 臭.

stayed: 停留.

strew: 散播.

surround: 包围, 围住, 围绕.





SECOND POET: 'Twas a strange sight!--pikes and cudgels strewed thick upon the ground.%

CYRANO [writing]: . . .'Thine eyes'. . .

THIRD POET: And they were picking up hats all the way to the Quai d'Orfevres!

FIRST POET: Sapristi! but he must have been a ferocious. . .

CYRANO [same play]: . . .'Thy lips'. . .

FIRST POET: 'Twas a parlous fearsome giant that was the author of such exploits!

CYRANO [same play]: . . .'And when I see thee come, I faint for fear.'

SECOND POET [filching a cake]: What hast rhymed of late, Ragueneau?

CYRANO [same play]: . . .'Who worships thee'. . . [He stops, just as he is about to sign, and gets up, slipping the letter into his doublet]: No need I sign, since I give it her myself.

RAGUENEAU [to second poet]: I have put a recipe into verse.

THIRD POET [seating himself by a plate of cream-puffs]: Go to! Let us hear these verses!

FOURTH POET [looking at a cake which he has taken]: Its cap is all a' one side!

[He makes one bite of the top.]

FIRST POET: See how this gingerbread woos the famished rhymer with its almond eyes, and its eyebrows of angelica!

[He takes it.]

SECOND POET: We listen.

Chinese Simplified

almond: 杏仁, 扁桃.


发起人, 著者.

bite: 咬, 辣, 咬伤.

cake: 糕, 西薄, 饼, 饽饽, 蛋糕.

cap: 便帽, 帽子, 套子, 鸭舌帽.

exploits: 功业.


famished: 挨饿.

fearsome: 可怕的, 吓人的.

ferocious: 凶恶, 残暴, 狞.


giant: 巨人, 帧太长, 巨大的.

gingerbread: 姜饼.


late: 晚, 迟, 迟慢, 迟了, 迟迟.



myself: 我自己.

picking: 选择, 投纬.

plate: 碟, 盘子.

recipe: 食谱.




stops: 停止.


生疏.

takes: 拿, 取走.

thee: 你.

thick: 厚, 密, 浓厚.


worships: 崇拜.

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THIRD POET [squeezing a cream-puff gently]: How it laughs! Till its very cream runs over!

SECOND POET [biting a bit off the great lyre of pastry]: This is the first time in my life that ever I drew any means of nourishing me from the lyre!

RAGUENEAU [who has put himself ready for reciting, cleared his throat, settled his cap, struck an attitude]: A recipe in verse!. . .%

SECOND POET [to first, nudging him]: You are breakfasting?

FIRST POET [to second]: And you dining, methinks.

RAGUENEAU: How almond tartlets are made.

Beat your eggs up, light and quick; Froth them thick; Mingle with them while you beat Juice of lemon, essence fine; Then combine The burst milk of almonds sweet.

Circle with a custard paste The slim waist Of your tartlet-molds; the top With a skillful finger print, Nick and dint, Round their edge, then, drop by drop, In its little dainty bed Your cream shed: In the oven place each mold: Reappearing, softly browned, The renowned Almond tartlets you behold!

THE POETS [with mouths crammed full]: Exquisite! Delicious!

A POET [choking]: Homph!

[They go up, eating.]

CYRANO [who has been watching, goes toward Ragueneau]: Lulled by your voice, did you see how they were stuffing themselves?

RAGUENEAU [in a low voice, smiling]: Oh, ay! I see well enough, but I never will seem to look, fearing to distress them; thus I gain a double pleasure when I recite to them my poems; for I leave those poor fellows who have not breakfasted free to eat, even while I gratify my own dearest foible, see you?

Chinese Simplified

almond: 杏仁, 扁桃.

beat: 打, 击败, 拍击, 敲打, 拍子,

敲.

behold: 看见.

bit: 位元, 咬.

burst: 破裂, 爆裂, 决口, 暴炸.

combine: 衔接, 接合, 融化.

cream: 奶油.

dainty: 纤巧, 高雅, 精致的.

dining: 进餐.

distress: 苦恼, 悲痛.

double: 双重, 双, 加倍.

drop: 落, 水滴, 衰退, 掉落, 降,

点子.

edge: 边缘, 边, 边沿, 棱, 沿儿.

eggs: 蛋.

gain: 赢得, 博得, 成果, 盈利,

获得, 获取.

gratify: 使高兴.

lemon: 柠檬.

nourishing: 滋补的.

print: 印刷, 印, 版画, 打印.

recite: 背诵, 朗诵.

runs: 跑.

seem: 显得, 看来, 彷佛, 好象.

settled: 安定.

shed: 散出, 棚子, 流出, 脱落.

skillful: 熟练, 熟练的.

softly: 悄悄地, 轻轻.

struck: 敲打.

stuffing: 馅儿, 填塞料.

throat: 嗓子, 喉咙, 喉头, 咽喉.

waist: 腰部, 腰.


CYRANO [clapping him on the shoulder]: Friend, I like you right well!. . . [Ragueneau goes after his friends. Cyrano follows him with his eyes, then, rather sharply]: Ho there! Lise! [Lise, who is talking tenderly to the musketeer, starts, and comes down toward Cyrano]: So this fine captain is laying siege to you?

LISE [offended]: One haughty glance of my eye can conquer any man that should dare venture aught 'gainst my virtue.%

CYRANO: Pooh! Conquering eyes, methinks, are oft conquered eyes.

LISE [choking with anger]: But--

CYRANO [incisively]: I like Ragueneau well, and so--mark me, Dame Lise--I permit not that he be rendered a laughing-stock by any. . .

LISE: But. . .

CYRANO [who has raised his voice so as to be heard by the gallant]: A word to the wise. . .

[He bows to the musketeer, and goes to the doorway to watch, after looking at the clock.]

LISE [to the musketeer, who has merely bowed in answer to Cyrano's bow]: How now? Is this your courage?. . .Why turn you not a jest on his nose?

THE MUSKETEER: On his nose?. . .ay, ay. . .his nose.

[He goes quickly farther away; Lise follows him.]

CYRANO [from the doorway, signing to Ragueneau to draw the poets away]: Hist!. . .

RAGUENEAU [showing them the door on the right]: We shall be more private there. . .

CYRANO [impatiently]: Hist! Hist!. . .

Chinese Simplified

answer: 回答, 解答, 答案, 答复,

答, 响应, 适合, 负责, 符合.

bowed: 有弓的.

bows: 弓.

captain: 队长, 舰长, 领队.

conquer: 征服, 占领.

dare: 敢.

doorway: 门口, 入口处.


eye: 眼睛, 目, 鼻儿.




优美, 美好的.

glance: 一瞥, 匆匆一看.

haughty: 傲慢, 傲岸, 骄矜,

傲慢的.


merely: 仅仅, 只是, 只, 不过,

单纯, 只管, 只顾.


nose: 鼻子.


private: 私人, 私营, 私人的, 私有,

士兵.


raised: 凸起的, 浮雕的.

siege: 围城, 包围, 围攻.

starts: 开始.

toward: 朝向.

venture: 冒险, 敢.

watch: 观看, 手表, 监视.

wise: 高明, 明智的, 英明.

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RAGUENEAU [drawing them farther]: To read poetry, 'tis better here. . .%

FIRST POET [despairingly, with his mouth full]: What! leave the cakes?. . .

SECOND POET: Never! Let's take them with us!

[They all follow Ragueneau in procession, after sweeping all the cakes off the trays.]

SCENE 5

Cyrano, Roxane, the duenna.

CYRANO: Ah! if I see but the faint glimmer of hope, then I draw out my letter! [Roxane, masked, followed by the duenna, appears at the glass pane of the door. He opens quickly]: Enter!. . . [Walking up to the duenna]: Two words with you, Duenna.

THE DUENNA: Four, Sir, an it like you.

CYRANO: Are you fond of sweet things?

THE DUENNA: Ay, I could eat myself sick on them!

CYRANO [catching up some of the paper bags from the counter]: Good. See you these two sonnets of Monsieur Beuserade. . .

THE DUENNA: Hey?

CYRANO: . . .Which I fill for you with cream cakes!

THE DUENNA [changing her expression]: Ha.

Chinese Simplified

appears: 出现.

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

cream: 奶油.


eat: 吃.


fill: 添补, 补足, 装满, 填满, 填充.

follow: 跟进, 跟从, 接着, 跟随,

遵照.

fond: 喜欢.


glimmer: 微光.




masked: 戴面具.

mouth: 口, 嘴巴, 嘴, 吻.

myself: 我自己.

opens: 打开.

pane: 窗玻璃, 窗格.

paper: 纸, 论文, 纸张.

poetry: 诗, 诗歌.

procession: 行列, 游行.

sick: 生病.

sweeping: 势如破竹, 扫除.


walking: 步态, 步行.


CYRANO: What say you to the cake they call a little puff?

THE DUENNA: If made with cream, Sir, I love them passing well.%

CYRANO: Here I plunge six for your eating into the bosom of a poem by Saint Amant! And in these verses of Chapelain I glide a lighter morsel. Stay, love you hot cakes?

THE DUENNA: Ay, to the core of my heart!

CYRANO [filling her arms with the bags]: Pleasure me then; go eat them all in the street.

THE DUENNA: But. . .

CYRANO [pushing her out]: And come not back till the very last crumb be eaten!

[He shuts the door, comes down toward Roxane, and, uncovering, stands at a respectful distance from her.]

CYRANO: Blessed be the moment when you condescend-- Remembering that humbly I exist-- To come to meet me, and to say. . .to tell?. . .

ROXANE [who has unmasked]: To thank you first of all. That dandy count, Whom you checkmated in brave sword-play Last night,. . .he is the man whom a great lord, Desirous of my favor. . .

CYRANO: Ha, De Guiche?

ROXANE [casting down her eyes]: Sought to impose on me. . .for husband. . .

CYRANO: Ay! Husband!--dupe-husband!. . .Husband a la mode! [Bowing]: Then I fought, happy chance! sweet lady, not For my ill favor--but your favors fair!

ROXANE: Confession next!. . .But, ere I make my shrift, You must be once again that brother-friend With whom I used to play by the lake-side!. . .

Chinese Simplified

bosom: 胸, 胸部.


cake: 糕, 西薄, 饼, 饽饽, 蛋糕.

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

core: 核心, 中心, 纤芯, 主干,

主机, 岩心, 重心.

count: 计数, 伯爵, 计算, 有价值,

认为.

cream: 奶油.

crumb: 碎屑.

dandy: 花花公子, 纨绔子弟.

distance: 距离.

eaten: 吃了.

eating: 吃.

favor: 偏爱, 德, 赞成, 人情.

fought: 打.

glide: 滑翔, 滑行.

husband: 丈夫, 爱人, 老公.


拙劣的.

impose: 征收, 实施.

lighter: 驳船, 驳运, 比较轻.

meet: 遇见, 见面, 会合, 会晤,

聚会.

mode: 方式, 模式, 状态.

plunge: 跳进, 致身.

poem: 诗歌.

puff: 一吹.

respectful: 表示敬意, 表示敬意的,

恭敬.

shuts: 关闭.

street: 街道, 街, 马路, 大街, 街头.

toward: 朝向.

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CYRANO: Ay, you would come each spring to Bergerac!

ROXANE: Mind you the reeds you cut to make your swords?. . .%

CYRANO: While you wove corn-straw plaits for your dolls' hair!

ROXANE: Those were the days of games!. . .

CYRANO: And blackberries!. . .

ROXANE: In those days you did everything I bid!. . .

CYRANO: Roxane, in her short frock, was Madeleine. . .

ROXANE: Was I fair then?

CYRANO: You were not ill to see!

ROXANE: Ofttimes, with hands all bloody from a fall, You'd run to me! Then--aping mother-ways-- I, in a voice would-be severe, would chide,-- [She takes his hand]: 'What is this scratch, again, that I see here?' [She starts, surprised]: Oh! 'Tis too much! What's this? [Cyrano tries to draw away his hand]: No, let me see! At your age, fie! Where did you get that scratch?

CYRANO: I got it--playing at the Porte de Nesle.

ROXANE [seating herself by the table, and dipping her handkerchief in a glass of water]: Give here!

CYRANO [sitting by her]: So soft! so gay maternal-sweet!

ROXANE: And tell me, while I wipe away the blood, How many 'gainst you?

CYRANO: Oh! A hundred--near.

ROXANE: Come, tell me!

CYRANO: No, let be. But you, come tell The thing, just now, you dared not. . .

ROXANE [keeping his hand]: Now, I dare! The scent of those old days emboldens me! Yes, now I dare. Listen. I am in love.

Chinese Simplified

blood: 血, 血液, 鲜血.

bloody: 残忍, 流血的.

dare: 敢.


dipping: 药浴.


everything: 一切事物, 应有尽有,

一切, 事事.


公道, 展, 直.

fall: 跌落, 落下, 衰退, 下跌, 覆亡,

沈落, 跌倒, 沉落.

frock: 西式女衣.

gay: 欢乐, 快活, 快乐的, 基佬.


hair: 头发.

handkerchief: 手帕, 手绢.


拙劣的.

reeds: 芦苇.


scratch: 抓伤, 抓, 搔刮.

severe: 严重, 严竣, 严厉, 严峻,

剧烈, 严肃的.



spring: 弹簧, 泉, 春天, 绷簧,

春季, 水源, 跳.

starts: 开始.

takes: 拿, 取走.

wipe: 拭, 揩, 擦掉, 擦, 擦去.

would-be: 将要成为.

wove: 纺织.


CYRANO: Ah!. . .%

ROXANE: But with one who knows not.

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE: Not yet.

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE: But who, if he knows not, soon shall learn.

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE: A poor youth who all this time has loved Timidly, from afar, and dares not speak. . .

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE: Leave your hand; why, it is fever-hot!-- But I have seen love trembling on his lips.

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE [bandaging his hand with her handkerchief]: And to think of it! that he by chance-- Yes, cousin, he is of your regiment!

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE [laughing]: --Is cadet in your own company!

CYRANO: Ah!. . .

ROXANE: On his brow he bears the genius-stamp; He is proud, noble, young, intrepid, fair. . .

CYRANO [rising suddenly, very pale]: Fair!

ROXANE: Why, what ails you?

CYRANO: Nothing; 'tis. . . [He shows his hand, smiling]: This scratch!

Chinese Simplified

afar: 远远地.

bears: 忍耐.

brow: 眼眉, 眉毛.




公道, 展, 直.

intrepid: 强悍的.

knows: 知道.

learn: 学, 学习.

lips: 嘴唇.





自豪的.

regiment: 团, 一群, 一团, 兵团.

scratch: 抓伤, 抓, 搔刮.

shows: 显示.


早, 早日.

speak: 说, 讲.


一下.

trembling: 发抖, 发抖的.

youth: 青年, 青春.

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ROXANE: I love him; all is said. But you must know I have only seen him at the Comedy. . .%

CYRANO: How? You have never spoken?

ROXANE: Eyes can speak.

CYRANO: How know you then that he. . .?

ROXANE: Oh! people talk 'Neath the limes in the Place Royale. . . Gossip's chat Has let me know. . .

CYRANO: He is cadet?

ROXANE: In the Guards.

CYRANO: His name?

ROXANE: Baron Christian de Neuvillette.

CYRANO: How now?. . .He is not of the Guards!

ROXANE: To-day He is not join your ranks, under Captain Carbon de Castel-Jaloux.

CYRANO: Ah, how quick, How quick the heart has flown!. . .But, my poor child. . .

THE DUENNA [opening the door]: The cakes are eaten, Monsieur Bergerac!

CYRANO: Then read the verses printed on the bags! [She goes out]: . . .My poor child, you who love but flowing words, Bright wit,--what if he be a lout unskilled?

ROXANE: No, his bright locks, like D'Urfe's heroes. . .

CYRANO: Ah! A well-curled pate, and witless tongue, perchance!

ROXANE: Ah no! I guess--I feel--his words are fair!

Chinese Simplified


鲜明.


cakes: 饼饵, 糕.

chat: 摆龙门阵, 闲谈, 叙谈, 聊天,

聊天儿, 交谈, 谈天.


eaten: 吃了.


公道, 展, 直.

goes: 去.


heroes: 英雄.



locks: 锁.

perchance: 或许.




ranks: 队伍, 行列, 等级.

speak: 说, 讲.

spoken: 说话.

talk: 谈话, 报告, 言语, 谈.


unskilled: 不熟练的.


CYRANO: All words are fair that lurk 'neath fair mustache! --Suppose he were a fool!. . .%

ROXANE [stamping her foot]: Then bury me!

CYRANO [after a pause]: Was it to tell me this you brought me here? I fail to see what use this serves, Madame.

ROXANE: Nay, but I felt a terror, here, in the heart, On learning yesterday you were Gascons All of your company. . .

CYRANO: And we provoke All beardless sprigs that favor dares admit 'Midst us pure Gascons--[pure! Heaven save the mark! They told you that as well?

ROXANE: Ah! Think how I Trembled for him!

CYRANO [between his teeth]: Not causelessly!

ROXANE: But when Last night I saw you,--brave, invincible,-- Punish that dandy, fearless hold your own Against those brutes, I thought--I thought, if he Whom all fear, all--if he would only. . .

CYRANO: Good. I will befriend your little Baron.

ROXANE: Ah! You'll promise me you will do this for me? I've always held you as a tender friend.

CYRANO: Ay, ay.

ROXANE: Then you will be his friend?

CYRANO: I swear!

ROXANE: And he shall fight no duels, promise!

CYRANO: None.

ROXANE: You are kind, cousin! Now I must be gone. [She puts on her mask and veil quickly; then, absently]: You have not told me of your last night's

Chinese Simplified

admit: 接纳, 接待, 承认.

befriend: 亲近.

brutes: 畜生.

bury: 埋葬, 葬, 安葬.


dandy: 花花公子, 纨绔子弟.



公道, 展, 直.


fearless: 大胆, 不怕, 不怕的.


战斗, 奋斗.

learning: 学问, 学术, 学习.

mark: 标记, 印, 符号, 标明, 标识,

迹, 迹象, 标志, 成绩, 马克,

做记号.

mask: 面具.

mustache: 须.

promise: 答应, 约定, 承诺, 誓言,

诺言, 允诺.

provoke: 使愤怒, 刺激, 挑衅,

激怒.

pure: 单纯, 纯净的, 纯洁, 纯粹.

puts: 放.


挽救, 保存.


tender: 嫩, 纤细, 细嫩, 温柔,

柔弱的.

terror: 恐怖.

veil: 面罩, 面纱.

yesterday: 昨天.

Edmond Rostand 63

fray. Ah, but it must have been a hero-fight!. . . --Bid him to write. [She sends him a kiss with her fingers]: How good you are!

CYRANO: Ay! Ay!

ROXANE: A hundred men against you? Now, farewell.-- We are great friends?

CYRANO: Ay, ay!

ROXANE: Oh, bid him write! You'll tell me all one day--A hundred men!-- Ah, brave!. . .How brave!

CYRANO [bowing to her]: I have fought better since.%

[She goes out. Cyrano stands motionless, with eyes on the ground. A silence. The door [right] opens. Ragueneau looks in.]

RAGUENEAU: Can we come in?

CYRANO [without stirring]: Yes. . .

[Ragueneau signs to his friends, and they come in. At the same time, by door at back, enters Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, in Captain's uniform. He makes gestures of surprise on seeing Cyrano.]

CARBON: Here he is!

CYRANO [raising his head]: Captain!. . .

CARBON [delightedly]: Our hero! We heard all! Thirty or more Of my cadets are there!. . .

CYRANO [shrinking back]: But. . .

CARBON [trying to draw him away]: Come with me! They will not rest until they see you!

CYRANO: No!

Chinese Simplified



carbon: 碳.



fought: 打.

goes: 去.


土地.

heard: 听见.

hero: 英雄.

hundred: 百, 佰.




opens: 打开.

rest: 休息, 安息, 其余.

seeing: 有鉴于.


surprise: 使吃惊, 惊奇, 惊骇.

uniform: 制服, 匀净, 匀实, 一律.




CARBON: They're drinking opposite, at The Bear's Head.%

CYRANO: I. . .

CARBON [going to the door and calling across the street in a voice of thunder]: He won't come! The hero's in the sulks!

A VOICE [outside]: Ah! Sandious!

[Tumult outside. Noise of boots and swords is heard approaching.]

CARBON [rubbing his hands]: They are running 'cross the street!

CADETS [entering]: Mille dious! Capdedious! Pocapdedious!

RAGUENEAU [drawing back startled]: Gentlemen, are you all from Gascony?

THE CADETS: All!

A CADET [to Cyrano]: Bravo!

CYRANO: Baron!

ANOTHER [shaking his hands]: Vivat!

CYRANO: Baron!

THIRD CADET: Come! I must embrace you!

CYRANO: Baron!

SEVERAL GASCONS: We'll embrace Him, all in turn!

CYRANO [not knowing whom to reply to]: Baron!. . .Baron!. . .I beg. . .

RAGUENEAU: Are you all Barons, Sirs?

THE CADETS: Ay, every one!

RAGUENEAU: Is it true?. . .

Chinese Simplified

beg: 恳求, 乞求, 要求.

boots: 靴子.

carbon: 碳.

drinking: 喝.

embrace: 包罗, 怀抱, 拥抱, 囊括,

抱.

heard: 听见.

knowing: 博学的, 知道.

opposite: 相反, 相对, 对面,

对立面, 相反的.



外边.

reply: 回答, 答覆, 答复, 反应,

答应, 答词, 回信.

running: 一连.


swords: 剑.

tumult: 骚嚷.


whom: 谁.

Edmond Rostand 65

FIRST CADET: Ay--why, you could build a tower With nothing but our coronets, my friend!

LE BRET [entering, and running up to Cyrano]: They're looking for you! Here's a crazy mob Led by the men who followed you last night. . .%

CYRANO [alarmed]: What! Have you told them where to find me?

LE BRET [rubbing his hands]: Yes!

A BURGHER [entering, followed by a group of men]: Sir, all the Marais is a-coming here!

[Outside the street has filled with people. Chaises a porteurs and carriages have drawn up.]

LE BRET [in a low voice, smiling, to Cyrano]: And Roxane?

CYRANO [quickly]: Hush!

THE CROWD [calling outside]: Cyrano!. . .

[A crowd rush into the shop, pushing one another. Acclamations.]

RAGUENEAU [standing on a table]: Lo! my shop Invaded! They break all! Magnificent!

PEOPLE [crowding round Cyrano]: My friend!. . .my friend. . .

Cyrano: Meseems that yesterday I had not all these friends!

LE BRET [delighted]: Success!

A YOUNG MARQUIS [hurrying up with his hands held out]: My friend, Didst thou but know. . .

CYRANO: Thou!. . .Marry!. . .thou!. . .Pray when Did we herd swine together, you and I!

Chinese Simplified

break: 破坏, 断, 打破, 犯, 中断,

破, 裂.

build: 建造, 建立, 兴建, 筑, 个子,

造, 建筑, 建成, 修筑, 建.

crazy: 发狂, 疯狂, 颠倒, 疯狂的.

crowd: 人群.

drawn: 画了.


hands: 手.

held: 握住.

herd: 牧群.


mob: 乌合之众, 暴民.



外边.

pray: 祈祷.

running: 一连.

rush: 速行, 匆匆.

shop: 商店, 店铺.

smiling: 微笑的.


swine: 猪.

tower: 塔.

yesterday: 昨天.


ANOTHER: I would present you, Sir, to some fair dames Who in my carriage yonder. . .%

CYRANO [coldly]: Ah! and who Will first present you, Sir, to me?

LE BRET [astonished]: What's wrong?

CYRANO: Hush!

A MAN OF LETTERS [with writing-board]: A few details?. . .

CYRANO: No.

LE BRET [nudging his elbow]: 'Tis Theophrast, Renaudet,. . .of the 'Court Gazette'!

CYRANO: Who cares?

LE BRET: This paper--but it is of great importance!. . . They say it will be an immense success!

A POET [advancing]: Sir. . .

CYRANO: What, another!

THE POET: . . .Pray permit I make A pentacrostic on your name. . .

SOME ONE [also advancing]: Pray, Sir. . .

CYRANO: Enough! Enough!

[A movement in the crowd. De Guiche appears, escorted by officers. Cuigy, Brissaille, the officers who went with Cyrano the night before. Cuigy comes rapidly up to Cyrano.]

CUIGY [to Cyrano]: Here is Monsieur de Guiche? [A murmur--every one makes way]: He comes from the Marshal of Gassion!

DE GUICHE [bowing to Cyrano]: . . .Who would express his admiration, Sir, For your new exploit noised so loud abroad.

Chinese Simplified

abroad: 海外, 国外, 在国外,

到国外, 到处.


appears: 出现.

carriage: 车厢, 马车, 四轮马车,

炮架.

comes: 来.

crowd: 人群.


exploit: 剥削, 开发, 利用, 伟业,

勋绩.

express: 表达, 流露, 快车.


公道, 展, 直.


immense: 巨大, 无限的, 广大.


movement: 运动, 移动, 动作,

动态, 手足.

officers: 官员.


pray: 祈祷.

present: 礼物, 现在, 这次, 呈送,

眼前, 当前, 当今, 出席的, 递交,

呈献, 出席.

rapidly: 一头, 迅速, 迅速地.

success: 成功, 成就.


yonder: 那边.

Edmond Rostand 67

THE CROWD: Bravo!

CYRANO [bowing]: The Marshal is a judge of valor.%

DE GUICHE: He could not have believed the thing, unless These gentlemen had sworn they witnessed it.

CUIGY: With our own eyes!

LE BRET [aside to Cyrano, who has an absent air]: But. . .you. .

CYRANO: Hush!

LE BRET: But. . .You suffer?

CYRANO [starting]: Before this rabble?--I?. . . [He draws himself up, twirls his mustache, and throws back his shoulders]: Wait!. . .You shall see!

DE GUICHE [to whom Cuigy has spoken in a low voice]: In feats of arms, already your career Abounded.--You serve with those crazy pates Of Gascons?

CYRANO: Ay, with the Cadets.

A CADET [in a terrible voice]: With us!

DE GUICHE [looking at the cadets, ranged behind Cyrano]: Ah!. . .All these gentlemen of haughty mien, Are they the famous?. . .

CARBON: Cyrano!

CYRANO: Ay, Captain!

CARBON: Since all my company's assembled here, Pray favor me,--present them to my lord!

CYRANO [making two steps toward De Guiche]: My Lord de Guiche, permit that I present-- [pointing to the cadets]: The bold Cadets of Gascony, Of Carbon of Castel-Jaloux! Brawling and swaggering boastfully, The bold Cadets of Gascony! Spouting of Armory, Heraldry, Their veins a-brimming

Chinese Simplified

absent: 缺席, 缺席的.



assembled: 集合.

bold: 刚劲, 大胆的, 大胆.

carbon: 碳.

career: 生涯, 职业.




feats: 功绩.

gentlemen: 绅士.


傲慢的.


审判员.


mustache: 须.


ranged: 排列.

serve: 侍候, 伺候, 待候.

spoken: 说话.

steps: 步骤.

suffer: 受苦, 蒙受, 遭受, 受到,

遭到.

swaggering: 昂首阔步.

sworn: 立誓.


toward: 朝向.

twirls: 旋转.

unless: 除非.

veins: 纹理, 脉, 静脉.

whom: 谁.


with%blood so blue, The bold Cadets of Gascony, Of Carbon of Castel-Jaloux:

Eagle-eye, and spindle-shanks, Fierce mustache, and wolfish tooth! Slash-the-rabble and scatter-their-ranks; Eagle-eye and spindle-shanks, With a flaming feather that gayly pranks, Hiding the holes in their hats, forsooth! Eagle-eye and spindle-shanks, Fierce mustache, and wolfish tooth!

'Pink-your-Doublet' and 'Slit-your-Trunk' Are their gentlest sobriquets; With Fame and Glory their soul is drunk! 'Pink-your-Doublet' and 'Slit-your-Trunk,' In brawl and skirmish they show their spunk, Give rendezvous in broil and fray; 'Pink-your-Doublet' and 'Slit-your-Trunk' Are their gentlest sobriquets!

What, ho! Cadets of Gascony! All jealous lovers are sport for you! O Woman! dear divinity! What, ho! Cadets of Gascony! Whom scowling husbands quake to see. Blow, 'taratara,' and cry 'Cuckoo.' What, ho! Cadets of Gascony! Husbands and lovers are game for you!

DE GUICHE [seated with haughty carelessness in an armchair brought quickly by Ragueneau]: A poet! 'Tis the fashion of the hour! --Will you be mine?

CYRANO: No, Sir,--no man's!

DE GUICHE: Last night Your fancy pleased my uncle Richelieu. I'll gladly say a word to him for you.

LE BRET [overjoyed]: Great Heavens!

DE GUICHE: I imagine you have rhymed Five acts, or so?

LE BRET [in Cyrano's ear]: Your play!--your 'Agrippine!' You'll see it staged at last!

DE GUICHE: Take them to him.

CYRANO [beginning to be tempted and attracted]: In sooth,--I would. . .

Chinese Simplified

acts: 作用, 法案.

armchair: 靠背椅, 扶手椅.


broil: 炙, 烤.

carelessness: 疏忽.


divinity: 神性, 神的.



fashion: 时尚, 方式, 时装.

feather: 羽毛.

flaming: 燃烧, 熊熊, 燃烧的.

game: 游戏, 把戏.


傲慢的.

ho: 吓声.

holes: 洞.

hour: 小时, 钟头, 钟点, 现在.

imagine: 想像, 设想.

jealous: 妒忌, 妒忌的.

mustache: 须.

pleased: 满意, 高兴的.

poet: 诗人.

quake: 震动.


skirmish: 小冲突, 小战斗.

soul: 灵魂.

sport: 运动.

spunk: 引火木柴.

tooth: 牙齿.

uncle: 叔叔, 伯伯, 叔父, 大爷,

老大爷, 姑夫.

wolfish: 残忍的, 豺狼成性.

Edmond Rostand 69

DE GUICHE: He is a critic skilled: He may correct a line or two, at most.%

CYRANO [whose face stiffens at once]: Impossible! My blood congeals to think That other hand should change a comma's dot.

DE GUICHE: But when a verse approves itself to him He pays it dear, good friend.

CYRANO: He pays less dear Than I myself; when a verse pleases me I pay myself, and sing it to myself!

DE GUICHE: You are proud.

CYRANO: Really? You have noticed that?

A CADET [entering, with a string of old battered plumed beaver hats, full of holes, slung on his sword]: See, Cyrano,--this morning, on the quay What strange bright-feathered game we caught! The hats O' the fugitives. . .

CARBON: 'Spolia opima!'

ALL [laughing]: Ah! ah! ah!

CUIGY: He who laid that ambush, 'faith! Must curse and swear!

BRISSAILLE: Who was it?

DE GUICHE: I myself. [The laughter stops]: I charged them--work too dirty for my sword, To punish and chastise a rhymster sot.

[Constrained silence.]

The CADET [in a low voice, to Cyrano, showing him the beavers]: What do with them? They're full of grease!--a stew?

CYRANO [taking the sword and, with a salute, dropping the hats at De Guiche's feet]: Sir, pray be good enough to render them Back to your friends.

DE GUICHE [rising, sharply]: My chair there--quick!--I go! [To Cyrano passionately]: As to you, sirrah!. . .

Chinese Simplified



carbon: 碳.

caught: 捉了.

chastise: 惩罚.

congeals: 凝结.

correct: 正确, 拨正, 不错, 对,

端正, 纠正, 对头, 改正, 对了.

critic: 批评家, 评论家.

curse: 咒骂, 诅咒, 咒.

dirty: 肮脏, 脏脏, 肮脏的, 混浊.

dot: 点, 点 , 点子, 圆点, 嫁妆.

dropping: 点滴, 落下.

holes: 洞.

laid: 放.

laughter: 笑声.

pays: 支付.

pray: 祈祷.


自豪的.

punish: 处罚, 惩罚, 处置.

quay: 码头, 埠.


salute: 敬礼.

sing: 唱, 歌唱, 唱歌.


stew: 炖, 焦虑.


生疏.



sword: 剑.



VOICE [in the street]: Porters for my lord De Guiche!

DE GUICHE [who has controlled himself--smiling]: Have you read 'Don Quixote'?

CYRANO: I have! And doff my hat at th' mad knight-errant's name.%

DE GUICHE: I counsel you to study. . .

A PORTER [appearing at back]: My lord's chair!

DE GUICHE: . . .The windmill chapter!

CYRANO [bowing]: Chapter the Thirteenth.

DE GUICHE: For when one tilts 'gainst windmills--it may chance. . .

CYRANO: Tilt I 'gainst those who change with every breeze?

DE GUICHE: . . .That windmill sails may sweep you with their arm Down--in the mire!. . .

CYRANO: Or upward--to the stars!

[De Guiche goes out, and mounts into his chair. The other lords go away whispering together. Le Bret goes to the door with them. The crowd disperses.]

CYRANO [bowing mockingly to those who go out without daring to salute him]: Gentlemen. . .Gentlemen. . .

LE BRET [coming back, despairingly]: Here's a fine coil!

CYRANO: Oh! scold away!

LE BRET: At least, you will agree That to annihilate each chance of Fate Exaggerates. . .

CYRANO: Yes!--I exaggerate!

LE BRET [triumphantly]: Ah!

Chinese Simplified

agree: 同意.

annihilate: 消灭, 歼灭.



breeze: 和风.

chair: 椅子.

chance: 机会.

chapter: 章节, 章.

coil: 卷, 盘旋.

counsel: 劝告, 律师, 商议,

法律顾问.

crowd: 人群.

daring: 大胆, 胆大, 大胆的.


exaggerate: 夸大, 夸张, 跨张.



优美, 美好的.

gentlemen: 绅士.

hat: 帽子.


lords: 主人.


疯狂的.

mockingly: 愚弄地.

mounts: 安装.

sails: 航行.

salute: 敬礼.

scold: 责骂.

stars: 星.

sweep: 席卷, 打扫, 扫描.

whispering: 耳语般.

windmill: 风车.

Edmond Rostand 71

CYRANO: But for principle--example too,-- I think 'tis well thus to exaggerate.%

LE BRET: Oh! lay aside that pride of musketeer, Fortune and glory wait you!. . .

CYRANO: Ay, and then?. . . Seek a protector, choose a patron out, And like the crawling ivy round a tree That licks the bark to gain the trunk's support, Climb high by creeping ruse instead of force? No, grammercy! What! I, like all the rest Dedicate verse to bankers?--play buffoon In cringing hope to see, at last, a smile Not disapproving, on a patron's lips? Grammercy, no! What! learn to swallow toads? --With frame aweary climbing stairs?--a skin Grown grimed and horny,--here, about the knees? And, acrobat-like, teach my back to bend?-- No, grammercy! Or,--double-faced and sly-- Run with the hare, while hunting with the hounds; And, oily-tongued, to win the oil of praise, Flatter the great man to his very nose? No, grammercy! Steal soft from lap to lap, --A little great man in a circle small, Or navigate, with madrigals for sails, Blown gently windward by old ladies' sighs? No, grammercy! Bribe kindly editors To spread abroad my verses? Grammercy! Or try to be elected as the pope Of tavern-councils held by imbeciles? No, grammercy! Toil to gain reputation By one small sonnet, 'stead of making many? No, grammercy! Or flatter sorry bunglers? Be terrorized by every prating paper? Say ceaselessly, 'Oh, had I but the chance Of a fair notice in the "Mercury"!' Grammercy, no! Grow pale, fear, calculate? Prefer to make a visit to a rhyme? Seek introductions, draw petitions up? No, grammercy! and no! and no again! But--sing? Dream, laugh, go lightly, solitary, free, With eyes that look straight forward--fearless voice! To cock your beaver just the way you choose,-- For 'yes' or 'no' show fight, or turn a rhyme! --To work without one thought of gain or fame, To realize that journey to the moon! Never to pen a line that has not sprung Straight from the heart within. Embracing then Modesty, say to oneself, 'Good my friend, Be thou content with flowers,--fruit,--nay, leaves, But pluck them from no garden but thine own!' And then, if glory come by

Chinese Simplified

bark: 吠.

calculate: 计算.

ceaselessly: 不休, 不停地, 不断地.

crawling: 爬行.

cringing: 畏缩.

editors: 编辑.

fame: 声誉, 名誉.

flatter: 奉承.

glory: 荣耀, 光荣, 辉煌.

hare: 野兔, 兔子.

hunting: 狩猎.

introductions: 介绍.

ivy: 常春藤.

kindly: 和蔼, 可亲, 仁慈, 慈祥,

善良地.

lap: 一段行程, 大腿, 山坳, 被包住.

lightly: 轻轻, 轻轻地, 轻易.

navigate: 航行.

oneself: 自身, 本人, 亲身, 个人,

自己.

petitions: 请愿.

pluck: 采摘, 摘, 勇气, 采.

pope: 教皇.

praise: 赞扬, 赞美, 嘉许, 称赞,

夸奖.

prating: 空谈.

realize: 体认, 实现, 觉醒, 达,

知悉.

solitary: 孤独, 独居的.

sprung: 弹跳.

swallow: 燕子, 吞, 咽.

toads: 蟾蜍.

windward: 上风.


chance your way, To pay no tribute %unto Caesar, none, But keep the merit all your own! In short, Disdaining tendrils of the parasite, To be content, if neither oak nor elm-- Not to mount high, perchance, but mount alone!

LE BRET: Alone, an if you will! But not with hand 'Gainst every man! How in the devil's name Have you conceived this lunatic idea, To make foes for yourself at every turn?

CYRANO: By dint of seeing you at every turn Make friends,--and fawn upon your frequent friends With mouth wide smiling, slit from ear to ear! I pass, still unsaluted, joyfully, And cry,--What, ho! another enemy?

LE BRET: Lunacy!

CYRANO: Well, what if it be my vice, My pleasure to displease--to love men hate me! Ah, friend of mine, believe me, I march better 'Neath the cross-fire of glances inimical! How droll the stains one sees on fine-laced doublets, From gall of envy, or the poltroon's drivel! --The enervating friendship which enfolds you Is like an open-laced Italian collar, Floating around your neck in woman's fashion; One is at ease thus,--but less proud the carriage! The forehead, free from mainstay or coercion, Bends here, there, everywhere. But I, embracing Hatred, she lends,--forbidding, stiffly fluted, The ruff's starched folds that hold the head so rigid; Each enemy--another fold--a gopher, Who adds constraint, and adds a ray of glory; For Hatred, like the ruff worn by the Spanish, Grips like a vice, but frames you like a halo!

LE BRET [after a silence, taking his arm]: Speak proud aloud, and bitter!--In my ear Whisper me simply this,--She loves thee not!

CYRANO [vehemently]: Hush!

[Christian has just entered, and mingled with the cadets, who do not speak to him; he has seated himself at a table, where Lise serves him.]

Chinese Simplified

adds: 增加.

collar: 硬领, 衣领.

constraint: 拘禁, 约束, 强制.

drivel: 胡说, 淌口水, 糊涂话.

droll: 滑稽的, 好笑的.

embracing: 拥抱.

enemy: 敌人.

enervating: 削弱.

envy: 羡慕, 妒忌, 嫉妒.

everywhere: 到处, 处处, 遍地,

前后.

fawn: 奉承, 讨好.

fluted: 有凹槽的.

foes: 敌人.

forehead: 前额, 额, 额头.

frames: 框架.

frequent: 频仍, 密切, 经常.

friendship: 友谊, 交谊.

gall: 胆汁, 胆.

glances: 匆匆一看.

gopher: 鼠窜介面.

halo: 光环.

joyfully: 欢乐地.

loves: 爱, 热爱.

lunatic: 丧心病狂, 疯子.

mainstay: 支柱, 主要的依靠.

merit: 优点, 功劳.

oak: 橡树, 橡.

parasite: 寄生物.

ray: 射线, 鳐, 光纤.

rigid: 板板六十四, 死板, 坚硬的.

stains: 污点.

tribute: 贡物.

Edmond Rostand 73

A%CADET [seated at a table, glass in hand]: Cyrano! [Cyrano turns round]: The story!

CYRANO: In its time!

[He goes up on Le Bret's arm. They talk in low voices.]

THE CADET [rising and coming down]: The story of the fray! 'Twill lesson well [He stops before the table where Christian is seated]: This timid young apprentice!

CHRISTIAN [raising his head]: 'Prentice! Who?

ANOTHER CADET: This sickly Northern greenhorn!

CHRISTIAN: Sickly!

FIRST CADET [mockingly]: Hark! Monsieur de Neuvillette, this in your ear: There's somewhat here, one no more dares to name, Than to say 'rope' to one whose sire was hanged!

CHRISTIAN: What may that be?

ANOTHER CADET [in a terrible voice]: See here! [He puts his finger three times, mysteriously, on his nose]: Do you understand?

CHRISTIAN: Oh! 'tis the. . .

ANOTHER: Hush! oh, never breathe that word, Unless you'd reckon with him yonder!

[He points to Cyrano, who is talking with Le Bret.]

ANOTHER [who has meanwhile come up noiselessly to sit on the table--whispering behind him]: Hark! He put two snuffling men to death, in rage, For the sole reason they spoke through their nose!

Chinese Simplified

apprentice: 学徒, 徒弟.



breathe: 呼吸.


ear: 耳朵, 耳.



lesson: 教训, 课, 课业, 课程, 裸.


meanwhile: 与此同时.

mysteriously: 神秘地.

noiselessly: 无声, 无声地.

nose: 鼻子.

points: 点.

puts: 放.


reckon: 估计, 计算.

sire: 阁下, 陛下.

sit: 坐.


