書蟲2級《一千美金》外出的一晚
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A Night Out
INTRODUCTION
Once every ten weeks, office worker Towers Chandler dresses like a man with a million dollars, goes to one of the best restaurants in New York, and eats the most expensive food. One evening, he meets a girl...
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
Towers Chandler, an office worker
Marian, a pretty young girl
Sissie, Marian's sister
Marie, a servant
Jeff White, an office worker
Mrs Black, whose house Chandler and White live in Waiter
Four other people in the restaurant
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Scene 1: The doorway of a house
Scene 2: A street corner in New York
Scene 3: A restaurant, with three tables and six chairs, two chairs at each table
Scene 4: Marian's bedroom, with a bed, and other bedroom furniture
You will need coffee, cups, plates, some food and some wine for the other people in the restaurant.
SCENE 1
One dollar a week
The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff White, comes in.
WHITE
What are you doing this evening, Towers?
CHANDLER
(Smiling) Tonight I'm going to live like a man with a million dollars!
WHITE
What are you talking about? You haven't got a million dollars!
CHANDLER
How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?
WHITE
Eighteen dollars. Why?
CHANDLER
And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?
WHITE
All of it, of course.
CHANDLER
Well, I don't. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember.
WHITE
What do you do?
CHANDLER
I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, then take a taxi home!
WHITE
(Very surprised) Why?
CHANDLER
Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in America, and to make them think that I'm rich, too.
WHITE
You're crazy!
CHANDLER
(Laughing) Perhaps I am!
Mrs Black comes in.
MRS BLACK
Ah, Mr Chandler. I wanted to see you.
CHANDLER
Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening.
MRS BLACK
Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven't paid me for your room this month. When am I going to get the money?
CHANDLER
Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon.
Mrs Black looks at Chandler's clothes.
MRS BLACK
You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can't pay for your room. Is that right?
CHANDLER
(Hurrying away) Goodnight, Mrs Black!
SCENE 2
A pretty girl
A street in New York. Chandler is walking along the street when a girl, Marian, comes round the corner. She is wearing an old hat and a cheap-looking coat. She is moving quickly, walks into Chandler, and falls down.
MARIAN
Oh!
CHANDLER
Oh, dear!
Chandler helps her to get up. She has hurt her foot.
MARIAN
My foot! I've hurt my foot.
CHANDLER
Can you walk?
Can you walk?'
MARIAN
I – I think I can.
She tries to walk, but her foot hurts too much.
MARIAN
Oh! Perhaps –
CHANDLER
I'll call a taxi to take you home.
MARIAN
No, please. I'll be all right in a minute.
Chandler looks at her carefully for the first time, and likes what he sees.
CHANDLER
Your foot needs a longer rest, I think.
MARIAN
Perhaps you're right.
CHANDLER
I was on my way to eat by myself. Why don't you come with me? We'll have dinner together, and by then your foot will carry you home very nicely.
MARIAN
But we don't know each other...
CHANDLER
I'm Towers Chandler. Now that you know my name, come and have dinner. Then I'll say goodbye, or take you home if you prefer.
MARIAN
But my clothes! They aren't –
CHANDLER
I'm sure that you look prettier in them than anyone we shall see in the most expensive restaurant.
MARIAN
Well... my foot does hurt. all right, Mr Chandler, I'll come. You can call me... Miss Marian.
SCENE 3
Chandler tells a story
Chandler and Marian are sitting at a restaurant table. A waiter is giving them coffee. There are two other tables near them. The people sitting at them are dressed expensively and are talking quietly while eating.
MARIAN
That was a very good dinner. Thank you, Mr Chandler. Tell me, what do you do?
CHANDLER
(Laughing) Do? I ride my horses, go dancing, travel to Europe. And then there's my boat.
MARIAN
Haven't you got any work to do? Something more – well, interesting?
CHANDLER
My dear Miss Marian, there's no time for work! Think of dressing every day for dinner, and of calling at the houses of six or seven friends every afternoon or evening.
MARIAN
Yes – well –
CHANDLER
Oh yes, we 'do-nothings' are the hardest workers in the country!
MARIAN
(Sadly) I see. Well, thank you for a nice time. I must go home now. My foot is much better. I can walk home. There's no need for you to come with me.
CHANDLER
Oh. Well, goodbye, Miss Marian.
She gets up from the table and walks away. Chandler watches her, sadly.
CHANDLER
(Talking to himself) What a wonderful girl! A shop girl, perhaps? Why didn't I tell her the true story of my life? Perhaps then... well, it's too late now. Oh, how stupid I am!
SCENE 4
The right man for Marian
In Marian's bedroom. She is with her sister, Sissie. Both girls are sitting on the bed, talking excitedly.