跖, 鞋底.




stops: 停止.

story: 故事, 报导.



understand: 了解, 明白, 理解,

领会.

whose: 谁的.

yonder: 那边.


ANOTHER [in a hollow voice, darting on all-fours from under the table, where he had crept]: And if you would not perish in flower o' youth, --Oh, mention not the fatal cartilage!

ANOTHER [clapping him on the shoulder]: A word? A gesture! For the indiscreet His handkerchief may prove his winding-sheet!

[Silence. All, with crossed arms, look at Christian. He rises and goes over to Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, who is talking to an officer, and feigns to see nothing.]

CHRISTIAN: Captain!

CARBON [turning and looking at him from head to foot]: Sir!

CHRISTIAN: Pray, what skills it best to do To Southerners who swagger?. . .%

CARBON: Give them proof That one may be a Northerner, yet brave!

[He turns his back on him.]

CHRISTIAN: I thank you.

FIRST CADET [to Cyrano]: Now the tale!

ALL: The tale!

CYRANO [coming toward them]: The tale?. . . [All bring their stools up, and group round him, listening eagerly. Christian is astride a chair]: Well! I went all alone to meet the band. The moon was shining, clock-like, full i' th' sky, When, suddenly, some careful clockwright passed A cloud of cotton-wool across the case That held this silver watch. And, presto! heigh! The night was inky black, and all the quays Were hidden in the murky dark. Gadsooks! One could see nothing further. . .

CHRISTIAN: Than one's nose!

[Silence. All slowly rise, looking in terror at Cyrano, who has stopped-- dumfounded. Pause.]

Chinese Simplified


bring: 带, 带来, 携带.

carbon: 碳.

cartilage: 软骨.

cloud: 云.

eagerly: 渴望地, 热切地, 急切,

津津有味.

fatal: 致命的.

feigns: 假装.

flower: 花, 花儿, 华, 花朵, 开花.



hidden: 不可告人, 潜在, 隐藏的.

hollow: 凹陷, 中空的, 空心, 空虚.

indiscreet: 不稳重的, 轻率的,

欠慎重的.

mention: 提到, 提及.


murky: 昏沉.

officer: 军官, 官员, 干事.

perish: 消灭, 毁灭, 死亡.

presto: 急板.

prove: 证明.

quays: 码头.

rise: 升起, 上升, 上涨, 兴起, 增大.

shining: 彪炳, 发亮.

skills: 技巧.

sky: 天空, 天.

slowly: 徐徐, 慢慢地, 缓缓.

stools: 凳子.

tale: 故事.

terror: 恐怖.

toward: 朝向.

Edmond Rostand 75

CYRANO: Who on God's earth is that?

A CADET [whispering]: It is a man Who joined to-day.%

CYRANO [making a step toward Christian]: To-day?

CARBON [in a low voice]: Yes. . .his name is The Baron de Neuvil. . .

CYRANO [checking himself]: Good! It is well. . . [He turns pale, flushes, makes as if to fall on Christian]: I. . . [He controls himself]: What said I?. . . [With a burst of rage]: MORDIOUS!. . . [Then continues calmly]: That it was dark. [Astonishment. The cadets reseat themselves, staring at him]: On I went, thinking, 'For a knavish cause I may provoke some great man, some great prince, Who certainly could break'. . .

CHRISTIAN: My nose!. . .

[Every one starts up. Christian balances on his chair.]

CYRANO [in a choked voice]: . . .'My teeth! Who would break my teeth, and I, imprudent-like, Was poking. . .'

CHRISTIAN: My nose!. . .

CYRANO: 'My finger,. . .in the crack Between the tree and bark! He may prove strong And rap me. . .'

CHRISTIAN: Over the nose. . .

CYRANO [wiping his forehead]: . . .'O' th' knuckles! Ay,' But I cried, 'Forward, Gascon! Duty calls! On, Cyrano!' And thus I ventured on. . . When, from the shadow, came. . .

CHRISTIAN: A crack o' th' nose.

CYRANO: I parry it--find myself. . .

CHRISTIAN: Nose to nose. . .

Chinese Simplified

astonishment: 惊愕, 惊讶.

bark: 吠.

burst: 破裂, 爆裂, 决口, 暴炸.

carbon: 碳.

certainly: 一定, 保管, 当然,

理所当然, 岂不, 肯定地.


continues: 继续.


裂开, 空隙.

flushes: 奔流.

joined: 加入.

knavish: 刁诈的.

knuckles: 关节.

nose: 鼻子.

pale: 苍白, 苍白的.

prince: 王子, 太子.

prove: 证明.

provoke: 使愤怒, 刺激, 挑衅,

激怒.

rap: 敲击, 责骂.


staring: 凝视的.

starts: 开始.

step: 步骤, 步伐, 措施, 一步,

步调, 步子, 级, 脚步, 踏.

strong: 轰轰烈烈, 健全, 霸道,

坚强, 强有力, 强大, 强烈, 强大的,

扎实, 干, 强烈的.

teeth: 牙齿, 牙.

thinking: 思想, 思维.

toward: 朝向.

tree: 树.


CYRANO [bounding on to him]: Heaven and earth! [All the Gascons leap up to see, but when he is close to Christian he controls himself and continues]: . . .With a hundred brawling sots, Who stank. . .%

CHRISTIAN: A noseful. . .

CYRANO [white, but smiling]: Onions, brandy-cups! I leapt out, head well down. . .

CHRISTIAN: Nosing the wind!

CYRANO: I charge!--gore two, impale one--run him through, One aims at me--Paf! and I parry. . .

CHRISTIAN: Pif!

CYRANO [bursting out]: Great God! Out! all of you!

[The cadets rush to the doors.]

FIRST CADET: The tiger wakes!

CYRANO: Every man, out! Leave me alone with him!

SECOND CADET: We shall find him minced fine, minced into hash In a big pasty!

RAGUENEAU: I am turning pale, And curl up, like a napkin, limp and white!

CARBON: Let us be gone.

ANOTHER: He will not leave a crumb!

ANOTHER: I die of fright to think what will pass here!

ANOTHER [shutting door right]: Something too horrible!

[All have gone out by different doors, some by the staircase. Cyrano and Christian are face to face, looking at each other for a moment.]

CYRANO: Embrace me now!

Chinese Simplified


carbon: 碳.


close: 关闭, 闭合, 密切, 相近,

结束, 截止, 亲密, 关.

crumb: 碎屑.

curl: 卷曲, 卷发.


doors: 门.



优美, 美好的.

fright: 惊骇.

gone: 去.

hash: 剁碎.

horrible: 可怕, 恐怖的.

hundred: 百, 佰.

impale: 刺穿, 钉住.

leap: 跳跃.


limp: 瘫软, 跛行, 一瘸一拐地走.

napkin: 餐巾.



要隘.


staircase: 楼梯.

tiger: 老虎, 虎.

turning: 旋转.

wakes: 醒来.

wind: 风, 弯曲, 上弦, 缠绕.

Edmond Rostand 77

CHRISTIAN: Sir. . .%

CYRANO: You are brave.

CHRISTIAN: Oh! but. . .

CYRANO: Nay, I insist.

CHRISTIAN: Pray tell me. . .

CYRANO: Come, embrace! I am her brother.

CHRISTIAN: Whose brother?

CYRANO: Hers i' faith! Roxane's!

CHRISTIAN [rushing up to him]: O heavens! Her brother. . .?

CYRANO: Cousin--brother!. . .the same thing!

CHRISTIAN: And she has told you. . .?

CYRANO: All!

CHRISTIAN: She loves me? say!

CYRANO: Maybe!

CHRISTIAN [taking his hands]: How glad I am to meet you, Sir!

CYRANO: That may be called a sudden sentiment!

CHRISTIAN: I ask your pardon. . .

CYRANO [looking at him, with his hand on his shoulder]: True, he's fair, the villain!

CHRISTIAN: Ah, Sir! If you but knew my admiration!. . .

CYRANO: But all those noses?. . .

CHRISTIAN: Oh! I take them back!

Chinese Simplified

ask: 问, 询问.


brother: 弟兄, 兄弟.



抱.


公道, 展, 直.



heavens: 老天爷, 天.

insist: 坚持.

loves: 爱, 热爱.


聚会.

pardon: 赦免, 包容, 原谅, 宽恕,

饶恕.

sentiment: 情绪.




CYRANO: Roxane expects a letter.%

CHRISTIAN: Woe the day!

CYRANO: How?

CHRISTIAN: I am lost if I but ope my lips!

CYRANO: Why so?

CHRISTIAN: I am a fool--could die for shame!

CYRANO: None is a fool who knows himself a fool. And you did not attack me like a fool.

CHRISTIAN: Bah! One finds battle-cry to lead th' assault! I have a certain military wit, But, before women, can but hold my tongue. Their eyes! True, when I pass, their eyes are kind. . .

CYRANO: And, when you stay, their hearts, methinks, are kinder?

CHRISTIAN: No! for I am one of those men--tongue-tied, I know it--who can never tell their love.

CYRANO: And I, meseems, had Nature been more kind, More careful, when she fashioned me,--had been One of those men who well could speak their love!

CHRISTIAN: Oh, to express one's thoughts with facile grace!. . .

CYRANO: . . .To be a musketeer, with handsome face!

CHRISTIAN: Roxane is precieuse. I'm sure to prove A disappointment to her!

CYRANO [looking at him]: Had I but Such an interpreter to speak my soul!

CHRISTIAN [with despair]: Eloquence! Where to find it?

CYRANO [abruptly]: That I lend, If you lend me your handsome victor-charms; Blended, we make a hero of romance!

Chinese Simplified

assault: 攻打, 攻击, 冲锋, 袭击.

attack: 抨击, 攻击, 进攻, 攻打,

冲击, 袭击.


周密, 小心的, 精细, 细心, 细致.



disappointment: 失望.


facile: 容易的, 易做的.

fashioned: 方式.

finds: 找到.

fool: 呆子, 笨蛋, 傻子, 笨人,

愚人.

handsome: 英俊, 慷慨的, 英俊的.

hearts: 心.

hero: 英雄.

interpreter: 翻译者, 译员.

knows: 知道.

lend: 借出, 借.

lips: 嘴唇.

military: 军事, 军方, 武装, 军用.



要隘.

prove: 证明.

romance: 浪漫.

shame: 羞耻.

soul: 灵魂.

sure: 肯定.

thoughts: 心头, 感想.



Edmond Rostand 79

CHRISTIAN: How so?

CYRANO: Think you you can repeat what things I daily teach your tongue?

CHRISTIAN: What do you mean?

CYRANO: Roxane shall never have a disillusion! Say, wilt thou that we woo her, double-handed? Wilt thou that we two woo her, both together? Feel'st thou, passing from my leather doublet, Through thy laced doublet, all my soul inspiring?

CHRISTIAN: But, Cyrano!. . .%

CYRANO: Will you, I say?

CHRISTIAN: I fear!

CYRANO: Since, by yourself, you fear to chill her heart, Will you--to kindle all her heart to flame-- Wed into one my phrases and your lips?

CHRISTIAN: Your eyes flash!

CYRANO: Will you?

CHRISTIAN: Will it please you so? --Give you such pleasure?

CYRANO [madly]: It!. . . [Then calmly, business-like]: It would amuse me! It is an enterprise to tempt a poet. Will you complete me, and let me complete you? You march victorious,--I go in your shadow; Let me be wit for you, be you my beauty!

CHRISTIAN: The letter, that she waits for even now! I never can. . .

CYRANO [taking out the letter he had written]: See! Here it is--your letter!

CHRISTIAN: What?

CYRANO: Take it! Look, it wants but the address.

CHRISTIAN: But I. . .

Chinese Simplified

address: 地址, 致词, 演说.

amuse: 使娱乐, 娱乐.


calmly: 平静地.

chill: 寒冷.


complete: 完成, 完全, 全部, 完善,

彻底, 通通, 完整, 成套, 完备.

daily: 每日, 日常, 每天.

disillusion: 觉醒, 幻灭.

enterprise: 企业, 事业.


害怕.

flash: 闪光, 晃.

kindle: 燃烧, 点燃.

leather: 皮革, 皮.

lips: 嘴唇.


及格的.

phrases: 词组.

pleasure: 欢乐, 乐趣, 愉快.

poet: 诗人.

repeat: 重复, 复述, 复诵, 重做.


soul: 灵魂.

teach: 教, 教导, 讲课.

tempt: 勾引, 诱惑.



wilt: 枯萎.


woo: 求爱.



CYRANO: Fear nothing. Send it. It will suit.%

CHRISTIAN: But have you. . .?

CYRANO: Oh! We have our pockets full, We poets, of love-letters, writ to Chloes, Daphnes--creations of our noddle-heads. Our lady-loves,--phantasms of our brains, --Dream-fancies blown into soap-bubbles! Come! Take it, and change feigned love-words into true; I breathed my sighs and moans haphazard-wise; Call all these wandering love-birds home to nest. You'll see that I was in these lettered lines, --Eloquent all the more, the less sincere! --Take it, and make an end!

CHRISTIAN: Were it not well To change some words? Written haphazard-wise, Will it fit Roxane?

CYRANO: 'Twill fit like a glove!

CHRISTIAN: But. . .

CYRANO: Ah, credulity of love! Roxane Will think each word inspired by herself!

CHRISTIAN: My friend!

[He throws himself into Cyrano's arms. They remain thus.]

A CADET [half opening the door]: Naught here!. . .The silence of the grave! I dare not look. . . [He puts his head in]: Why?. . .

ALL THE CADETS [entering, and seeing Cyrano and Christian embracing]: Oh!. . .

A CADET: This passes all!

[Consternation.]

THE MUSKETEER [mockingly]: Ho, ho!. . .

Chinese Simplified



brains: 头脑, 脑子, 脑筋, 脑袋,

脑髓.


credulity: 轻信.

dare: 敢.

feigned: 做作的.

fit: 合适, 适应, 适合, 适.


glove: 手套.


深重.

herself: 她自己.

lettered: 有学问的.

lines: 行数.

nest: 窝巢, 窝, 巢.


开始.

passes: 传递.

puts: 放.


seeing: 有鉴于.

sighs: 叹息.


sincere: 虔诚, 真挚, 真诚的, 真诚,

真心, 深切, 恳切.



wandering: 蜿蜒的, 徘徊, 徘徊的,

流浪.


Edmond Rostand 81

CARBON: Our demon has become a saint? Struck on one nostril--lo! he turns the other!

MUSKETEER: Then we may speak about his nose, henceforth!. . . [Calling to Lise, boastfully]: --Ah, Lise, see here! [Sniffing ostentatiously]: O heavens!. . .what a stink!. . . [Going up to Cyrano]: You, sir, without a doubt have sniffed it up! --What is the smell I notice here?

CYRANO [cuffing his head]: Clove-heads.%

[General delight. The cadets have found the old Cyrano again! They turn somersaults.]

CURTAIN.

Chinese Simplified

delight: 乐趣, 高兴.

demon: 妖魔, 恶魔, 鬼.

doubt: 怀疑, 疑.


nose: 鼻子.

notice: 通知, 注意, 布告, 注意到,

启事.

saint: 圣人, 圣徒.

sir: 先生, 爵士.

smell: 嗅, 臭, 香味.

speak: 说, 讲.



ACT I I I .

ROXAN E 'S K ISS

A small square in the old Marais. Old houses. A perspective of little streets. On

the right Roxane's house and the wall of her garden overhung with thick foliage. Window and balcony over the door. A bench in front.%

From the bench and the stones jutting out of the wall it is easy to climb to the balcony. In front of an old house in the same style of brick and stone. The knocker of this door is bandaged with linen like a sore thumb.

At the rising of the curtain the duenna is seated on the bench. The window on Roxane's balcony is wide open. Ragueneau is standing near the door in a sort of livery. He has just finished

relating something to the duenna, and is wiping his eyes.

SCENE 1

Ragueneau, the duenna. Then Roxane, Cyrano, and two pages.

Chinese Simplified

balcony: 阳台, 阳.

bandaged: 有绷带的, 绷带.

bench: 长椅, 长凳.

brick: 砖, 砖块.

climb: 爬, 攀登.

curtain: 布帘.

easy: 容易, 轻而易举, 简易, 安逸,

便利, 便当, 容易的, 纵横.

finished: 完结了的, 完蛋了的.

foliage: 叶子.

garden: 花园.

houses: 房屋.

knocker: 门环.

linen: 亚麻布.

livery: 出租车.

perspective: 透视, 前景, 透视的,

观点.


sore: 疼痛, 疮, 疼痛的.

square: 正方形, 平方, 四方形.


stone: 石头, 石.

stones: 石头.

streets: 街道.

style: 方式, 风格, 式样, 样式,

试样, 笔调, 模样, 作风.


thumb: 拇指, 巨擘, 大拇指.

wall: 墙壁, 墙.


宽广.

window: 窗口, 窗户, 窗, 窗子.

wiping: 擦去.

Edmond Rostand 83

RAGUENEAU: --And then, off she went, with a musketeer! Deserted and ruined too, I would make an end of all, and so hanged myself. My last breath was drawn:-- then in comes Monsieur de Bergerac! He cuts me down, and begs his cousin to take me for her steward.%

THE DUENNA: Well, but how came it about that you were thus ruined?

RAGUENEAU: Oh! Lise loved the warriors, and I loved the poets! What cakes there were that Apollo chanced to leave were quickly snapped up by Mars. Thus ruin was not long a-coming.

THE DUENNA [rising, and calling up to the open window]: Roxane, are you ready? They wait for us!

ROXANE'S VOICE [from the window]: I will but put me on a cloak!

THE DUENNA [to Ragueneau, showing him the door opposite]: They wait us there opposite, at Clomire's house. She receives them all there to-day--the precieuses, the poets; they read a discourse on the Tender Passion.

RAGUENEAU: The Tender Passion?

THE DUENNA [in a mincing voice]: Ay, indeed! [Calling up to the window]: Roxane, an you come not down quickly, we shall miss the discourse on the Tender Passion!

ROXANE'S VOICE: I come! I come!

[A sound of stringed instruments approaching.]

CYRANO'S VOICE [behind the scenes, singing]: La, la, la, la!

THE DUENNA [surprised]: They serenade us?

CYRANO [followed by two pages with arch-lutes]: I tell you they are demi-semi-quavers, demi-semi-fool!

Chinese Simplified

breath: 气息, 鼻息, 呼吸, 气流.

cakes: 饼饵, 糕.


comes: 来.


cuts: 切口.


discourse: 论述, 谈话.

indeed: 的确, 确实, 果真.

instruments: 乐器.


mincing: 装模作样的.


myself: 我自己.


对立面, 相反的.


ready: 就绪, 愿意, 准备, 妥当.

receives: 收到.

ruin: 毁灭, 败坏.

ruined: 破败, 毁坏.

serenade: 小夜曲.

snapped: 猛咬.

sound: 声音, 音.

wait: 等待, 等, 伺候.


FIRST %PAGE [ironically]: You know then, Sir, to distinguish between semi-quavers and demi-semi- quavers?

CYRANO: Is not every disciple of Gassendi a musician?

THE PAGE [playing and singing]: La, la!

CYRANO [snatching the lute from him, and going on with the phrase]: In proof of which, I can continue! La, la, la, la!

ROXANE [appearing on the balcony]: What? 'Tis you?

CYRANO [going on with the air, and singing to it]: 'Tis I, who come to serenade your lilies, and pay my devoir to your ro-o- oses!

ROXANE: I am coming down!

[She leaves the balcony.]

THE DUENNA [pointing to the pages]: How come these two virtuosi here?

CYRANO: 'Tis for a wager I won of D'Assoucy. We were disputing a nice point in grammar; contradictions raged hotly--''Tis so!' 'Nay, 'tis so!' when suddenly he shows me these two long-shanks, whom he takes about with him as an escort, and who are skillful in scratching lute-strings with their skinny claws! 'I will wager you a day's music,' says he!--And lost it! Thus, see you, till Phoebus' chariot starts once again, these lute-twangers are at my heels, seeing all I do, hearing all I say, and accompanying all with melody. 'Twas pleasant at the first, but i' faith, I begin to weary of it already! [To the musicians]: Ho there! go serenade Montfleury for me! Play a dance to him! [The pages go toward the door. To the duenna]: I have come, as is my wont, nightly, to ask Roxane whether. . . [To the pages, who are going out]: Play a long time,--and play out of tune! [To the duenna]: . . .Whether her soul's elected is ever the same, ever faultless!

ROXANE [coming out of the house]: Ah! How handsome he is, how brilliant a wit! And--how well I love him!

Chinese Simplified

accompanying: 随同, 伴奏.

brilliant: 高明, 闪亮, 英明,

光辉的, 精彩.

chariot: 四轮马车.

continue: 延续, 持续, 继续, 接着,

连绵.

contradictions: 矛盾.

dance: 舞蹈, 舞会, 跳舞, 舞.

devoir: 本分, 敬意.

disciple: 门徒, 徒弟, 弟子.

disputing: 争论.

distinguish: 辨别, 区别.

elected: 被选.

escort: 护送者, 护卫, 伴随, 护送,

护卫队.

faultless: 无缺点的.

grammar: 文法, 语法, 语法学.

lilies: 百合花.

lute: 琵琶.

melody: 旋律.

musician: 音乐家.

nightly: 每夜, 夜夜.

pleasant: 愉快, 愉快的, 舒适的.

scratching: 刮痕, 抓.


singing: 歌咏, 歌唱.

skillful: 熟练, 熟练的.

skinny: 皮的, 干瘦, 皮包骨的.

tune: 调子, 调.


weary: 疲劳, 疲乏, 疲倦的.

won: 圜, 胜.

wont: 习惯.

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CYRANO [smiling]: Christian has so brilliant a wit?

ROXANE: Brighter than even your own, cousin!

CYRANO: Be it so, with all my heart!

ROXANE: Ah! methinks 'twere impossible that there could breathe a man on this earth skilled to say as sweetly as he all the pretty nothings that mean so much-- that mean all! At times his mind seems far away, the Muse says naught--and then, presto! he speaks--bewitchingly! enchantingly!

CYRANO [incredulously]: No, no!

ROXANE: Fie! That is ill said! But lo! men are ever thus! Because he is fair to see, you would have it that he must be dull of speech.%

CYRANO: He hath an eloquent tongue in telling his love?

ROXANE: In telling his love? why, 'tis not simple telling, 'tis dissertation, 'tis analysis!

CYRANO: How is he with the pen?

ROXANE: Still better! Listen,--here:-- [Reciting]: 'The more of my poor heart you take The larger grows my heart!' [Triumphantly to Cyrano]: How like you those lines?

CYRANO: Pooh!

ROXANE: And thus it goes on. . . 'And, since some target I must show For Cupid's cruel dart, Oh, if mine own you deign to keep, Then give me your sweet heart!'

CYRANO: Lord! first he has too much, then anon not enough! How much heart does the fellow want?

ROXANE: You would vex a saint!. . .But 'tis your jealousy.

CYRANO [starting]: What mean you?

Chinese Simplified

analysis: 分析, 分解.

breathe: 呼吸.


光辉的, 精彩.


cruel: 粗暴, 残酷, 残酷的, 狠毒.

dart: 镖, 投射.

deign: 屈尊, 赐予.

dull: 索然, 板滞, 沉闷的, 干燥,

拙, 深沉.

eloquent: 雄辩, 雄辩的.


公道, 展, 直.


grows: 成长.


拙劣的.

jealousy: 妒忌, 吃醋.

larger: 大, 较大的.



栏, 钢笔.

presto: 急板.


simple: 简单, 简易, 简略, 简单的,

单纯.



target: 目标, 靶子, 指标, 对象,

目的.


vex: 缠绕, 苦恼.



ROXANE: Ay, your poet's jealousy! Hark now, if this again be not tender-sweet?-- 'My heart to yours sounds but one cry: If kisses fast could flee By letter, then with your sweet lips My letters read should be! If kisses could be writ with ink, If kisses fast could flee!'

CYRANO [smiling approvingly in spite of himself]: Ha! those last lines are,--hm!. . .hm!. . . [Correcting himself--contemptuously]: --They are paltry enough!

ROXANE: And this. . .%

CYRANO [enchanted]: Then you have his letters by heart?

ROXANE: Every one of them!

CYRANO: By all oaths that can be sworn,--'tis flattering!

ROXANE: They are the lines of a master!

CYRANO [modestly]: Come, nay. . .a master?. . .

ROXANE: Ay, I say it--a master!

CYRANO: Good--be it so.

THE DUENNA [coming down quickly]: Here comes Monsieur de Guiche! [To Cyrano, pushing him toward the house]: In with you! 'twere best he see you not; it might perchance put him on the scent. . .

ROXANE [to Cyrano]: Ay, of my own dear secret! He loves me, and is powerful, and, if he knew, then all were lost! Marry! he could well deal a deathblow to my love!

CYRANO [entering the house]: Good! good!

[De Guiche appears.]

ROXANE [courtesying to De Guiche]: I was going out.

DE GUICHE: I come to take my leave.

Chinese Simplified

comes: 来.



deal: 处理.



flee: 逃走, 奔逃, 逃跑.


ink: 墨水, 墨水儿, 篇幅.

jealousy: 妒忌, 吃醋.

kisses: 吻.



letters: 信件, 函件.

lines: 行数.

lips: 嘴唇.

lost: 遗失.

loves: 爱, 热爱.


师傅, 万事达, 硕士.

nay: 不.

oaths: 誓言.

paltry: 无价值的.

perchance: 或许.


强有力的.



sounds: 声音.

spite: 恶意.

toward: 朝向.


yours: 你的.

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ROXANE: Whither go you?

DE GUICHE: To the war.%

ROXANE: Ah!

DE GUICHE: Ay, to-night.

ROXANE: Oh!

DE GUICHE: I am ordered away. We are to besiege Arras.

ROXANE: Ah--to besiege?. . .

DE GUICHE: Ay. My going moves you not, meseems.

ROXANE: Nay. . .

DE GUICHE: I am grieved to the core of the heart. Shall I again behold you?. . .When? I know not. Heard you that I am named commander?. . .

ROXANE [indifferently]: Bravo!

DE GUICHE: Of the Guards regiment.

ROXANE [startled]: What! the Guards?

DE GUICHE: Ay, where serves your cousin, the swaggering boaster. I will find a way to revenge myself on him at Arras.

ROXANE [choking]: What mean you? The Guards go to Arras?

DE GUICHE [laughing]: Bethink you, is it not my own regiment?

ROXANE [falling seated on the bench--aside]: Christian!

DE GUICHE: What ails you?

ROXANE [moved deeply]: Oh--I am in despair! The man one loves!--at the war!

Chinese Simplified

behold: 看见.

besiege: 围攻, 包围.


主机, 岩心, 重心.



despair: 绝望, 泄气.

grieved: 悲痛, 悲哀, 哀伤, 怛,

忧伤, 悲痛的.


moves: 运动.

myself: 我自己.


revenge: 报复, 报仇.



DE GUICHE [surprised and delighted]: You say such sweet words to me! 'Tis the first time!--and just when I must quit you!

ROXANE [collected, and fanning herself]: Thus,--you would fain revenge your grudge against my cousin?

DE GUICHE: My fair lady is on his side?

ROXANE: Nay,--against him!

DE GUICHE: Do you see him often?

ROXANE: But very rarely.%

DE GUICHE: He is ever to be met now in company with one of the cadets,. . .one New-- villen--viller--

ROXANE: Of high stature?

DE GUICHE: Fair-haired!

ROXANE: Ay, a red-headed fellow!

DE GUICHE: Handsome!. . .

ROXANE: Tut!

DE GUICHE: But dull-witted.

ROXANE: One would think so, to look at him! [Changing her tone]: How mean you to play your revenge on Cyrano? Perchance you think to put him i' the thick of the shots? Nay, believe me, that were a poor vengeance--he would love such a post better than aught else! I know the way to wound his pride far more keenly!

DE GUICHE: What then? Tell. . .

ROXANE: If, when the regiment march to Arras, he were left here with his beloved boon companions, the Cadets, to sit with crossed arms so long as the

Chinese Simplified



beloved: 心爱, 敬爱的.

changing: 变化.



dull-witted: 痴呆.


公道, 展, 直.


grudge: 恩怨, 遗恨, 妒忌, 舍不得.


met: 遇见了.





post: 职位, 邮件, 公告, 柱, 寄.


quit: 退出, 退离.


revenge: 报复, 报仇.

shots: 射击.

sit: 坐.

stature: 身材, 个子, 个儿.



wound: 伤, 伤口, 创伤.

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war lasted! There is your method, would you enrage a man of his kind; cheat him of his chance of mortal danger, and you punish him right fiercely.%

DE GUICHE [coming nearer]: O woman! woman! Who but a woman had e'er devised so subtle a trick?

ROXANE: See you not how he will eat out his heart, while his friends gnaw their thick fists for that they are deprived of the battle? So are you best avenged.

DE GUICHE: You love me, then, a little? [She smiles]: I would fain--seeing you thus espouse my cause, Roxane--believe it a proof of love!

ROXANE: 'Tis a proof of love!

DE GUICHE [showing some sealed papers]: Here are the marching orders; they will be sent instantly to each company-- except-- [He detaches one]: --This one! 'Tis that of the Cadets. [He puts it in his pocket]: This I keep. [Laughing]: Ha! ha! ha! Cyrano! His love of battle!. . .So you can play tricks on people?. . .you, of all ladies!

ROXANE: Sometimes!

DE GUICHE [coming close to her]: Oh! how I love you!--to distraction! Listen! To-night--true, I ought to start--but--how leave you now that I feel your heart is touched! Hard by, in the Rue d'Orleans, is a convent founded by Father Athanasius, the syndic of the Capuchins. True that no layman may enter--but--I can settle that with the good Fathers! Their habit sleeves are wide enough to hide me in. 'Tis they who serve Richelieu's private chapel: and from respect to the uncle, fear the nephew. All will deem me gone. I will come to you, masked. Give me leave to wait till tomorrow, sweet Lady Fanciful!

ROXANE: But, of this be rumored, your glory. . .

DE GUICHE: Bah!

Chinese Simplified

battle: 斗争, 战, 战斗.

chapel: 教堂, 礼拜堂, 小教堂.

cheat: 欺骗, 诈骗.

convent: 女修道, 女修道院.

deem: 以为.

distraction: 分心.

enrage: 激怒.

espouse: 娶嫁, 拥护.

fists: 拳头.

founded: 建立.


gnaw: 啃.

habit: 习惯.


隐藏.

instantly: 即刻, 即刻地.

layman: 外行, 门外汉, 外行人.

marching: 游行.

masked: 戴面具.


nephew: 外甥, 侄子.

orders: 命令.

ought: 应该, 活该.


respect: 尊敬, 方面, 遵守, 尊重.

settle: 奠定, 安家落户, 澄清, 解决.

sleeves: 袖子.


syndic: 理事.

trick: 手法, 骗术, 秘诀, 欺骗,

玩意儿, 花样.

tricks: 戏法, 把戏.


ROXANE: But the siege--Arras. . .%

DE GUICHE: 'Twill take its chance. Grant but permission.

ROXANE: No!

DE GUICHE: Give me leave!

ROXANE [tenderly]: It were my duty to forbid you!

DE GUICHE: Ah!

ROXANE: You must go! [Aside]: Christian stays here. [Aloud]: I would have you heroic--Antoine!

DE GUICHE: O heavenly word! You love, then, him?. . .

ROXANE: . . .For whom I trembled.

DE GUICHE [in an ecstasy]: Ah! I go then! [He kisses her hand]: Are you content?

ROXANE: Yes, my friend!

[He goes out.]

THE DUENNA [making behind his back a mocking courtesy]: Yes, my friend!

ROXANE [to the duenna]: Not a word of what I have done. Cyrano would never pardon me for stealing his fighting from him! [She calls toward the house]: Cousin!

SCENE 2

Roxane, The duenna, Cyrano.

Chinese Simplified

chance: 机会.

content: 内容, 要旨, 含量.


duty: 任务, 义务, 责任, 关税,

职责.

fighting: 兵戈, 战事, 殴斗, 战斗.



goes: 去.

heavenly: 天上, 像天堂地.

kisses: 吻.


mocking: 嘲讽, 嘲弄.


饶恕.

permission: 许可.

stays: 停留.

stealing: 偷垒, 偷窃.

toward: 朝向.

trembled: 发抖.

whom: 谁.


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ROXANE: We are going to Clomire's house. [She points to the door opposite]: Alcandre and Lysimon are to discourse!

THE DUENNA [putting her little finger in her ear]: Yes! But my little finger tells me we shall miss them.%

CYRANO: 'Twere a pity to miss such apes!

[They have come to Clomire's door.]

THE DUENNA: Oh, see! The knocker is muffled up! [Speaking to the knocker]: So they have gagged that metal tongue of yours, little noisy one, lest it should disturb the fine orators!

[She lifts it carefully and knocks with precaution.]

ROXANE [seeing that the door opens]: Let us enter! [On the threshold, to Cyrano]: If Christian comes, as I feel sure he will, bid him wait for me!

CYRANO [quickly, as she is going in]: Listen! [She turns]: What mean you to question him on, as is your wont, to-night?

ROXANE: Oh--

CYRANO [eagerly]: Well, say.

ROXANE: But you will be mute?

CYRANO: Mute as a fish.

ROXANE: I shall not question him at all, but say: Give rein to your fancy! Prepare not your speeches,--but speak the thoughts as they come! Speak to me of love, and speak splendidly!

CYRANO [smiling]: Very good!

ROXANE: But secret!. . .

Chinese Simplified


carefully: 小心地, 小心翼翼.

comes: 来.

discourse: 论述, 谈话.

disturb: 打扰, 惊动, 扰乱, 干扰.





优美, 美好的.


fish: 鱼, 捕鱼.

knocker: 门环.

lest: 唯恐.

metal: 金属.

mute: 哑.

noisy: 吵闹, 吵闹的.

pity: 怜悯, 遗憾, 哀怜, 同情.

points: 点.

rein: 缰绳, 统治.

speak: 说, 讲.

sure: 肯定.


threshold: 阈, 户限, 门槛.



wont: 习惯.

yours: 你的.


CYRANO: Secret.%

ROXANE: Not a word!

[She enters and shuts the door.]

CYRANO [when the door is shut, bowing to her]: A thousand thanks!

[The door opens again, and Roxane puts her head out.]

ROXANE: Lest he prepare himself!

CYRANO: The devil!--no, no!

BOTH TOGETHER: Secret.

[The door shuts.]

CYRANO [calling]: Christian!

SCENE 3

Cyrano, Christian.

CYRANO: I know all that is needful. Here's occasion For you to deck yourself with glory. Come, Lose no time; put away those sulky looks, Come to your house with me, I'll teach you. . .

CHRISTIAN: No!

CYRANO: Why?

CHRISTIAN: I will wait for Roxane here.

Chinese Simplified


deck: 甲板.



occasion: 时机, 机会, 场合, 场面.

opens: 打开.

prepare: 准备.

puts: 放.

shut: 关闭.

shuts: 关闭.

sulky: 生气的.

teach: 教, 教导, 讲课.


thousand: 千.




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CYRANO: How? Crazy? Come quick with me and learn. . .%

CHRISTIAN: No, no! I say. I am aweary of these borrowed letters, --Borrowed love-makings! Thus to act a part, And tremble all the time!--'Twas well enough At the beginning!--Now I know she loves! I fear no longer!--I will speak myself.

CYRANO: Mercy!

CHRISTIAN: And how know you I cannot speak?-- I am not such a fool when all is said! I've by your lessons profited. You'll see I shall know how to speak alone! The devil! I know at least to clasp her in my arms! [Seeing Roxane come out from Clomire's house]: --It is she! Cyrano, no!--Leave me not!

CYRANO [bowing]: Speak for yourself, my friend, and take your chance.

[He disappears behind the garden wall.]

SCENE 4

Christian, Roxane, the duenna.

ROXANE [coming out of Clomire's house, with a company of friends, whom she leaves. Bows and good-byes]: Barthenoide!--Alcandre!--Gremione!--

THE DUENNA [bitterly disappointed]: We've missed the speech upon the Tender Passion!

[Goes into Roxane's house.]

Chinese Simplified





不克, 未可.

chance: 机会.


clasp: 扣子, 抱紧.

devil: 魔鬼, 妖怪, 鬼.

disappears: 消失.


害怕.


愚人.


garden: 花园.

goes: 去.

learn: 学, 学习.


leaves: 离开.


loves: 爱, 热爱.

myself: 我自己.


seeing: 有鉴于.

speak: 说, 讲.

speech: 演说, 言语, 报告.

tremble: 发抖, 哆嗦.

whom: 谁.



ROXANE [still bowing]: Urimedonte--adieu! [All bow to Roxane and to each other, and then separate, going up different streets. Roxane suddenly seeing Christian]: You! [She goes to him]: Evening falls. Let's sit. Speak on. I listen.%

CHRISTIAN [sits by her on the bench. A silence]: Oh! I love you!

ROXANE [shutting her eyes]: Ay, speak to me of love.

CHRISTIAN: I love thee!

ROXANE: That's The theme! But vary it.

CHRISTIAN: I. . .

ROXANE: Vary it!

CHRISTIAN: I love you so!

ROXANE: Oh! without doubt!--and then?. . .

CHRISTIAN: And then--I should be--oh!--so glad--so glad If you would love me!--Roxane, tell me so!

ROXANE [with a little grimace]: I hoped for cream,--you give me gruel! Say How love possesses you?

CHRISTIAN: Oh utterly!

ROXANE: Come, come!. . .unknot those tangled sentiments!

CHRISTIAN: Your throat I'd kiss it!

ROXANE: Christian!

CHRISTIAN: I love thee!

ROXANE [half-rising]: Again!

CHRISTIAN [eagerly, detaining her]: No, no! I love thee not!

Chinese Simplified


bow: 弓.


falls: 落下.


goes: 去.

gruel: 粥, 稀饭, 糜.


possesses: 占有.

seeing: 有鉴于.

separate: 脱离, 另外, 分别, 分离,

别.

sit: 坐.

speak: 说, 讲.

streets: 街道.


一下.

thee: 你.

theme: 主题.

throat: 嗓子, 喉咙, 喉头, 咽喉.

utterly: 不堪.

vary: 变化, 不一, 变换, 改变.

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ROXANE [reseating herself]: 'Tis well!

CHRISTIAN: But I adore thee!

ROXANE [rising, and going further off]: Oh!

CHRISTIAN: I am grown stupid!

ROXANE [dryly]: And that displeases me, almost as much As 'twould displease me if you grew ill-favored.%

CHRISTIAN: But. . .

ROXANE: Rally your poor eloquence that's flown!

CHRISTIAN: I. . .

ROXANE: Yes, you love me, that I know. Adieu.

[She goes toward her house.]

CHRISTIAN: Oh, go not yet! I'd tell you--

ROXANE [opening the door]: You adore me? I've heard it very oft. No!--Go away!

CHRISTIAN: But I would fain. . .

[She shuts the door in his face.]

CYRANO [who has re-entered unseen]: I' faith! It is successful!

CHRISTIAN: Come to my aid!

CYRANO: Not I!

CHRISTIAN: But I shall die, Unless at once I win back her fair favor.

CYRANO: And how can I, at once, i' th' devil's name, Lesson you in. . .

CHRISTIAN [seizing his arm]: Oh, she is there!

Chinese Simplified

adore: 爱慕, 崇拜.

aid: 援助, 帮助, 协助, 熏陶, 助.



displease: 使生气.

eloquence: 口才, 辩才, 雄辩.


公道, 展, 直.


goes: 去.

grew: 成长.

grown: 成长.

heard: 听见.



shuts: 关闭.

stupid: 愚笨, 笨拙, 愚笨的.

successful: 成功的.

thee: 你.

toward: 朝向.

win: 博得, 赢得, 胜, 赢.


[The window of the balcony is now lighted up.]

CYRANO [moved]: Her window!

CHRISTIAN: Oh! I shall die!

CYRANO: Speak lower!

CHRISTIAN [in a whisper]: I shall die!

CYRANO: The night is dark. . .%

CHRISTIAN: Well!

CYRANO: All can be repaired. Although you merit not. Stand there, poor wretch! Fronting the balcony! I'll go beneath And prompt your words to you. . .

CHRISTIAN: But. . .

CYRANO: Hold your tongue!

THE PAGES [reappearing at back--to Cyrano]: Ho!

CYRANO: Hush!

[He signs to them to speak softly.]

FIRST PAGE [in a low voice]: We've played the serenade you bade To Montfleury!

CYRANO [quickly, in a low voice]: Go! lurk in ambush there, One at this street corner, and one at that; And if a passer-by should here intrude, Play you a tune!

SECOND PAGE: What tune, Sir Gassendist?

CYRANO: Gay, if a woman comes,--for a man, sad! [The pages disappear, one at each street corner. To Christian]: Call her!

CHRISTIAN: Roxane!

Chinese Simplified


bade: 企图.







disappear: 消失, 不见了, 冰释,

失纵.

intrude: 挤入, 闯入.

lighted: 点燃.


lower: 降下, 降低, 减低, 低.

merit: 优点, 功劳.



prompt: 提示, 立刻, 迅速的,

敏捷的.




speak: 说, 讲.



tune: 调子, 调.


wretch: 不幸, 不幸的人.

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CYRANO [picking up stones and throwing them at the window]: Some pebbles! wait awhile!

ROXANE [half-opening the casement]: Who calls me?

CHRISTIAN: I!

ROXANE: Who's that?

CHRISTIAN: Christian!

ROXANE [disdainfully]: Oh! you?

CHRISTIAN: I would speak with you.%

CYRANO [under the balcony--to Christian]: Good. Speak soft and low.

ROXANE: No, you speak stupidly!

CHRISTIAN: Oh, pity me!

ROXANE: No! you love me no more!

CHRISTIAN [prompted by Cyrano]: You say--Great Heaven! I love no more?--when--I--love more and more!

ROXANE [who was about to shut the casement, pausing]: Hold! 'tis a trifle better! ay, a trifle!

CHRISTIAN [same play]: Love grew apace, rocked by the anxious beating. . . Of this poor heart, which the cruel wanton boy. . . Took for a cradle!

ROXANE [coming out on to the balcony]: That is better! But An if you deem that Cupid be so cruel You should have stifled baby-love in's cradle!

CHRISTIAN [same play]: Ah, Madame, I assayed, but all in vain This. . .new-born babe is a young. . .Hercules!

ROXANE: Still better!

Chinese Simplified


焦虑的.

awhile: 一会儿.

babe: 婴儿.

beating: 脉.

boy: 男孩, 男孩子, 男孩儿, 小子.

casement: 窗子, 窗扉.


cradle: 摇篮.

cruel: 粗暴, 残酷, 残酷的, 狠毒.

deem: 以为.

grew: 成长.


hercules: 大力士.


pity: 怜悯, 遗憾, 哀怜, 同情.



rocked: 摇动, 摇摆.

shut: 关闭.


speak: 说, 讲.

stones: 石头.


vain: 无效的.


wanton: 肆意.


CHRISTIAN [same play]: Thus he strangled in my heart The. . .serpents twain, of. . .Pride. . .and Doubt!

ROXANE [leaning over the balcony]: Well said! --But why so faltering? Has mental palsy Seized on your faculty imaginative?

CYRANO [drawing Christian under the balcony, and slipping into his place]: Give place! This waxes critical!. . .%

ROXANE: To-day. . . Your words are hesitating.

CYRANO [imitating Christian--in a whisper]: Night has come. . . In the dusk they grope their way to find your ear.

ROXANE: But my words find no such impediment.

CYRANO: They find their way at once? Small wonder that! For 'tis within my heart they find their home; Bethink how large my heart, how small your ear! And,--from fair heights descending, words fall fast, But mine must mount, Madame, and that takes time!

ROXANE: Meseems that your last words have learned to climb.

CYRANO: With practice such gymnastic grows less hard!

ROXANE: In truth, I seem to speak from distant heights!

CYRANO: True, far above; at such a height 'twere death If a hard word from you fell on my heart.

ROXANE [moving]: I will come down. . .

CYRANO [hastily]: No!

ROXANE [showing him the bench under the balcony]: Mount then on the bench!

CYRANO [starting back alarmed]: No!

ROXANE: How, you will not?

Chinese Simplified



climb: 爬, 攀登.

descending: 下降的, 下行的,

递降的.

distant: 远端, 远, 遥遥, 遥远,

遥远的.

dusk: 黄昏, 薄暮, 擦黑儿.

ear: 耳朵, 耳.

faculty: 系, 学院, 科系, 才能.


公道, 展, 直.

faltering: 支吾的.


fell: 采伐, 伐, 跌落.

grope: 摸索.

grows: 成长.

gymnastic: 体操, 体操的.

height: 高度, 身高, 个子, 高低,

顶点, 高峰.

hesitating: 犹豫.

imaginative: 富於想像, 富於想像的.

impediment: 障碍, 妨碍.

learned: 有学问, 博学, 博雅, 饱学.

mental: 心理, 心理的, 脑力.



palsy: 麻痹, 瘫痪, 中风, 使瘫痪.

practice: 演习, 实际, 操练, 作法,

练习, 实践, 实习.



wonder: 奇迹, 惊奇.

Edmond Rostand 99

CYRANO [more and more moved]: Stay awhile! 'Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing!

ROXANE: Why--unseen?

CYRANO: Ay, it is sweet! Half hidden,--half revealed-- You see the dark folds of my shrouding cloak, And I, the glimmering whiteness of your dress: I but a shadow--you a radiance fair! Know you what such a moment holds for me? If ever I were eloquent. . .%

ROXANE: You were!

CYRANO: Yet never till to-night my speech has sprung Straight from my heart as now it springs.

ROXANE: Why not?

CYRANO: Till now I spoke haphazard. . .

ROXANE: What?

CYRANO: Your eyes Have beams that turn men dizzy!--But to-night Methinks I shall find speech for the first time!

ROXANE: 'Tis true, your voice rings with a tone that's new.

CYRANO [coming nearer, passionately]: Ay, a new tone! In the tender, sheltering dusk I dare to be myself for once,--at last! [He stops, falters]: What say I? I know not!--Oh, pardon me-- It thrills me,--'tis so sweet, so novel. . .

ROXANE: How? So novel?

CYRANO [off his balance, trying to find the thread of his sentence]: Ay,--to be at last sincere; Till now, my chilled heart, fearing to be mocked. . .

ROXANE: Mocked, and for what?

Chinese Simplified

awhile: 一会儿.

balance: 平衡, 摆轮, 权衡, 差额,

对比, 秤.

chilled: 已冷的.


dare: 敢.


eloquent: 雄辩, 雄辩的.

haphazard: 潦草, 偶然的事.

hearts: 心.

novel: 小说, 新奇, 新的.


饶恕.

radiance: 光辉, 光芒, 辐射率.

rare: 不可多得, 稀少, 难得,

稀有的, 罕见.

rings: 吊环.



sprung: 弹跳.

stops: 停止.



柔弱的.

thread: 线, 线索, 细线, 运作.

thrills: 发抖.

till: 直到.


声调, 语调.

trying: 难捱, 设法.

unseen: 看不见, 看不见的,

未见过的.

whiteness: 白色.


CYRANO: For its mad beating!--Ay, My heart has clothed itself with witty words, To shroud itself from curious eyes:--impelled At times to aim at a star, I stay my hand, And, fearing ridicule,--cull a wild flower!

ROXANE: A wild flower's sweet.%

CYRANO: Ay, but to-night--the star!

ROXANE: Oh! never have you spoken thus before!

CYRANO: If, leaving Cupid's arrows, quivers, torches, We turned to seek for sweeter--fresher things! Instead of sipping in a pygmy glass Dull fashionable waters,--did we try How the soul slakes its thirst in fearless draught By drinking from the river's flooding brim!

ROXANE: But wit?. . .

CYRANO: If I have used it to arrest you At the first starting,--now, 'twould be an outrage, An insult--to the perfumed Night--to Nature-- To speak fine words that garnish vain love-letters! Look up but at her stars! The quiet Heaven Will ease our hearts of all things artificial; I fear lest, 'midst the alchemy we're skilled in The truth of sentiment dissolve and vanish,-- The soul exhausted by these empty pastimes, The gain of fine things be the loss of all things!

ROXANE: But wit? I say. . .

CYRANO: In love 'tis crime,--'tis hateful! Turning frank loving into subtle fencing! At last the moment comes, inevitable,-- --Oh, woe for those who never know that moment! When feeling love exists in us, ennobling, Each well-weighed word is futile and soul-saddening!

ROXANE: Well, if that moment's come for us--suppose it! What words would serve you?

CYRANO: All, all, all, whatever That came to me, e'en as they came, I'd fling them In a wild cluster, not a careful bouquet. I love thee! I am mad! I

Chinese Simplified

aim: 对准, 目的, 宗旨.

alchemy: 炼金术.

arrest: 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕拿.

arrows: 箭.

artificial: 人造, 人工, 不自然,

人为, 人造的, 虚伪.

bouquet: 花束.

brim: 边缘.

cluster: 丛, 群, 组, 群集.

dissolve: 溶解, 溶, 冰消瓦解,

裁撤, 解散.

exhausted: 疲惫, 精疲力竭的.

fashionable: 流行, 流行的.

feeling: 感觉, 情绪, 感情, 情感,

思绪.

fencing: 剑术, 篱笆, 栅栏.

fling: 扔丢.

flooding: 泛滥, 产后出血.

frank: 坦率, 率直, 坦白的.

futile: 徒劳, 徒劳的.

garnish: 装饰.

hateful: 可恨, 可恨的, 可恶.

loss: 亏损, 损失.

loving: 爱着.

pastimes: 消遣.

quiet: 安静, 寂静, 安定, 安生,

沉静, 宁静的.

seek: 追求, 谋取, 谋求, 寻求,

征求, 找.

shroud: 笼罩.

star: 星, 明星, 恒星, 星星.

witty: 风趣, 机智, 机智的, 伶俐.

woe: 悲哀, 悲痛.

Edmond Rostand 101

love, I stifle! Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bell, And as I ever tremble, thinking of thee, Ever the bell shakes, ever thy name ringeth! All things of thine I mind, for I love all things; I know that last year on the twelfth of May-month, To walk abroad, one day you changed your hair-plaits! I am so used to take your hair for daylight That,--like as when the eye stares on the sun's disk, One sees long after a red blot on all things-- So, when I quit thy beams, my dazzled vision Sees upon all things a blonde stain imprinted.%

ROXANE [agitated]: Why, this is love indeed!. . .

CYRANO: Ay, true, the feeling Which fills me, terrible and jealous, truly Love,--which is ever sad amid its transports! Love,--and yet, strangely, not a selfish passion! I for your joy would gladly lay mine own down, --E'en though you never were to know it,--never! --If but at times I might--far off and lonely,-- Hear some gay echo of the joy I bought you! Each glance of thine awakes in me a virtue,-- A novel, unknown valor. Dost begin, sweet, To understand? So late, dost understand me? Feel'st thou my soul, here, through the darkness mounting? Too fair the night! Too fair, too fair the moment! That I should speak thus, and that you should hearken! Too fair! In moments when my hopes rose proudest, I never hoped such guerdon. Naught is left me But to die now! Have words of mine the power To make you tremble,--throned there in the branches? Ay, like a leaf among the leaves, you tremble! You tremble! For I feel,--an if you will it, Or will it not,--your hand's beloved trembling Thrill through the branches, down your sprays of jasmine!

[He kisses passionately one of the hanging tendrils.]

ROXANE: Ay! I am trembling, weeping!--I am thine! Thou hast conquered all of me!

CYRANO: Then let death come! 'Tis I, 'tis I myself, who conquered thee! One thing, but one, I dare to ask--

Chinese Simplified

amid: 在之中.

blonde: 金发的.

blot: 污痕.

bought: 买了.

branches: 分支.

changed: 改变.

daylight: 日光, 白天.

disk: 磁盘, 圆盘, 盘.

echo: 回声, 反响, 回音.

fills: 装满.

hopes: 希望.

jasmine: 茉莉.

kisses: 吻.

leaf: 叶子, 箔.

passion: 热情, 激情.

passionately: 热情, 热情地.

rose: 蔷薇, 玫瑰, 升起.

selfish: 自私, 自私自利, 自私的.

shakes: 摇动.

sprays: 喷射.

stain: 污点, 斑点, 沾污.

stares: 凝视.

stifle: 窒息.

transports: 运输.

tremble: 发抖, 哆嗦.

truly: 真实地, 未免, 着实.

twelfth: 第十二.

unknown: 未知, 不得而知, 不明,

不见经传, 未知的.

valor: 勇气.

vision: 视力, 眼光, 视觉, 视线,

目光.

walk: 行走, 步行, 走, 走道, 散步.


CHRISTIAN [under the balcony]: A kiss!

ROXANE [drawing back]: What?

CYRANO: Oh!

ROXANE: You ask. . .?

CYRANO: I. . . [To Christian, whispering]: Fool! you go too quick!

CHRISTIAN: Since she is moved thus--I will profit by it!

CYRANO [to Roxane]: My words sprang thoughtlessly, but now I see-- Shame on me!--I was too presumptuous.%

ROXANE [a little chilled]: How quickly you withdraw.

CYRANO: Yes, I withdraw Without withdrawing! Hurt I modesty? If so--the kiss I asked--oh, grant it not.

CHRISTIAN [to Cyrano, pulling him by his cloak]: Why?

CYRANO: Silence, Christian! Hush!

ROXANE [leaning over]: What whisper you?

CYRANO: I chid myself for my too bold advances; Said, 'Silence, Christian!' [The lutes begin to play]: Hark! Wait awhile,. . . Steps come! [Roxane shuts the window. Cyrano listens to the lutes, one of which plays a merry, the other a melancholy, tune]: Why, they play sad--then gay--then sad! What? Neither man nor woman?--oh! a monk!

[Enter a capuchin friar, with a lantern. He goes from house to house, looking at every door.]

CYRANO [to the friar]: What do you, playing at Diogenes?

THE FRIAR: I seek the house of Madame. . .

CHRISTIAN: Oh! plague take him!

Chinese Simplified

advances: 进步.

ask: 问, 询问.


兴办.




goes: 去.

grant: 授与, 发放, 给以, 允许.


lantern: 灯笼.

listens: 听.

melancholy: 愁绪, 忧郁地.

merry: 快乐, 愉快的.

modesty: 谦逊.

monk: 僧侣.

myself: 我自己.

nor: 也不.

plague: 疫病, 大灾, 瘟疫.

profit: 盈利, 裨益, 成果, 收益,

盈余, 获利, 利润, 利益, 盈馀.

pulling: 拉.






征求, 找.

shuts: 关闭.

sprang: 弹跳.

whisper: 耳语, 低语.


withdraw: 撤回, 退避, 取出.

Edmond Rostand 103

THE FRIAR: Madeleine Robin. . .%

CHRISTIAN: What would he?. . .

CYRANO [pointing to a street at the back]: This way! Straight on. . .

THE FRIAR I thank you, and, in your intention Will tell my rosary to its last bead.

[He goes out.]

CYRANO: Good luck! My blessings rest upon your cowl!

[He goes back to Christian.]

CHRISTIAN: Oh! win for me that kiss. . .

CYRANO: No!

CHRISTIAN: Soon or late!. . .

CYRANO: 'Tis true! The moment of intoxication-- Of madness,--when your mouths are sure to meet Thanks to your fair mustache--and her rose lips! [To himself]: I'd fainer it should come thanks to. . .

[A sound of shutters reopening. Christian goes in again under the balcony.]

ROXANE [coming out on the balcony]: Still there? We spoke of a. . .

CYRANO: A kiss! The word is sweet. I see not why your lip should shrink from it; If the word burns it,--what would the kiss do? Oh! let it not your bashfulness affright; Have you not, all this time, insensibly, Left badinage aside, and unalarmed Glided from smile to sigh,--from sigh to weeping? Glide gently, imperceptibly, still onward-- From tear to kiss,--a moment's thrill!--a heartbeat!

ROXANE: Hush! hush!

CYRANO: A kiss, when all is said,--what is it? An oath that's ratified,--a sealed promise, A heart's avowal claiming confirmation,-- A rose-dot on the 'i' of

Chinese Simplified


avowal: 声明.

badinage: 开玩笑.

bead: 珠子, 小珠.

blessings: 祝福.

burns: 伯恩斯.



公道, 展, 直.

gently: 徐徐, 悄悄地, 轻柔地.

heartbeat: 心跳.

hush: 沉默.

imperceptibly: 无形中地.

intention: 意图, 打算, 动机, 心意,

心眼儿, 用心, 用意, 念头.


lip: 唇, 嘴唇, 口头上的.

lips: 嘴唇.


mouths: 口.

oath: 誓言, 誓词, 宣誓.


诺言, 允诺.

rosary: 玫瑰园.

shrink: 收缩.

sigh: 叹息, 叹气.

smile: 微笑, 笑容.





weeping: 垂枝的.

win: 博得, 赢得, 胜, 赢.


'adoration,'-- A secret that to mouth, not ear, is whispered,-- Brush of a bee's wing, that makes time eternal,-- Communion perfumed like the spring's wild flowers,-- The heart's relieving in the heart's outbreathing, When to the lips the soul's flood rises, brimming!

ROXANE: Hush! hush!

CYRANO: A kiss, Madame, is honorable: The Queen of France, to a most favored lord Did grant a kiss--the Queen herself!

ROXANE: What then?

CYRANO [speaking more warmly]: Buckingham suffered dumbly,--so have I,-- Adored his Queen, as loyally as I,-- Was sad, but faithful,--so am I. . .%

ROXANE: And you Are fair as Buckingham!

CYRANO [aside--suddenly cooled]: True,--I forgot!

ROXANE: Must I then bid thee mount to cull this flower?

CYRANO [pushing Christian toward the balcony]: Mount!

ROXANE: This heart-breathing!. . .

CYRANO: Mount!

ROXANE: This brush of bee's wing!. . .

CYRANO: Mount!

CHRISTIAN [hesitating]: But I feel now, as though 'twere ill done!

ROXANE: This moment infinite!. . .

CYRANO [still pushing him]: Come, blockhead, mount!

[Christian springs forward, and by means of the bench, the branches, and the pillars, climbs to the balcony and strides over it.]

CHRISTIAN: Ah, Roxane!

Chinese Simplified




blockhead: 笨蛋.

branches: 分支.

brush: 刷, 毛刷, 洗刷, 刷子, 拂,

擦.

climbs: 攀登.

cull: 挑选.

ear: 耳朵, 耳.

favored: 有利的.

flood: 水灾, 洪水, 泛滥.

flower: 花, 花儿, 华, 花朵, 开花.

forgot: 忘记.

honorable: 光彩, 诚实, 高尚的,

尊贵的.

hush: 沉默.


拙劣的.


lips: 嘴唇.

loyally: 忠诚.


relieving: 解脱.




suffered: 蒙受.

thee: 你.

toward: 朝向.


野性的.

wing: 翅膀, 边锋, 翼, 膀子.

Edmond Rostand 105

[He%takes her in his arms, and bends over her lips.]

CYRANO: Aie! Strange pain that wrings my heart! The kiss, love's feast, so near! I, Lazarus, Lie at the gate in darkness. Yet to me Falls still a crumb or two from the rich man's board-- Ay, 'tis my heart receives thee, Roxane--mine! For on the lips you press you kiss as well The words I spoke just now!--my words--my words! [The lutes play]: A sad air,--a gay air: the monk! [He begins to run as if he came from a long way off, and cries out]: Hola!

ROXANE: Who is it?

CYRANO: I--I was but passing by. . . Is Christian there?

CHRISTIAN [astonished]: Cyrano!

ROXANE: Good-day, cousin!

CYRANO: Cousin, good-day!

ROXANE: I'm coming!

[She disappears into the house. At the back re-enter the friar.]

CHRISTIAN [seeing him]: Back again!

[He follows Roxane.]

THE FRIAR: 'Tis here,--I'm sure of it--Madame Madeleine Robin.

CYRANO: Why, you said Ro-LIN.

THE FRIAR: No, not I. B,I,N,BIN!

ROXANE [appearing on the threshold, followed by Ragueneau, who carries a lantern, and Christian]: What is't?

THE FRIAR: A letter.

CHRISTIAN: What?

Chinese Simplified



begins: 开始.

bends: 弯曲.




crumb: 碎屑.

darkness: 黑暗.

disappears: 消失.

feast: 宴会, 盛宴, 筵席.

gate: 大门, 门, 门口.




lantern: 灯笼.


lips: 嘴唇.

monk: 僧侣.

near: 近, 靠近, 接近, 比邻.

pain: 痛苦, 痛, 使疼痛, 疼痛.


及格的.

press: 压, 按, 逼.

receives: 收到.

re-enter: 重新进入.

rich: 富有, 丰富, 富有的, 充实.




sure: 肯定.

thee: 你.



THE FRIAR [to Roxane]: Oh, it can boot but a holy business! 'Tis from a worthy lord. . .%

ROXANE [to Christian]: De Guiche!

CHRISTIAN: He dares. . .

ROXANE: Oh, he will not importune me forever! [Unsealing the letter]: I love you,--therefore-- [She reads in a low voice by the aid of Ragueneau's lantern]: 'Lady, The drums beat; My regiment buckles its harness on And starts; but I,--they deem me gone before-- But I stay. I have dared to disobey Your mandate. I am here in convent walls. I come to you to-night. By this poor monk-- A simple fool who knows not what he bears-- I send this missive to apprise your ear. Your lips erewhile have smiled on me, too sweet: I go not ere I've seen them once again! I would be private; send each soul away, Receive alone him,--whose great boldness you Have deigned, I hope, to pardon, ere he asks,-- He who is ever your--et cetera.' [To the monk]: Father, this is the matter of the letter:-- [All come near her, and she reads aloud]: 'Lady, The Cardinal's wish is law; albeit It be to you unwelcome. For this cause I send these lines--to your fair ear addressed-- By a holy man, discreet, intelligent: It is our will that you receive from him, In your own house, the marriage [She turns the page]: benediction Straightway, this night. Unknown to all the world Christian becomes your husband. Him we send. He is abhorrent to your choice. Let be. Resign yourself, and this obedience Will be by Heaven well recompensed. Receive, Fair lady, all assurance of respect, From him who ever was, and still remains, Your humble and obliged--et cetera.'

THE FRIAR [with great delight]: O worthy lord! I knew naught was to fear; It could be but holy business!

ROXANE [to Christian, in a low voice]: Am I not apt at reading letters?

CHRISTIAN: Hum!

Chinese Simplified

abhorrent: 可憎的.

apt: 聪明的.

assurance: 把握, 保证, 确信.

becomes: 变成.

benediction: 闭会祈祷, 祝福.

boldness: 大胆.

choice: 选择.


deem: 以为.

deigned: 屈尊.

discreet: 谨慎的.

disobey: 不听命.

drums: 鼓.

forever: 永远, 永久.

harness: 马具.

humble: 谦逊, 谦恭的.

importune: 强求.

mandate: 任期.

marriage: 婚姻, 婚事, 婚嫁.

naught: 无.

obedience: 服从.

reading: 读物, 读数.

reads: 阅读.

receive: 收到, 接待, 受到, 接到,

接收.


remains: 遗体, 残骸, 剩余物.

unwelcome: 不受欢迎, 不受欢迎的,

冷淡.

walls: 墙壁.

wish: 愿望, 希望, 意愿, 祝, 祝愿,

志愿.

worthy: 配称, 值得的.

Edmond Rostand 107

ROXANE [aloud, with despair]: But this is horrible!

THE FRIAR [who has turned his lantern on Cyrano]: 'Tis you?

CHRISTIAN: 'Tis I!

THE FRIAR [turning the light on to him, and as if a doubt struck him on seeing his beauty]: But. . .%

ROXANE [quickly]: I have overlooked the postscript--see:-- 'Give twenty pistoles for the Convent.'

THE FRIAR: . . .Oh! Most worthy lord! [To Roxane]: Submit you?

ROXANE [with a martyr's look]: I submit! [While Ragueneau opens the door, and Christian invites the friar to enter, she whispers to Cyrano]: Oh, keep De Guiche at bay! He will be here! Let him not enter till. . .

CYRANO: I understand! [To the friar]: What time need you to tie the marriage-knot?

THE FRIAR: A quarter of an hour.

CYRANO [pushing them all toward the house]: Go! I stay.

ROXANE [to Christian]: Come!. . .

[They enter.]

CYRANO: Now, how to detain De Guiche so long? [He jumps on the bench, climbs to the balcony by the wall]: Come!. . .up I go!. . .I have my plan!. . . [The lutes begin to play a very sad air]: What, ho! [The tremolo grows more and more weird]: It is a man! ay! 'tis a man this time! [He is on the balcony, pulls his hat over his eyes, takes off his sword, wraps himself in his cloak, then leans over]: 'Tis not too high! [He strides across the balcony, and drawing to him a long branch of one of the trees that are by the garden wall, he hangs on to it with both hands, ready to let himself fall]: I'll shake this atmosphere!

Chinese Simplified

atmosphere: 气氛, 大气, 大气层,

空气, 气候, 气象, 风气.


bay: 海湾, 湾.


climbs: 攀登.


detain: 拘留, 扣押, 扣留.

grows: 成长.

hat: 帽子.

ho: 吓声.

horrible: 可怕, 恐怖的.

invites: 邀请.

jumps: 跳跃.

lantern: 灯笼.

leans: 倾斜.

opens: 打开.

pulls: 拉.



shake: 摇动, 震动, 摇, 震荡, 颠簸.

struck: 敲打.

submit: 提交, 呈交.

sword: 剑.

tie: 不分胜负, 打结, 束缚, 轨枕,

绑, 领带.

toward: 朝向.

tremolo: 颤声.

whispers: 耳语.

worthy: 配称, 值得的.

wraps: 包裹.


DE GUICHE [who enters, masked, feeling his way in the dark]: What can that cursed Friar be about?

CYRANO: The devil!. . .If he knows my voice! [Letting go with one hand, he pretends to turn an invisible key. Solemnly]: Cric! Crac! Assume thou, Cyrano, to serve the turn, The accent of thy native Bergerac!. . .%

DE GUICHE [looking at the house]: 'Tis there. I see dim,--this mask hinders me! [He is about to enter, when Cyrano leaps from the balcony, holding on to the branch, which bends, dropping him between the door and De Guiche; he pretends to fall heavily, as from a great height, and lies flat on the ground, motionless, as if stunned. De Guiche starts back]: What's this? [When he looks up, the branch has sprung back into its place. He sees only the sky, and is lost in amazement]: Where fell that man from?

CYRANO [sitting up, and speaking with a Gascon accent]: From the moon!

DE GUICHE: From?. . .

CYRANO [in a dreamy voice]: What's o'clock?

DE GUICHE: He's lost his mind, for sure!

CYRANO: What hour? What country this? What month? What day?

DE GUICHE: But. . .

CYRANO: I am stupefied!

DE GUICHE: Sir!

CYRANO: Like a bomb I fell from the moon!

DE GUICHE [impatiently]: Come now!

CYRANO [rising, in a terrible voice]: I say,--the moon!

DE GUICHE [recoiling]: Good, good! let it be so!. . .He's raving mad!

CYRANO [walking up to him]: I say from the moon! I mean no metaphor!. . .

Chinese Simplified

accent: 重音, 腔调, 口音, 音调,

强音, 重读, 重音符号.


bends: 弯曲.

bomb: 轰炸, 炸弹.

branch: 部门, 分会, 分枝, 网点,

分支, 分行.

cursed: 可恶的, 被诅咒的.

dropping: 点滴, 落下.

flat: 平坦, 平板, 平坦的, 平的,

居室.

heavily: 沉重地.


顶点, 高峰.

invisible: 无形, 看不见的, 隐形的.

key: 钥匙, 关键, 题解, 键, 主要的.

leaps: 跳跃.

lies: 谎言.


疯狂的.

mask: 面具.

masked: 戴面具.



native: 土着, 土生的, 土著.

pretends: 假装.

raving: 疯狂的, 狂暴的.

sky: 天空, 天.

sprung: 弹跳.

starts: 开始.

stunned: 愕然.

stupefied: 木然.


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DE GUICHE: But. . .%

CYRANO: Was't a hundred years--a minute, since? --I cannot guess what time that fall embraced!-- That I was in that saffron-colored ball?

DE GUICHE [shrugging his shoulders]: Good! let me pass!

CYRANO [intercepting him]: Where am I? Tell the truth! Fear not to tell! Oh, spare me not! Where? where? Have I fallen like a shooting star?

DE GUICHE: Morbleu!

CYRANO: The fall was lightning-quick! no time to choose Where I should fall--I know not where it be! Oh, tell me! Is it on a moon or earth, that my posterior weight has landed me?

DE GUICHE: I tell you, Sir. . .

CYRANO [with a screech of terror, which makes De Guiche start back]: No? Can it be? I'm on A planet where men have black faces?

DE GUICHE [putting a hand to his face]: What?

CYRANO [feigning great alarm]: Am I in Africa? A native you?

DE GUICHE [who has remembered his mask]: This mask of mine. . .

CYRANO [pretending to be reassured]: In Venice? ha!--or Rome? DE GUICHE [trying to pass]: A lady waits. .

CYRANO [quite reassured]: Oh-ho! I am in Paris!

DE GUICHE [smiling in spite of himself]: The fool is comical!

CYRANO: You laugh?

DE GUICHE: I laugh, But would get by!

CYRANO [beaming with joy]: I have shot back to Paris! [Quite at ease, laughing, dusting himself, bowing]: Come--pardon me--by the last water-

Chinese Simplified

ball: 球, 舞会.


不克, 未可.



comical: 滑稽, 滑稽的.

ease: 缓解, 减轻, 容易, 悠, 舒适.


愚人.

guess: 猜测, 臆测, 猜谜儿, 猜想,

揣测, 推测.

landed: 着陆.

laugh: 笑.

laughing: 可笑的, 笑.

mask: 面具.



渺小.




要隘.

planet: 行星, 地球.

posterior: 较晚.

screech: 尖叫.

shooting: 射击, 猎场.

shot: 射击.

spare: 备用, 饶恕.

spite: 恶意.

star: 星, 明星, 恒星, 星星.

terror: 恐怖.



spout, Covered with ether,--accident of travel! My eyes still full of star-dust, and my spurs Encumbered by the planets' filaments! [Picking something off his sleeve]: Ha! on my doublet?--ah, a comet's hair!. . .%

[He puffs as if to blow it away.]

DE GUICHE [beside himself]: Sir!. . .

CYRANO [just as he is about to pass, holds out his leg as if to show him something and stops him]: In my leg--the calf--there is a tooth Of the Great Bear, and, passing Neptune close, I would avoid his trident's point, and fell, Thus sitting, plump, right in the Scales! My weight Is marked, still registered, up there in heaven! [Hurriedly preventing De Guiche from passing, and detaining him by the button of his doublet]: I swear to you that if you squeezed my nose It would spout milk!

DE GUICHE: Milk?

CYRANO: From the Milky Way!

DE GUICHE: Oh, go to hell!

CYRANO [crossing his arms]: I fall, Sir, out of heaven! Now, would you credit it, that as I fell I saw that Sirius wears a nightcap? True! [Confidentially]: The other Bear is still too small to bite. [Laughing]: I went through the Lyre, but I snapped a cord; [Grandiloquent]: I mean to write the whole thing in a book; The small gold stars, that, wrapped up in my cloak, I carried safe away at no small risks, Will serve for asterisks i' the printed page!

DE GUICHE: Come, make an end! I want. . .

CYRANO: Oh-ho! You are sly!

DE GUICHE: Sir!

CYRANO: You would worm all out of me!--the way The moon is made, and if men breathe and live In its rotund cucurbita?

Chinese Simplified

avoid: 避, 避免, 回避.

bite: 咬, 辣, 咬伤.

blow: 吹, 打击.

breathe: 呼吸.

button: 钮, 扣子, 按钮, 钮扣,

纽扣.


cord: 绳子, 软线.

filaments: 细丝.

gold: 金, 黄金.

heaven: 天堂, 天, 天空.

hell: 地狱.

hurriedly: 赶紧, 匆匆, 匆忙地.

leg: 腿, 脚.

nightcap: 睡帽.

picking: 选择, 投纬.

plump: 饱满, 丰满, 扑通地坠下.

registered: 登记过的, 记名的.

risks: 风险.

safe: 安全, 保险, 安全的, 稳妥,

保险箱.

sitting: 坐, 开庭期间.

sly: 隐密, 狡猾.

snapped: 猛咬.

spurs: 刺激.

stops: 停止.


tooth: 牙齿.

travel: 旅行, 遨游, 旅游, 游历.

weight: 重量, 体重, 包袱, 衡量,

衡, 分量, 砝码, 重担, 使加权.

worm: 蠕虫, 虫, 单写多读, 虫子,

蚯蚓.

Edmond Rostand 111

DE GUICHE [angrily]: No, no! I want. . .%

CYRANO: Ha, ha!--to know how I got up? Hark, it was by a method all my own.

DE GUICHE [wearied]: He's mad!

CYRANO[contemptuously]: No! not for me the stupid eagle Of Regiomontanus, nor the timid Pigeon of Archytas--neither of those!

DE GUICHE: Ay, 'tis a fool! But 'tis a learned fool!

CYRANO: No imitator I of other men! [De Guiche has succeeded in getting by, and goes toward Roxane's door. Cyrano follows him, ready to stop him by force]: Six novel methods, all, this brain invented!

DE GUICHE [turning round]: Six?

CYRANO [volubly]: First, with body naked as your hand, Festooned about with crystal flacons, full O' th' tears the early morning dew distils; My body to the sun's fierce rays exposed To let it suck me up, as 't sucks the dew! DE GUICHE [surprised, making one step toward Cyrano]: Ah! that makes one!

CYRANO [stepping back, and enticing him further away]: And then, the second way, To generate wind--for my impetus-- To rarefy air, in a cedar case, By mirrors placed icosahedron-wise.

DE GUICHE [making another step]: Two!

CYRANO [still stepping backward]: Or--for I have some mechanic skill-- To make a grasshopper, with springs of steel, And launch myself by quick succeeding fires Saltpeter-fed to the stars' pastures blue!

DE GUICHE [unconsciously following him and counting on his fingers]: Three!

CYRANO: Or [since fumes have property to mount]-- To charge a globe with fumes, sufficiently To carry me aloft!

Chinese Simplified

aloft: 在高处.

brain: 大脑, 脑, 脑袋.

carry: 搬运, 输送, 携带, 进位.

cedar: 西洋杉, 雪松.

crystal: 水晶, 表蒙子, 结晶, 晶体.

dew: 露水, 露.

eagle: 鹰, 老鹰.

exposed: 暴露的, 无掩蔽的.



fires: 火.


愚人.

generate: 生成, 产生, 生殖, 生育.

globe: 球状物, 地球仪, 球.

grasshopper: 蚱蜢.

launch: 创办, 发起, 发射, 推出.

mechanic: 技工.

method: 方法, 办法, 手段, 模式,

法子, 路子.

methods: 方法.

naked: 赤裸裸, 裸体的.

novel: 小说, 新奇, 新的.

pastures: 牧场.

property: 财产, 属性, 特性, 资产,

财物, 产业, 地产.

rarefy: 变稀薄.

steel: 钢, 钢铁.

suck: 吮吸, 咂, 吮.

sufficiently: 充分地.

tears: 泪, 泪水, 眼泪.


toward: 朝向.


DE GUICHE [same play, more and more astonished]: Well, that makes four!

CYRANO: Or smear myself with marrow from a bull, Since, at the lowest point of Zodiac, Phoebus well loves to suck that marrow up!

DE GUICHE [amazed]: Five!

CYRANO [who, while speaking, had drawn him to the other side of the square near a bench]: Sitting on an iron platform--thence To throw a magnet in the air. This is A method well conceived--the magnet flown, Infallibly the iron will pursue: Then quick! relaunch your magnet, and you thus Can mount and mount unmeasured distances!

DE GUICHE: Here are six excellent expedients! Which of the six chose you?

CYRANO: Why, none!--a seventh!

DE GUICHE: Astonishing! What was it?

CYRANO: I'll recount.%

DE GUICHE: This wild eccentric becomes interesting!

CYRANO [making a noise like the waves, with weird gestures]: Houuh! Houuh!

DE GUICHE: Well.

CYRANO: You have guessed?

DE GUICHE: Not I!

CYRANO: The tide! I' th' witching hour when the moon woos the wave, I laid me, fresh from a sea-bath, on the shore-- And, failing not to put head foremost--for The hair holds the sea-water in its mesh-- I rose in air, straight! straight! like angel's flight, And mounted, mounted, gently, effortless,. . . When lo! a sudden shock! Then. . .

DE GUICHE [overcome by curiosity, sitting down on the bench]: Then?

Chinese Simplified

bull: 公牛.

chose: 选择.

curiosity: 好奇心.

distances: 距离.

eccentric: 古怪, 怪人, 古怪的.

excellent: 优秀, 优秀的, 高超.

failing: 弱点, 短处, 失败.

flight: 航程, 班机, 飞行.

fresh: 新鲜, 新鲜的, 新.

gently: 徐徐, 悄悄地, 轻柔地.

laid: 放.

loves: 爱, 热爱.

lowest: 最低.

magnet: 磁铁, 巨头.

marrow: 骨髓, 髓, 精髓.




吵声.

pursue: 追求, 追, 追赶, 追逐.

seventh: 第七.

shock: 震动, 地震, 惊震, 突击.

smear: 弄脏, 涂污, 污, 诬蔑.

suck: 吮吸, 咂, 吮.



tide: 潮汐, 潮流, 潮.

unmeasured: 不可测量.

wave: 波浪, 波, 浪, 浪头, 浪潮,

飘扬, 摇, 挥动.

weird: 怪诞, 怪异.

witching: 有魔力的.

Edmond Rostand 113

CYRANO: Oh! then. . . [Suddenly returning to his natural voice]: The quarter's gone--I'll hinder you no more: The marriage-vows are made.%

DE GUICHE [springing up]: What? Am I mad? That voice? [The house-door opens. Lackeys appear carrying lighted candelabra. Light. Cyrano gracefully uncovers]: That nose--Cyrano?

CYRANO [bowing]: Cyrano. While we were chatting, they have plighted troth.

DE GUICHE: Who? [He turns round. Tableau. Behind the lackeys appear Roxane and Christian, holding each other by the hand. The friar follows them, smiling. Ragueneau also holds a candlestick. The duenna closes the rear, bewildered, having made a hasty toilet]: Heavens!

DE GUICHE [to Roxane]: You? [Recognizing Christian, in amazement]: He? [Bowing, with admiration, to Roxane]: Cunningly contrived! [To Cyrano]: My compliments--Sir Apparatus-maker! Your story would arrest at Peter's gate Saints eager for their Paradise! Note well The details. 'Faith! They'd make a stirring book!

CYRANO [bowing]: I shall not fail to follow your advice.

THE FRIAR [showing with satisfaction the two lovers to De Guiche]: A handsome couple, son, made one by you!

DE GUICHE [with a freezing look]: Ay! [To Roxane]: Bid your bridegroom, Madame, fond farewell.

ROXANE: Why so?

DE GUICHE [to Christian]: Even now the regiment departs. Join it!

ROXANE: It goes to battle?

DE GUICHE: Without doubt.

ROXANE: But the Cadets go not?

Chinese Simplified


advice: 忠告, 劝告, 建议.

appear: 显得, 露面, 出现.

arrest: 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕拿.

bewildered: 迷惑.

bridegroom: 新郎.

candlestick: 烛台, 蜡台.

carrying: 运送的, 运输的.

chatting: 聊天.

closes: 结束.

couple: 一对, 挂钩, 连接, 夫妇,

一双.

details: 细节, 内容.

eager: 切望, 踊跃, 急切, 渴望的.

farewell: 送别, 告辞, 告别.

fond: 喜欢.

freezing: 冻结, 冷冻, 冷冻用的.

gracefully: 优雅地.


hasty: 孟浪, 草草, 操切, 匆忙,

急忙的.

hinder: 妨碍.

lighted: 点燃.

natural: 自然, 天然, 自然的, 天生.

opens: 打开.

rear: 哺养, 养育, 后, 後, 后面,

养, 後面, 后方.



returning: 返回.

stirring: 活跃的, 激动人心的,

忙碌的.

troth: 誓言.


DE GUICHE: Oh ay! they go. [Drawing out the paper he had put in his pocket]: Here is the order. [To Christian]: Baron, bear it, quick! ROXANE [throwing herself in Christian's arms]: Christian!

DE GUICHE [sneeringly to Cyrano]: The wedding-night is far, methinks!

CYRANO [aside]: He thinks to give me pain of death by this!

CHRISTIAN [to Roxane]: Oh! once again! Your lips!

CYRANO: Come, come, enough!

CHRISTIAN [still kissing Roxane]: --'Tis hard to leave her, you know not. . .%

CYRANO [trying to draw him away]: I know.

[Sound of drums beating a march in the distance.]

DE GUICHE: The regiment starts!

ROXANE [To Cyrano, holding back Christian, whom Cyrano is drawing away]: Oh!--I trust him you! Promise me that no risks shall put his life In danger!

CYRANO: I will try my best, but promise. . . That I cannot!

ROXANE: But swear he shall be prudent?

CYRANO: Again, I'll do my best, but. . .

ROXANE: In the siege Let him not suffer!

CYRANO: All that man can do, I. . .

ROXANE: That he shall be faithful!

CYRANO: Doubtless, but. . .

ROXANE: That he will write oft?

CYRANO [pausing]: That, I promise you!

Chinese Simplified



beating: 脉.


不克, 未可.


danger: 危险.





drums: 鼓.

faithful: 忠实, 忠实的.

lips: 嘴唇.

pain: 痛苦, 痛, 使疼痛, 疼痛.


诺言, 允诺.

prudent: 谨慎, 慎重, 谨慎的.



risks: 风险.


sound: 声音, 音.

starts: 开始.


遭到.


thinks: 想.

trust: 信任, 信赖, 委托, 信托,

威信.

whom: 谁.



Edmond Rostand 115

CURTAIN.%


ACT IV .

THE CADETS O F GASC ONY

Post occupied by company of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux at the siege of Arras.%

In the background an embankment across the whole stage. Beyond, view of plain extending to the horizon. The country covered with intrenchments. The walls of Arras and the outlines of its roofs against the sky in the distance. Tents. Arms strewn about, drums, etc. Day is breaking with a faint glimmer of yellow sunrise in the east. Sentinels at different points. Watch-fires. The cadets of Gascony, wrapped in their mantles, are sleeping. Carbon de Castel-Jaloux and Le Bret are keeping watch. They are very pale and thin. Christian sleeps among the others in his cloak in the foreground, his face illuminated by the fire. Silence.

SCENE 1

Christian, Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, Le Bret, the cadets, then Cyrano.