SISSIE
It's two hours since you ran out in that old coat and hat. Mother has been very worried. She sent Louis in the car to find you. you are a bad girl!
Marie comes into the room.
SISSIE
Ah, there you are, Marie. Tell mother that Miss Marian is home again.
MARIE
Yes, miss. (She leaves the room.)
MARIAN
I only ran down to my dressmaker's to tell her to use blue on my new dress instead of red. Marie's old hat and coat were just what I needed.
SISSIE
You're crazy!
MARIAN
(Laughing) Everyone thought that I was a shop girl! It was wonderful!
SISSIE
Dinner is finished. You're very late.
MARIAN
I know. I fell and hurt my foot. I couldn't walk, so I went to a restaurant and sat there until I was better. (She gets up from the bed and walks to the window. She looks down into the street below.) We'll have to marry one day, Sissie.
SISSIE
Yes, that's true.
MARIAN
We're rich, and mother and father will want us to marry somebody who is as rich as we are. But can I love a man like that?
SISSIE
Who could you love?
MARIAN
I could love a man with kind blue eyes, who doesn't try to make love to every girl he sees. But I could only love him if he has some important work to do in the world. Then it doesn't matter how poor he is.
I could love a man with kind blue eyes.'
SISSIE
You are crazy!
MARIAN
Perhaps. But, sister dear, we only meet men who ride their horses and go dancing. I couldn't love a man like that, even if his eyes are blue and he's kind to poor girls who meet him in the street.
wine n. a strong drink made of grapes 葡萄酒
crazy adj. mad, stupid 瘋狂的；不明智的
waiter n. somebody who brings your food or drink in a restaurant（餐廳）男服務(wù)員，男侍應(yīng)生
外出的一晚
內(nèi)容簡介
每隔十周，辦公室職員托爾斯·錢德勒就會打扮成一名百萬富翁的樣子，去紐約最好的餐廳之一，吃最昂貴的食物。有一天晚上，他遇見了一個姑娘……
劇中人物
托爾斯·錢德勒，一個辦公室職員
瑪麗安，一個漂亮的年輕女孩
茜茜，瑪麗安的姐姐
瑪麗，一名仆人
杰夫·懷特，一個辦公室職員
布萊克太太，錢德勒和懷特的房東
服務(wù)員
餐廳里的其他四個人
場景說明
第一場：一所房子的門廳
第二場：紐約街頭一角
第三場：一家餐廳，有三張桌子和六把椅子，每張桌子配兩把椅子
第四場：瑪麗安的臥室，有一張床和其他臥室家具
需要咖啡、杯子、盤子、一些食物和一些酒提供給餐廳里的其他人。
第一場
一周一美金
房子的門廳。錢德勒住在這所房子中的一個房間里。他穿著自己最體面的衣服，準備晚上外出。他正要出去，他的朋友杰夫·懷特進來了。
懷特：
你今晚要干什么去，托爾斯？
錢德勒：
（微笑）今晚我打算過過百萬富翁的生活！
懷特：
你在說什么呢？你又沒有一百萬美金！
錢德勒：
咱們每周賺多少錢，杰夫？