Chinese Simplified

background: 背景, 本底.



distance: 距离.

drums: 鼓.

east: 东, 东方.

embankment: 堤岸, 筑堤.



跑江湖.

extending: 扩展.



glimmer: 微光.

horizon: 地平线.

keeping: 保管, 保持.

outlines: 轮廓.


plain: 平原.

points: 点.


sky: 天空, 天.

sleeping: 睡眠, 睡着.


strewn: 散播.

sunrise: 日出.

thin: 薄, 疏, 细, 淡.

walls: 墙壁.



Edmond Rostand 117

LE BRET: 'Tis terrible.%

CARBON: Not a morsel left.

LE BRET: Mordioux!

CARBON [making a sign that he should speak lower]: Curse under your breath. You will awake them. [To the cadets]: Hush! Sleep on. [To Le Bret]: He who sleeps, dines!

LE BRET: But that is sorry comfort for the sleepless!. . . What starvation!

[Firing is heard in the distance.]

CARBON: Oh, plague take their firing! 'Twill wake my sons. [To the cadets, who lift up their heads]: Sleep on!

[Firing is again heard, nearer this time.]

A CADET [moving]: The devil!. . .Again.

CARBON: 'Tis nothing! 'Tis Cyrano coming back!

[Those who have lifted up their heads prepare to sleep again.]

A SENTINEL [from without]: Ventrebieu! Who goes there?

THE VOICE Of CYRANO: Bergerac.

The SENTINEL [who is on the redoubt]: Ventrebieu! Who goes there?

CYRANO [appearing at the top]: Bergerac, idiot!

[He comes down; Le Bret advances anxiously to meet him.]

LE BRET: Heavens!

CYRANO [making signs that he should not awake the others]: Hush!

LE BRET: Wounded?

Chinese Simplified

advances: 进步.

awake: 唤醒, 觉醒, 醒.


carbon: 碳.

comes: 来.

comfort: 安慰.


dines: 进餐.

goes: 去.

heads: 头.

heard: 听见.

idiot: 白痴, 笨蛋, 傻子.

lift: 举起, 开放, 掀起, 电梯, 抬起.


聚会.

plague: 疫病, 大灾, 瘟疫.

prepare: 准备.




sons: 儿子.

sorry: 遗憾, 对不起.

speak: 说, 讲.

starvation: 饿死, 饥饿, 饥馑.

wake: 醒来, 醒觉.


CYRANO: Oh! you know it has become their custom to shoot at me every morning and to miss me.%

LE BRET: This passes all! To take letters at each day's dawn. To risk. . .

CYRANO [stopping before Christian]: I promised he should write often. [He looks at him]: He sleeps. How pale he is! But how handsome still, despite his sufferings. If his poor little lady-love knew that he is dying of hunger. . .

LE BRET: Get you quick to bed.

CYRANO: Nay, never scold, Le Bret. I ran but little risk. I have found me a spot to pass the Spanish lines, where each night they lie drunk.

LE BRET: You should try to bring us back provision.

CYRANO: A man must carry no weight who would get by there! But there will be surprise for us this night. The French will eat or die. . .if I mistake not!

LE BRET: Oh!. . .tell me!. . .

CYRANO: Nay, not yet. I am not certain. . .You will see!

CARBON: It is disgraceful that we should starve while we're besieging!

LE BRET: Alas, how full of complication is this siege of Arras! To think that while we are besieging, we should ourselves be caught in a trap and besieged by the Cardinal Infante of Spain.

CYRANO: It were well done if he should be besieged in his turn.

LE BRET: I am in earnest.

CYRANO: Oh! indeed!

LE BRET: To think you risk a life so precious. . .for the sake of a letter. . .Thankless one. [Seeing him turning to enter the tent]: Where are you going?

CYRANO: I am going to write another.

Chinese Simplified

besieging: 包围.

carbon: 碳.

complication: 并发症.

custom: 风俗, 习惯, 规矩, 习俗.

dawn: 黎明.

despite: 尽管, 任凭.

disgraceful: 不名誉, 不名誉的,

不光采的.



earnest: 认真.



hunger: 饥饿.

lie: 谎言, 谎话, 躺, 撒谎, 说谎.

mistake: 错误, 差错.

ourselves: 我们自己, 我们.


passes: 传递.

precious: 宝贵, 珍贵, 贵重,

宝贵的.

provision: 规定, 供应.


risk: 风险, 危险.

sake: 缘故.

scold: 责骂.

shoot: 射击, 芽, 射门.


spot: 斑点, 点子, 侦查.

starve: 饥饿, 饿死.

sufferings: 疾苦, 痛苦.

surprise: 使吃惊, 惊奇, 惊骇.

trap: 圈套, 陷阱, 阱.

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[He enters the tent and disappears.]

SCENE 2

The same, all but Cyrano. The day is breaking in a rosy light. The town of Arras is golden in the horizon. The report of cannon is heard in the distance, followed immediately by the beating of drums far away to the left. Other drums are heard much nearer. Sounds of stirring in the camp. Voices of officers in the distance.%

CARBON [sighing]: The reveille! [The cadets move and stretch themselves]: Nourishing sleep! Thou art at an end!. . .I know well what will be their first cry!

A CADET [sitting up]: I am so hungry!

ANOTHER: I am dying of hunger.

TOGETHER: Oh!

CARBON: Up with you!

THIRD CADET: --Cannot move a limb.

FOURTH CADET: Nor can I.

THE FIRST [looking at himself in a bit of armor]: My tongue is yellow. The air at this season of the year is hard to digest.

ANOTHER: My coronet for a bit of Chester!

ANOTHER: If none can furnish to my gaster wherewith to make a pint of chyle, I shall retire to my tent--like Achilles!

Chinese Simplified

art: 艺术, 美术, 功夫.

beating: 脉.

camp: 阵营, 营, 露营, 安营.

cannon: 大炮.

carbon: 碳.

chyle: 乳糜.


digest: 消化, 文摘.

distance: 距离.

drums: 鼓.



furnish: 供给, 提供.

golden: 金色, 金色的, 金黄.

horizon: 地平线.

hunger: 饥饿.


immediately: 立即, 马上, 即刻,

赶快, 顿时, 随即.

limb: 肢, 肢体.

none: 无, 没有.

pint: 品脱.

retire: 退休.

reveille: 起床号.

rosy: 透红, 透红的.

season: 季节, 季, 时节.



忙碌的.

stretch: 张开, 拉紧, 伸展, 伸.

tent: 帐篷, 帐蓬, 篷帐.




ANOTHER: Oh! something! were it but a crust!

CARBON [going to the tent and calling softly]: Cyrano!

ALL THE CADETS: We are dying!

CARBON [continuing to speak under his breath at the opening of the tent]: Come to my aid, you, who have the art of quick retort and gay jest. Come, hearten them up.%

SECOND CADET [rushing toward another who is munching something]: What are you crunching there?

FIRST CADET: Cannon-wads soaked in axle-grease! 'Tis poor hunting round about Arras!

A CADET [entering]: I have been after game.

ANOTHER [following him]: And I after fish.

ALL [rushing to the two newcomers]: Well! what have you brought?--a pheasant?--a carp?--Come, show us quick!

THE ANGLER: A gudgeon!

THE SPORTSMAN: A sparrow!

ALL TOGETHER [beside themselves]: 'Tis more than can be borne! We will mutiny!

CARBON: Cyrano! Come to my help.

[The daylight has now come.]

CYRANO [appearing from the tent, very calm, with a pen stuck behind his ear and a book in his hand]: What is wrong? [Silence. To the first cadet]: Why drag you your legs so sorrowfully?

THE CADET: I have something in my heels which weighs them down.

Chinese Simplified

aid: 援助, 帮助, 协助, 熏陶, 助.

art: 艺术, 美术, 功夫.




平静的, 沉静.

carbon: 碳.

crust: 面包皮, 地壳.

daylight: 日光, 白天.

drag: 曳, 拖拉, 阻力, 拖动.


ear: 耳朵, 耳.

fish: 鱼, 捕鱼.

game: 游戏, 把戏.


gudgeon: 诱饵.

hearten: 鼓励.

hunting: 狩猎.


mutiny: 兵变, 叛变.


开始.


栏, 钢笔.


retort: 反驳.


sparrow: 麻雀.

speak: 说, 讲.

stuck: 黏贴.

tent: 帐篷, 帐蓬, 篷帐.

toward: 朝向.


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CYRANO: And what may that be?

THE CADET: My stomach!

CYRANO: So have I, 'faith!

THE CADET: It must be in your way?

CYRANO: Nay, I am all the taller.%

A THIRD: My stomach's hollow.

CYRANO: 'Faith, 'twill make a fine drum to sound the assault.

ANOTHER: I have a ringing in my ears.

CYRANO: No, no, 'tis false; a hungry stomach has no ears.

ANOTHER: Oh, to eat something--something oily!

CYRANO [pulling off the cadet's helmet and holding it out to him]: Behold your salad!

ANOTHER: What, in God's name, can we devour?

CYRANO [throwing him the book which he is carrying]: The 'Iliad'.

ANOTHER: The first minister in Paris has his four meals a day!

CYRANO: 'Twere courteous an he sent you a few partridges!

THE SAME: And why not? with wine, too!

CYRANO: A little Burgundy. Richelieu, s'il vous plait!

THE SAME: He could send it by one of his friars.

CYRANO: Ay! by His Eminence Joseph himself.

ANOTHER: I am as ravenous as an ogre!

CYRANO: Eat your patience, then.

Chinese Simplified


courteous: 有礼貌, 有礼的.

devour: 吞食.

drum: 鼓, 圆桶.

ears: 耳朵.

eat: 吃.

false: 假, 虚伪, 虚假.




优美, 美好的.

helmet: 头盔.

hollow: 凹陷, 中空的, 空心, 空虚.


meals: 膳食.

ogre: 妖魔.

oily: 油油, 油腻的.

patience: 忍耐, 忍受, 耐心, 耐性.

plait: 辫子, 编制, 编织, 编.

ravenous: 很饿, 渴望的, 贪婪的.

ringing: 电话铃声.

salad: 沙拉, 色拉.


投, 派.

sent: 送了.

sound: 声音, 音.

stomach: 胃, 肚子.


酒色财气.


THE FIRST CADET [shrugging his shoulders]: Always your pointed word!

CYRANO: Ay, pointed words! I would fain die thus, some soft summer eve, Making a pointed word for a good cause. --To make a soldier's end by soldier's sword, Wielded by some brave adversary--die On blood-stained turf, not on a fever-bed, A point upon my lips, a point within my heart.%

CRIES FROM ALL: I'm hungry!

CYRANO [crossing his arms]: All your thoughts of meat and drink! Bertrand the fifer!--you were shepherd once,-- Draw from its double leathern case your fife, Play to these greedy, guzzling soldiers. Play Old country airs with plaintive rhythm recurring, Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear home-voices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smoke-wreaths Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets, Their music strikes the ear like Gascon patois!. . . [The old man seats himself, and gets his flute ready]: Your flute was now a warrior in durance; But on its stem your fingers are a-dancing A bird-like minuet! O flute! Remember That flutes were made of reeds first, not laburnum; Make us a music pastoral days recalling-- The soul-time of your youth, in country pastures!. . . [The old man begins to play the airs of Languedoc]: Hark to the music, Gascons!. . .'Tis no longer The piercing fife of camp--but 'neath his fingers The flute of the woods! No more the call to combat, 'Tis now the love-song of the wandering goat-herds!. . . Hark!. . .'tis the valley, the wet landes, the forest, The sunburnt shepherd-boy with scarlet beret, The dusk of evening on the Dordogne river,-- 'Tis Gascony! Hark, Gascons, to the music!

[The cadets sit with bowed heads; their eyes have a far-off look as if dreaming, and they surreptitiously wipe away their tears with their cuffs and the corner of their cloaks.]

CARBON [to Cyrano in a whisper]: But you make them weep!

Chinese Simplified

ascending: 上升的, 上升, 向上的.

beret: 贝雷帽.

combat: 战斗.

cuffs: 袖口.

dreaming: 梦见.

echoes: 回声.

eve: 前夕, 除夕.

evening: 晚, 黄昏, 傍晚, 晚上.

flute: 长笛.

forest: 森林, 树林.

greedy: 贪心, 贪心的.

laburnum: 金链花.

meat: 肉.

minuet: 小步舞曲.

note: 便条, 按语, 看到, 注意,

声调, 笔记, 注解.

plaintive: 哀怨, 凄切的.

pointed: 尖锐.

reeds: 芦苇.

rhythm: 旋律, 节奏.

scarlet: 深红色, 深红色的.

shepherd: 牧羊人, 牧羊者.

sister: 姐妹.

soldiers: 兵员.

stem: 干, 梗, 茎, 艏柱, 船头,

树干, 词干.

summer: 夏天, 夏季.

surreptitiously: 暗中.

turf: 草地, 草皮.

valley: 山谷, 峪, 谷, 流域, 山沟.

warrior: 战士, 勇士.

weep: 哭泣.

wet: 湿.

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CYRANO: Ay, for homesickness. A nobler pain than hunger,--'tis of the soul, not of the body! I am well pleased to see their pain change its viscera. Heart-ache is better than stomach-ache.%

CARBON: But you weaken their courage by playing thus on their heart-strings!

CYRANO [making a sign to a drummer to approach]: Not I. The hero that sleeps in Gascon blood is ever ready to awake in them. 'Twould suffice. . .

[He makes a signal; the drum beats.]

ALL THE CADETS [stand up and rush to take arms]: What? What is it?

CYRANO [smiling]: You see! One roll of the drum is enough! Good-by dreams, regrets, native land, love. . .All that the pipe called forth the drum has chased away!

A CADET [looking toward the back of the stage]: Ho! here comes Monsieur de Guiche.

ALL THE CADETS [muttering]: Ugh!. . .Ugh!. . .

CYRANO [smiling]: A flattering welcome!

A CADET: We are sick to death of him!

ANOTHER CADET: --With his lace collar over his armor, playing the fine gentleman!

ANOTHER: As if one wore linen over steel!

THE FIRST: It were good for a bandage had he boils on his neck.

THE SECOND: Another plotting courtier!

ANOTHER CADET: His uncle's own nephew!

CARBON: For all that--a Gascon.

Chinese Simplified

armor: 盔甲.

awake: 唤醒, 觉醒, 醒.

bandage: 绷带.

carbon: 碳.



dreams: 梦想.

drum: 鼓, 圆桶.

drummer: 鼓手.

forth: 向前.

hero: 英雄.

homesickness: 思乡病, 怀乡病.


land: 土地, 着陆, 陆地.

linen: 亚麻布.


neck: 颈项, 脖子, 颈.

nephew: 外甥, 侄子.

pipe: 管, 管子, 筒, 喉管.


plotting: 标图.

regrets: 惋惜.

roll: 滚动, 簸荡, 卷.


sick: 生病.

signal: 信号, 手势, 讯号.

soul: 灵魂.

toward: 朝向.

viscera: 五内, 内脏.

weaken: 削弱, 弱化.

welcome: 欢迎, 受欢迎, 欢迎光临,

受欢迎的, 款待.

wore: 穿了.


THE FIRST: Ay, false Gascon!. . .trust him not. . . Gascons should ever be crack-brained. . . Naught more dangerous than a rational Gascon.%

LE BRET: How pale he is!

ANOTHER: Oh! he is hungry, just like us poor devils; but under his cuirass, with its fine gilt nails, his stomach-ache glitters brave in the sun.

CYRANO [hurriedly]: Let us not seem to suffer either! Out with your cards, pipes, and dice. . . [All begin spreading out the games on the drums, the stools, the ground, and on their cloaks, and light long pipes]: And I shall read Descartes.

[He walks up and down, reading a little book which he has drawn from his pocket. Tableau. Enter De Guiche. All appear absorbed and happy. He is very pale. He goes up to Carbon.]

SCENE 3

The same. De Guiche.

DE GUICHE [to Carbon]: Good-day! [They examine each other. Aside, with satisfaction]: He's green.

CARBON [aside]: He has nothing left but eyes.

DE GUICHE [looking at the cadets]: Here are the rebels! Ay, Sirs, on all sides I hear that in your ranks you scoff at me; That the Cadets, these loutish, mountain-bred, Poor country squires, and barons of Perigord, Scarce find for me--their Colonel--a disdain Sufficient! call me plotter, wily courtier! It does not please their mightiness to see A point-lace collar on my steel

Chinese Simplified

absorbed: 一心一意的.


carbon: 碳.

cloaks: 外套.


cuirass: 胸甲.

dangerous: 危险, 危险的.

dice: 骰子.

disdain: 鄙视, 轻蔑, 鄙弃, 轻视.

drums: 鼓.

examine: 检查, 核查, 检验, 考核,

视察.


games: 游戏.

gilt: 镀金, 镀金的.


loutish: 粗野的.

mightiness: 强大.


plotter: 绘图机, 阴谋者.



rational: 理性的.

scoff: 嘲笑.

spreading: 撒, 散布, 传播, 展开,

扩展.

stomach-ache: 肚痛.

stools: 凳子.


遭到.

sun: 太阳, 星期日, 曝.

walks: 步行.

wily: 狡猾的.

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cuirass,-- And they enrage, because a man, in sooth, May be no ragged-robin, yet a Gascon! [Silence. All smoke and play]: Shall I command your Captain punish you? No.%

CARBON: I am free, moreover,--will not punish--

DE GUICHE: Ah!

CARBON: I have paid my company--'tis mine. I bow but to headquarters.

DE GUICHE: So?--in faith! That will suffice. [Addressing himself to the cadets]: I can despise your taunts 'Tis well known how I bear me in the war; At Bapaume, yesterday, they saw the rage With which I beat back the Count of Bucquoi; Assembling my own men, I fell on his, And charged three separate times!

CYRANO [without lifting his eyes from his book]: And your white scarf?

DE GUICHE [surprised and gratified]: You know that detail?. . .Troth! It happened thus: While caracoling to recall the troops For the third charge, a band of fugitives Bore me with them, close by the hostile ranks: I was in peril--capture, sudden death!-- When I thought of the good expedient To loosen and let fall the scarf which told My military rank; thus I contrived --Without attention waked--to leave the foes, And suddenly returning, reinforced With my own men, to scatter them! And now, --What say you, Sir?

[The cadets pretend not to be listening, but the cards and the dice-boxes remain suspended in their hands, the smoke of their pipes in their cheeks. They wait.]

CYRANO: I say, that Henri Quatre Had not, by any dangerous odds, been forced To strip himself of his white helmet plume.

[Silent delight. The cards fall, the dice rattle. The smoke is puffed.]

DE GUICHE: The ruse succeeded, though!

Chinese Simplified

attention: 注意, 注意力.

bow: 弓.

command: 指令, 统帅, 命令, 指挥,

吩咐, 率领.

despise: 鄙视, 轻视, 不齿, 鄙薄,

蔑视, 看不起.

dice: 骰子.

enrage: 激怒.

expedient: 得当, 得策的.

foes: 敌人.

happened: 发生.

headquarters: 队部, 司令部, 总部.

helmet: 头盔.

hostile: 怀敌意, 敌对, 敌对的.

loosen: 放松, 松开.


paid: 支付.

plume: 羽毛.

pretend: 假装.



rank: 评价分类, 身分, 级别, 等级,

地位, 排.


rattle: 发嘎嘎声, 发出格格声响.

recall: 召回, 记起, 回忆, 罢免,

回想, 恢复.

scarf: 围巾.

scatter: 分散, 散播, 驱散.

silent: 无声, 沉默的.

strip: 长条, 剥夺, 剥, 简易机场.

troops: 部队, 兵力, 队伍, 兵员.

troth: 誓言.


[Same suspension of play, etc.]

CYRANO: Oh, may be! But One does not lightly abdicate the honor To serve as target to the enemy [Cards, dice, fall again, and the cadets smoke with evident delight]: Had I been present when your scarf fell low, --Our courage, Sir, is of a different sort-- I would have picked it up and put it on.%

DE GUICHE: Oh, ay! Another Gascon boast!

CYRANO: A boast? Lend it to me. I pledge myself, to-night, --With it across my breast,--to lead th' assault.

DE GUICHE: Another Gascon vaunt! You know the scarf Lies with the enemy, upon the brink Of the stream,. . .the place is riddled now with shot,-- No one can fetch it hither!

CYRANO [drawing the scarf from his pocket, and holding it out to him]: Here it is.

[Silence. The cadets stifle their laughter in their cards and dice-boxes. De Guiche turns and looks at them; they instantly become grave, and set to play. One of them whistles indifferently the air just played by the fifer.]

DE GUICHE [taking the scarf]: I thank you. It will now enable me To make a signal,--that I had forborne To make--till now.

[He goes to the rampart, climbs it, and waves the scarf thrice.]

ALL: What's that?

THE SENTINEL [from the top of the rampart]: See you yon man Down there, who runs?. . .

DE GUICHE [descending]: 'Tis a false Spanish spy Who is extremely useful to my ends. The news he carries to the enemy Are those I prompt him with--so, in a word, We have an influence on their decisions!

CYRANO: Scoundrel!

Chinese Simplified

abdicate: 退位.

boast: 自夸, 夸口, 夸耀.

brink: 边缘.

climbs: 攀登.

dice: 骰子.

enable: 启动.

ends: 末端.

evident: 显然, 明显的.

extremely: 极其, 不亦乐乎, 不堪,

不得了, 极了, 不胜, 极端地, 要命,

极度, 万分.

fetch: 拿, 取, 带来.


深重.

hither: 到此处.


尊敬.

indifferently: 冷淡地, 不关心地,

漠然地.

influence: 影响, 势力.

news: 新闻, 信息, 消息.

picked: 精选的.

pledge: 誓言, 誓词, 保证.


敏捷的.

rampart: 壁垒, 城墙.

scarf: 围巾.

spy: 间谍, 特务.

stifle: 窒息.

suspension: 悬挂, 暂停.

useful: 有用, 顶事, 有用的.

vaunt: 自夸.

whistles: 口哨.

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DE GUICHE [carelessly knotting on his scarf]: 'Tis opportune. What were we saying? Ah! I have news for you. Last evening --To victual us--the Marshal did attempt A final effort:--secretly he went To Dourlens, where the King's provisions be. But--to return to camp more easily-- He took with him a goodly force of troops. Those who attacked us now would have fine sport! Half of the army's absent from the camp!

CARBON: Ay, if the Spaniards knew, 'twere ill for us, But they know nothing of it?

DE GUICHE: Oh! they know. They will attack us.%

CARBON: Ah!

DE GUICHE: For my false spy Came to warn me of their attack. He said, 'I can decide the point for their assault; Where would you have it? I will tell them 'tis The least defended--they'll attempt you there.' I answered, 'Good. Go out of camp, but watch My signal. Choose the point from whence it comes.'

CARBON [to cadets]: Make ready!

[All rise; sounds of swords and belts being buckled.]

DE GUICHE: 'Twill be in an hour.

FIRST CADET: Good!. . .

[They all sit down again and take up their games.]

DE GUICHE [to Carbon]: Time must be gained. The Marshal will return.

CARBON: How gain it?

DE GUICHE: You will all be good enough To let yourselves to be killed.

CYRANO: Vengeance! oho!

Chinese Simplified

absent: 缺席, 缺席的.

answered: 回答.



冲击, 袭击.

attempt: 企图.

belts: 地带.


carbon: 碳.

decide: 判定, 决定, 作主.


force: 力, 部队, 力量, 暴力, 强迫,

迫使, 逼迫, 动力.


获得, 获取.

gained: 获利, 赢得.

goodly: 好的.


拙劣的.

killed: 被屠宰的, 被杀死的.


provisions: 食品.


sounds: 声音.

sport: 运动.

spy: 间谍, 特务.

swords: 剑.

troops: 部队, 兵力, 队伍, 兵员.

victual: 供以食物.

warn: 告诫, 警告.


whence: 何以, 何处, 从何处.

yourselves: 你们自己.


DE GUICHE: I do not say that, if I loved you well, I had chosen you and yours,--but, as things stand,-- Your courage yielding to no corps the palm-- I serve my King, and serve my grudge as well.%

CYRANO: Permit that I express my gratitude. . .

DE GUICHE: I know you love to fight against five score; You will not now complain of paltry odds.

[He goes up with Carbon.]

CYRANO [to the cadets]: We shall add to the Gascon coat of arms, With its six bars of blue and gold, one more-- The blood-red bar that was a-missing there!

[De Guiche speaks in a low voice with Carbon at the back. Orders are given. Preparations go forward. Cyrano goes up to Christian, who stands with crossed arms.]

CYRANO [putting his hand on Christian's shoulder]: Christian!

CHRISTIAN [shaking his head]: Roxane!

CYRANO: Alas!

CHRISTIAN: At least, I'd send My heart's farewell to her in a fair letter!. . .

CYRANO: I had suspicion it would be to-day, [He draws a letter out of his doublet]: And had already writ. . .

CHRISTIAN: Show!

CYRANO: Will you. . .?

CHRISTIAN [taking the letter]: Ay! [He opens and reads it]: Hold!

CYRANO: What?

CHRISTIAN: This little spot!

Chinese Simplified

add: 加, 增加, 增添.

bar: 酒廊, 酒吧, 柜台.

blood-red: 血红的.

blue: 蓝, 蓝色, 青.

chosen: 精选, 选择了.


coat: 外套, 上衣.

complain: 抱怨, 投诉, 埋怨.

corps: 军团, 兵团.




公道, 展, 直.



战斗, 奋斗.

gold: 金, 黄金.

gratitude: 感谢.

grudge: 恩怨, 遗恨, 妒忌, 舍不得.



opens: 打开.

paltry: 无价值的.

reads: 阅读.

score: 比分, 得分, 成绩.


投, 派.



suspicion: 疑心, 怀疑, 嫌疑.


yielding: 易弯曲的, 柔顺的.

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CYRANO [taking the letter, with an innocent look]: A spot?

CHRISTIAN: A tear!

CYRANO: Poets, at last,--by dint of counterfeiting-- Take counterfeit for true--that is the charm! This farewell letter,--it was passing sad, I wept myself in writing it!

CHRISTIAN: Wept? why?

CYRANO: Oh!. . .death itself is hardly terrible,. . . --But, ne'er to see her more! That is death's sting! --For. . .I shall never. . . [Christian looks at him]: We shall. . . [Quickly]: I mean, you. . .%

CHRISTIAN [snatching the letter from him]: Give me that letter!

[A rumor, far off in the camp.]

VOICE Of SENTINEL: Who goes there? Halloo!

[Shots--voices--carriage-bells.]

CARBON: What is it?

A SENTINEL [on the rampart]: 'Tis a carriage!

[All rush to see.]

CRIES: In the camp? It enters!--It comes from the enemy! --Fire!--No!--The coachman cries!--What does he say? --'On the King's service!'

[Everyone is on the rampart, staring. The bells come nearer.]

DE GUICHE: The King's service? How?

[All descend and draw up in line.]

CARBON: Uncover, all!

DE GUICHE: The King's! Draw up in line! Let him describe his curve as it befits!

Chinese Simplified




comes: 来.

counterfeit: 仿造, 仿造的.

curve: 弯曲, 曲线.


descend: 下降, 降, 下.

describe: 形容, 摹画.


enemy: 敌人.


goes: 去.

hardly: 几乎不, 毫不, 辛苦地.

innocent: 无辜, 无罪的, 天真.



myself: 我自己.


及格的.


rumor: 谣言, 传闻, 谣传.





staring: 凝视的.

sting: 刺, 叮, 螫.


wept: 哭泣.


写作.


[The%carriage enters at full speed covered with dust and mud. The curtains are drawn close. Two lackeys behind. It is pulled up suddenly.]

CARBON: Beat a salute!

[A roll of drums. The cadets uncover.]

DE GUICHE: Lower the carriage-steps!

[Two cadets rush forward. The door opens.]

ROXANE [jumping down from the carriage]: Good-day!

[All are bowing to the ground, but at the sound of a woman's voice every head is instantly raised.]

SCENE 4

The same. Roxane.

DE GUICHE: On the King's service! You?

ROXANE: Ay,--King Love's! What other king?

CYRANO: Great God!

CHRISTIAN [rushing forward]: Why have you come?

ROXANE: This siege--'tis too long!

CHRISTIAN: But why?. . .

ROXANE: I will tell you all!

Chinese Simplified




drawn: 画了.

drums: 鼓.

dust: 灰尘, 土, 尘, 尘土, 粉末.


前进的.


土地.


king: 国王, 王.

mud: 泥, 泥浆.

roll: 滚动, 簸荡, 卷.


salute: 敬礼.

sound: 声音, 音.

speed: 速度, 速率, 奔驰, 加速,

进度.

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CYRANO [who, at the sound of her voice, has stood still, rooted to the ground, afraid to raise his eyes]: My God! dare I look at her?

DE GUICHE: You cannot remain here!

ROXANE [merrily]: But I say yes! Who will push a drum hither for me? [She seats herself on the drum they roll forward]: So! I thank you. [She laughs]: My carriage was fired at [proudly]: by the patrol! Look! would you not think 'twas made of a pumpkin, like Cinderella's chariot in the tale,--and the footmen out of rats? [Sending a kiss with her lips to Christian]: Good-morrow! [Examining them all]: You look not merry, any of you! Ah! know you that 'tis a long road to get to Arras? [Seeing Cyrano]: Cousin, delighted!

CYRANO [coming up to her]: But how, in Heaven's name?. . .%

ROXANE: How found I the way to the army? It was simple enough, for I had but to pass on and on, as far as I saw the country laid waste. Ah, what horrors were there! Had I not seen, then I could never have believed it! Well, gentlemen, if such be the service of your King, I would fainer serve mine!

CYRANO: But 'tis sheer madness! Where in the fiend's name did you get through?

ROXANE: Where? Through the Spanish lines.

FIRST CADET: --For subtle craft, give me a woman!

DE GUICHE: But how did you pass through their lines?

LE BRET: Faith! that must have been a hard matter!. . .

ROXANE: None too hard. I but drove quietly forward in my carriage, and when some hidalgo of haughty mien would have stayed me, lo! I showed at the window my sweetest smile, and these Senors being [with no disrespect to you] the most gallant gentlemen in the world,--I passed on!

CARBON: True, that smile is a passport! But you must have been asked frequently to give an account of where you were going, Madame?

Chinese Simplified

account: 帐户, 账, 帐, 户口,

重要性.

afraid: 危惧, 恐怕, 害怕.


不克, 未可.

chariot: 四轮马车.

craft: 手艺, 狡诈, 探测器, 工艺.

delighted: 愉快.

disrespect: 不尊重.

drove: 驾.

drum: 鼓, 圆桶.

examining: 检查.

frequently: 往往, 常常, 时常,

经常, 不时, 频繁, 经常地.

gallant: 英勇, 豪侠, 英勇的.

gentlemen: 绅士.


傲慢的.

hither: 到此处.

horrors: 恐怖.

madness: 疯狂.


passport: 护照.

patrol: 巡逻.

pumpkin: 南瓜.

push: 推.

quietly: 安静地, 悄悄.

rooted: 有根的, 根深蒂固的.

sending: 发送.

sheer: 纯属, 全然的, 全然.

showed: 展示.

stood: 站了.

waste: 荒芜, 白费, 浪费, 糟蹋.


ROXANE: Yes, frequently. Then I would answer, 'I go to see my lover.' At that word the very fiercest Spaniard of them all would gravely shut the carriage-door, and, with a gesture that a king might envy, make signal to his men to lower the muskets leveled at me;--then, with melancholy but withal very graceful dignity--his beaver held to the wind that the plumes might flutter bravely, he would bow low, saying to me, 'Pass on, Senorita!'

CHRISTIAN: But, Roxane. . .%

ROXANE: Forgive me that I said, 'my lover!' But bethink you, had I said 'my husband,' not one of them had let me pass!

CHRISTIAN: But. . .

ROXANE: What ails you?

DE GUICHE: You must leave this place!

ROXANE: I?

CYRANO: And that instantly!

LE BRET: No time to lose.

CHRISTIAN: Indeed, you must.

ROXANE: But wherefore must I?

CHRISTIAN [embarrassed]: 'Tis that. . .

CYRANO [the same]: --In three quarters of an hour. . .

DE GUICHE [the same]: --Or for. . .

CARBON [the same]: It were best. . .

LE BRET [the same]: You might. . .

ROXANE: You are going to fight?--I stay here.

ALL: No, no!

Chinese Simplified


答, 响应, 适合, 负责, 符合.


bethink: 想起.

bow: 弓.

bravely: 勇敢地.

carbon: 碳.




flutter: 飘扬, 颤动, 振翅.


经常, 不时, 频繁, 经常地.



优美的.

gravely: 碎石, 充满砾石的.

hour: 小时, 钟头, 钟点, 现在.


king: 国王, 王.

lose: 丢失, 丧失, 失掉, 遗失.


lower: 降下, 降低, 减低, 低.

melancholy: 愁绪, 忧郁地.


要隘.

quarters: 住处, 四分之一.


shut: 关闭.



wherefore: 何故.

wind: 风, 弯曲, 上弦, 缠绕.

Edmond Rostand 133

ROXANE: He is my husband! [She throws herself into Christian's arms]: They shall kill us both together!

CHRISTIAN: Why do you look at me thus?

ROXANE: I will tell you why!

DE GUICHE [in despair]: 'Tis a post of mortal danger!

ROXANE [turning round]: Mortal danger!

CYRANO: Proof enough, that he has put us here!

ROXANE [to De Guiche]: So, Sir, you would have made a widow of me?

DE GUICHE: Nay, on my oath. . .%

ROXANE: I will not go! I am reckless now, and I shall not stir from here!--Besides, 'tis amusing!

CYRANO: Oh-ho! So our precieuse is a heroine!

ROXANE: Monsieur de Bergerac, I am your cousin.

A CADET: We will defend you well!

ROXANE [more and more excited]: I have no fear of that, my friends!

ANOTHER [in ecstasy]: The whole camp smells sweet of orris-root!

ROXANE: And, by good luck, I have chosen a hat that will suit well with the battlefield! [Looking at De Guiche]: But were it not wisest that the Count retire? They may begin the attack.

DE GUICHE: That is not to be brooked! I go to inspect the cannon, and shall return. You have still time--think better of it!

ROXANE: Never!

[De Guiche goes out.]

Chinese Simplified

amusing: 有趣, 有趣的.


冲击, 袭击.

battlefield: 战场, 疆场.


兴办.


cannon: 大炮.

chosen: 精选, 选择了.



danger: 危险.

defend: 防守, 保卫, 捍卫, 辩护,

辩解, 驻守, 防卫.


害怕.

hat: 帽子.

heroine: 女英雄.

inspect: 核查, 检阅, 视察, 检查,

检验, 考察.

kill: 打死, 杀害, 杀死.



oath: 誓言, 誓词, 宣誓.


reckless: 蛮干, 不顾一切,

不顾一切后果的.

retire: 退休.

smells: 臭.

stir: 轰动, 搅拌, 鼓动.

suit: 适应, 一套.


widow: 寡妇.


CHRISTIAN [entreatingly]: Roxane!

ROXANE: No!

FIRST CADET [to the others]: She stays!

ALL [hurrying, hustling each other, tidying themselves]: A comb!--Soap!--My uniform is torn!--A needle!--A ribbon!--Lend your mirror!--My cuffs!--Your curling-iron!--A razor!. . .%

ROXANE [to Cyrano, who still pleads with her]: No! Naught shall make me stir from this spot!

CARBON [who, like the others, has been buckling, dusting, brushing his hat, settling his plume, and drawing on his cuffs, advances to Roxane, and ceremoniously]: It is perchance more seemly, since things are thus, that I present to you some of these gentlemen who are about to have the honor of dying before your eyes. [Roxane bows, and stands leaning on Christian's arm, while Carbon introduces the cadets to her]: Baron de Peyrescous de Colignac!

THE CADET [with a low reverence]: Madame. . .

CARBON [continuing]: Baron de Casterac de Cahuzac,--Vidame de Malgouyre Estressac Lesbas d'Escarabiot, Chevalier d'Antignac-Juzet, Baron Hillot de Blagnac-Salechan de Castel Crabioules. . .

ROXANE: But how many names have you each?

BARON HILLOT: Scores!

CARBON [to Roxane]: Pray, upon the hand that holds your kerchief.

ROXANE [opens her hand, and the handkerchief falls]: Why?

[The whole company start forward to pick it up.]

CARBON [quickly raising it]: My company had no flag. But now, by my faith, they will have the fairest in all the camp!

Chinese Simplified

advances: 进步.



baron: 男爵.

bows: 弓.

brushing: 刷布.

buckling: 扣住.


carbon: 碳.

cuffs: 袖口.





flag: 旗帜, 旗子, 国旗.

gentlemen: 绅士.


hat: 帽子.


尊敬.

introduces: 介绍.

kerchief: 头巾.


perchance: 或许.

pick: 掐, 采摘, 挑选, 挑, 鹤嘴锄,

采, 选择.

plume: 羽毛.

settling: 安置.


stays: 停留.

stir: 轰动, 搅拌, 鼓动.

uniform: 制服, 匀净, 匀实, 一律.

Edmond Rostand 135

ROXANE [smiling]: 'Tis somewhat small.%

CARBON [tying the handkerchief on the staff of his lance]: But--'tis of lace!

A CADET [to the rest]: I could die happy, having seen so sweet a face, if I had something in my stomach--were it but a nut!

CARBON [who has overheard, indignantly]: Shame on you! What, talk of eating when a lovely woman!. . .

ROXANE: But your camp air is keen; I myself am famished. Pasties, cold fricassee, old wines--there is my bill of fare? Pray bring it all here.

[Consternation.]

A CADET: All that?

ANOTHER: But where on earth find it?

ROXANE [quietly]: In my carriage.

ALL: How?

ROXANE: Now serve up--carve! Look a little closer at my coachman, gentlemen, and you will recognize a man most welcome. All the sauces can be sent to table hot, if we will!

THE CADETS [rushing pellmell to the carriage]: 'Tis Ragueneau! [Acclamations]: Oh, oh!

ROXANE [looking after them]: Poor fellows!

CYRANO [kissing her hand]: Kind fairy!

RAGUENEAU [standing on the box like a quack doctor at a fair]: Gentlemen!. . .

[General delight.]

THE CADETS: Bravo! bravo!

Chinese Simplified

bill: 法案, 帐单, 账单, 发单.



carbon: 碳.


炮架.

closer: 更密切的.



doctor: 医生, 大夫, 医师, 博士.

eating: 吃.

fairy: 仙女.

famished: 挨饿.

fare: 运费, 车费.

gentlemen: 绅士.


hot: 热.

keen: 敏锐, 渴望.


lovely: 可爱, 可爱的.

nut: 坚果, 螺帽, 螺母.

overheard: 无意听到.

quack: 嘎嘎, 呷呷.

recognize: 承认, 认出, 辨认, 认得,

辨.

sent: 送了.






受欢迎的, 款待.


RAGUENEAU: . . .The Spaniards, gazing on a lady so dainty fair, overlooked the fare so dainty!. . .%

[Applause.]

CYRANO [in a whisper to Christian]: Hark, Christian!

RAGUENEAU: . . .And, occupied with gallantry, perceived not-- [His draws a plate from under the seat, and holds it up]: --The galantine!. . .

[Applause. The galantine passes from hand to hand.]

CYRANO [still whispering to Christian]: Prythee, one word!

RAGUENEAU: And Venus so attracted their eyes that Diana could secretly pass by with-- [He holds up a shoulder of mutton]: --her fawn!

[Enthusiasm. Twenty hands are held out to seize the shoulder of mutton.]

CYRANO [in a low whisper to Christian]: I must speak to you!

ROXANE [to the cadets, who come down, their arms laden with food]: Put it all on the ground!

[She lays all out on the grass, aided by the two imperturbable lackeys who were behind the carriage.]

ROXANE [to Christian, just as Cyrano is drawing him apart]: Come, make yourself of use!

[Christian comes to help her. Cyrano's uneasiness increases.]

RAGUENEAU: Truffled peacock!

FIRST CADET [radiant, coming down, cutting a big slice of ham]: By the mass! We shall not brave the last hazard without having had a gullet-full!-- [quickly correcting himself on seeing Roxane]: --Pardon! A Balthazar feast!

RAGUENEAU [throwing down the carriage cushions]: The cushions are stuffed with ortolans!

Chinese Simplified

applause: 掌声, 采声, 赞美, 鼓掌.



炮架.

cutting: 切削, 开凿, 切下.

dainty: 纤巧, 高雅, 精致的.



enthusiasm: 热心, 劲头, 热情,

积极性.

fare: 运费, 车费.

fawn: 奉承, 讨好.


galantine: 冷食肉卷.

gallantry: 殷勤, 勇敢.

gazing: 凝视.

grass: 草, 青草.

hazard: 危险.

laden: 充满的.

mass: 群众.

passes: 传递.

peacock: 孔雀.

plate: 碟, 盘子.

seat: 座位, 位置, 位子, 席位, 座.

secretly: 暗地里, 暗暗, 暗自,

秘密地, 私自, 偷偷.


窃取, 掳获, 捕, 抓.

shoulder: 肩, 肩膀, 担负.

slice: 片, 切片, 一片, 薄片, 切.

uneasiness: 不自在.



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[Hubbub. They tear open and turn out the contents of the cushions. Bursts of laughter--merriment.]

THIRD CADET: Ah! Viedaze!

RAGUENEAU [throwing down to the cadets bottles of red wine]: Flasks of rubies!-- [and white wine]: --Flasks of topaz!

ROXANE [throwing a folded tablecloth at Cyrano's head]: Unfold me that napkin!--Come, come! be nimble!

RAGUENEAU [waving a lantern]: Each of the carriage-lamps is a little larder!

CYRANO [in a low voice to Christian, as they arrange the cloth together]: I must speak with you ere you speak to her.%

RAGUENEAU: My whip-handle is an Arles sausage!

ROXANE [pouring out wine, helping]: Since we are to die, let the rest of the army shift for itself. All for the Gascons! And mark! if De Guiche comes, let no one invite him! [Going from one to the other]: There! there! You have time enough! Do not eat too fast!--Drink a little.- -Why are you crying?

FIRST CADET: It is all so good!. . .

ROXANE: Tut!--Red or white?--Some bread for Monsieur de Carbon!--a knife! Pass your plate!--a little of the crust? Some more? Let me help you!--Some champagne?- -A wing?

CYRANO [who follows her, his arms laden with dishes, helping her to wait on everybody]: How I worship her!

ROXANE [going up to Christian]: What will you?

CHRISTIAN: Nothing.

ROXANE: Nay, nay, take this biscuit, steeped in muscat; come!. . .but two drops!

Chinese Simplified

arrange: 整理, 擘画, 安排, 布置.

biscuit: 饼干, 饼乾.

bread: 面包.


cloth: 布, 布帛菽粟, 布料.

contents: 含量, 目录, 内容.

crust: 面包皮, 地壳.

crying: 叫喊的, 嚎哭的, 显著的.


dishes: 菜.

eat: 吃.

helping: 帮助人的, 辅助的, 帮助.

invite: 邀请.

knife: 刀子, 刀, 餐刀.

laden: 充满的.

larder: 食品贮藏室.

mark: 标记, 印, 符号, 标明, 标识,

迹, 迹象, 标志, 成绩, 马克,

做记号.

nay: 不.

nimble: 敏捷, 灵活, 敏捷的.

sausage: 香肠, 腊肠.

shift: 转移, 替换, 移动, 移, 班,

变换.

speak: 说, 讲.

tablecloth: 桌布.


topaz: 黄玉.



酒色财气.


worship: 崇拜, 礼拜.


CHRISTIAN [trying to detain her]: Oh! tell me why you came?

ROXANE: Wait; my first duty is to these poor fellows.--Hush! In a few minutes. . .%

LE BRET [who had gone up to pass a loaf on the end of a lance to the sentry on the rampart]: De Guiche!

CYRANO: Quick! hide flasks, plates, pie-dishes, game-baskets! Hurry!--Let us all look unconscious! [To Ragueneau]: Up on your seat!--Is everything covered up?

[In an instant all has been pushed into the tents, or hidden under doublets, cloaks, and beavers. De Guiche enters hurriedly--stops suddenly, sniffing the air. Silence.]

DE GUICHE: It smells good here.

A CADET [humming]: Lo! Lo-lo!

DE GUICHE [looking at him]: What is the matter?--You are very red.

THE CADET: The matter?--Nothing!--'Tis my blood--boiling at the thought of the coming battle!

ANOTHER: Poum, poum--poum. . .

DE GUICHE [turning round]: What's that?

THE CADET [slightly drunk]: Nothing!. . .'Tis a song!--a little. .

DE GUICHE: You are merry, my friend!

THE CADET: The approach of danger is intoxicating!

DE GUICHE [calling Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, to give him an order]: Captain! I. . . [He stops short on seeing him]: Plague take me! but you look bravely, too!

Chinese Simplified

approach: 靠近, 逼近, 态度, 来临,

上来.


bravely: 勇敢地.

cloaks: 外套.


danger: 危险.


detain: 拘留, 扣押, 扣留.


职责.


hidden: 不可告人, 潜在, 隐藏的.


隐藏.

instant: 即刻, 立即的, 瞬间.

intoxicating: 醉人.

lance: 长矛.

loaf: 一块面, 游荡.



要隘.

plates: 盘子.

red: 红, 红色, 红色的.

seeing: 有鉴于.

sentry: 步哨, 哨兵, 站岗, 看守,

放哨, 岗哨.


smells: 臭.


一下.


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CARBON [crimson in the face, hiding a bottle behind his back, with an evasive movement]: Oh!. . .

DE GUICHE: I have one cannon left, and have had it carried there-- [he points behind the scenes]: --in that corner. . .Your men can use it in case of need.%

A CADET [reeling slightly]: Charming attention!

ANOTHER [with a gracious smile]: Kind solicitude!

DE GUICHE: How? they are all gone crazy? [Drily]: As you are not used to cannon, beware of the recoil.

FIRST CADET: Pooh!

DE GUICHE [furious, going up to him]: But. . .

THE CADET: Gascon cannons never recoil!

DE GUICHE [taking him by the arm and shaking him]: You are tipsy!--but what with?

THE CADET [grandiloquently]: --With the smell of powder!

DE GUICHE [shrugging his shoulders and pushing him away, then going quickly to Roxane]: Briefly, Madame, what decision do you deign to take?

ROXANE: I stay here.

DE GUICHE: You must fly!

ROXANE: No! I will stay.

DE GUICHE: Since things are thus, give me a musket, one of you!

CARBON: Wherefore?

DE GUICHE: Because I too--mean to remain.

CYRANO: At last! This is true valor, Sir!

Chinese Simplified



attention: 注意, 注意力.

beware: 注意, 留意.

bottle: 瓶, 瓶子.

cannon: 大炮.

cannons: 大炮.

carbon: 碳.




decision: 主意, 决定.

deign: 屈尊, 赐予.

evasive: 托辞的, 逃避的.


飞行, 飞跑.

gone: 去.

gracious: 亲切, 亲切的, 有礼貌的.

hiding: 隐匿.

points: 点.

powder: 粉, 细粉.


recoil: 後退, 后退, 倒退.


shaking: 摇动.

shoulders: 肩, 双肩.

smell: 嗅, 臭, 香味.

solicitude: 悬虑.




valor: 勇气.


FIRST CADET: Then you are Gascon after all, spite of your lace collar?

ROXANE: What is all this?

DE GUICHE: I leave no woman in peril.%

SECOND CADET [to the first]: Hark you! Think you not we might give him something to eat?

[All the viands reappear as if by magic.]

DE GUICHE [whose eyes sparkle]: Victuals!

THE THIRD CADET: Yes, you'll see them coming from under every coat!

DE GUICHE [controlling himself, haughtily]: Do you think I will eat your leavings?

CYRANO [saluting him]: You make progress.

DE GUICHE [proudly, with a light touch of accent on the word 'breaking']: I will fight without br-r-eaking my fast!

FIRST CADET [with wild delight]: Br-r-r-eaking! He has got the accent!

DE GUICHE [laughing]: I?

THE CADET: 'Tis a Gascon!

[All begin to dance.]

CARBON DE CASTEL-JALOUX [who had disappeared behind the rampart, reappearing on the ridge]: I have drawn my pikemen up in line. They are a resolute troop.

[He points to a row of pikes, the tops of which are seen over the ridge.]

DE GUICHE [bowing to Roxane]: Will you accept my hand, and accompany me while I review them?

[She takes it, and they go up toward the rampart. All uncover and follow them.]

Chinese Simplified


强音, 重读, 重音符号.

accompany: 陪伴, 陪同, 伴奏, 伴,

陪.


兴办.

coat: 外套, 上衣.


disappeared: 不见了, 消失.

drawn: 画了.

eat: 吃.



战斗, 奋斗.


leavings: 剩余物.

progress: 进步, 进展.


reappear: 再出现.

resolute: 坚决, 坚决的.

review: 检阅, 检讨, 检查, 回顾,

审查.

row: 一排, 划, 行.

spite: 恶意.

tops: 最好.


接触.

toward: 朝向.

troop: 部队.

uncover: 暴露, 揭穿.

viands: 食物.


野性的.

Edmond Rostand 141

CHRISTIAN [going to Cyrano, eagerly]: Tell me quickly!

[As Roxane appears on the ridge, the tops of the lances disappear, lowered for the salute, and a shout is raised. She bows.]

THE PIKEMEN [outside]: Vivat!

CHRISTIAN: What is this secret?

CYRANO: If Roxane should. . .%

CHRISTIAN: Should?. . .

CYRANO: Speak of the letters?. . .

CHRISTIAN: Yes, I know!. . .

CYRANO: Do not spoil all by seeming surprised. . .

CHRISTIAN: At what?

CYRANO: I must explain to you!. . .Oh! 'tis no great matter--I but thought of it to- day on seeing her. You have. . .

CHRISTIAN: Tell quickly!

CYRANO: You have. . .written to her oftener than you think. . .

CHRISTIAN: How so?

CYRANO: Thus, 'faith! I had taken it in hand to express your flame for you!. . .At times I wrote without saying, 'I am writing!'

CHRISTIAN: Ah!. . .

CYRANO: 'Tis simple enough!

CHRISTIAN: But how did you contrive, since we have been cut off, thus. . .to?. . .

CYRANO: . . .Oh! before dawn. . .I was able to get through. . .

Chinese Simplified

appears: 出现.


contrive: 设计.

cut: 采伐, 切, 刀口, 伤口, 割, 截,

剪切, 切口.

dawn: 黎明.


失纵.

explain: 辩解, 解释, 申述, 交代,

澄清.


flame: 火焰.


raised: 凸起的, 浮雕的.

ridge: 脊, 屋脊, 山脊, 背脊.

salute: 敬礼.



seeing: 有鉴于.

seeming: 表面上的.

shout: 叫喊, 呼喊, 呼唤, 喊, 喊叫.


单纯.

spoil: 宠坏, 弄糟, 糟蹋, 损坏, 溺.

surprised: 惊讶.

tops: 最好.

written: 书面, 成文, 笔头, 书写.

wrote: 写了.


CHRISTIAN [folding his arms]: That was simple, too? And how oft, pray you, have I written?. . .Twice in the week?. . .Three times?. . .Four?. . .%

CYRANO: More often still.

CHRISTIAN: What! Every day?

CYRANO: Yes, every day,--twice.

CHRISTIAN [violently]: And that became so mad a joy for you, that you braved death. . .

CYRANO [seeing Roxane returning]: Hush! Not before her!

[He goes hurriedly into his tent.]

ROXANE [running up to Christian]: Ah, Christian, at last!. . .

CHRISTIAN [taking her hands]: Now tell me why-- Why, by these fearful paths so perilous-- Across these ranks of ribald soldiery, You have come?

ROXANE: Love, your letters brought me here!

CHRISTIAN: What say you?

ROXANE: 'Tis your fault if I ran risks! Your letters turned my head! Ah! all this month, How many!--and the last one ever bettered The one that went before!

CHRISTIAN: What!--for a few Inconsequent love-letters!

ROXANE: Hold your peace! Ah! you cannot conceive it! Ever since That night, when, in a voice all new to me, Under my window you revealed your soul-- Ah! ever since I have adored you! Now Your letters all this whole month long!--meseemed As if I heard that voice so tender, true, Sheltering, close! Thy fault, I say! It drew me, The voice o' th' night! Oh! wise Penelope Would ne'er have stayed to broider on her hearthstone, If her Ulysses could have writ such letters! But would have cast away her silken bobbins, And fled to join him, mad for love as Helen!

Chinese Simplified

brought: 携带.


不克, 未可.

cast: 投, 铸造.


conceive: 构想.

fault: 故障, 过失, 缺点, 毛病,

断层, 短处, 缺陷.

fearful: 可怕, 可怕的.

fled: 逃离.

hurriedly: 赶紧, 匆匆, 匆忙地.






疯狂的.

paths: 路径.

peace: 和平.

pray: 祈祷.

ran: 跑.


ribald: 下流的.

risks: 风险.


单纯.

stayed: 停留.


柔弱的.

twice: 两次.


wise: 高明, 明智的, 英明.


Edmond Rostand 143

CHRISTIAN: But. . .%

ROXANE: I read, read again--grew faint for love; I was thine utterly. Each separate page Was like a fluttering flower-petal, loosed From your own soul, and wafted thus to mine. Imprinted in each burning word was love Sincere, all-powerful. . .

CHRISTIAN: A love sincere! Can that be felt, Roxane!

ROXANE: Ay, that it can!

CHRISTIAN: You come. . .?

ROXANE: O, Christian, my true lord, I come-- [Were I to throw myself, here, at your knees, You would raise me--but 'tis my soul I lay At your feet--you can raise it nevermore!] --I come to crave your pardon. [Ay, 'tis time To sue for pardon, now that death may come!] For the insult done to you when, frivolous, At first I loved you only for your face!

CHRISTIAN [horror-stricken]: Roxane!

ROXANE: And later, love--less frivolous-- Like a bird that spreads its wings, but can not fly-- Arrested by your beauty, by your soul Drawn close--I loved for both at once!

CHRISTIAN: And now?

ROXANE: Ah! you yourself have triumphed o'er yourself, And now, I love you only for your soul!

CHRISTIAN [stepping backward]: Roxane!

ROXANE: Be happy. To be loved for beauty-- A poor disguise that time so soon wears threadbare-- Must be to noble souls--to souls aspiring-- A torture. Your dear thoughts have now effaced That beauty that so won me at the outset. Now I see clearer--and I no more see it!

CHRISTIAN: Oh!. . .

Chinese Simplified

all-powerful: 全能的.


bird: 鸟.


crave: 切望, 恳求, 渴望.


disguise: 伪装, 乔装.


fluttering: 颤动.

frivolous: 轻浮.

insult: 侮辱.

knees: 膝盖.



outset: 开始.


饶恕.


抚育, 举起.


别.



soul: 灵魂.

souls: 灵魂.

spreads: 传播.

sue: 控告.



torture: 熬煎, 折磨, 虐待.

utterly: 不堪.

wings: 翼.

won: 圜, 胜.


ROXANE: You are doubtful of such victory?

CHRISTIAN [pained]: Roxane!

ROXANE: I see you cannot yet believe it. Such love. . .?

CHRISTIAN: I do not ask such love as that! I would be loved more simply; for. . .%

ROXANE: For that Which they have all in turns loved in thee?-- Shame! Oh! be loved henceforth in a better way!

CHRISTIAN: No! the first love was best!

ROXANE: Ah! how you err! 'Tis now that I love best--love well! 'Tis that Which is thy true self, see!--that I adore! Were your brilliance dimmed. . .

CHRISTIAN: Hush!

ROXANE: I should love still! Ay, if your beauty should to-day depart. . .

CHRISTIAN: Say not so!

ROXANE: Ay, I say it!

CHRISTIAN: Ugly? How?

ROXANE: Ugly! I swear I'd love you still!

CHRISTIAN: My God!

ROXANE: Are you content at last?

CHRISTIAN [in a choked voice]: Ay!. . .

ROXANE: What is wrong?

CHRISTIAN [gently pushing her away]: Nothing. . .I have two words to say:--one second. . .

ROXANE: But?. . .

Chinese Simplified

adore: 爱慕, 崇拜.

ask: 问, 询问.


brilliance: 光辉.


不克, 未可.


content: 内容, 要旨, 含量.

depart: 出发.

dimmed: 暗淡的.

doubtful: 疑心的.

err: 犯错, 犯错误.

henceforth: 今后, 从今以後,

从今以后, 今後.

self: 自己, 自, 自我, 我.

simply: 简直, 只是, 根本, 简单地,

高低, 只管, 只需, 只顾.




victory: 胜利.


Edmond Rostand 145

CHRISTIAN [pointing to the cadets]: Those poor fellows, shortly doomed to death,-- My love deprives them of the sight of you: Go,--speak to them--smile on them ere they die!

ROXANE [deeply affected]: Dear Christian!. . .%

[She goes up to the cadets, who respectfully crowd round her.]

CHRISTIAN [calling toward Cyrano's tent]: Cyrano!

CYRANO [reappearing, fully armed]: What? Why so pale?

CHRISTIAN: She does not love me!

CYRANO: What?

CHRISTIAN: 'Tis you she loves!

CYRANO: No!

CHRISTIAN: --For she loves me only for my soul!

CYRANO: Truly?

CHRISTIAN: Yes! Thus--you see, that soul is you,. . . Therefore, 'tis you she loves!--And you--love her!

SCENE 5

CYRANO: I?

CHRISTIAN: Oh, I know it!

CYRANO: Ay, 'tis true!

CHRISTIAN: You love To madness!

Chinese Simplified


crowd: 人群.


doomed: 注定.

fully: 十分, 完全地.

goes: 去.

loves: 爱, 热爱.

madness: 疯狂.




respectfully: 尊敬, 尊敬地, 恭敬地.

shortly: 不久, 早日.

sight: 视觉, 景象, 情景, 目光,

视力, 视线.

soul: 灵魂.

toward: 朝向.




CYRANO: Ay! and worse!

CHRISTIAN: Then tell her so!

CYRANO: No!

CHRISTIAN: And why not?

CYRANO: Look at my face!--be answered!

CHRISTIAN: She'd love me--were I ugly.%

CYRANO: Said she so?

CHRISTIAN: Ay! in those words!

CYRANO: I'm glad she told you that! But pooh!--believe it not! I am well pleased She thought to tell you. Take it not for truth. Never grow ugly:--she'd reproach me then!

CHRISTIAN: That I intend discovering!

CYRANO: No! I beg!

CHRISTIAN: Ay! she shall choose between us!--Tell her all!

CYRANO: No! no! I will not have it! Spare me this!

CHRISTIAN: Because my face is haply fair, shall I Destroy your happiness? 'Twere too unjust!

CYRANO: And I,--because by Nature's freak I have The gift to say--all that perchance you feel. Shall I be fatal to your happiness?

CHRISTIAN: Tell all!

CYRANO: It is ill done to tempt me thus!

CHRISTIAN: Too long I've borne about within myself A rival to myself--I'll make an end!

Chinese Simplified

answered: 回答.

beg: 恳求, 乞求, 要求.




discovering: 发现.


公道, 展, 直.

fatal: 致命的.

freak: 怪物, 怪诞, 怪诞的.

gift: 礼物, 天赋, 天才, 禀赋, 礼品.


grow: 生长, 增长, 成长, 种植.

haply: 偶然地.

happiness: 幸福, 快乐.


拙劣的.

intend: 意图, 有意, 打算.

myself: 我自己.

perchance: 或许.


reproach: 叱责, 责备.

rival: 对敌者, 敌对的, 对手.

tempt: 勾引, 诱惑.


unjust: 不公, 不公平的.

worse: 更坏, 更糟.

Edmond Rostand 147

CYRANO: Christian!

CHRISTIAN: Or union, without witness--secret-- Clandestine--can be easily dissolved If we survive.%

CYRANO: My God!--he still persists!

CHRISTIAN: I will be loved myself--or not at all! --I'll go see what they do--there, at the end Of the post: speak to her, and then let her choose One of us two!

CYRANO: It will be you.

CHRISTIAN: Pray God! [He calls]: Roxane!

CYRANO: No! no!

ROXANE [coming up quickly]: What?

CHRISTIAN: Cyrano has things Important for your ear. . .

[She hastens to Cyrano. Christian goes out.]

ROXANE: Important, how?

CYRANO [in despair. to Roxane]: He's gone! 'Tis naught!--Oh, you know how he sees Importance in a trifle!

ROXANE [warmly]: Did he doubt Of what I said?--Ah, yes, I saw he doubted!

CYRANO [taking her hand]: But are you sure you told him all the truth?

ROXANE: Yes, I would love him were he. . .

[She hesitates.]

CYRANO: Does that word Embarrass you before my face, Roxane?

ROXANE: I. . .

CYRANO [smiling sadly]: 'Twill not hurt me! Say it! If he were Ugly!. . .

Chinese Simplified




despair: 绝望, 泄气.

doubt: 怀疑, 疑.

ear: 耳朵, 耳.

easily: 容易地, 轻易.

goes: 去.

gone: 去.

hurt: 伤害, 使受伤.

persists: 坚持.


speak: 说, 讲.

sure: 肯定.



union: 联盟, 工会, 联合.



ROXANE: Yes, ugly! [Musket report outside]: Hark! I hear a shot!

CYRANO [ardently]: Hideous!

ROXANE: Hideous! yes!

CYRANO: Disfigured.%

ROXANE: Ay!

CYRANO: Grotesque?

ROXANE: He could not be grotesque to me!

CYRANO: You'd love the same?. . .

ROXANE: The same--nay, even more!

CYRANO [losing command over himself--aside]: My God! it's true, perchance, love waits me there! [To Roxane]: I. . .Roxane. . .listen. . .

LE BRET [entering hurriedly--to Cyrano]: Cyrano!

CYRANO [turning round]: What?

LE BRET: Hush!

[He whispers something to him.]

CYRANO [letting go Roxane's hand and exclaiming]: Ah, God!

ROXANE: What is it?

CYRANO [to himself--stunned]: All is over now.

[Renewed reports.]

ROXANE: What is the matter? Hark! another shot!

[She goes up to look outside.]

CYRANO: It is too late, now I can never tell!

Chinese Simplified

command: 指令, 统帅, 命令, 指挥,

吩咐, 率领.

goes: 去.

grotesque: 古怪, 古怪的.


late: 晚, 迟, 迟慢, 迟了, 迟迟.


matter: 事情, 事, 物质, 事项.

perchance: 或许.

shot: 射击.




丑的.


whispers: 耳语.

Edmond Rostand 149

ROXANE [trying to rush out]: What has chanced?

CYRANO [rushing to stop her]: Nothing!

[Some cadets enter, trying to hide something they are carrying, and close round it to prevent Roxane approaching.]

ROXANE: And those men? [Cyrano draws her away]: What were you just about to say before. . .?

CYRANO: What was I saying? Nothing now, I swear! [Solemnly]: I swear that Christian's soul, his nature, were. . . [Hastily correcting himself]: Nay, that they are, the noblest, greatest. . .%

ROXANE: Were? [With a loud scream]: Oh!

[She rushes up, pushing every one aside.]

CYRANO: All is over now!

ROXANE [seeing Christian lying on the ground, wrapped in his cloak]: O Christian!

LE BRET [to Cyrano]: Struck by first shot of the enemy!

[Roxane flings herself down by Christian. Fresh reports of cannon--clash of arms--clamor--beating of drums.]

CARBON [with sword in the air]: O come! Your muskets.

[Followed by the cadets, he passes to the other side of the ramparts.]

ROXANE: Christian!

THE VOICE OF CARBON [from the other side]: Ho! make haste!

ROXANE: Christian!

CARBON: FORM LINE!

ROXANE: Christian!

Chinese Simplified

carbon: 碳.




enemy: 敌人.


greatest: 莫大.


土地.

haste: 匆忙.

hastily: 匆促, 急忙, 匆忙地.

herself: 她自己.


隐藏.


lying: 撒谎的.

nature: 性质, 大自然, 性格, 本性,

自然, 本质, 性情.

passes: 传递.

prevent: 预防.


rushes: 工作样片.


shot: 射击.

soul: 灵魂.



sword: 剑.



CARBON: HANDLE YOUR MATCH!

[Ragueneau rushes up, bringing water in a helmet.]

CHRISTIAN [in a dying voice]: Roxane!

CYRANO [quickly, whispering into Christian's ear, while Roxane distractedly tears a piece of linen from his breast, which she dips into the water, trying to stanch the bleeding]: I told her all. She loves you still.%

[Christian closes his eyes.]

ROXANE: How, my sweet love?

CARBON: DRAW RAMRODS!

ROXANE [to Cyrano]: He is not dead?

CARBON: OPEN YOUR CHARGES WITH YOUR TEETH!

ROXANE: His cheek Grows cold against my own!

CARBON: READY! PRESENT!

ROXANE [seeing a letter in Christian's doublet]: A letter!. . . 'Tis for me!

[She opens it.]

CYRANO [aside]: My letter!

CARBON: FIRE!

[Musket reports--shouts--noise of battle.]

CYRANO [trying to disengage his hand, which Roxane on her knees is holding]: But, Roxane, hark, they fight!

ROXANE [detaining him]: Stay yet awhile. For he is dead. You knew him, you alone. [Weeping quietly]: Ah, was not his a beauteous soul, a soul Wondrous!

Chinese Simplified


awhile: 一会儿.

beauteous: 美丽的.


bringing: 带来.

carbon: 碳.

cheek: 脸颊.

closes: 结束.


dead: 死.

disengage: 解除.


ear: 耳朵, 耳.


战斗, 奋斗.

hark: 倾听.

knees: 膝盖.


linen: 亚麻布.

loves: 爱, 热爱.

opens: 打开.


部份, 份.


soul: 灵魂.

stanch: 止血, 坚强的.




weeping: 垂枝的.


Edmond Rostand 151

CYRANO [standing up--bareheaded]: Ay, Roxane.%

ROXANE: An inspired poet?

CYRANO: Ay, Roxane.

ROXANE: And a mind sublime?

CYRANO: Oh, yes!

ROXANE: A heart too deep for common minds to plumb, A spirit subtle, charming?

CYRANO [firmly]: Ay, Roxane.

ROXANE [flinging herself on the dead body]: Dead, my love!

CYRANO [aside--drawing his sword]: Ay, and let me die to-day, Since, all unconscious, she mourns me--in him!

[Sounds of trumpets in the distance.]

DE GUICHE [appearing on the ramparts--bareheaded--with a wound on his forehead--in a voice of thunder]: It is the signal! Trumpet flourishes! The French bring the provisions into camp! Hold but the place awhile!

ROXANE: See, there is blood Upon the letter--tears!

A VOICE [outside--shouting]: Surrender!

VOICE OF CADETS: No!

RAGUENEAU [standing on the top of his carriage, watches the battle over the edge of the ramparts]: The danger's ever greater!

CYRANO [to De Guiche--pointing to Roxane]: I will charge! Take her away!

ROXANE [kissing the letter--in a half-extinguished voice]: O God! his tears! his blood!. . .

Chinese Simplified

awhile: 一会儿.


blood: 血, 血液, 鲜血.

bring: 带, 带来, 携带.



炮架.


指责, 负荷.

charming: 迷人, 迷人的.

dead: 死.

deep: 深, 深深, 深刻, 深厚, 浓厚,

深沉, 奥秘.


edge: 边缘, 边, 边沿, 棱, 沿儿.

flourishes: 繁荣.

greater: 更大的.


herself: 她自己.

poet: 诗人.

provisions: 食品.


sounds: 声音.

spirit: 神, 精神, 灵魂, 气概,

白干儿, 白乾儿.

sublime: 崇高, 崇高的.



树梢, 最高的.

trumpets: 喇叭.




RAGUENEAU %[jumping down from the carriage and rushing toward her]: She's swooned away!

DE GUICHE [on the rampart--to the cadets--with fury]: Stand fast!

A VOICE [outside]: Lay down your arms!

THE CADETS: No!

CYRANO [to De Guiche]: Now that you have proved your valor, Sir, [Pointing to Roxane]: Fly, and save her!

DE GUICHE [rushing to Roxane, and carrying her away in his arms]: So be it! Gain but time, The victory's ours!

CYRANO: Good. [Calling out to Roxane, whom De Guiche, aided by Ragueneau, is bearing away in a fainting condition]: Farewell, Roxane!

[Tumult. Shouts. Cadets reappear, wounded, falling on the scene. Cyrano, rushing to the battle, is stopped by Carbon de Castel-Jaloux, who is streaming with blood.]

CARBON: We are breaking! I am wounded--wounded twice!

CYRANO [shouting to the Gascons]: GASCONS! HO, GASCONS! NEVER TURN YOUR BACKS! [To Carbon, whom he is supporting]: Have no fear! I have two deaths to avenge: My friend who's slain;--and my dead happiness! [They come down, Cyrano brandishing the lance to which is attached Roxane's handkerchief]: Float there! laced kerchief broidered with her name! [He sticks it in the ground and shouts to the cadets]: FALL ON THEM, GASCONS! CRUSH THEM! [To the fifer]: Fifer, play!

[The fife plays. The wounded try to rise. Some cadets, falling one over the other down the slope, group themselves round Cyrano and the little flag. The carriage is crowded with men inside and outside, and, bristling with arquebuses, is turned into a fortress.]

Chinese Simplified

attached: 附配.

avenge: 复仇, 报仇.




炮架.


crowded: 拥挤的.

deaths: 死亡.

falling: 落下的, 落下.



害怕.

flag: 旗帜, 旗子, 国旗.

happiness: 幸福, 快乐.

inside: 里面, 内部, 里, 里头,

秘密的, 在里面, 在内, 之内, 之中.

kerchief: 头巾.

lance: 长矛.

reappear: 再出现.


挽救, 保存.



shouts: 呼喊.

slope: 倾斜, 坡, 采场, 斜坡.

sticks: 棍.

stopped: 停止.

toward: 朝向.

tumult: 骚嚷.

twice: 两次.

valor: 勇气.

wounded: 受伤.

Edmond Rostand 153

A CADET [appearing on the crest, beaten backward, but still fighting, cries]: They're climbing the redoubt! [and falls dead.]

CYRANO: Let us salute them! [The rampart is covered instantly by a formidable row of enemies. The standards of the Imperialists are raised]: Fire!

[General discharge.]

A CRY IN THE ENEMY'S RANKS: Fire!

[A deadly answering volley. The cadets fall on all sides.]

A SPANISH OFFICER [uncovering]: Who are these men who rush on death?

CYRANO [reciting, erect, amid a storm of bullets]: The bold Cadets of Gascony, Of Carbon of Castel-Jaloux! Brawling, swaggering boastfully, [He rushes forward, followed by a few survivors]: The bold Cadets. . .%

[His voice is drowned in the battle.]

CURTAIN.

Chinese Simplified

amid: 在之中.

answering: 回答.

backward: 向后, 落后, 向后的,

向後.

beaten: 破败, 疲惫, 打了.


climbing: 攀登, 上升的.

crest: 鸡冠, 冠子, 鸟冠.

deadly: 死亡, 致死, 致命的.

drowned: 淹死.

enemies: 敌人.

erect: 安装, 直立, 耸立, 高耸,

建立.



falls: 落下.



formidable: 利害, 可怕, 可怕的,

强大.


前进的.



redoubt: 多面堡.




salute: 敬礼.

standards: 标准.

storm: 暴风雨, 暴风, 风暴.


volley: 群射.


A C T V .

C Y R A N O ' S G A Z E T T E

Fifteen%years later, in 1655. Park of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Paris. Magnificent trees. On the left the house: broad steps on to which open several doors. An enormous plane tree in the middle of the stage, standing alone. On the right, among big boxwood trees, a semicircular stone bench.

The whole background of the stage is crossed by an alley of chestnut trees leading on the right hand to the door of a chapel seen through the branches. Through the double row of trees of this alley are seen lawns, other alleys, clusters of trees, winding of the park, the sky.

The chapel opens by a little side door on to a colonnade which is wreathed with autumn leaves, and is lost to view a little farther on in the right-hand foreground behind the boxwood.

It is autumn. All the foliage is red against the fresh green of the lawns. The green boxwood and yews stand out dark.

Under each tree a patch of yellow leaves. The stage is strewn with dead leaves, which rustle under foot in the alleys, and half

cover the steps and benches.

Chinese Simplified

alley: 小径, 胡同, 巷子.

alleys: 胡同.

autumn: 秋天, 秋季, 秋.


branches: 分支.


chestnut: 栗子.

colonnade: 柱廊.

cover: 盖子, 面儿, 包罗, 皮儿,

采访, 掩护, 遮盖.

doors: 门.


巨大的.


foliage: 叶子.

foot: 脚, 足, 步兵, 英尺, 呎.


green: 绿色, 碧瓦, 青, 绿色的,

未成熟的.

leading: 领导.

opens: 打开.

park: 园林, 公园, 停泊.

patch: 补 , 补丁, 补.

plane: 水平面, 平原, 班机, 飞机,

刨子, 面.

right-hand: 右手, 用右手的.


rustle: 瑟瑟.

sky: 天空, 天.

strewn: 散播.

trees: 树木.

winding: 曲折, 弯曲.


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Between the benches on the right hand and the tree a large embroidery frame, in front of which a little chair has been set.%

Baskets full of skeins and balls of wool. A tapestry begun. At the rising of the curtains nuns are walking to and fro in the park; some are

seated on the bench around an older Sister. The leaves are falling.

SCENE 1

Mother Marguerite, Sister Martha, Sister Claire, other sisters.

SISTER MARTHA [to Mother Marguerite]: Sister Claire glanced in the mirror, once--nay, twice, to see if her coif suited.

MOTHER MARGUERITE [to Sister Claire]: 'Tis not well.

SISTER CLAIRE: But I saw Sister Martha take a plum Out of the tart.

MOTHER MARGUERITE [to Sister Martha]: That was ill done, my sister.

SISTER CLAIRE: A little glance!

SISTER MARTHA: And such a little plum!

MOTHER MARGUERITE: I shall tell this to Monsieur Cyrano.

SISTER CLAIRE: Nay, prithee do not!--he will mock!

SISTER MARTHA: He'll say we nuns are vain!

SISTER CLAIRE: And greedy!

MOTHER MARGUERITE [smiling]: Ay, and kind!

SISTER CLAIRE: Is it not true, pray, Mother Marguerite, That he has come, each week, on Saturday For ten years, to the convent?

Chinese Simplified

balls: 球.

begun: 开始.


chair: 椅子.


embroidery: 刺绣品.

falling: 落下的, 落下.




阵地.

glance: 一瞥, 匆匆一看.

greedy: 贪心, 贪心的.


拙劣的.

leaves: 离开.

mirror: 镜子, 映.


park: 园林, 公园, 停泊.

plum: 李子, 梅.

pray: 祈祷.


sister: 姐妹.

sisters: 姊妹, 姐妹.

suited: 适宜于.

tapestry: 壁毯, 绣帷, 绒绣.

tart: 果馅饼.

tree: 树.

twice: 两次.

vain: 无效的.

walking: 步态, 步行.

wool: 羊毛.


MOTHER%MARGUERITE: Ay! and more! Ever since--fourteen years ago--the day His cousin brought here, 'midst our woolen coifs, The worldly mourning of her widow's veil, Like a blackbird's wing among the convent doves!

SISTER MARTHA: He only has the skill to turn her mind From grief--unsoftened yet by Time--unhealed!

ALL THE SISTERS: He is so droll!--It's cheerful when he comes!-- He teases us!--But we all like him well!-- --We make him pasties of angelica!

SISTER MARTHA: But, he is not a faithful Catholic!

SISTER CLAIRE: We will convert him!

THE SISTERS: Yes! Yes!

MOTHER MARGUERITE: I forbid, My daughters, you attempt that subject. Nay, Weary him not--he might less oft come here!

SISTER MARTHA: But. . .God. . .

MOTHER MARGUERITE: Nay, never fear! God knows him well!

SISTER MARTHA: But--every Saturday, when he arrives, He tells me, 'Sister, I eat meat on Friday!'

MOTHER MARGUERITE: Ah! says he so? Well, the last time he came Food had not passed his lips for two whole days!

SISTER MARTHA: Mother!

MOTHER MARGUERITE: He's poor.

SISTER MARTHA: Who told you so, dear Mother?

MOTHER MARGUERITE: Monsieur Le Bret.

SISTER MARTHA: None help him?

Chinese Simplified

arrives: 到达.

attempt: 企图.

brought: 携带.

cheerful: 愉快, 愉快的.


convert: 转换, 变换, 改宗者,

皈依者.



doves: 鸽.

eat: 吃.



害怕.


god: 神, 上帝, 老天爷.

knows: 知道.

lips: 嘴唇.

meat: 肉.

mourning: 追悼, 丧.



sister: 姐妹.

skill: 技能, 技巧, 本领, 手法,

手腕, 技术, 把式, 本事, 功夫,

一手.

subject: 科目, 主题, 主语, 话题,

题目, 议题, 标题, 主词, 主体,

学科, 课.



woolen: 羊毛, 羊毛的.

worldly: 世俗, 世俗的.

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MOTHER MARGUERITE: He permits not. [In an alley at the back Roxane appears, dressed in black, with a widow's coif and veil. De Guiche, imposing-looking and visibly aged, walks by her side. They saunter slowly. Mother Marguerite rises]: 'Tis time we go in; Madame Madeleine Walks in the garden with a visitor.%

SISTER MARTHA [to Sister Claire, in a low voice]: The Marshal of Grammont?

SISTER CLAIRE [looking at him]: 'Tis he, I think.

SISTER MARTHA: 'Tis many months now since he came to see her.

THE SISTERS: He is so busy!--The Court,--the camp!. . .

SISTER CLAIRE: The world!

[They go out. De Guiche and Roxane come forward in silence, and stop close to the embroidery frame.]

SCENE 2

Roxane; the Duke de Grammont, formerly Count de Guiche. Then Le Bret and Ragueneau.

THE DUKE: And you stay here still--ever vainly fair, Ever in weeds?

ROXANE: Ever.

THE DUKE: Still faithful?

ROXANE: Still.

THE DUKE [after a pause]: Am I forgiven?

ROXANE: Ay, since I am here.

Chinese Simplified

aged: 年迈, 年老, 年龄, 老年.


appears: 出现.






公道, 展, 直.


forgiven: 原谅了.

formerly: 从前, 昔日, 以前, 以往,

原来, 前.


前进的.

garden: 花园.


permits: 许可.

saunter: 闲逛.


sister: 姐妹.





visibly: 看得见地, 显然.

walks: 步行.


[Another pause.]

THE DUKE: His was a soul, you say?. . .%

ROXANE: Ah!--when you knew him!

THE DUKE: Ah, may be!. . .I, perchance, too little knew him! . . .And his last letter, ever next your heart?

ROXANE: Hung from this chain, a gentle scapulary.

THE DUKE: And, dead, you love him still?

ROXANE: At times,--meseems He is but partly dead--our hearts still speak, As if his love, still living, wrapped me round!

THE DUKE [after another pause]: Cyrano comes to see you?

ROXANE: Often, ay. Dear, kind old friend! We call him my 'Gazette.' He never fails to come: beneath this tree They place his chair, if it be fine:--I wait, I broider;--the clock strikes;--at the last stroke I hear,--for now I never turn to look-- Too sure to hear his cane tap down the steps; He seats himself:--with gentle raillery He mocks my tapestry that's never done; He tells me all the gossip of the week. . . [Le Bret appears on the steps]: Why, here's Le Bret! [Le Bret descends]: How goes it with our friend?

LE BRET: Ill!--very ill.

THE DUKE: How?

ROXANE [to the Duke]: He exaggerates!

LE BRET: All that I prophesied: desertion, want!. . . His letters now make him fresh enemies!-- Attacking the sham nobles, sham devout, Sham brave,--the thieving authors,--all the world!

ROXANE: Ah! but his sword still holds them all in check; None get the better of him.

Chinese Simplified



chain: 链, 链子, 连锁.

check: 帐单, 遏制, 支票, 检查,

检验.

clock: 钟, 时钟, 钟表.

desertion: 遗弃.

devout: 虔诚的.

exaggerates: 夸张.

fails: 失败.

fresh: 新鲜, 新鲜的, 新.

gentle: 轻松, 文雅的, 斯文, 柔和.

gossip: 摆龙门阵, 闲话, 闲谈.

hearts: 心.


拙劣的.

living: 活泼的.

nobles: 贵族.

partly: 部分地.

perchance: 或许.

raillery: 取笑.

seats: 座位.

sham: 佯装.

soul: 灵魂.

steps: 步骤.


敲打, 笔划.

sword: 剑.

tap: 轻打, 龙头, 剥啄, 轻拍,

分接头, 轻敲.


thieving: 偷.

tree: 树.

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THE DUKE [shaking his head]: Time will show!

LE BRET: Ah, but I fear for him--not man's attack,-- Solitude--hunger--cold December days, That wolf-like steal into his chamber drear:-- Lo! the assassins that I fear for him! Each day he tightens by one hole his belt: That poor nose--tinted like old ivory: He has retained one shabby suit of serge.%

THE DUKE: Ay, there is one who has no prize of Fortune!-- Yet is not to be pitied!

LE BRET [with a bitter smile]: My Lord Marshal!. . .

THE DUKE: Pity him not! He has lived out his vows, Free in his thoughts, as in his actions free!

LE BRET [in the same tone]: My Lord!. . .

THE DUKE [haughtily]: True! I have all, and he has naught;. . . Yet I were proud to take his hand! [Bowing to Roxane]: Adieu!

ROXANE: I go with you.

[The Duke bows to Le Bret, and goes with Roxane toward the steps.]

THE DUKE [pausing, while she goes up]: Ay, true,--I envy him. Look you, when life is brimful of success --Though the past hold no action foul--one feels A thousand self-disgusts, of which the sum Is not remorse, but a dim, vague unrest; And, as one mounts the steps of worldly fame, The Duke's furred mantles trail within their folds A sound of dead illusions, vain regrets, A rustle--scarce a whisper--like as when, Mounting the terrace steps, by your mourning robe Sweeps in its train the dying autumn leaves.

ROXANE [ironically]: You are pensive?