懷特：
十八美金。怎么了？
錢德勒：
那每周你花掉那當(dāng)中的多少？
懷特：
當(dāng)然是全部花光了。
錢德勒：
哦，我可沒有。我每周會從我那十八美金里省出一美金來。然后，每十個星期，我就能給自己買一個難忘的夜晚。
懷特：
你都做些什么呢？
錢德勒：
我穿上自己最好的衣服，去紐約最好的餐廳之一，點菜單上最貴的食物，喝那兒最好的葡萄酒，然后坐出租車回家！
懷特：
（非常吃驚）為什么？
錢德勒：
為什么？因為跟紐約最有錢的人坐在一起，讓他們認為我也很富有，這感覺太棒了。
懷特：
你瘋了！
錢德勒：
（笑）也許是吧！
布萊克太太進來了。
布萊克太太：
哦，錢德勒先生，我正好想見你。
錢德勒：
晚上好，布萊克太太。多么美好的夜晚啊。
布萊克太太：
這夜晚也許很美好，但是你還沒給我這個月的房租呢。我什么時候能拿到錢？
錢德勒：
快了，布萊克太太，很快。
布萊克太太看著錢德勒的衣服。
布萊克太太：
你有錢買昂貴的衣服，但是沒錢付房租，是這樣嗎？
錢德勒：
（快速跑遠）晚安，布萊克太太！
第二場
一個漂亮姑娘
紐約的一條街。錢德勒正沿著街道走，這時，一個叫瑪麗安的女孩從街角走來。她戴著一頂舊帽子，穿著一件看上去很廉價的外套。她走得很快，撞到了錢德勒，摔倒在地。
瑪麗安：
??！
錢德勒：
哦，天吶！
錢德勒扶她站起來。她傷到了腳。
瑪麗安：
我的腳！我傷到腳了。
錢德勒：
你能走嗎？
瑪麗安：
我——我想可以。
她試著走，但她的腳疼得太厲害了。
瑪麗安：
??！也許——
錢德勒：
我叫輛出租車送你回家吧。
瑪麗安：
不用麻煩了，我馬上就好。
錢德勒第一次仔細打量她，并對自己的所見頗感欣喜。
錢德勒：
我覺得你的腳需要再休息會兒。
瑪麗安：
也許你說得對。
錢德勒：
我正準備一個人去吃飯，你干嗎不和我一起去呢？我們一起用晚餐，之后你的腳應(yīng)該能輕松帶你回家了。
瑪麗安：
但是我們素不相識……
錢德勒：
我叫托爾斯·錢德勒?，F(xiàn)在你知道我的名字了，就與我共進晚餐吧。然后我會跟你道別，或送你回家——隨你的意愿。
瑪麗安：
可是我這一身衣服！太不——
錢德勒：
我肯定你穿著這身衣服比最高級的餐廳里的任何人都要漂亮。
瑪麗安：
嗯……我的腳確實很痛。好吧，錢德勒先生，我跟你去吧。你可以叫我……瑪麗安小姐。
第三場
錢德勒講了一個故事
錢德勒和瑪麗安坐在餐廳的桌子旁，一名服務(wù)生正給他們上咖啡。他們旁邊另有兩張桌子。坐在那兩桌的人衣著華貴，邊吃飯邊輕聲交談著。
瑪麗安：
晚餐很棒。謝謝你，錢德勒先生。跟我說說吧，你是做什么工作的？
錢德勒：
（笑）工作？我騎馬、跳舞、去歐洲旅行，我還有一條船。
瑪麗安：
你沒有工作嗎？一些更——嗯，有意思的事情？
錢德勒：
我親愛的瑪麗安小姐，我沒時間工作！想想吧，每天穿戴好了去用餐，每天下午或晚上還要去六七個朋友家里拜訪。
瑪麗安：
是啊——哦——
錢德勒：
就是啊，我們這些“無所事事的人”是這個國家最辛苦的人呢！
瑪麗安：
（憂傷地）我明白了。嗯，謝謝你，和你吃飯聊天很開心。我現(xiàn)在要回家了，我的腳好多了，可以走回家，你不用送我。
錢德勒：
哦，好吧。再見，瑪麗安小姐。
她從桌邊站起身，走開了。錢德勒憂傷地注視著她。
錢德勒：
（自言自語）多么好的姑娘！也許是個商店店員？我為什么不告訴她我的真實情況呢？也許那樣……唉，現(xiàn)在太遲了。啊，我真是太蠢了！
第四場
瑪麗安的真命天子
在瑪麗安的臥室?，旣惏埠徒憬丬畿缭谝黄稹蓚€姑娘坐在床上，興奮地交談著。
茜茜：
你穿著那身舊衣帽出去了兩個小時。母親很擔(dān)心，她派路易斯開車找你去了。你真是個壞女孩！
瑪麗走進房間。
茜茜：
哦，你來了，瑪麗。告訴母親，瑪麗安小姐已經(jīng)回來了。
瑪麗：
好的，小姐。（她離開了房間。）
瑪麗安：
我只不過是跑到裁縫那里去告訴她，我的新裙子上要用藍色而不是紅色?，旣惖呐f帽子和舊外套正符合我的需要。
茜茜：
你真傻！
瑪麗安：
（笑）所有人都以為我是個女店員！太棒了！
茜茜：
晚飯已經(jīng)吃完了，你回來得太晚了。
瑪麗安：
我知道。我摔倒了，傷了腳。我走不了路，就到一家餐廳里坐了會兒，直到我覺得好了些。（她從床上起來，走到窗戶旁邊，看著下面的街道。）我們總有一天得嫁人，茜茜。
茜茜：
是的，不錯。
瑪麗安：
我們很有錢，而母親和父親會想讓我們嫁給跟我們一樣富有的人。但是我能夠愛上一個那樣的人嗎？
茜茜：
那你會愛上什么樣的人？
瑪麗安：
我會愛上一個有著和善的藍眼睛的人，他不會試圖追求他見到的每一個女孩。但是他一定要有一份實實在在并真正重要的工作，我才會愛上他。那樣的話，我不在乎他有多窮。
茜茜：
你的確太傻了！
瑪麗安：
也許吧。但是，親愛的姐姐，我們只會遇見成天騎馬、跳舞的男人。我沒法愛上那樣的男人，即便他的雙眼是藍色的，而且對在街上遇到的窮女孩很和善。
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