THE DUKE: True! I am! [As he is going out, suddenly]: Monsieur Le Bret! [To Roxane]: A word, with your permission? [He goes to Le Bret, and in a low voice]: True, that none Dare to attack your friend;--but many hate him;

Chinese Simplified

actions: 作用, 行动.

belt: 带, 带子, 地带, 带儿.

bows: 弓.

chamber: 议院, 房间.

dim: 阴暗, 暗淡, 暗淡的.


fame: 声誉, 名誉.

furred: 毛皮制的, 穿毛皮的.

hole: 洞, 漏洞, 孔, 穴, 洞穴,

窟窿.

illusions: 幻想.

ivory: 象牙.

mounts: 安装.


pensive: 哀思, 沉思的.

pitied: 同情.

prize: 奖品, 锦标, 荣获.

regrets: 惋惜.

remorse: 悔恨.

robe: 外袍, 长袍.

shabby: 破旧, 破旧的.

steal: 偷窃, 盗窃, 偷, 窃取.

sum: 总和, 总数, 和.

terrace: 平台, 梯田, 平, 阶地.

tightens: 拉紧.

trail: 线索, 痕迹, 形迹.

train: 训练, 火车, 列车, 乘务员,

熏陶.

unrest: 动荡, 不安.

vague: 模糊, 含糊, 隐约, 模糊的.

vain: 无效的.

vows: 誓约.

worldly: 世俗, 世俗的.


Yesterday, at the Queen's card-play, 'twas said 'That Cyrano may die--by accident!' Let him stay in--be prudent!

LE BRET [raising his arms to heaven]: Prudent! He!. . . He's coming here. I'll warn him--but!. . .%

ROXANE [who has stayed on the steps, to a sister who comes toward her]: What is it?

THE SISTER: Ragueneau would see you, Madame.

ROXANE: Let him come. [To the Duke and Le Bret]: He comes to tell his troubles. Having been An author [save the mark!]--poor fellow--now By turns he's singer. . .

LE BRET: Bathing-man. . .

ROXANE: Then actor. . .

LE BRET: Beadle. . .

ROXANE: Wig-maker. . .

LE BRET: Teacher of the lute. . .

ROXANE: What will he be to-day, by chance?

RAGUENEAU [entering hurriedly]: Ah! Madame! [He sees Le Bret]: Ah! you here, Sir!

ROXANE [smiling]: Tell all your miseries To him; I will return anon.

RAGUENEAU: But, Madame. . .

[Roxane goes out with the Duke. Ragueneau goes toward Le Bret.]

Chinese Simplified





发起人, 著者.

chance: 机会.

comes: 来.


goes: 去.

lute: 琵琶.

prudent: 谨慎, 慎重, 谨慎的.


重回, 重返, 回报, 还回, 返回.

singer: 歌手.

sister: 姐妹.


stayed: 停留.

steps: 步骤.

toward: 朝向.

troubles: 坏处, 麻烦.

warn: 告诫, 警告.

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SCENE 3

Le Bret, Ragueneau.%

RAGUENEAU: Since you are here, 'tis best she should not know! I was going to your friend just now--was but A few steps from the house, when I saw him Go out. I hurried to him. Saw him turn The corner. . .suddenly, from out a window Where he was passing--was it chance?. . .may be! A lackey let fall a large piece of wood.

LE BRET: Cowards! O Cyrano!

RAGUENEAU: I ran--I saw. . .

LE BRET: 'Tis hideous!

RAGUENEAU: Saw our poet, Sir--our friend-- Struck to the ground--a large wound in his head!

LE BRET: He's dead?

RAGUENEAU: No--but--I bore him to his room. . . Ah! his room! What a thing to see!--that garret!

LE BRET: He suffers?

RAGUENEAU: No, his consciousness has flown.

LE BRET: Saw you a doctor?

RAGUENEAU: One was kind--he came.

LE BRET: My poor Cyrano!--We must not tell this To Roxane suddenly.--What said this leech?--

Chinese Simplified

bore: 钻洞.

consciousness: 意识, 觉悟.


dead: 死.

doctor: 医生, 大夫, 医师, 博士.





garret: 阁楼, 顶楼.

hideous: 可怕, 可怕的.

hurried: 匆忙, 仓促, 仓促的, 慌乱.

lackey: 巴儿狗, 走狗.


部份, 份.

poet: 诗人.



steps: 步骤.


一下.

suffers: 蒙受.



wood: 木, 木材, 木头.



RAGUENEAU: Said,--what, I know not--fever, meningitis!-- Ah! could you see him--all his head bound up!-- But let us haste!--There's no one by his bed!-- And if he try to rise, Sir, he might die!

LE BRET [dragging him toward the right]: Come! Through the chapel! 'Tis the quickest way!

ROXANE [appearing on the steps, and seeing Le Bret go away by the colonnade leading to the chapel door]: Monsieur le Bret! [Le Bret and Ragueneau disappear without answering]: Le Bret goes--when I call! 'Tis some new trouble of good Ragueneau's.%

[She descends the steps.]

SCENE 4

Roxane alone. Two sisters, for a moment.

ROXANE: Ah! what a beauty in September's close! My sorrow's eased. April's joy dazzled it, But autumn wins it with her dying calm. [She seats herself at the embroidery frame. Two sisters come out of the house, and bring a large armchair under the tree]: There comes the famous armchair where he sits, Dear faithful friend!

SISTER MARTHA: It is the parlor's best!

ROXANE: Thanks, sister. [The sisters go]: He'll be here now. [She seats herself. A clock strikes]: The hour strikes. --My silks?--Why, now, the hour's struck! How strange To be behind his time, at last, to-day! Perhaps the portress--where's my thimble?. . . Here!--Is preaching to him. [A pause]:

Chinese Simplified


armchair: 靠背椅, 扶手椅.

autumn: 秋天, 秋季, 秋.


bound: 限, 边际, 弹回, 范围.



平静的, 沉静.


clock: 钟, 时钟, 钟表.

colonnade: 柱廊.



失纵.









preaching: 讲道法.

quickest: 最快的.

seats: 座位.

seeing: 有鉴于.

sisters: 姊妹, 姐妹.

sits: 坐.

strikes: 打击.

struck: 敲打.

toward: 朝向.

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Yes, she must be preaching! Surely he must come soon!--Ah, a dead leaf!-- [She brushes off the leaf from her work]: Nothing, besides, could--scissors?--In my bag! --Could hinder him. . .%

A SISTER [coming to the steps]: Monsieur de Bergerac.

SCENE 5

Roxane, Cyrano and, for a moment, Sister Martha.

ROXANE [without turning round]: What was I saying?. . . [She embroiders. Cyrano, very pale, his hat pulled down over his eyes, appears. The sister who had announced him retires. He descends the steps slowly, with a visible difficulty in holding himself upright, bearing heavily on his cane. Roxane still works at her tapestry]: Time has dimmed the tints. . . How harmonize them now? [To Cyrano, with playful reproach]: For the first time Late!--For the first time, all these fourteen years! CYRANO [who has succeeded in reaching the chair, and has seated himself--in a lively voice, which is in great contrast with his pale face]: Ay! It is villainous! I raged--was stayed. . .

ROXANE: By?. . .

CYRANO: By a bold, unwelcome visitor.

ROXANE [absently, working]: Some creditor?

CYRANO: Ay, cousin,--the last creditor Who has a debt to claim from me.

ROXANE: And you Have paid it?

Chinese Simplified

announced: 宣布.


besides: 此外, 另外, 除了, 并且,

再说, 况且.



contrast: 对比, 对照, 比较, 比照.

creditor: 债权人.

debt: 债务, 债, 窟窿.

difficulty: 困难.

dimmed: 暗淡的.

fourteen: 十四.

hat: 帽子.

hinder: 妨碍.

leaf: 叶子, 箔.

lively: 活泼, 热闹, 生气勃勃,

生气勃勃地, 轻快.


playful: 爱游玩, 爱玩的.

preaching: 讲道法.

reaching: 到达.

retires: 退休.

stayed: 停留.

tints: 色彩.


冷淡.

upright: 正直, 直立, 刚正, 正值,

直立的, 端正, 正直的.

villainous: 卑劣的.


可见的.

visitor: 旅游者, 来宾, 访问者.

works: 作品, 书籍, 工作.


CYRANO: No, not yet! I put it off; --Said, 'Cry you mercy; this is Saturday, When I have get a standing rendezvous That naught defers. Call in an hour's time!'

ROXANE [carelessly]: Oh, well, a creditor can always wait! I shall not let you go ere twilight falls.%

CYRANO: Haply, perforce, I quit you ere it falls!

[He shuts his eyes, and is silent for a moment. Sister Martha crosses the park from the chapel to the flight of steps. Roxane, seeing her, signs to her to approach.]

ROXANE [to Cyrano]: How now? You have not teased the Sister?

CYRANO [hastily opening his eyes]: True! [In a comically loud voice]: Sister! come here! [The sister glides up to him]: Ha! ha! What? Those bright eyes Bent ever on the ground?

SISTER MARTHA [who makes a movement of astonishment on seeing his face]: Oh!

CYRANO [in a whisper, pointing to Roxane]: Hush! 'tis naught!-- [Loudly, in a blustering voice]: I broke fast yesterday!

SISTER MARTHA [aside]: I know, I know! That's how he is so pale! Come presently To the refectory, I'll make you drink A famous bowl of soup. . .You'll come?

CYRANO: Ay, ay!

SISTER MARTHA: There, see! You are more reasonable to-day!

ROXANE [who hears them whispering]: The Sister would convert you?

SISTER MARTHA: Nay, not I!

CYRANO: Hold! but it's true! You preach to me no more, You, once so glib with holy words! I am Astonished!. . . [With burlesque fury]: Stay, I will

Chinese Simplified

astonishment: 惊愕, 惊讶.

blustering: 狂暴的, 狂风大作的.

bowl: 碗, 一碗, 盆.

broke: 打破.

burlesque: 滑稽戏, 滑稽的.



皈依者.

creditor: 债权人.

falls: 落下.

flight: 航程, 班机, 飞行.

glib: 油腔滑调.

glides: 滑行.

ha: 哈.

holy: 神圣, 神圣的, 神圣的东西.


mercy: 慈悲.

naught: 无.


开始.


perforce: 不得已地.


preach: 传教, 讲道, 鼓吹.

presently: 目前, 随即.

quit: 退出, 退离.

reasonable: 合理, 合理的.


shuts: 关闭.

silent: 无声, 沉默的.

soup: 汤, 羹汤.

twilight: 微明, 薄暮, 黄昏, 曙暮光.


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surprise you too! Hark! I permit you. . . [He pretends to be seeking for something to tease her with, and to have found it]: . . .It is something new!-- To--pray for me, to-night, at chapel-time!

ROXANE: Oh! oh!

CYRANO [laughing]: Good Sister Martha is struck dumb!

SISTER MARTHA [gently]: I did not wait your leave to pray for you.%

[She goes out.]

CYRANO [turning to Roxane, who is still bending over her work]: That tapestry! Beshrew me if my eyes Will ever see it finished!

ROXANE: I was sure To hear that well-known jest!

[A light breeze causes the leaves to fall.]

CYRANO: The autumn leaves!

ROXANE [lifting her head, and looking down the distant alley]: Soft golden brown, like a Venetian's hair. --See how they fall!

CYRANO: Ay, see how brave they fall, In their last journey downward from the bough, To rot within the clay; yet, lovely still, Hiding the horror of the last decay, With all the wayward grace of careless flight!

ROXANE: What, melancholy--you?

CYRANO [collecting himself]: Nay, nay, Roxane!

ROXANE: Then let the dead leaves fall the way they will. . . And chat. What, have you nothing new to tell, My Court Gazette?

CYRANO: Listen.

ROXANE: Ah!

Chinese Simplified


breeze: 和风.

brown: 褐色, 棕色, 布朗.

careless: 大意, 粗心, 草草, 不在意,

粗心大意, 不小心, 大意的, 潦草,

草率, 马虎.

causes: 原因.


聊天儿, 交谈, 谈天.

clay: 泥土, 黏土.

decay: 衰败, 陨落, 腐烂, 衰变,

腐化, 朽.


遥远的.

downward: 向下, 向下的.

dumb: 哑.

golden: 金色, 金色的, 金黄.


宽限.

horror: 恐怖.


journey: 旅程, 旅途, 旅游, 旅行.

nay: 不.


pretends: 假装.

rot: 腐坏, 腐烂, 腐化.

seeking: 寻求.

struck: 敲打.


tease: 取笑, 嘲弄, 戏耍.

wayward: 任性的.

well-known: 闻名, 出名, 有名,

着名, 著名, 出名的.


CYRANO [growing whiter and whiter]: Saturday The nineteenth: having eaten to excess Of pear-conserve, the King felt feverish; The lancet quelled this treasonable revolt, And the august pulse beats at normal pace. At the Queen's ball on Sunday thirty score Of best white waxen tapers were consumed. Our troops, they say, have chased the Austrians. Four sorcerers were hanged. The little dog Of Madame d'Athis took a dose. . .%

ROXANE: I bid You hold your tongue, Monsieur de Bergerac!

CYRANO: Monday--not much--Claire changed protector.

ROXANE: Oh!

CYRANO [whose face changes more and more]: Tuesday, the Court repaired to Fontainebleau. Wednesday, the Montglat said to Comte de Fiesque. . . No! Thursday--Mancini, Queen of France! [almost!] Friday, the Monglat to Count Fiesque said--'Yes!' And Saturday the twenty-sixth. . .

[He closes his eyes. His head falls forward. Silence.]

ROXANE [surprised at his voice ceasing, turns round, looks at him, and rising, terrified]: He swoons! [She runs toward him crying]: Cyrano!

CYRANO [opening his eyes, in an unconcerned voice]: What is this? [He sees Roxane bending over him, and, hastily pressing his hat on his head, and shrinking back in his chair]: Nay, on my word 'Tis nothing! Let me be!

ROXANE: But. . .

CYRANO: That old wound Of Arras, sometimes,--as you know. . .

ROXANE: Dear friend!

CYRANO: 'Tis nothing, 'twill pass soon; [He smiles with an effort]: See!--it has passed!

ROXANE: Each of us has his wound; ay, I have mine,-- Never healed up--not healed yet, my old wound! [She puts her hand on her breast]: 'Tis here,

Chinese Simplified

beats: 节奏.

ceasing: 停止.

changes: 变迁, 变化.

closes: 结束.

dog: 狗, 犬.

dose: 一服, 剂量, 服.

eaten: 吃了.

excess: 过剩, 过量, 超越.

falls: 落下.

feverish: 发烧的.

hastily: 匆促, 急忙, 匆忙地.

lancet: 柳叶刀, 刺血针.

nineteenth: 第十九.

normal: 正常, 正常的, 通常,

正规的, 对头, 师范, 标准的, 师,

常态.

pace: 步伐, 步调, 步子, 步, 速度.

pressing: 紧迫, 逼人, 迫切,

紧迫的.

protector: 保护者.

pulse: 脉搏.

puts: 放.

revolt: 反叛, 造反, 暴乱, 起义,

反抗.

smiles: 微笑.

thirty: 三十.


toward: 朝向.

treasonable: 不忠的, 叛逆的.

unconcerned: 不关心的, 无忧虑的.

waxen: 苍白的.

whiter: 苍白的.


Edmond Rostand 167

beneath this letter brown with age, All stained with tear-drops, and still stained with blood.

[Twilight begins to fall.]

CYRANO: His letter! Ah! you promised me one day That I should read it.%

ROXANE: What would you?--His letter?

CYRANO: Yes, I would fain,--to-day. . .

ROXANE [giving the bag hung at her neck]: See! here it is!

CYRANO [taking it]: Have I your leave to open?

ROXANE: Open--read!

[She comes back to her tapestry frame, folds it up, sorts her wools.]

CYRANO [reading]: 'Roxane, adieu! I soon must die! This very night, beloved; and I Feel my soul heavy with love untold. I die! No more, as in days of old, My loving, longing eyes will feast On your least gesture--ay, the least! I mind me the way you touch your cheek With your finger, softly, as you speak! Ah me! I know that gesture well! My heart cries out!--I cry "Farewell"!'

ROXANE: But how you read that letter! One would think. . .

CYRANO [continuing to read]: 'My life, my love, my jewel, my sweet, My heart has been yours in every beat!'

[The shades of evening fall imperceptibly.]

ROXANE: You read in such a voice--so strange--and yet-- It is not the first time I hear that voice!

[She comes nearer very softly, without his perceiving it, passes behind his chair, and, noiselessly leaning over him, looks at the letter. The darkness deepens.]

Chinese Simplified

adieu: 再会.


begins: 开始.

beloved: 心爱, 敬爱的.


brown: 褐色, 棕色, 布朗.

chair: 椅子.

cheek: 脸颊.


darkness: 黑暗.







hung: 挂.

jewel: 宝石.


longing: 切望, 渴望.

loving: 爱着.

noiselessly: 无声, 无声地.

passes: 传递.

perceiving: 感知.

softly: 悄悄地, 轻轻.

sorts: 种类.

soul: 灵魂.




接触.

twilight: 微明, 薄暮, 黄昏, 曙暮光.

yours: 你的.


CYRANO: 'Here, dying, and there, in the land on high, I am he who loved, who loves you,--I. . .'

ROXANE [putting her hand on his shoulder]: How can you read? It is too dark to see! [He starts, turns, sees her close to him. Suddenly alarmed, he holds his head down. Then in the dusk, which has now completely enfolded them, she says, very slowly, with clasped hands]: And, fourteen years long, he has played this part Of the kind old friend who comes to laugh and chat.%

CYRANO: Roxane!

ROXANE: 'Twas you!

CYRANO: No, never; Roxane, no!

ROXANE: I should have guessed, each time he said my name!

CYRANO: No, it was not I!

ROXANE: It was you!

CYRANO: I swear!

ROXANE: I see through all the generous counterfeit-- The letters--you!

CYRANO: No.

ROXANE: The sweet, mad love-words! You!

CYRANO: No!

ROXANE: The voice that thrilled the night--you, you!

CYRANO: I swear you err.

ROXANE: The soul--it was your soul!

CYRANO: I loved you not.

ROXANE: You loved me not?

Chinese Simplified

alarmed: 受惊, 警报.



comes: 来.

completely: 全然, 十分, 截然,

总体, 一干二净, 完全地, 十足.




err: 犯错, 犯错误.

fourteen: 十四.


generous: 大方, 雍容大度, 慷慨,

慷慨的.

land: 土地, 着陆, 陆地.

laugh: 笑.

loves: 爱, 热爱.


疯狂的.


soul: 灵魂.

starts: 开始.



thrilled: 发抖.

Edmond Rostand 169

CYRANO: 'Twas he!

ROXANE: You loved me!

CYRANO: No!

ROXANE: See! how you falter now!

CYRANO: No, my sweet love, I never loved you!

ROXANE: Ah! Things dead, long dead, see! how they rise again! --Why, why keep silence all these fourteen years, When, on this letter, which he never wrote, The tears were your tears?

CYRANO [holding out the letter to her]: The bloodstains were his.%

ROXANE: Why, then, that noble silence,--kept so long-- Broken to-day for the first time--why?

CYRANO: Why?. . .

[Le Bret and Ragueneau enter running.]

LE BRET: What madness! Here? I knew it well!

CYRANO [smiling and sitting up]: What now?

LE BRET: He has brought his death by coming, Madame.

ROXANE: God! Ah, then! that faintness of a moment since. . .?

CYRANO: Why, true! It interrupted the 'Gazette:' . . .Saturday, twenty-sixth, at dinner-time, Assassination of De Bergerac.

[He takes off his hat; they see his head bandaged.]

ROXANE: What says he? Cyrano!--His head all bound! Ah, what has chanced? How?--Who?. . .

CYRANO: 'To be struck down, Pierced by sword i' the heart, from a hero's hand!' That I had dreamed. O mockery of Fate! --Killed, I! of all men--in an

Chinese Simplified

bound: 限, 边际, 弹回, 范围.

brought: 携带.


dead: 死.


faintness: 微弱.

falter: 摇晃, 衰退, 蹒跚.

fourteen: 十四.

hat: 帽子.



madness: 疯狂.

mockery: 嘲笑.


rise: 升起, 上升, 上涨, 兴起, 增大.

saturday: 星期六, 周六.


sitting: 坐, 开庭期间.

struck: 敲打.


sword: 剑.

takes: 拿, 取走.




wrote: 写了.


ambuscade! Struck from behind, and by a lackey's hand! 'Tis very well. I am foiled, foiled in all, Even in my death.

RAGUENEAU: Ah, Monsieur!. . .

CYRANO [holding out his hand to him]: Ragueneau, Weep not so bitterly!. . .What do you now, Old comrade?

RAGUENEAU [amid his tears]: Trim the lights for Moliere's stage.%

CYRANO: Moliere!

RAGUENEAU: Yes; but I shall leave to-morrow. I cannot bear it!--Yesterday, they played 'Scapin'--I saw he'd thieved a scene from you!

LE BRET: What! a whole scene?

RAGUENEAU: Oh, yes, indeed, Monsieur, The famous one, 'Que Diable allait-il faire?'

LE BRET: Moliere has stolen that?

CYRANO: Tut! He did well!. . . [to Ragueneau]: How went the scene? It told--I think it told?

RAGUENEAU [sobbing]: Ah! how they laughed!

CYRANO: Look you, it was my life To be the prompter every one forgets! [To Roxane]: That night when 'neath your window Christian spoke --Under your balcony, you remember? Well! There was the allegory of my whole life: I, in the shadow, at the ladder's foot, While others lightly mount to Love and Fame! Just! very just! Here on the threshold drear Of death, I pay my tribute with the rest, To Moliere's genius,--Christian's fair face! [The chapel-bell chimes. The nuns are seen passing down the alley at the back, to say their office]: Let them go pray, go pray, when the bell rings!

ROXANE [rising and calling]: Sister! Sister!

Chinese Simplified

allegory: 比喻.


ambuscade: 伏击, 伏兵.





不克, 未可.

chimes: 谐音.

comrade: 同志, 同伴.


公道, 展, 直.



foot: 脚, 足, 步兵, 英尺, 呎.

laughed: 笑.

lightly: 轻轻, 轻轻地, 轻易.

lights: 灯火.



及格的.

pray: 祈祷.

prompter: 唤起者, 敦促者, 激励者.

remember: 记忆, 记得.

rings: 吊环.





stolen: 偷了.


tribute: 贡物.


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CYRANO [holding her fast]: Call no one. Leave me not; When you come back, I should be gone for aye. [The nuns have all entered the chapel. The organ sounds]: I was somewhat fain for music--hark! 'tis come.

ROXANE: Live, for I love you!

CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast-- But I remain the same, up to the last!

ROXANE: I have marred your life--I, I!

CYRANO: You blessed my life! Never on me had rested woman's love. My mother even could not find me fair: I had no sister; and, when grown a man, I feared the mistress who would mock at me. But I have had your friendship--grace to you A woman's charm has passed across my path.%

LE BRET [pointing to the moon, which is seen between the trees]: Your other lady-love is come.

CYRANO [smiling]: I see.

ROXANE: I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!

CYRANO: Hark you, Le Bret! I soon shall reach the moon. To-night, alone, with no projectile's aid!. . .

LE BRET: What are you saying?

CYRANO: I tell you, it is there, There, that they send me for my Paradise, There I shall find at last the souls I love, In exile,--Galileo--Socrates!

LE BRET [rebelliously]: No, no! It is too clumsy, too unjust! So great a heart! So great a poet! Die Like this? what, die. . .?

CYRANO: Hark to Le Bret, who scolds!

LE BRET [weeping]: Dear friend. . .

Chinese Simplified


blessed: 幸福, 幸福的.



clumsy: 笨拙, 拙.



公道, 展, 直.

fairy: 仙女.


grown: 成长.



lose: 丢失, 丧失, 失掉, 遗失.

mistress: 女主人.



organ: 器官, 机关, 风琴, 机构.

poet: 诗人.

reach: 抵达, 到达, 抵, 到.




投, 派.

sister: 姐妹.




早, 早日.

souls: 灵魂.

tales: 候补陪审员召集令.

twice: 两次.

unjust: 不公, 不公平的.


CYRANO% [starting up, his eyes wild]: What ho! Cadets of Gascony! The elemental mass--ah yes! The hic. . .

LE BRET: His science still--he raves!

CYRANO: Copernicus Said. . .

ROXANE: Oh!

CYRANO: Mais que diable allait-il faire, Mais que diable allait-il faire dans cette galere?. . . Philosopher, metaphysician, Rhymer, brawler, and musician, Famed for his lunar expedition, And the unnumbered duels he fought,-- And lover also,--by interposition!-- Here lies Hercule Savinien De Cyrano de Bergerac, Who was everything, yet was naught. I cry you pardon, but I may not stay; See, the moon-ray that comes to call me hence! [He has fallen back in his chair; the sobs of Roxane recall him to reality; he looks long at her, and, touching her veil]: I would not bid you mourn less faithfully That good, brave Christian: I would only ask That when my body shall be cold in clay You wear those sable mourning weeds for two, And mourn awhile for me, in mourning him.

ROXANE: I swear it you!. . .

CYRANO [shivering violently, then suddenly rising]: Not there! what, seated?--no! [They spring toward him]: Let no one hold me up-- [He props himself against the tree]: Only the tree! [Silence]: It comes. E'en now my feet have turned to stone, My hands are gloved with lead! [He stands erect]: But since Death comes, I meet him still afoot, [He draws his sword]: And sword in hand!

LE BRET: Cyrano!

ROXANE [half fainting]: Cyrano!

[All shrink back in terror.]

Chinese Simplified

afoot: 徒步.

awhile: 一会儿.


clay: 泥土, 黏土.

elemental: 元素的, 自然力的.

expedition: 远征, 考察, 征, 征战,

探险队.

faithfully: 忠实地.

feet: 英尺.

hence: 因此, 於是.

ho: 吓声.

lover: 爱好者, 爱人, 情人.

lunar: 月亮的.

metaphysician: 玄学家.

mourn: 悲悼, 哀悼.


musician: 音乐家.

naught: 无.


饶恕.

raves: 咆哮.

reality: 现实, 实际.


回想, 恢复.

sable: 黑貂.

science: 科学, 学, 学术.

shrink: 收缩.


sword: 剑.

touching: 动人.

toward: 朝向.

unnumbered: 数不清, 数不清的,

无数的.

Edmond Rostand 173

CYRANO: Why, I well believe He dares to mock my nose? Ho! insolent! [He raises his sword]: What say you? It is useless? Ay, I know But who fights ever hoping for success? I fought for lost cause, and for fruitless quest! You there, who are you!--You are thousands! Ah! I know you now, old enemies of mine! Falsehood! [He strikes in air with his sword]: Have at you! Ha! and Compromise! Prejudice, Treachery!. . . [He strikes]: Surrender, I? Parley? No, never! You too, Folly,--you? I know that you will lay me low at last; Let be! Yet I fall fighting, fighting still! [He makes passes in the air, and stops, breathless]: You strip from me the laurel and the rose! Take all! Despite you there is yet one thing I hold against you all, and when, to-night, I enter Christ's fair courts, and, lowly bowed, Sweep with doffed casque the heavens' threshold blue, One thing is left, that, void of stain or smutch, I bear away despite you.%

[He springs forward, his sword raised; it falls from his hand; he staggers, falls back into the arms of Le Bret and Ragueneau.]

ROXANE [bending and kissing his forehead]: 'Tis?. . .

CYRANO [opening his eyes, recognizing her, and smiling]: MY PANACHE.

CURTAIN.

Chinese Simplified



bowed: 有弓的.

enemies: 敌人.


falls: 落下.


fights: 战斗.

fought: 打.

fruitless: 不结果, 不结果的.

heavens: 老天爷, 天.

hoping: 希望.


laurel: 月桂树.

lowly: 卑贱, 低下.


nose: 鼻子.

passes: 传递.

quest: 探索.

raises: 加薪.


smutch: 污物.

stain: 污点, 斑点, 沾污.

stops: 停止.

strikes: 打击.

strip: 长条, 剥夺, 剥, 简易机场.

sword: 剑.

thousands: 千.


useless: 赘瘤, 无用, 不稂不莠,

不中用, 无用的, 没用.

void: 无效的, 空虚.


GLOSSARY

abdicate: 退位

abhor: 痛恨, 嫌恶

abhorrent: 可憎的

abroad: 海外, 国外, 在国外,

到国外, 到处

absent: 缺席, 缺席的

absently: 心不在焉地

absorbed: 一心一意的

academy: 专科院校


强音, 重读, 重音符号

accept: 将就, 接受, 采纳, 受,

同意

accompany: 陪伴, 陪同, 伴奏, 伴,

陪

accompanying: 随同, 伴奏

account: 帐户, 账, 帐, 户口,

重要性

accuse: 控告, 控诉

ace: 么点, 能手, “A”纸牌, 少许

achilles: 阿奇历斯, 阿基里斯

acquaintance: 相识, 熟人, 熟知,

相识者

actions: 作用, 行动

actor: 艺人, 男演员

actress: 女演员

actresses: 女演员

acts: 作用, 法案

add: 加, 增加, 增添

address: 地址, 致词, 演说

adds: 增加

adieu: 再会

admirable: 令人钦佩, 令人钦佩的

admiration: 赞赏, 羡慕

admiring: 羡慕的

admit: 接纳, 接待, 承认

adore: 爱慕, 崇拜

advances: 进步

advancing: 前进, 朝着

advantage: 好处, 裨益, 优点

advice: 忠告, 劝告, 建议

afar: 远远地

affable: 亲切友好的

affront: 泰然面对, 冒犯, 侮辱

afoot: 徒步

afraid: 危惧, 恐怕, 害怕

africa: 非洲

aged: 年迈, 年老, 年龄, 老年

aggressive: 气势汹汹, 侵略性的

agree: 同意

ah: 啊, 哎呀

ahead: 前头, 前方, 前面的

aid: 援助, 帮助, 协助, 熏陶, 助

aim: 对准, 目的, 宗旨

air: 空气, 样子, 晾

alarmed: 受惊, 警报

alas: 呜呼

alchemy: 炼金术

alert: 警惕, 警报, 惊动, 警戒

alight: 下车

alike: 相同

allegory: 比喻

alley: 小径, 胡同, 巷子

alleys: 胡同

allow: 容许, 允许, 任

all-powerful: 全能的

almond: 杏仁, 扁桃

aloft: 在高处

alone: 独自, 单独, 单纯, 单独地

aloud: 高声, 大声的

alternate: 轮流, 变换, 备用,

交替的

ambuscade: 伏击, 伏兵

ambush: 埋伏, 伏击

amid: 在之中

amuse: 使娱乐, 娱乐

amusing: 有趣, 有趣的

analysis: 分析, 分解

angler: 钓鱼者

angry: 愤怒, 火儿, 生气, 生气的

annihilate: 消灭, 歼灭

announced: 宣布

annoy: 苦恼, 生气, 恼火

annoying: 可气, 恼火


答, 响应, 适合, 负责, 符合

answered: 回答

answering: 回答

ant: 蚂蚁


焦虑的

apollo: 阿波罗, 太阳神, 美男子

apparently: 似乎, 看来, 明显地

appear: 显得, 露面, 出现

appeared: 出现

appearing: 出现

appears: 出现

appertains: 属于

applause: 掌声, 采声, 赞美, 鼓掌

apprentice: 学徒, 徒弟

apprentices: 学徒

approach: 靠近, 逼近, 态度, 来临,

上来

approaching: 临近, 未来, 接近

apt: 聪明的


胳膊, 肩膀, 武器

armchair: 靠背椅, 扶手椅

armor: 盔甲

armory: 纹章学, 武库, 军械库


兵器, 军火, 兵戎

army: 陆军, 兵团, 陆海空三军,

部队, 军, 军队

arrange: 整理, 擘画, 安排, 布置

arrest: 逮捕, 拘捕, 捕拿

arrives: 到达

arriving: 到达

arrogance: 骄气, 气焰

arrows: 箭

art: 艺术, 美术, 功夫

artificial: 人造, 人工, 不自然,

人为, 人造的, 虚伪

ascending: 上升的, 上升, 向上的

aside: 在旁边, 一旁

ask: 问, 询问

asks: 问

aspiration: 抱负, 意愿, 志愿,

渴望, 热望

aspire: 热望, 渴望

ass: 驴子

assault: 攻打, 攻击, 冲锋, 袭击

assembled: 集合

assembling: 集合

assume: 承担, 设想, 认为, 假定

Edmond Rostand 175

assurance: 把握, 保证, 确信

astonishing: 可惊, 惊人, 惊人的

astonishment: 惊愕, 惊讶

atmosphere: 气氛, 大气, 大气层,

空气, 气候, 气象, 风气

atom: 原子

attached: 附配


冲击, 袭击

attempt: 企图

attention: 注意, 注意力

attitudes: 态度

audience: 听众


发起人, 著者

authority: 大家, 权威, 权柄, 巨擘,

大权, 权威性, 职权, 当局, 权限,

权力

autumn: 秋天, 秋季, 秋

avenge: 复仇, 报仇

avoid: 避, 避免, 回避

avowal: 声明

awake: 唤醒, 觉醒, 醒

awhile: 一会儿

babe: 婴儿

background: 背景, 本底

backs: 支持

backward: 向后, 落后, 向后的,

向後

bad: 坏, 糟糕, 不良, 不善, 淘气,

坏的

bade: 企图

badinage: 开玩笑

bag: 袋子, 袋, 手提包, 提包, 囊

balance: 平衡, 摆轮, 权衡, 差额,

对比, 秤

balcony: 阳台, 阳

bald: 光秃秃, 兀, 秃头的

ball: 球, 舞会

balls: 球

band: 乐队, 带, 带子, 绑带

bandage: 绷带

bandaged: 有绷带的, 绷带

bandaging: 绷带

bar: 酒廊, 酒吧, 柜台

bargain: 议价, 交易, 讨价还价

bark: 吠

baron: 男爵

base: 基础, 基地, 底, 卑鄙, 基,

卑劣, 卑下

batch: 批量, 批, 一批

battle: 斗争, 战, 战斗

battlefield: 战场, 疆场

bay: 海湾, 湾

bead: 珠子, 小珠

beak: 鸟嘴, 喙


担负, 空头, 堪

bearing: 态度, 仪表, 忍耐

bears: 忍耐

beast: 野兽, 动物

beat: 打, 击败, 拍击, 敲打, 拍子,

敲

beaten: 破败, 疲惫, 打了

beating: 脉

beats: 节奏

beauteous: 美丽的

beautiful: 漂亮, 美, 美丽, 菲菲,

锦绣, 美丽的, 秀丽, 美观

beauty: 美人, 美丽, 美

beaver: 海狸, 河狸

becomes: 变成

bed: 床, 床铺

beef: 牛肉

befriend: 亲近

beg: 恳求, 乞求, 要求


兴办

beginning: 开头, 初, 开端, 开始

begins: 开始

begun: 开始

behave: 举止, 表现, 行为

behold: 看见

bell: 钟, 铃

belligerent: 交战的, 交战国的,

好战的

bells: 铃

beloved: 心爱, 敬爱的

below: 下面, 以下

belt: 带, 带子, 地带, 带儿

belts: 地带

bench: 长椅, 长凳

bends: 弯曲

beneath: 在下方, 之下, 下面

benediction: 闭会祈祷, 祝福

bent: 曲, 弯, 弯曲, 弯折

beret: 贝雷帽

beside: 在旁边

besides: 此外, 另外, 除了, 并且,

再说, 况且

besiege: 围攻, 包围

besieging: 包围

bestowal: 赠与

bethink: 想起

beware: 注意, 留意

bewildered: 迷惑

beyond: 超越

bid: 出价, 企图, 标, 投标

bids: 投标

biggest: 最大

bill: 法案, 帐单, 账单, 发单

bird: 鸟

birds: 禽, 禽类, 鸟

birth: 出生, 起源, 诞生, 出身,

开始

biscuit: 饼干, 饼乾

biscuits: 饼干

bit: 位元, 咬

bite: 咬, 辣, 咬伤

bitter: 苦, 苦味, 沉痛

bitters: 苦味

blade: 刀叶, 刀片

blaze: 火焰, 烈火

bleeding: 渗色, 出血

bleeds: 流血

blessed: 幸福, 幸福的

blessings: 祝福

blockhead: 笨蛋

blonde: 金发的

blood: 血, 血液, 鲜血

blood-red: 血红的

bloody: 残忍, 流血的

bloom: 花开, 开花

blot: 污痕

blow: 吹, 打击

blowing: 吹

blows: 打击

blue: 蓝, 蓝色, 青

blush: 害羞, 脸红

blushing: 忸怩, 脸红

blustering: 狂暴的, 狂风大作的

boast: 自夸, 夸口, 夸耀

bold: 刚劲, 大胆的, 大胆

boldness: 大胆

bomb: 轰炸, 炸弹

bone: 骨头, 骨, 骨法

boot: 长靴, 靴子

boots: 靴子

bore: 钻洞

bosom: 胸, 胸部

bottle: 瓶, 瓶子

bought: 买了

bound: 限, 边际, 弹回, 范围

bounty: 恩惠, 慷慨

bouquet: 花束

bouquets: 花束

bourgeois: 中产阶级的, 资产阶级

bow: 弓

bowed: 有弓的

bowl: 碗, 一碗, 盆

bows: 弓

box: 箱, 匣, 包厢, 拳击, 拳打

boy: 男孩, 男孩子, 男孩儿, 小子

brace: 支柱

brain: 大脑, 脑, 脑袋

brains: 头脑, 脑子, 脑筋, 脑袋,

脑髓

branch: 部门, 分会, 分枝, 网点,

分支, 分行

branches: 分支

brave: 勇敢, 勇敢的, 勇士

bravely: 勇敢地

bravery: 英勇

bread: 面包

break: 破坏, 断, 打破, 犯, 中断,

破, 裂

breast: 奶子, 乳房, 胸, 胸部


breath: 气息, 鼻息, 呼吸, 气流

breathe: 呼吸

breathes: 呼吸

breeze: 和风

bribe: 贿赂, 行贿, 收买, 贿络

brick: 砖, 砖块

bridegroom: 新郎

briefly: 简略地, 概括


鲜明

brighter: 明亮的

brilliance: 光辉


光辉的, 精彩

brim: 边缘

bring: 带, 带来, 携带

bringing: 带来

brink: 边缘

broad: 宽, 宽广

broil: 炙, 烤

broke: 打破

broken: 打破了

brother: 弟兄, 兄弟

brought: 携带

brow: 眼眉, 眉毛

brown: 褐色, 棕色, 布朗

brush: 刷, 毛刷, 洗刷, 刷子, 拂,

擦

brushing: 刷布

brutes: 畜生

bucket: 水桶, 桶

buckingham: 白金汉宫

buckling: 扣住

buffet: 自助餐

build: 建造, 建立, 兴建, 筑,

个子, 造, 建筑, 建成, 修筑, 建

bull: 公牛

bunch: 束, 串

burlesque: 滑稽戏, 滑稽的

burn: 烧, 烙, 烧伤, 燃烧

burns: 伯恩斯

burst: 破裂, 爆裂, 决口, 暴炸

bursting: 爆发

bury: 埋葬, 葬, 安葬

bustle: 匆匆忙忙

busy: 忙, 繁忙, 忙碌, 占线,

忙碌的

butter: 牛油, 黄油

button: 钮, 扣子, 按钮, 钮扣,

纽扣

cadet: 军校学员

caesar: 凯撒

cake: 糕, 西薄, 饼, 饽饽, 蛋糕

cakes: 饼饵, 糕

calculate: 计算

call: 喊, 称呼, 叫, 号召, 召唤



平静的, 沉静

calmly: 平静地

camp: 阵营, 营, 露营, 安营

candle: 蜡烛

candles: 蜡烛

candlestick: 烛台, 蜡台

cane: 手杖, 甘蔗, 杖, 鞭打

cannon: 大炮

cannons: 大炮


不克, 未可

cap: 便帽, 帽子, 套子, 鸭舌帽

cape: 海角, 岬

captain: 队长, 舰长, 领队

carbon: 碳

cardinal: 主要的

career: 生涯, 职业


周密, 小心的, 精细, 细心, 细致

carefully: 小心地, 小心翼翼

careless: 大意, 粗心, 草草,

不在意, 粗心大意, 不小心,

大意的, 潦草, 草率, 马虎

carelessly: 不经意, 胡乱, 大意地

carelessness: 疏忽


炮架

carry: 搬运, 输送, 携带, 进位

carrying: 运送的, 运输的

cartilage: 软骨

carve: 雕刻, 雕塑

casement: 窗子, 窗扉

cask: 木桶, 桶

cast: 投, 铸造

casting: 铸造, 形成

catch: 捕捉, 捕捞, 捕拿, 捉

catches: 捕获数

catching: 迷人的

catholic: 天主教徒

caught: 捉了

cause: 原因, 致使, 事业, 缘故,

缘由, 造成

causes: 原因

cavalier: 豪侠, 目中无人

cavalry: 骑兵

ceaselessly: 不休, 不停地, 不断地

ceasing: 停止

cedar: 西洋杉, 雪松

ceiling: 天花板

center: 中心, 中央, 顶尖

certainly: 一定, 保管, 当然,

理所当然, 岂不, 肯定地

certes: 诚然

chain: 链, 链子, 连锁

chair: 椅子

chairs: 椅子

challenge: 挑战

chamber: 议院, 房间

chance: 机会

changed: 改变

changes: 变迁, 变化

changing: 变化

chapel: 教堂, 礼拜堂, 小教堂

chapter: 章节, 章

characters: 人物, 字符


指责, 负荷

charges: 收费

chariot: 四轮马车

charm: 魅力, 迷人

charming: 迷人, 迷人的

chase: 追逐, 驱赶

chastise: 惩罚


聊天儿, 交谈, 谈天

chatting: 聊天

cheat: 欺骗, 诈骗

check: 帐单, 遏制, 支票, 检查,

检验

checking: 检查

cheek: 脸颊

cheerful: 愉快, 愉快的

chestnut: 栗子

chief: 首席, 首领, 主要的

chill: 寒冷

chilled: 已冷的

chimes: 谐音

chimney: 烟囱, 烟窗

choice: 选择

choicest: 选择

choking: 窒息的, 闷人的


推选, 选定, 选取

chooses: 选择

chorus: 合唱, 合唱团, 合唱部分

chose: 选择

chosen: 精选, 选择了

christian: 基督教徒, 基督教

chyle: 乳糜

cid: 刑事调查部

circle: 圆, 圈, 循环, 圈子, 圆圈

citizen: 公民

claim: 宣称, 要求, 索求

clap: 拍手, 拍

clash: 冲突

clasp: 扣子, 抱紧

clay: 泥土, 黏土

cleave: 劈开, 劈

climb: 爬, 攀登

climbing: 攀登, 上升的

climbs: 攀登

cloak: 斗篷, 大衣, 外套

cloaks: 外套

clock: 钟, 时钟, 钟表


结束, 截止, 亲密, 关

closer: 更密切的

closes: 结束

cloth: 布, 布帛菽粟, 布料

Edmond Rostand 177

clothes: 衣服, 服装, 西装, 件,

衣裳

cloud: 云

clubs: 俱乐部

clumsy: 笨拙, 拙

cluster: 丛, 群, 组, 群集

clutch: 抓, 离合器

coarse: 粗劣, 粗糙的, 淫秽, 粗鲁

coat: 外套, 上衣

cock: 公鸡

cocktail: 鸡尾酒

coil: 卷, 盘旋

cold: 冷, 感冒, 寒冷, 寒, 冷淡

collar: 硬领, 衣领

collected: 收集成的, 镇定的

collecting: 收集

colonnade: 柱廊

color: 颜色, 彩色

combat: 战斗

combine: 衔接, 接合, 融化

comedy: 喜剧

comes: 来

comfort: 安慰

comical: 滑稽, 滑稽的

coming: 未来, 到来

command: 指令, 统帅, 命令,

指挥, 吩咐, 率领

common: 通用, 共同, 公共, 寻常,

常规, 平常, 普通, 一般, 普通的,

通俗

communion: 交谊, 思想感情的交流

complain: 抱怨, 投诉, 埋怨

complete: 完成, 完全, 全部, 完善,

彻底, 通通, 完整, 成套, 完备

completely: 全然, 十分, 截然,

总体, 一干二净, 完全地, 十足

complication: 并发症

compliments: 敬意

compose: 撰写, 组成, 排字, 作曲

composed: 安宁, 安祥, 安然的

compromise: 妥协

comrade: 同志, 同伴

conceited: 自负, 骄傲, 狂想的,

逞能的, 自负的

conceive: 构想

conch: 海螺

cone: 圆锥体, 锥形物

confession: 自白书, 招供

confusion: 混乱, 迷乱, 迷惑

congeals: 凝结

congratulating: 祝贺

conquer: 征服, 占领

conscience: 良心

conscious: 察觉, 有意识, 清醒的,

自觉

consciousness: 意识, 觉悟

considerate: 周到, 体贴, 考虑,

心眼大, 有心眼

consolation: 慰问, 慰藉, 安慰

consternation: 惊惶失措

constraint: 拘禁, 约束, 强制

contain: 包含, 遏制, 容纳, 包藏,

包容, 含有, 满怀

contemptible: 卑鄙, 可鄙的

contend: 斗争, 争执

content: 内容, 要旨, 含量

contents: 含量, 目录, 内容

continue: 延续, 持续, 继续, 接着,

连绵

continues: 继续

contradictions: 矛盾

contrast: 对比, 对照, 比较, 比照

contrive: 设计

convent: 女修道, 女修道院


皈依者


烹调, 煮, 烹煮

copper: 铜

copy: 复本, 抄, 抄写, 拷贝

cord: 绳子, 软线


主机, 岩心, 重心

corner: 角落, 隅, 棱, 角, 转角

corps: 军团, 兵团

correct: 正确, 拨正, 不错, 对,

端正, 纠正, 对头, 改正, 对了

cost: 费用, 花费, 代价, 价款,

价钱是

costume: 服装, 衣服

coughing: 咳嗽

counsel: 劝告, 律师, 商议,

法律顾问

count: 计数, 伯爵, 计算, 有价值,

认为


计数者, 柜台, 柜

counterfeit: 仿造, 仿造的

couple: 一对, 挂钩, 连接, 夫妇,

一双

courage: 勇气, 胆子, 胆量, 精神

courteous: 有礼貌, 有礼的

cousin: 表亲, 表哥, 堂表

cover: 盖子, 面儿, 包罗, 皮儿,

采访, 掩护, 遮盖

coward: 懦夫, 胆小鬼


裂开, 空隙

cradle: 摇篮

craft: 手艺, 狡诈, 探测器, 工艺

cramp: 夹子, 扒钉, 钳

crave: 切望, 恳求, 渴望

crawl: 爬, 爬行

crawling: 爬行

crazy: 发狂, 疯狂, 颠倒, 疯狂的

cream: 奶油

credit: 信用, 功劳

creditor: 债权人

credulity: 轻信

crest: 鸡冠, 冠子, 鸟冠

crew: 人员, 全体人员, 包承组,

工作人员

crimson: 艳红色, 深红色, 深红的

cringing: 畏缩

critic: 批评家, 评论家

cross: 交叉, 十字架, 越过, 相交,

渡过, 穿过

crossing: 路口, 横越, 交叉点

crowd: 人群

crowded: 拥挤的

crowding: 人群, 拥挤

crowds: 人群

cruel: 粗暴, 残酷, 残酷的, 狠毒

crumb: 碎屑

crush: 压碎, 粉碎

crust: 面包皮, 地壳

cry: 喊, 叫, 哭, 哭泣

crying: 叫喊的, 嚎哭的, 显著的

crystal: 水晶, 表蒙子, 结晶, 晶体

cuckoo: 杜鹃鸟, 布谷鸟, 杜鹃

cuff: 袖口

cuffing: 袖口

cuffs: 袖口

cuirass: 胸甲

cull: 挑选

cunning: 狡猾, 狡诈, 狡猾的

cup: 杯, 茶杯, 杯子

curiosity: 好奇心

curious: 有好奇心, 好奇, 好奇的

curl: 卷曲, 卷发

curse: 咒骂, 诅咒, 咒

cursed: 可恶的, 被诅咒的

curtain: 布帘

curve: 弯曲, 曲线

custom: 风俗, 习惯, 规矩, 习俗

cut: 采伐, 切, 刀口, 伤口, 割,

截, 剪切, 切口

cuts: 切口

cutting: 切削, 开凿, 切下

daily: 每日, 日常, 每天

dainty: 纤巧, 高雅, 精致的

dame: 贵妇人, 妇人

dance: 舞蹈, 舞会, 跳舞, 舞

dances: 跳舞

dancing: 跳舞

dandy: 花花公子, 纨绔子弟

danger: 危险

dangerous: 危险, 危险的

dare: 敢

daring: 大胆, 胆大, 大胆的

dark: 暗, 黑暗, 夜

darkness: 黑暗

dart: 镖, 投射

daughter: 女儿, 女孩儿, 闺女

dawn: 黎明

daylight: 日光, 白天

de: 可选择丢弃


dead: 死

deadly: 死亡, 致死, 致命的

deal: 处理

dear: 亲爱, 亲爱的, 可爱的

deaths: 死亡

debt: 债务, 债, 窟窿

decay: 衰败, 陨落, 腐烂, 衰变,

腐化, 朽

december: 十二月

decide: 判定, 决定, 作主

decided: 决定

decision: 主意, 决定

deck: 甲板

decree: 法令, 旨意, 命令

dedicate: 奉献

deem: 以为

deep: 深, 深深, 深刻, 深厚, 浓厚,

深沉, 奥秘

deepens: 加深

deeply: 在深处, 深深地

defend: 防守, 保卫, 捍卫, 辩护,

辩解, 驻守, 防卫

defy: 否定, 违抗

degrade: 降级

degrees: 度, 程度

deign: 屈尊, 赐予

deigned: 屈尊

delicious: 美味, 美味的, 好吃

delight: 乐趣, 高兴

delighted: 愉快

deliver: 接生, 传达, 救

demon: 妖魔, 恶魔, 鬼

depart: 出发

depends: 依赖

deprive: 剥夺

descend: 下降, 降, 下

descending: 下降的, 下行的,

递降的

describe: 形容, 摹画

deserted: 静悄

desertion: 遗弃

desirous: 渴望, 渴望的

despair: 绝望, 泄气

despise: 鄙视, 轻视, 不齿, 鄙薄,

蔑视, 看不起

despite: 尽管, 任凭

destroy: 破坏, 摧毁, 毁灭, 歼灭

details: 细节, 内容

detain: 拘留, 扣押, 扣留

devil: 魔鬼, 妖怪, 鬼

devoir: 本分, 敬意

devour: 吞食

devout: 虔诚的

dew: 露水, 露

diana: 戴安娜

dice: 骰子

die: 逝世, 不讳, 死

difficulty: 困难

digest: 消化, 文摘

dim: 阴暗, 暗淡, 暗淡的

diminutive: 爱称, 小型的

dimmed: 暗淡的

dine: 用膳, 吃晚餐, 进餐

dines: 进餐

dining: 进餐

dipping: 药浴

dirty: 肮脏, 脏脏, 肮脏的, 混浊


失纵

disappeared: 不见了, 消失

disappears: 消失

disappointment: 失望

discharge: 排出, 排放, 拔染, 释放

disciple: 门徒, 徒弟, 弟子

discourse: 论述, 谈话

discovering: 发现

discreet: 谨慎的

disdain: 鄙视, 轻蔑, 鄙弃, 轻视

disengage: 解除

disgraceful: 不名誉, 不名誉的,

不光采的

disguise: 伪装, 乔装

disgusts: 憎恶

dish: 菜, 碟

dishes: 菜

disillusion: 觉醒, 幻灭

disk: 磁盘, 圆盘, 盘

disobey: 不听命

disordered: 混乱

displays: 显示

displease: 使生气

disputing: 争论

disrespect: 不尊重

dissolve: 溶解, 溶, 冰消瓦解,

裁撤, 解散

distance: 距离

distances: 距离


遥远的

distinguish: 辨别, 区别

distraction: 分心

distress: 苦恼, 悲痛

disturb: 打扰, 惊动, 扰乱, 干扰

divide: 除, 分给, 分

divine: 神圣, 神的

divinity: 神性, 神的

doctor: 医生, 大夫, 医师, 博士

dog: 狗, 犬

doit: 几文钱

doom: 毁灭

doomed: 注定

doors: 门

doorway: 门口, 入口处

dose: 一服, 剂量, 服

dot: 点, 点 , 点子, 圆点, 嫁妆

double: 双重, 双, 加倍

doubt: 怀疑, 疑

doubtful: 疑心的

doubtless: 无疑的

doves: 鸽

downward: 向下, 向下的

drag: 曳, 拖拉, 阻力, 拖动

dragging: 拖, 拖动, 拖曳

drama: 戏剧

dramatic: 戏剧性, 戏剧性的

drank: 喝了

draw: 画, 不分胜负, 描, 吸, 拉


并条, 图纸, 画

drawn: 画了

dream: 梦寐, 梦见, 做梦, 梦想

dreaming: 梦见

dreams: 梦想

dress: 服装, 打扮

drink: 喝, 饮用, 饮, 饮料

drinking: 喝

dripping: 滴下

drivel: 胡说, 淌口水, 糊涂话

droll: 滑稽的, 好笑的

drone: 雄蜂, 嗡嗡

drop: 落, 水滴, 衰退, 掉落, 降,

点子

dropping: 点滴, 落下

drove: 驾

drowned: 淹死

drum: 鼓, 圆桶

drummer: 鼓手

drums: 鼓

drunk: 喝了, 喝醉

ducks: 鸭

due: 会费, 应该

duel: 决斗

duke: 公爵, 公

dull: 索然, 板滞, 沉闷的, 干燥,

拙, 深沉

dull-witted: 痴呆

dumb: 哑

dusk: 黄昏, 薄暮, 擦黑儿

dust: 灰尘, 土, 尘, 尘土, 粉末


职责

dwarf: 矮子, 矮星, 侏儒

dying: 不行了, 垂死, 垂死的

eager: 切望, 踊跃, 急切, 渴望的

eagerly: 渴望地, 热切地, 急切,

津津有味

eagle: 鹰, 老鹰

ear: 耳朵, 耳

earnest: 认真

ears: 耳朵

earthly: 尘世的

ease: 缓解, 减轻, 容易, 悠, 舒适

easier: 更容易

easily: 容易地, 轻易

east: 东, 东方

easy: 容易, 轻而易举, 简易, 安逸,

便利, 便当, 容易的, 纵横

Edmond Rostand 179

eat: 吃

eaten: 吃了

eating: 吃

eccentric: 古怪, 怪人, 古怪的

echo: 回声, 反响, 回音

echoes: 回声

eclipse: 日蚀, 月蚀, 蚀

ecstasy: 狂喜, 入迷

edge: 边缘, 边, 边沿, 棱, 沿儿

editors: 编辑

eel: 鳗鱼, 鳝鱼

efforts: 努力

eggs: 蛋

eight: 八

elaborate: 精巧, 阐述, 详细说明

elected: 被选

elegant: 高雅, 文雅, 优美,

讲究的, 优雅的

elemental: 元素的, 自然力的

eloquence: 口才, 辩才, 雄辩

eloquent: 雄辩, 雄辩的

embankment: 堤岸, 筑堤

embarrass: 过不去, 使困窘, 窘迫


抱

embraces: 拥抱

embracing: 拥抱

embroidery: 刺绣品

embroil: 卷入纠纷

eminence: 知名人士

emotion: 感情, 情感, 情绪

emphatic: 予以强调

employ: 雇佣, 雇用, 聘用, 用

empty: 空, 空洞

empty-headed: 没有头脑的

enable: 启动

ends: 末端

enemies: 敌人

enemy: 敌人

enervating: 削弱


巨大的

enormously: 大大

enrage: 激怒

enter: 进, 进入, 回车键, 入

enterprise: 企业, 事业

enthusiasm: 热心, 劲头, 热情,

积极性

entrance: 入口, 大门, 入门

envy: 羡慕, 妒忌, 嫉妒

erect: 安装, 直立, 耸立, 高耸,

建立

err: 犯错, 犯错误

escort: 护送者, 护卫, 伴随, 护送,

护卫队

espouse: 娶嫁, 拥护

essence: 本质, 精华



跑江湖

evasive: 托辞的, 逃避的

eve: 前夕, 除夕

evening: 晚, 黄昏, 傍晚, 晚上

everyone: 每个人, 大家, 众人,

大伙儿

everything: 一切事物, 应有尽有,

一切, 事事

everywhere: 到处, 处处, 遍地,

前后

evident: 显然, 明显的

exaggerate: 夸大, 夸张, 跨张

exaggerates: 夸张

examine: 检查, 核查, 检验, 考核,

视察

examining: 检查

excellent: 优秀, 优秀的, 高超

excess: 过剩, 过量, 超越

exchange: 交流, 替换, 交换, 调换

excuse: 包涵, 借口, 原谅

exhausted: 疲惫, 精疲力竭的

expect: 预期, 期待

expedient: 得当, 得策的

expedition: 远征, 考察, 征, 征战,

探险队

expense: 花费, 费用, 支出

explain: 辩解, 解释, 申述, 交代,

澄清

exploit: 剥削, 开发, 利用, 伟业,

勋绩

exploits: 功业

exposed: 暴露的, 无掩蔽的

express: 表达, 流露, 快车

exquisite: 绝妙, 优美的, 讲究,

玲珑

extempore: 即席的, 即席之作

extending: 扩展

extremely: 极其, 不亦乐乎, 不堪,

不得了, 极了, 不胜, 极端地,

要命, 极度, 万分

eye: 眼睛, 目, 鼻儿

facile: 容易的, 易做的

faculty: 系, 学院, 科系, 才能

fail: 不及格, 失败, 不遂

failing: 弱点, 短处, 失败

fails: 失败

faint: 暗淡, 隐约, 昏厥, 微弱

faintness: 微弱


公道, 展, 直

fair-haired: 金发的

fairy: 仙女

faith: 信心, 信仰, 信任, 信念

faithful: 忠实, 忠实的

faithfully: 忠实地

fall: 跌落, 落下, 衰退, 下跌,

覆亡, 沈落, 跌倒, 沉落

falling: 落下的, 落下

falls: 落下

false: 假, 虚伪, 虚假

falsehood: 谬误, 虚伪

falsetto: 假音

falter: 摇晃, 衰退, 蹒跚

faltering: 支吾的

fame: 声誉, 名誉

famed: 著名的

famished: 挨饿


闻名, 着名, 著名的, 著名

fanciful: 富于幻想的

fancy: 花俏, 想像力

fantastic: 奇妙, 奇异的

farce: 趣剧, 闹剧

fare: 运费, 车费

farewell: 送别, 告辞, 告别

farther: 更远, 更远的

fashion: 时尚, 方式, 时装

fashionable: 流行, 流行的

fashioned: 方式

fast: 快, 禁食, 快速, 迅速, 速


脂肪

fatal: 致命的

fate: 命运

fates: 命运

fathers: 父亲

fault: 故障, 过失, 缺点, 毛病,

断层, 短处, 缺陷

faultless: 无缺点的

favor: 偏爱, 德, 赞成, 人情

favored: 有利的

fawn: 奉承, 讨好

fear: 恐惧, 忌惮, 畏惧, 生怕, 害怕

fearful: 可怕, 可怕的

fearless: 大胆, 不怕, 不怕的

fearsome: 可怕的, 吓人的

feast: 宴会, 盛宴, 筵席

feather: 羽毛

feathers: 翎毛, 羽毛

feats: 功绩

feeling: 感觉, 情绪, 感情, 情感,

思绪

feels: 感觉

feet: 英尺

feigned: 做作的

feigning: 假装

feigns: 假装

fell: 采伐, 伐, 跌落

fellow: 同伴, 伙伴

fence: 篱笆, 栅栏, 栏位, 栏

fencing: 剑术, 篱笆, 栅栏

ferocious: 凶恶, 残暴, 狞

fetch: 拿, 取, 带来

feverish: 发烧的

few: 少数, 很少


凶猛的, 凶恶, 剧烈

fifteen: 十五


fifth: 第五

fig: 无花果


战斗, 奋斗

fighter: 战士, 战斗机, 战斗者

fighting: 兵戈, 战事, 殴斗, 战斗

fights: 战斗

filaments: 细丝

fill: 添补, 补足, 装满, 填满, 填充

filling: 馅儿, 填土, 填料, 装满

fills: 装满

final: 最终, 最后, 最后的, 最後

finally: 最后, 到底, 终于, 最後,

总算

finds: 找到



优美, 美好的

finger: 手指, 指头

finished: 完结了的, 完蛋了的

finishing: 光制, 最后的

fire: 火, 射击, 失火, 火灾, 发射,

火力

fireplace: 壁炉

fires: 火

fish: 鱼, 捕鱼

fish-hook: 鱼钩

fists: 拳头

fit: 合适, 适应, 适合, 适

flag: 旗帜, 旗子, 国旗

flame: 火焰

flaming: 燃烧, 熊熊, 燃烧的

flanders: 佛兰德

flash: 闪光, 晃

flat: 平坦, 平板, 平坦的, 平的,

居室

flatter: 奉承

fled: 逃离

flee: 逃走, 奔逃, 逃跑

fleet: 舰队, 船队

flemish: 佛兰芒语

flesh: 肉, 血肉, 肌肉

flight: 航程, 班机, 飞行

fling: 扔丢

float: 漂浮

floating: 漂浮的, 移动的, 浮动的,

飘浮

flood: 水灾, 洪水, 泛滥

flooding: 泛滥, 产后出血

flourishes: 繁荣

flower: 花, 花儿, 华, 花朵, 开花

flowers: 花

flushes: 奔流

flute: 长笛

fluted: 有凹槽的

flutter: 飘扬, 颤动, 振翅

fluttering: 颤动


飞行, 飞跑

foes: 敌人

foils: 挫败

fold: 摺折, 折

folding: 可折叠的

foliage: 叶子

folk: 民间, 人们

follow: 跟进, 跟从, 接着, 跟随,

遵照

folly: 蠢事, 愚蠢的

fond: 喜欢

food: 食物, 食品, 粮食, 养料


愚人

foolish: 愚蠢的

foot: 脚, 足, 步兵, 英尺, 呎

forbid: 不准, 禁止

force: 力, 部队, 力量, 暴力, 强迫,

迫使, 逼迫, 动力

foreground: 前景, 前台

forehead: 前额, 额, 额头

forest: 森林, 树林

forever: 永远, 永久

forged: 伪造的, 假

forgive: 包涵, 包容, 原谅, 宽恕,

饶恕

forgiven: 原谅了

forgot: 忘记

formerly: 从前, 昔日, 以前, 以往,

原来, 前

formidable: 利害, 可怕, 可怕的,

强大

forms: 形式

forth: 向前

fortress: 城堡

fortune: 幸运, 命运, 运气

forty: 四十


前进的

fought: 打

founded: 建立

fourteen: 十四

fourth: 第四, 第四的

fowl: 野禽, 鸡, 飞禽


边框, 诬陷, 架子, 框架

frames: 框架

france: 法国, 法兰西

frank: 坦率, 率直, 坦白的

freak: 怪物, 怪诞, 怪诞的

freeing: 自由化

freezing: 冻结, 冷冻, 冷冻用的

french: 法国, 法语, 法文, 法国的,

法国人的, 法语的

frenetic: 慌乱

frequent: 频仍, 密切, 经常


经常, 不时, 频繁, 经常地

fresh: 新鲜, 新鲜的, 新

freshness: 新鲜

friday: 星期五, 周五

friend: 朋友, 熟人, 友人

friendly: 友好, 友善, 友好的,

好客, 友好地, 和气

friendship: 友谊, 交谊

fright: 惊骇

frivolous: 轻浮

frock: 西式女衣

frog: 青蛙, 蛙


阵地

froth: 泡

fruitless: 不结果, 不结果的

fruits: 水果

fully: 十分, 完全地

furious: 狂怒, 猖狂, 狂怒的, 气愤

furnish: 供给, 提供

furred: 毛皮制的, 穿毛皮的

futile: 徒劳, 徒劳的


获得, 获取

gained: 获利, 赢得

galantine: 冷食肉卷

gall: 胆汁, 胆

gallant: 英勇, 豪侠, 英勇的

gallantry: 殷勤, 勇敢

gallery: 画廊, 观众, 看台, 听众

gamblers: 赌徒

game: 游戏, 把戏

games: 游戏

gander: 雄鹅

garden: 花园

garnish: 装饰

garret: 阁楼, 顶楼

gate: 大门, 门, 门口

gathering: 聚集, 聚会, 采集, 收集

gay: 欢乐, 快活, 快乐的, 基佬

gazette: 报纸, 政府公报

gazing: 凝视

geese: 鹅

generate: 生成, 产生, 生殖, 生育

generous: 大方, 雍容大度, 慷慨,

慷慨的

gentle: 轻松, 文雅的, 斯文, 柔和

gentleman: 绅士

gentlemen: 绅士

gently: 徐徐, 悄悄地, 轻柔地

gesture: 比画, 姿势, 手势

giant: 巨人, 帧太长, 巨大的

gift: 礼物, 天赋, 天才, 禀赋, 礼品

gilt: 镀金, 镀金的

gingerbread: 姜饼

girl: 女孩, 姑娘, 女孩子

giving: 慷慨, 给予物

glad: 高兴, 高兴的

glance: 一瞥, 匆匆一看

glances: 匆匆一看

glass: 玻璃, 杯子

glasses: 玻璃杯, 眼镜

Edmond Rostand 181

glib: 油腔滑调

glide: 滑翔, 滑行

glides: 滑行

glimmer: 微光

glint: 闪耀

globe: 球状物, 地球仪, 球

glory: 荣耀, 光荣, 辉煌

glove: 手套

gloves: 手套

glow: 炽热, 发光

gnaw: 啃

god: 神, 上帝, 老天爷

godlike: 庄严的

goes: 去

gold: 金, 黄金

golden: 金色, 金色的, 金黄

gone: 去

goodly: 好的

gopher: 鼠窜介面

gossip: 摆龙门阵, 闲话, 闲谈


宽限


优美的

gracefully: 优雅地

gracious: 亲切, 亲切的, 有礼貌的

gradually: 逐渐, 渐次, 渐渐,

日趋, 逐渐地, 渐

grammar: 文法, 语法, 语法学

grant: 授与, 发放, 给以, 允许

grass: 草, 青草

grasshopper: 蚱蜢

gratify: 使高兴

gratis: 免费

gratitude: 感谢


深重

gravely: 碎石, 充满砾石的

gray: 灰色, 灰

greater: 更大的

greatest: 莫大

greedy: 贪心, 贪心的

green: 绿色, 碧瓦, 青, 绿色的,

未成熟的

greetings: 慰问

grew: 成长

grieved: 悲痛, 悲哀, 哀伤, 怛,

忧伤, 悲痛的

grim: 冷酷, 严峻, 冷酷的

grips: 把手

grope: 摸索

grotesque: 古怪, 古怪的


土地

groups: 组

grow: 生长, 增长, 成长, 种植

grown: 成长

grows: 成长

grudge: 恩怨, 遗恨, 妒忌, 舍不得

gruel: 粥, 稀饭, 糜

guard: 警卫, 警备, 把守, 保守,

守卫, 防卫, 警戒

guards: 警戒

gudgeon: 诱饵

guess: 猜测, 臆测, 猜谜儿, 猜想,

揣测, 推测

gymnastic: 体操, 体操的

ha: 哈

habit: 习惯

hair: 头发

hall: 厅, 大厅, 会堂, 礼堂

halloo: 嗨

halo: 光环

halting: 跛的, 踌躇的

hams: 火腿

handkerchief: 手帕, 手绢

handle: 柄, 把手, 把柄, 处理,

辫子, 耳子, 把子, 弄, 对付,

加以, 处置

hands: 手

handsome: 英俊, 慷慨的, 英俊的

hang: 挂, 悬挂

haphazard: 潦草, 偶然的事

haply: 偶然地

happened: 发生

happiness: 幸福, 快乐

happy: 快乐, 愉快, 幸福, 快活,

美好, 欢乐, 高兴, 快乐的, 喜悦,

舒畅, 愉快的

hard: 硬, 坚固, 沉重, 辛苦, 艰苦,

坚硬

hardly: 几乎不, 毫不, 辛苦地

hare: 野兔, 兔子

hark: 倾听

harmony: 调和, 和谐, 协调

harness: 马具

hash: 剁碎

haste: 匆忙

hastily: 匆促, 急忙, 匆忙地

hasty: 孟浪, 草草, 操切, 匆忙,

急忙的

hat: 帽子

hate: 厌恨, 忌恨, 恨, 嫌

hateful: 可恨, 可恨的, 可恶

hatred: 憎恨, 仇恨, 冤枉

haughty: 傲慢, 傲岸, 骄矜, 傲慢的

hazard: 危险

headquarters: 队部, 司令部, 总部

heads: 头

hear: 听见, 听取, 听

heard: 听见

hearing: 听力, 听见

heart: 心, 心脏, 中心, 胸, 内心

heartbeat: 心跳

hearten: 鼓励

hearts: 心

heaven: 天堂, 天, 天空

heavenly: 天上, 像天堂地

heavens: 老天爷, 天

heavily: 沉重地

heavy: 重, 沉重, 笨重, 沈重, 沉闷

heed: 注意, 理会, 理睬

heel: 脚跟, 踵, 踝部


顶点, 高峰

held: 握住

helen: 海伦

hell: 地狱

helmet: 头盔

helping: 帮助人的, 辅助的, 帮助

hence: 因此, 於是

henceforth: 今后, 从今以後,

从今以后, 今後

heraldry: 家徽, 纹章学

hercules: 大力士

herd: 牧群

hero: 英雄

heroes: 英雄

heroine: 女英雄

hers: 她的

herself: 她自己

hesitates: 犹豫

hesitating: 犹豫

hesitatingly: 犹豫地

hey: 哎哟, 嗨

hidden: 不可告人, 潜在, 隐藏的


隐藏

hideous: 可怕, 可怕的

hiding: 隐匿

higher: 更高, 高等

highest: 最高

hinder: 妨碍

hip: 臀部

hit: 袭击, 命中, 击中, 打

hither: 到此处

ho: 吓声


认为, 保持

hole: 洞, 漏洞, 孔, 穴, 洞穴,

窟窿

holes: 洞

hollow: 凹陷, 中空的, 空心, 空虚

holy: 神圣, 神圣的, 神圣的东西

homesickness: 思乡病, 怀乡病

homeward: 回家

honest: 诚实, 正直, 清廉, 刚正,

坦白, 正值, 诚实的, 体面, 廉洁,

深切


尊敬

honorable: 光彩, 诚实, 高尚的,

尊贵的

honors: 尊敬

hood: 兜帽, 头巾

hook: 钩, 钩子

hoop: 箍, 圈状物, 篮圈, 绷子,


鲸骨圈

hoot: 叫嚣, 鸣叫, 不满的叫嚣声

hope: 期望, 希望, 指望

hopes: 希望

hoping: 希望

horizon: 地平线

horrible: 可怕, 恐怖的

horror: 恐怖

horrors: 恐怖

host: 主办, 主人, 寄主

hostile: 怀敌意, 敌对, 敌对的

hot: 热

hotel: 旅馆, 酒店

hour: 小时, 钟头, 钟点, 现在

hours: 小时

household: 家庭, 家人, 家族

houses: 房屋

hubbub: 嘈杂

hue: 色调, 色

hum: 哼, 哼声, 嗡嗡声, 嗡嗡

humble: 谦逊, 谦恭的

humor: 幽默, 风趣, 笑林

hundred: 百, 佰

hung: 挂

hunger: 饥饿

hungry: 饥饿, 饿, 饥饿的

hunting: 狩猎

hurried: 匆忙, 仓促, 仓促的, 慌乱

hurriedly: 赶紧, 匆匆, 匆忙地

hurries: 匆忙

hurry: 仓促, 匆忙, 赶忙

hurt: 伤害, 使受伤

husband: 丈夫, 爱人, 老公

hush: 沉默

husky: 壳的

idiot: 白痴, 笨蛋, 傻子

idleness: 怠惰, 游手好闲


拙劣的

illusions: 幻想

imaginative: 富於想像, 富於想像的

imagine: 想像, 设想

imitating: 冒充, 模仿

immediately: 立即, 马上, 即刻,

赶快, 顿时, 随即

immense: 巨大, 无限的, 广大

impale: 刺穿, 钉住

impediment: 障碍, 妨碍

imperceptibly: 无形中地

importance: 重要性, 重视

importune: 强求

impose: 征收, 实施

impossible: 不可能, 不可能的

inconsequent: 不连贯的, 矛盾的

increases: 增加

indeed: 的确, 确实, 果真

independence: 独立

indicative: 指示

indifferently: 冷淡地, 不关心地,

漠然地

indiscreet: 不稳重的, 轻率的,

欠慎重的

influence: 影响, 势力

ink: 墨水, 墨水儿, 篇幅

innocent: 无辜, 无罪的, 天真

inside: 里面, 内部, 里, 里头,

秘密的, 在里面, 在内, 之内, 之中

insist: 坚持

insolent: 粗野, 粗野无礼的

inspect: 核查, 检阅, 视察, 检查,

检验, 考察

inspire: 唤起, 振奋

instant: 即刻, 立即的, 瞬间

instantly: 即刻, 即刻地

instead: 代替, 反而

instruments: 乐器

insult: 侮辱

intelligent: 聪明, 懂事, 智能,

聪明的, 理解力强的, 伶俐

intend: 意图, 有意, 打算

intention: 意图, 打算, 动机, 心意,

心眼儿, 用心, 用意, 念头

intercepting: 拦截

interesting: 有趣, 有意思, 有兴趣,

好玩儿, 吸引人的

interpreter: 翻译者, 译员

interrupt: 中断, 干扰

intoxicating: 醉人

intrepid: 强悍的

introduce: 介绍

introduces: 介绍

introducing: 介绍

introductions: 介绍

intrude: 挤入, 闯入

invisible: 无形, 看不见的, 隐形的

invite: 邀请

invites: 邀请

iron: 铁, 熨斗, 鐵

italian: 意大利, 意大利语,

意大利人, 意大利的

ivory: 象牙

ivy: 常春藤

jasmine: 茉莉

jawbone: 颚骨

jealous: 妒忌, 妒忌的

jealousy: 妒忌, 吃醋

jelly: 果子冻, 燕菜

jest: 玩笑, 笑话, 戏弄, 戏谑

jesus: 耶稣, 基督

jewel: 宝石


连接, 使结合, 参加, 接合, 接合点

joined: 加入

joke: 笑话, 玩笑, 开玩笑

joseph: 正派男子, 约瑟, 约瑟夫

jostles: 挤

journey: 旅程, 旅途, 旅游, 旅行

joy: 乐趣, 快乐, 高兴, 喜悦

joyfully: 欢乐地


审判员

juice: 汁, 汁液, 液

jumps: 跳跃

keen: 敏锐, 渴望

keeping: 保管, 保持

keeps: 保持

kerchief: 头巾

key: 钥匙, 关键, 题解, 键, 主要的

kick: 踢

kill: 打死, 杀害, 杀死

killed: 被屠宰的, 被杀死的

kindle: 燃烧, 点燃

kindly: 和蔼, 可亲, 仁慈, 慈祥,

善良地

king: 国王, 王

kiss: 吻, 接吻, 轻抚, 轻触

kisses: 吻

kitchen: 厨房

knavish: 刁诈的

kneel: 跪, 下跪

knees: 膝盖

knife: 刀子, 刀, 餐刀

knock: 敲, 敲撞

knocker: 门环

knowing: 博学的, 知道

knows: 知道

knuckles: 关节

laburnum: 金链花

labyrinth: 迷宫

lace: 花边, 鞋带

lackey: 巴儿狗, 走狗

laden: 充满的

ladies: 女洗手间

lady: 女士, 夫人

laid: 放

lain: 躺

lamentable: 可悲, 可悲的

lance: 长矛

lancet: 柳叶刀, 刺血针

land: 土地, 着陆, 陆地

landed: 着陆

landscape: 风景, 景色, 山水,

风景画, 地形

language: 语言

lantern: 灯笼

lap: 一段行程, 大腿, 山坳, 被包住

larder: 食品贮藏室

larger: 大, 较大的

late: 晚, 迟, 迟慢, 迟了, 迟迟

latest: 最新, 最新的

laugh: 笑

laughed: 笑

laughing: 可笑的, 笑

laughs: 笑

laughter: 笑声

launch: 创办, 发起, 发射, 推出

laurel: 月桂树

Edmond Rostand 183

lay: 产卵, 安放, 放, 凡俗

layman: 外行, 门外汉, 外行人

lead: 领导, 铅, 带领, 主角, 率领

leading: 领导

leads: 铅

leaf: 叶子, 箔

leans: 倾斜

leap: 跳跃

leaps: 跳跃

learn: 学, 学习

learned: 有学问, 博学, 博雅, 饱学

learning: 学问, 学术, 学习

least: 最少, 至少, 最少的

leather: 皮革, 皮

leave: 别离, 动身, 离开, 起身

leaves: 离开

leavings: 剩余物

led: 光二极管, 领导

leg: 腿, 脚

lemon: 柠檬

lend: 借出, 借

lengthened: 延长


冗长

lesson: 教训, 课, 课业, 课程, 裸

lest: 唯恐

letter: 字母, 信

lettered: 有学问的

letters: 信件, 函件

liberal: 自由派, 自由的, 慷慨

lie: 谎言, 谎话, 躺, 撒谎, 说谎

lies: 谎言

lift: 举起, 开放, 掀起, 电梯, 抬起


灯光, 点燃, 亮光

lighted: 点燃

lighter: 驳船, 驳运, 比较轻

lightly: 轻轻, 轻轻地, 轻易

lights: 灯火

lilies: 百合花

limb: 肢, 肢体

limp: 瘫软, 跛行, 一瘸一拐地走

linen: 亚麻布

lines: 行数

lip: 唇, 嘴唇, 口头上的

lips: 嘴唇

listen: 听, 倾听

listening: 听

listens: 听

lit: 点燃

live: 住, 活, 居住

lively: 活泼, 热闹, 生气勃勃,

生气勃勃地, 轻快

livery: 出租车

living: 活泼的

loaf: 一块面, 游荡

locks: 锁

lodges: 传达室

loin: 腰肉

longer: 较长的

longing: 切望, 渴望

looks: 样子, 姿容, 神态, 看

loosen: 放松, 松开

lord: 贵族, 洛德, 主人

lords: 主人

lose: 丢失, 丧失, 失掉, 遗失

loss: 亏损, 损失

lost: 遗失

lottery: 抽彩给奖法

loud: 高声, 大声, 大声的

loudly: 高声, 大声, 大声地

loutish: 粗野的

lovely: 可爱, 可爱的

lover: 爱好者, 爱人, 情人

loves: 爱, 热爱

loving: 爱着

low: 低, 卑下, 低廉, 浅的, 低的

lower: 降下, 降低, 减低, 低

lowest: 最低

lowly: 卑贱, 低下

loyally: 忠诚

luck: 运气, 幸运

lull: 哄骗, 间歇

lump: 块状, 块, 疙瘩

lunar: 月亮的

lunatic: 丧心病狂, 疯子

luster: 光泽

lute: 琵琶

lying: 撒谎的

lyric: 歌词

macaroon: 小杏仁饼干


疯狂的

madame: 夫人

madman: 狂人, 疯子

madness: 疯狂

maecenas: 文学事业上的资助者

magic: 魔术

magnet: 磁铁, 巨头

magnificent: 壮丽, 宏伟, 壮丽的

maid: 女佣, 侍女, 少女, 姑娘

mainstay: 支柱, 主要的依靠

majestic: 崇高, 壮丽, 雄壮,

雄伟的, 盛大, 浩浩荡荡

male: 男子, 男, 男性, 雄性, 乾,

干

mandate: 任期

mantle: 斗篷, 披风

marching: 游行

mark: 标记, 印, 符号, 标明,

标识, 迹, 迹象, 标志, 成绩,

马克, 做记号

marquis: 侯爵, 侯爵夫人

marriage: 婚姻, 婚事, 婚嫁

marrow: 骨髓, 髓, 精髓

marry: 结婚

marshal: 元帅

marvel: 奇事, 奇景, 奇迹

mask: 面具

masked: 戴面具

mass: 群众


师傅, 万事达, 硕士

match: 比赛, 相配, 对手, 火柴,

比拟, 进军

matter: 事情, 事, 物质, 事项

matters: 事, 事宜

maybe: 或许, 也许, 或者, 说不定,

可能, 不一定

meal: 餐, 膳食, 饭

meals: 膳食

meanwhile: 与此同时

meat: 肉

mechanic: 技工


聚会

meeting: 会议, 集会, 会晤, 会见,

聚会

melancholy: 愁绪, 忧郁地

melody: 旋律

mental: 心理, 心理的, 脑力

mention: 提到, 提及

mercy: 慈悲

merely: 仅仅, 只是, 只, 不过,

单纯, 只管, 只顾

merit: 优点, 功劳

merry: 快乐, 愉快的

met: 遇见了

metal: 金属

metaphysician: 玄学家

method: 方法, 办法, 手段, 模式,

法子, 路子

methods: 方法


中间的, 中部, 中央的

midst: 在中间, 中间

mightiness: 强大

military: 军事, 军方, 武装, 军用

milk: 牛奶, 乳

milky: 乳白色的

mincing: 装模作样的

mine: 矿, 我的, 矿山, 矿井

mingle: 混合

minuet: 小步舞曲


渺小

mirror: 镜子, 映

mistake: 错误, 差错

mistress: 女主人

mob: 乌合之众, 暴民

mock: 愚弄, 嘲弄, 模仿

mockery: 嘲笑

mocking: 嘲讽, 嘲弄

mockingly: 愚弄地

mode: 方式, 模式, 状态

modest: 谦虚, 谦虚的, 虚心

modesty: 谦逊


mold: 模子, 模型

monk: 僧侣

monster: 妖怪, 怪物, 妖物

monstrous: 怪物似, 似怪物的

month: 月, 月份

monument: 纪念碑

moon: 月亮, 月球, 月

moonlight: 月光

mortal: 会死, 临死的, 不免一死

motionless: 不动, 不动的

motive: 动机, 用心

motley: 斑驳, 丛杂

mount: 安装, 登, 装配

mounts: 安装

mourn: 悲悼, 哀悼

mourning: 追悼, 丧

mouth: 口, 嘴巴, 嘴, 吻

mouths: 口

move: 步骤, 搬家, 移动, 一举,

运动, 感动, 开动, 移

movement: 运动, 移动, 动作,

动态, 手足

moves: 运动

moving: 感动, 动态, 动人, 活动,

乔迁

mud: 泥, 泥浆

mule: 骡子

murky: 昏沉

murmuring: 淙淙

muse: 瞑想, 沉思

music: 音乐, 民乐, 曲子

musician: 音乐家

musketeer: 滑膛枪手

mustache: 须

mute: 哑

mutiny: 兵变, 叛变

mutton: 羊肉

myself: 我自己

mysterious: 神秘, 莫名其妙,

神秘的

mysteriously: 神秘地

naked: 赤裸裸, 裸体的

napkin: 餐巾

native: 土着, 土生的, 土著

natural: 自然, 天然, 自然的, 天生

nature: 性质, 大自然, 性格, 本性,

自然, 本质, 性情

naught: 无

navigate: 航行

nay: 不

near: 近, 靠近, 接近, 比邻

necessary: 必要, 必需的

neck: 颈项, 脖子, 颈

neither: 也不, 二者, 两者都不是

nephew: 外甥, 侄子

neptune: 海王星

nervously: 紧张地

nest: 窝巢, 窝, 巢

news: 新闻, 信息, 消息

nice: 和蔼, 可亲, 好, 尼斯

nick: 缺口

niece: 侄女, 甥女

nightcap: 睡帽

nightly: 每夜, 夜夜

nimble: 敏捷, 灵活, 敏捷的

nineteenth: 第十九

noble: 高贵, 高贵的, 贵族

nobleman: 贵族, 君子

nobles: 贵族

nods: 点头


吵声

noiselessly: 无声, 无声地

noisy: 吵闹, 吵闹的

none: 无, 没有

nor: 也不

normal: 正常, 正常的, 通常,

正规的, 对头, 师范, 标准的, 师,

常态

northern: 北方的

northerner: 北方人

nose: 鼻子

note: 便条, 按语, 看到, 注意,

声调, 笔记, 注解

notice: 通知, 注意, 布告, 注意到,

启事

nourishing: 滋补的

novel: 小说, 新奇, 新的

novelty: 新奇的事物

nuisance: 损害, 讨厌的事物

numbers: 民数记, 数据

nut: 坚果, 螺帽, 螺母

oak: 橡树, 橡

oath: 誓言, 誓词, 宣誓

oaths: 誓言

obedience: 服从

obliquely: 倾斜地

oblong: 长方形的

obsequious: 谄媚的

occasion: 时机, 机会, 场合, 场面

odds: 可能性, 差距

ode: 颂词

offense: 罪行, 侵犯

offers: 提供

officer: 军官, 官员, 干事

officers: 官员

ogre: 妖魔

oil: 油, 石油, 油脂

oily: 油油, 油腻的

oneself: 自身, 本人, 亲身, 个人,

自己

opening: 揭幕, 口, 打开, 孔, 开始

opens: 打开


对立面, 相反的

orange: 橙, 桔子, 橘子, 橙色

orator: 演说者

orders: 命令

organ: 器官, 机关, 风琴, 机构

original: 原始, 原本, 原来, 本来,

原先, 原庄的, 原物

ornament: 装饰物, 装饰品

orphan: 孤儿

otherwise: 否则, 不然, 不然的话,

要不然, 要不, 要部然

ought: 应该, 活该

ourselves: 我们自己, 我们

outlines: 轮廓

outrage: 暴行, 使愤慨

outrageous: 不像话, 残暴的,

岂有此理

outset: 开始


外来, 外部的, 外面的, 外头,

之外, 外边

outstretched: 伸开的

oven: 炉子, 炉

overcome: 克服, 越过

overheard: 无意听到

pace: 步伐, 步调, 步子, 步, 速度

paces: 速度

pack: 包装, 包扎, 包, 背包

page: 页, 页面, 小听差

paid: 支付

pain: 痛苦, 痛, 使疼痛, 疼痛

painter: 画家

pair: 对, 一对, 双

palace: 宫殿, 宫, 皇宫

pale: 苍白, 苍白的

palsy: 麻痹, 瘫痪, 中风, 使瘫痪

paltry: 无价值的

panache: 夸耀, 炫耀

pane: 窗玻璃, 窗格

paper: 纸, 论文, 纸张

papers: 报纸

paradise: 天堂, 乐园

parasite: 寄生物


饶恕

paris: 巴黎

park: 园林, 公园, 停泊

parley: 会谈

partly: 部分地


要隘

passage: 通道, 通路, 通过

passes: 传递


及格的

passion: 热情, 激情

passionately: 热情, 热情地

passport: 护照

paste: 糊, 软膏, 粘贴, 糊状物

pastimes: 消遣

pastoral: 牧人, 牧师的

pastry: 饽饽, 点心, 饼饵

pastures: 牧场

Edmond Rostand 185

patch: 补 , 补丁, 补

path: 道, 道路, 路径, 小径, 走道

paths: 路径

patience: 忍耐, 忍受, 耐心, 耐性

patrol: 巡逻

patron: 支持者

pause: 暂停, 停顿

paying: 有利的, 合算的, 支付的

payment: 付款

pays: 支付

peace: 和平

peaceably: 和平地

peach: 桃子, 桃, 桃树

peacock: 孔雀

peas: 豌豆

pedantic: 卖弄学问的

pen: 笔, 栏圈, 笔杆, 笔杆子,

栏位, 栏, 钢笔

pensive: 哀思, 沉思的

perceiving: 感知

perchance: 或许

perfection: 完美, 完成

perforce: 不得已地

performance: 性能, 成绩, 表演,

表现, 演出, 完成, 执行

peril: 危险

perish: 消灭, 毁灭, 死亡

permission: 许可

permit: 容许, 允许, 许可

permits: 许可

persecute: 迫害, 折磨

persists: 坚持

perspective: 透视, 前景, 透视的,

观点

pet: 宠物

petitions: 请愿

philosopher: 哲学家

phrases: 词组

pick: 掐, 采摘, 挑选, 挑, 鹤嘴锄,

采, 选择

picked: 精选的

picking: 选择, 投纬

pickpocket: 扒手

pie: 馅饼


部份, 份

pies: 馅饼

pigeon: 鸽子, 鹁鸽

pile: 一堆, 桩, 堆

piles: 痔, 痔疮, 堆

pine: 松树

pint: 品脱

pipe: 管, 管子, 筒, 喉管

pit: 坑, 凹洞, 窖

pitied: 同情

pity: 怜悯, 遗憾, 哀怜, 同情

places: 地方

placing: 放置

plague: 疫病, 大灾, 瘟疫

plain: 平原

plaintive: 哀怨, 凄切的

plait: 辫子, 编制, 编织, 编

plan: 计划, 方案, 规划, 设计,

主意, 计画, 擘画, 打算, 设计图

plane: 水平面, 平原, 班机, 飞机,

刨子, 面

planet: 行星, 地球

plate: 碟, 盘子

plates: 盘子


戏, 剧本, 扮演, 悬念, 弹奏, 奏

playbill: 海报, 节目表

playful: 爱游玩, 爱玩的

pleasant: 愉快, 愉快的, 舒适的

pleasantries: 幽默

please: 请, 使高兴

pleased: 满意, 高兴的

pleasure: 欢乐, 乐趣, 愉快

pledge: 誓言, 誓词, 保证

plotter: 绘图机, 阴谋者

plotting: 标图

pluck: 采摘, 摘, 勇气, 采

plum: 李子, 梅

plume: 羽毛

plump: 饱满, 丰满, 扑通地坠下

plunge: 跳进, 致身

pocket: 口袋, 衣袋, 兜儿, 窟窿

poem: 诗歌

poet: 诗人

poetry: 诗, 诗歌

pointed: 尖锐

pointing: 指, 瞄准

points: 点

polished: 优美的, 精练的, 擦亮的

pooh: 呸


贫穷的, 贫苦, 困苦

pope: 教皇

porter: 杂工, 搬运工人

portray: 画像, 描绘

possesses: 占有

possessing: 占有

post: 职位, 邮件, 公告, 柱, 寄

posterior: 较晚

pot: 壶, 罐, 锅

powder: 粉, 细粉


强有力的

practical: 落实, 切实, 踏实, 扎实,

实际的, 实用

practice: 演习, 实际, 操练, 作法,

练习, 实践, 实习

praise: 赞扬, 赞美, 嘉许, 称赞,

夸奖

prank: 闹剧

prating: 空谈

pray: 祈祷

preach: 传教, 讲道, 鼓吹

preaching: 讲道法

precaution: 预防

precious: 宝贵, 珍贵, 贵重,

宝贵的

prefer: 比较喜欢, 喜欢

prejudice: 偏见

preoccupied: 被先占的

preparations: 准备

prepare: 准备

presence: 出席, 面前

present: 礼物, 现在, 这次, 呈送,

眼前, 当前, 当今, 出席的, 递交,

呈献, 出席

presently: 目前, 随即

press: 压, 按, 逼

presses: 压

pressing: 紧迫, 逼人, 迫切,

紧迫的

presto: 急板

presumptuous: 放肆的, 冒昧的

pretend: 假装

pretending: 假装

pretends: 假装

pretty: 漂亮, 美丽的, 秀丽

prevent: 预防

price: 价钱, 价格, 代价, 价目

pride: 自豪, 骄傲

prince: 王子, 太子

princess: 公主

principally: 主要地

print: 印刷, 印, 版画, 打印

private: 私人, 私营, 私人的, 私有,

士兵

prize: 奖品, 锦标, 荣获

proceed: 进行, 继续进行, 着手,

前进

procession: 行列, 游行

profession: 职业, 业务

profile: 外貌, 总则, 简介, 轮廓,

外形

profit: 盈利, 裨益, 成果, 收益,

盈余, 获利, 利润, 利益, 盈馀

progress: 进步, 进展


诺言, 允诺


敏捷的

prompter: 唤起者, 敦促者, 激励者

proof: 证据, 证明, 证, 论证

property: 财产, 属性, 特性, 资产,

财物, 产业, 地产

prose: 散文

protected: 保护

protector: 保护者

protectress: 女保护者

protuberance: 突起

proud: 傲岸, 骄矜, 骄傲的, 自豪的

proudly: 夸耀, 傲然, 骄傲地

prove: 证明


provision: 规定, 供应

provisions: 食品

provoke: 使愤怒, 刺激, 挑衅, 激怒

prudent: 谨慎, 慎重, 谨慎的

puff: 一吹

pulling: 拉

pulls: 拉

pulse: 脉搏

pumpkin: 南瓜

punish: 处罚, 惩罚, 处置

pure: 单纯, 纯净的, 纯洁, 纯粹

purse: 钱包, 钱袋, 囊

pursue: 追求, 追, 追赶, 追逐

push: 推

puts: 放

puzzle: 谜语, 难题

quack: 嘎嘎, 呷呷

quaff: 畅饮

quake: 震动

quarter: 四分之一

quarters: 住处, 四分之一

quavers: 颤音

quay: 码头, 埠

quays: 码头

queen: 女王, 王后, 皇后

quest: 探索

quick: 快, 玲珑, 敏捷的, 迅速的

quickest: 最快的

quickly: 很快, 快, 迅速地

quiet: 安静, 寂静, 安定, 安生,

沉静, 宁静的

quietly: 安静地, 悄悄

quill: 羽茎, 翮, 羽毛

quit: 退出, 退离

quiver: 颤抖, 打颤

quote: 引证, 引用, 援引, 摘引,

引述

rabble: 乌合之众

radiance: 光辉, 光芒, 辐射率

radiant: 光芒四射的

radiate: 放射, 发射

rage: 愤怒, 怒火

raillery: 取笑


抚育, 举起

raised: 凸起的, 浮雕的

raises: 加薪

rally: 团结, 示威运动, 集合

rampart: 壁垒, 城墙

ramparts: 城墙

ran: 跑

range: 范围, 靶场, 射程, 牧场,

区域, 距离, 围范

ranged: 排列

rank: 评价分类, 身分, 级别, 等级,

地位, 排

ranks: 队伍, 行列, 等级

rap: 敲击, 责骂

rapidly: 一头, 迅速, 迅速地

rare: 不可多得, 稀少, 难得,

稀有的, 罕见

rarefy: 变稀薄

rarely: 稀少, 稀少地

rascal: 小淘气, 流氓

rascally: 恶棍的, 赖皮地, 无赖地,

无赖的

rational: 理性的

rattle: 发嘎嘎声, 发出格格声响

ravenous: 很饿, 渴望的, 贪婪的

raves: 咆哮

raving: 疯狂的, 狂暴的

ray: 射线, 鳐, 光纤

reach: 抵达, 到达, 抵, 到

reaching: 到达

reading: 读物, 读数

reads: 阅读

ready: 就绪, 愿意, 准备, 妥当

reality: 现实, 实际

realize: 体认, 实现, 觉醒, 达,

知悉

reappear: 再出现

rear: 哺养, 养育, 后, 後, 后面,

养, 後面, 后方

reason: 理由, 道理, 原因, 缘故,

缘由, 情理

reasonable: 合理, 合理的


回想, 恢复

receive: 收到, 接待, 受到, 接到,

接收

receives: 收到

receiving: 接受的

recipe: 食谱

recite: 背诵, 朗诵

reckless: 蛮干, 不顾一切,

不顾一切后果的

reckon: 估计, 计算

recognize: 承认, 认出, 辨认,

认得, 辨

recognizing: 承认

recoil: 後退, 后退, 倒退

recount: 详述, 叙述

red: 红, 红色, 红色的

reddened: 变红

redoubt: 多面堡

reeds: 芦苇

reel: 卷轴

re-enter: 重新进入

refreshment: 身心爽快, 茶点

regiment: 团, 一群, 一团, 兵团

registered: 登记过的, 记名的

regrets: 惋惜

rehearsal: 排练, 排演

rehearse: 排练, 预演

rein: 缰绳, 统治

relieving: 解脱

remain: 遗迹, 留下, 保持

remains: 遗体, 残骸, 剩余物

remark: 评注, 评论

remember: 记忆, 记得

remembering: 记得

remnant: 遗物, 残余, 剩余

remorse: 悔恨

rend: 撕碎

render: 呈送, 提出理由

rendezvous: 集合点

renowned: 闻名, 大明鼎鼎,

著名的, 享有声誉

repeat: 重复, 复述, 复诵, 重做

repeating: 反复的

reply: 回答, 答覆, 答复, 反应,

答应, 答词, 回信

representation: 代表, 表示

represents: 代表

reproach: 叱责, 责备

reputation: 名誉, 声价, 信誉,

面子, 名声

resign: 辞职

resolute: 坚决, 坚决的

respect: 尊敬, 方面, 遵守, 尊重

respectful: 表示敬意, 表示敬意的,

恭敬

respectfully: 尊敬, 尊敬地, 恭敬地

rest: 休息, 安息, 其余

retinue: 扈从

retire: 退休

retires: 退休

retort: 反驳


重回, 重返, 回报, 还回, 返回

returning: 返回

reveille: 起床号

revenge: 报复, 报仇

review: 检阅, 检讨, 检查, 回顾,

审查

revolt: 反叛, 造反, 暴乱, 起义,

反抗

rhyme: 韵, 押韵, 压韵

rhymer: 打油诗人

rhythm: 旋律, 节奏

ribald: 下流的

ribbon: 缎带, 带, 丝带, 带儿

rich: 富有, 丰富, 富有的, 充实

ridge: 脊, 屋脊, 山脊, 背脊

ridiculous: 荒谬, 荒谬的,

岂有此理, 可笑的

right-hand: 右手, 用右手的

rigid: 板板六十四, 死板, 坚硬的

ring: 戒指, 环, 圈, 篮圈, 戒子,

圈子, 响铃, 电话铃声

ringing: 电话铃声

rings: 吊环

rise: 升起, 上升, 上涨, 兴起, 增大

rising: 攀升, 新兴, 高升的

risk: 风险, 危险

risks: 风险

rival: 对敌者, 敌对的, 对手

Edmond Rostand 187

roast: 焙烧, 烘烤, 烤, 烤肉, 烘,

炙, 烧烤

rob: 抢劫

robe: 外袍, 长袍

robin: 知更鸟

rocked: 摇动, 摇摆

roll: 滚动, 簸荡, 卷

rolls: 卷

romance: 浪漫

rome: 罗马

roof: 屋顶, 顶部, 顶板

rooms: 房间

roomy: 广阔的

rooted: 有根的, 根深蒂固的

rope: 绳索, 绳子

rosary: 玫瑰园

rose: 蔷薇, 玫瑰, 升起

rosy: 透红, 透红的

rot: 腐坏, 腐烂, 腐化

rout: 击溃

row: 一排, 划, 行

royal: 皇家, 女王的, 王室的, 王的

rubbing: 研磨, 拓片, 摩擦

rue: 芸香, 懊悔

ruff: 出王牌

ruin: 毁灭, 败坏

ruined: 破败, 毁坏

rumor: 谣言, 传闻, 谣传

running: 一连

runs: 跑

rush: 速行, 匆匆

rushes: 工作样片

rustic: 乡村, 乡村的

rustle: 瑟瑟

sable: 黑貂

sacred: 神圣, 神圣的

sad: 悲伤, 哀愁, 不幸, 哀伤,

哀怨, 悲伤的, 悲哀的

safe: 安全, 保险, 安全的, 稳妥,

保险箱

sails: 航行

saint: 圣人, 圣徒

sake: 缘故

salad: 沙拉, 色拉

salute: 敬礼

samson: 大力士

satisfaction: 满意

saturday: 星期六, 周六

sauce: 调味汁, 酱油

saucepan: 平底锅

saunter: 闲逛

sausage: 香肠, 腊肠


挽救, 保存

saying: 名言, 说

scabbard: 鞘

scales: 鳞, 秤

scandalous: 恶意中伤

scarce: 稀少的

scarf: 围巾

scarlet: 深红色, 深红色的

scatter: 分散, 散播, 驱散


镜头, 景象, 幕, 情景

scent: 气味, 嗅, 香味

science: 科学, 学, 学术

scoff: 嘲笑

scold: 责骂

score: 比分, 得分, 成绩

scores: 得分

scoundrel: 无籁, 坏蛋, 无赖

scratch: 抓伤, 抓, 搔刮

scratching: 刮痕, 抓

screech: 尖叫

searching: 搜索, 彻底的, 搜索的

season: 季节, 季, 时节

seat: 座位, 位置, 位子, 席位, 座

seating: 座位数

seats: 座位

sec: 安全与交换委员会

secret: 秘密, 机密

secretly: 暗地里, 暗暗, 暗自,

秘密地, 私自, 偷偷

seeing: 有鉴于


征求, 找

seeking: 寻求

seeks: 寻求

seem: 显得, 看来, 彷佛, 好象

seeming: 表面上的


窃取, 掳获, 捕, 抓

seizes: 抓住

self: 自己, 自, 自我, 我

selfish: 自私, 自私自利, 自私的


投, 派

sending: 发送

sensation: 轰动, 感情, 感觉

sent: 送了

sentiment: 情绪

sentinel: 哨兵, 步哨

sentinels: 哨兵

sentry: 步哨, 哨兵, 站岗, 看守,

放哨, 岗哨


别

serenade: 小夜曲

serge: 哔叽, 毛哔叽

serve: 侍候, 伺候, 待候

serving: 上菜

settle: 奠定, 安家落户, 澄清, 解决

settled: 安定

settling: 安置

seven: 七

seventh: 第七

severe: 严重, 严竣, 严厉, 严峻,

剧烈, 严肃的

shabby: 破旧, 破旧的

shadow: 阴影, 影子, 暗影, 跟踪

shadows: 影子

shake: 摇动, 震动, 摇, 震荡, 颠簸

shaken: 摇动

shakes: 摇动

shaking: 摇动

sham: 佯装

shame: 羞耻

shameful: 不体面, 丢脸的

shape: 形状, 形式, 外形, 型状,

形态, 塑造, 使成形, 成形

shed: 散出, 棚子, 流出, 脱落

sheer: 纯属, 全然的, 全然

shepherd: 牧羊人, 牧羊者

shield: 盾, 屏蔽, 庇护, 包庇, 庇,

掩护, 盾牌

shift: 转移, 替换, 移动, 移, 班,

变换

shine: 发光, 发亮, 照射, 照耀, 光

shining: 彪炳, 发亮

shivering: 颤抖

shock: 震动, 地震, 惊震, 突击

shoot: 射击, 芽, 射门

shooting: 射击, 猎场

shop: 商店, 店铺

short: 短, 矮, 小结, 短暂

shortly: 不久, 早日

shot: 射击

shots: 射击

shoulder: 肩, 肩膀, 担负

shoulders: 肩, 双肩

shout: 叫喊, 呼喊, 呼唤, 喊, 喊叫

shouting: 呼喊

shouts: 呼喊

showed: 展示

shows: 显示

shrink: 收缩

shroud: 笼罩

shut: 关闭

shuts: 关闭

shutter: 百叶窗

shutting: 关闭

sick: 生病

siege: 围城, 包围, 围攻

sigh: 叹息, 叹气

sighs: 叹息

sight: 视觉, 景象, 情景, 目光,

视力, 视线


迹象, 标志, 签署, 手势, 旗

signal: 信号, 手势, 讯号

silence: 沉默, 沈默, 悄静

silent: 无声, 沉默的

silly: 愚蠢, 糊涂, 愚蠢的, 傻的,

傻

silver: 银, 白银

similar: 类似, 相似, 相仿, 类似的



单纯

simply: 简直, 只是, 根本, 简单地,

高低, 只管, 只需, 只顾


真心, 深切, 恳切

sing: 唱, 歌唱, 唱歌

singer: 歌手

singers: 歌手

singing: 歌咏, 歌唱

single: 单一, 单独的, 单身的,

唯一的, 选拔

single-handed: 单手

sir: 先生, 爵士

sire: 阁下, 陛下

sirius: 天狼星

sister: 姐妹

sisters: 姊妹, 姐妹

sit: 坐

sits: 坐

sitting: 坐, 开庭期间

skill: 技能, 技巧, 本领, 手法,

手腕, 技术, 把式, 本事, 功夫,

一手

skilled: 熟练, 谙练, 精明, 熟练的

skillful: 熟练, 熟练的

skills: 技巧

skin: 皮肤, 剥皮

skinny: 皮的, 干瘦, 皮包骨的

skirmish: 小冲突, 小战斗

sky: 天空, 天

slaughter: 杀戮, 宰杀, 屠杀, 残杀

sleep: 梦寐, 睡觉, 睡眠, 睡

sleeping: 睡眠, 睡着

sleeves: 袖子

slice: 片, 切片, 一片, 薄片, 切

slight: 轻微, 稍微

slightly: 略, 有点儿, 略微, 稍,

稍微

slim: 瘦长, 纤细, 苗条的

slope: 倾斜, 坡, 采场, 斜坡

slow: 慢, 缓慢, 迟慢, 迟钝, 迟迟,

迟缓

slowly: 徐徐, 慢慢地, 缓缓

slug: 小毛虫, 子弹

sly: 隐密, 狡猾

smear: 弄脏, 涂污, 污, 诬蔑

smell: 嗅, 臭, 香味

smells: 臭

smile: 微笑, 笑容

smiles: 微笑

smiling: 微笑的

smoke: 烟, 抽烟, 烟雾, 硝烟,

吸烟, 熏

smutch: 污物

snapped: 猛咬

snare: 陷阱, 诱陷

sneeringly: 嘲笑地

snuff: 鼻烟, 用鼻子使劲吸

sodden: 烂

soft: 柔软, 柔和, 柔软的

softly: 悄悄地, 轻轻

soldier: 士兵, 战士, 军人, 兵家

soldiers: 兵员


跖, 鞋底

solemn: 严肃, 俨然, 岸然, 隆重,

庄严的, 庄重

solicitude: 悬虑

solid: 固体, 立体, 固体的, 坚硬,

扎实, 实心的, 坚固的, 坚实

solitaire: 独粒宝石

solitary: 孤独, 独居的


有一些, 有点儿

son: 儿子

song: 歌, 歌曲, 歌儿

sonnet: 十四行诗

sons: 儿子


早, 早日

sore: 疼痛, 疮, 疼痛的

sorry: 遗憾, 对不起

sorts: 种类

souffle: 杂音

sought: 寻求

soul: 灵魂

souls: 灵魂

sound: 声音, 音

sounds: 声音

soup: 汤, 羹汤

spain: 西班牙

spaniard: 西班牙人

spanish: 西班牙语, 西班牙文,

西班牙, 西班牙的

spare: 备用, 饶恕

spark: 触发, 火花

sparrow: 麻雀

speak: 说, 讲

spectator: 旁观, 观众

spectators: 观众

speech: 演说, 言语, 报告

speed: 速度, 速率, 奔驰, 加速,

进度

spell: 拼写, 咒语, 符咒

spirit: 神, 精神, 灵魂, 气概,

白干儿, 白乾儿

spit: 吐痰, 沙嘴, 岬

spite: 恶意

spoil: 宠坏, 弄糟, 糟蹋, 损坏, 溺

spoke: 辐条, 说了

spoken: 说话

sport: 运动

sports: 体育, 运动

sportsman: 运动家, 运动员

spot: 斑点, 点子, 侦查

spout: 喷出, 龙卷

sprang: 弹跳

sprays: 喷射

spread: 扩散, 流传, 传播, 散播,

敷, 撒

spreading: 撒, 散布, 传播, 展开,

扩展

spreads: 传播

spring: 弹簧, 泉, 春天, 绷簧,

春季, 水源, 跳

sprung: 弹跳

spunk: 引火木柴

spurs: 刺激

spy: 间谍, 特务

square: 正方形, 平方, 四方形

squeezing: 挤压

stage: 舞台, 阶段, 层次, 发动, 段

stain: 污点, 斑点, 沾污

stains: 污点

staircase: 楼梯

stairs: 楼梯

stamping: 冲压

stanch: 止血, 坚强的

stand: 站住, 主张, 架子, 站立,

耐, 站, 架

standards: 标准

standing: 站立, 地位

star: 星, 明星, 恒星, 星星

stare: 凝视

stares: 凝视

staring: 凝视的

stars: 星

starting: 起步

starts: 开始

starvation: 饿死, 饥饿, 饥馑

starve: 饥饿, 饿死

stature: 身材, 个子, 个儿

stay: 延缓, 逗留, 停留

stayed: 停留

stays: 停留

steal: 偷窃, 盗窃, 偷, 窃取

stealing: 偷垒, 偷窃

stealthily: 悄悄地, 偷偷地, 偷偷

steel: 钢, 钢铁

stem: 干, 梗, 茎, 艏柱, 船头,

树干, 词干

step: 步骤, 步伐, 措施, 一步,

步调, 步子, 级, 脚步, 踏

steps: 步骤

sternly: 严正

stew: 炖, 焦虑

steward: 飞机服务员

sticks: 棍

stiff: 僵硬, 板滞, 僵硬的

stifle: 窒息

sting: 刺, 叮, 螫

stir: 轰动, 搅拌, 鼓动


忙碌的

stockings: 袜子, 长统袜

stolen: 偷了

stomach: 胃, 肚子

Edmond Rostand 189

stomach-ache: 肚痛

stone: 石头, 石

stones: 石头

stood: 站了

stools: 凳子

stop: 停止, 终止, 截止, 站

stopped: 停止

stopping: 停止

stops: 停止

storm: 暴风雨, 暴风, 风暴

story: 故事, 报导

stout: 肥硕, 强壮的

straight: 直, 海峡, 迳直, 直接,

笔直, 一直

straightway: 立刻

strange: 奇怪, 奇特, 陌生,

奇异的, 生疏

strawberry: 草莓

streams: 河流

street: 街道, 街, 马路, 大街, 街头

streets: 街道

stretch: 张开, 拉紧, 伸展, 伸

strew: 散播

strewn: 散播

strictly: 严格地

strike: 罢工, 打, 敲打, 敲, 打击

strikes: 打击

striking: 引人注目, 引人注目的

string: 绳子, 串, 线, 细线, 弦

strip: 长条, 剥夺, 剥, 简易机场


敲打, 笔划

strong: 轰轰烈烈, 健全, 霸道,

坚强, 强有力, 强大, 强烈,

强大的, 扎实, 干, 强烈的

struck: 敲打

struggling: 奋斗

stuck: 黏贴

stuff: 材料, 填塞, 职员

stuffing: 馅儿, 填塞料

stumbles: 绊倒

stunned: 愕然

stupefied: 木然

stupid: 愚笨, 笨拙, 愚笨的

stupor: 昏呆, 昏迷

style: 方式, 风格, 式样, 样式,

试样, 笔调, 模样, 作风

subject: 科目, 主题, 主语, 话题,

题目, 议题, 标题, 主词, 主体,

学科, 课

sublime: 崇高, 崇高的

submit: 提交, 呈交

subtle: 微妙, 微妙的

success: 成功, 成就

successful: 成功的

succor: 援手

suck: 吮吸, 咂, 吮

sudden: 突然, 急剧, 突然的


一下

sue: 控告


遭到

suffered: 蒙受

sufferings: 疾苦, 痛苦

suffers: 蒙受

sufficient: 充份, 足够, 充, 充足,

充足的

sufficiently: 充分地

sugar: 糖

suit: 适应, 一套

suited: 适宜于

sulky: 生气的

sum: 总和, 总数, 和

summer: 夏天, 夏季

sun: 太阳, 星期日, 曝

sunday: 星期日, 星期天, 礼拜天,

周日, 礼拜日

sunrise: 日出

superb: 极好, 极好的

suppose: 假使, 猜想, 假定

sure: 肯定

surely: 一定, 保管, 肯定地

surprise: 使吃惊, 惊奇, 惊骇

surprised: 惊讶

surrender: 投降

surreptitiously: 暗中

surround: 包围, 围住, 围绕

survive: 生存

suspension: 悬挂, 暂停

suspicion: 疑心, 怀疑, 嫌疑

swaggerer: 昂首阔步

swaggering: 昂首阔步

swallow: 燕子, 吞, 咽

swarm: 蜂群, 一群

swear: 立誓, 发誓

sweep: 席卷, 打扫, 扫描

sweeping: 势如破竹, 扫除

sweet: 甜, 甜食, 糖果

swine: 猪

sword: 剑

swords: 剑

sworn: 立誓

syndic: 理事

tableau: 场面

tablecloth: 桌布

tables: 桌子

takes: 拿, 取走

tale: 故事

talent: 才能, 天才, 天资, 才华

tales: 候补陪审员召集令

talk: 谈话, 报告, 言语, 谈

talks: 会谈, 谈话

tall: 高大的, 高大

tap: 轻打, 龙头, 剥啄, 轻拍,

分接头, 轻敲

tapestry: 壁毯, 绣帷, 绒绣

target: 目标, 靶子, 指标, 对象,

目的

tart: 果馅饼

taste: 滋味, 品味, 味道, 尝味

tavern: 客栈, 酒馆

teach: 教, 教导, 讲课

teacher: 教师, 老师, 教员, 先生,

导师, 师长

tear: 眼泪, 撕破, 撕

tears: 泪, 泪水, 眼泪

tease: 取笑, 嘲弄, 戏耍

teeth: 牙齿, 牙

tempest: 暴风雨, 暴风骤雨

tempt: 勾引, 诱惑


柔弱的

tent: 帐篷, 帐蓬, 篷帐

terrace: 平台, 梯田, 平, 阶地

terrible: 可怕, 糟糕, 可怕的

terror: 恐怖

thank: 感谢, 谢谢

thanks: 感谢, 谢谢

theater: 剧场, 戏剧, 戏院, 剧院

theatrical: 戏剧化, 戏剧化的

thee: 你

theme: 主题

thick: 厚, 密, 浓厚

thieving: 偷

thin: 薄, 疏, 细, 淡

thinking: 思想, 思维

thinks: 想

thirst: 口渴

thirteenth: 第十三

thirty: 三十

thorough: 彻底, 深入, 彻底的,

周密

thoughts: 心头, 感想

thousand: 千

thousands: 千

thread: 线, 线索, 细线, 运作

threshold: 阈, 户限, 门槛

threw: 丢了

thrice: 三次, 三倍的

thrill: 颤抖, 发抖

thrilled: 发抖

thrills: 发抖

throat: 嗓子, 喉咙, 喉头, 咽喉

throw: 扔, 丢掉, 丢, 投

thrown: 丢

thrush: 画眉鸟

thrusting: 自作主张的

thumb: 拇指, 巨擘, 大拇指

tide: 潮汐, 潮流, 潮

tie: 不分胜负, 打结, 束缚, 轨枕,

绑, 领带

tiger: 老虎, 虎

tightens: 拉紧

till: 直到

tilt: 倾斜, 翘起, 使倾侧

timid: 胆小, 胆怯, 胆怯的


tints: 色彩

tiny: 系小, 微型, 癣, 渺小, 微小

tip: 小费, 尖端, 尾端

tipsy: 喝醉

title: 锦标, 标题, 题目, 称号,

职称

toads: 蟾蜍

toil: 劳累, 辛劳

toilet: 厕所, 更衣室

token: 符记, 象征, 象徵, 标记

tomorrow: 明天, 未来, 明日


声调, 语调

tongue: 舌头, 舌

tooth: 牙齿


树梢, 最高的

topaz: 黄玉

tops: 最好

torn: 撕扯

torture: 熬煎, 折磨, 虐待

total: 整个, 全面, 总计, 全球,

总额, 总体, 总数, 全体, 合计


接触

touching: 动人

toward: 朝向

tower: 塔

town: 城镇, 城市, 市镇

tracing: 描图, 追查, 追踪

tragedian: 悲剧演员

trail: 线索, 痕迹, 形迹

train: 训练, 火车, 列车, 乘务员,

熏陶

transports: 运输

trap: 圈套, 陷阱, 阱

travel: 旅行, 遨游, 旅游, 游历

tray: 盘子, 托盘

trays: 托盘

treasonable: 不忠的, 叛逆的

treat: 对待

tree: 树

trees: 树木

tremble: 发抖, 哆嗦

trembled: 发抖

trembles: 发抖

trembling: 发抖, 发抖的

tremolo: 颤声

tribute: 贡物

trick: 手法, 骗术, 秘诀, 欺骗,

玩意儿, 花样

tricks: 戏法, 把戏

trifle: 琐事, 小事

trifles: 小事

trim: 修剪, 笔挺

triple: 三倍, 三合一, 三倍的

triton: 氚核

triumph: 胜利

triumphantly: 胜利地

troop: 部队

trooper: 伞兵

troops: 部队, 兵力, 队伍, 兵员

troth: 誓言

trouble: 麻烦, 难度, 难处

troubles: 坏处, 麻烦

truculent: 好战凶猛


属实, 对头, 真正的

truly: 真实地, 未免, 着实

trumpet: 喇叭

trumpets: 喇叭

trust: 信任, 信赖, 委托, 信托,

威信

truth: 真理, 实话

trying: 难捱, 设法

tuesday: 星期二, 周二

tumult: 骚嚷

tune: 调子, 调

tuning: 调音, 调谐

turf: 草地, 草皮

turn: 转动, 转弯

turning: 旋转

twelfth: 第十二

twenty: 二十

twice: 两次

twilight: 微明, 薄暮, 黄昏, 曙暮光

twirling: 旋转

twirls: 旋转

ugh: 呸


丑的

umbrella: 雨伞, 伞

uncertainly: 易变的

uncle: 叔叔, 伯伯, 叔父, 大爷,

老大爷, 姑夫

unconcerned: 不关心的, 无忧虑的

unconscious: 失去意识, 昏迷的

unconsciously: 不知不觉, 无意识,

不觉, 不知不觉地

uncover: 暴露, 揭穿

underneath: 在下面, 下面的

understand: 了解, 明白, 理解,

领会

uneasiness: 不自在

uneasy: 不安, 担心, 不安的

unfinished: 未完成, 半途而废,

半半拉拉, 未完成的

unfold: 开展, 展开, 折开, 舒展

uniform: 制服, 匀净, 匀实, 一律

union: 联盟, 工会, 联合

unjust: 不公, 不公平的

unknown: 未知, 不得而知, 不明,

不见经传, 未知的

unless: 除非

unmeasured: 不可测量

unnumbered: 数不清, 数不清的,

无数的

unrest: 动荡, 不安

unseen: 看不见, 看不见的,

未见过的

unskilled: 不熟练的

untitled: 没有称号


冷淡

unwholesome: 腐败的

upper: 帮子, 上面的

upright: 正直, 直立, 刚正, 正值,

直立的, 端正, 正直的

useful: 有用, 顶事, 有用的

useless: 赘瘤, 无用, 不稂不莠,

不中用, 无用的, 没用

utter: 说出, 说

utterly: 不堪

vague: 模糊, 含糊, 隐约, 模糊的

vain: 无效的

valiant: 英勇, 英勇的, 勇敢的人,

强悍

valley: 山谷, 峪, 谷, 流域, 山沟

valor: 勇气

vary: 变化, 不一, 变换, 改变

varying: 时大时小, 变化

vaunt: 自夸

veil: 面罩, 面纱

veins: 纹理, 脉, 静脉

vengeance: 复仇, 报仇

venice: 威尼斯

venture: 冒险, 敢

venus: 金星

verse: 诗, 韵文, 诗节, 散文

vex: 缠绕, 苦恼

viands: 食物

vice: 副, 用老虎钳夹紧, 恶习

victory: 胜利

victual: 供以食物

vile: 恶劣, 恶劣的

villain: 恶棍, 坏人, 恶徒

villainous: 卑劣的

violin: 小提琴

violinists: 小提琴手

violins: 小提琴

virtue: 德, 道德, 善, 德行

viscera: 五内, 内脏

viscount: 子爵


可见的

visibly: 看得见地, 显然

vision: 视力, 眼光, 视觉, 视线,

目光

visit: 上门, 访问, 看望

visitor: 旅游者, 来宾, 访问者

void: 无效的, 空虚

volley: 群射

vow: 发誓, 誓约

vows: 誓约

wager: 打赌, 赌注

waist: 腰部, 腰

wait: 等待, 等, 伺候

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waits: 等待, 募捐合唱队

wake: 醒来, 醒觉

wakes: 醒来

walk: 行走, 步行, 走, 走道, 散步

walking: 步态, 步行

walks: 步行

wall: 墙壁, 墙

walls: 墙壁

wandering: 蜿蜒的, 徘徊, 徘徊的,

流浪

wanton: 肆意

warn: 告诫, 警告

warning: 警报, 鉴戒, 警告

warrior: 战士, 勇士

wart: 疣, 赘疣

waste: 荒芜, 白费, 浪费, 糟蹋

watch: 观看, 手表, 监视

wave: 波浪, 波, 浪, 浪头, 浪潮,

飘扬, 摇, 挥动

waving: 挥动

waxen: 苍白的

ways: 方法

wayward: 任性的

weak: 衰弱, 瘫软, 脆弱, 薄弱,

虚弱, 虚弱的, 软弱, 微弱

weaken: 削弱, 弱化

weal: 幸福

wear: 穿带, 穿

weary: 疲劳, 疲乏, 疲倦的

wed: 结婚, 星期三

wednesday: 星期三, 周三

weep: 哭泣

weeping: 垂枝的

weighing: 称量

weight: 重量, 体重, 包袱, 衡量,

衡, 分量, 砝码, 重担, 使加权

weird: 怪诞, 怪异


受欢迎的, 款待

welcoming: 欢迎

well-known: 闻名, 出名, 有名,

着名, 著名, 出名的

wept: 哭泣

wet: 湿

whatever: 无论如何, 无论何事,

不拘, 任何

wheel: 轮子, 轮, 车轮

whence: 何以, 何处, 从何处

wherefore: 何故

whisper: 耳语, 低语

whispering: 耳语般

whispers: 耳语

whistles: 口哨

whistling: 吹口哨, 吹笛

whiteness: 白色

whiter: 苍白的

whither: 向何处

whom: 谁

whose: 谁的

wicker: 柳条


宽广

widow: 寡妇

wife: 妻子, 太太, 爱人, 媳妇儿,

妻, 老婆

wig: 假发

wigs: 假发


野性的

wilt: 枯萎

wily: 狡猾的

win: 博得, 赢得, 胜, 赢

wind: 风, 弯曲, 上弦, 缠绕

winding: 曲折, 弯曲

windmill: 风车

window: 窗口, 窗户, 窗, 窗子

windward: 上风


酒色财气

wing: 翅膀, 边锋, 翼, 膀子

wings: 翼

winking: 眨眼

wipe: 拭, 揩, 擦掉, 擦, 擦去

wiping: 擦去

wise: 高明, 明智的, 英明

wish: 愿望, 希望, 意愿, 祝, 祝愿,

志愿

wit: 风趣, 机智, 智慧

witching: 有魔力的

withdraw: 撤回, 退避, 取出

witty: 风趣, 机智, 机智的, 伶俐

woe: 悲哀, 悲痛

wolfish: 残忍的, 豺狼成性

won: 圜, 胜

wonder: 奇迹, 惊奇

wondrous: 惊人的

wont: 习惯

woo: 求爱

wood: 木, 木材, 木头

wooden: 木制, 木制的

woods: 树林, 森林

wool: 羊毛

woolen: 羊毛, 羊毛的

wools: 羊毛

word: 字, 词, 单词, 誓言

wore: 穿了

works: 作品, 书籍, 工作

worldly: 世俗, 世俗的

worm: 蠕虫, 虫, 单写多读, 虫子,

蚯蚓

worn: 穿

worse: 更坏, 更糟

worship: 崇拜, 礼拜

worships: 崇拜

worth: 价值, 值, 值得

worthless: 不稂不莠, 无用, 不值的

worthy: 配称, 值得的

would-be: 将要成为

wound: 伤, 伤口, 创伤

wounded: 受伤

wove: 纺织

wrap: 包, 包裹

wraps: 包裹

wretch: 不幸, 不幸的人

wriggle: 蠕动前进

writ: 令状, 命令


写信给, 书写, 书写器, 写字, 作曲

writes: 写


写作

written: 书面, 成文, 笔头, 书写

wrong: 不对, 不平, 错误的, 错误

wrote: 写了

ye: 你们

yellow: 黄, 黄色

yesterday: 昨天

yielding: 易弯曲的, 柔顺的

yonder: 那边

yours: 你的

yourself: 你自己

yourselves: 你们自己

youth: 青年, 青春

youthful: 年青, 年轻的, 年青的

zeal: 热心, 热诚, 热忱, 积极性

zodiac: 黄道带

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