經(jīng)典英語戲劇劇本：家歐·亨利-麥琪的禮物

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麥琪的禮物

劇情博覽《麥琪的禮物》講述了一個在圣誕節(jié)里發(fā)生在社會底層的小家庭中荒唐卻感人的故事。男主人公吉姆是一位薪金僅夠維持生活的小職員，女主人公德拉是一位賢惠善良的主婦。他們的生活貧窮，但吉姆和德拉各自擁有一樣極珍貴的寶物——吉姆祖?zhèn)鞯囊粔K金表，就算“地下室堆滿金銀財寶、所羅門王又是守門人的話，每當(dāng)吉姆路過那兒，準(zhǔn)會摸出金表，就能讓那所羅門王忌妒得吹胡子瞪眼睛”;德拉的那一頭美麗的瀑布般的秀發(fā)，可以與之相媲美。為了能在圣誕節(jié)送給對方一件禮物，吉姆賣掉了他的金表為德拉買了一套“鑲著珠寶”的梳子;德拉賣掉了自己的長發(fā)為吉姆買了一條白金表鏈。他們都為對方舍棄了自己最寶貴的東西，而換來的禮物卻因此變得毫無用處了。

Narrator:Tomorrow will be Christmas. But Della feels very sad. Because shehas no money to buy a present for her husband, Jim . She has only onedollar and eighty-seven cents. They have only 20 dollars a week, it doesn'tleave much for saving.In fact, Della and Jim have two possessions in which they both takevery great pride. One is Jim's gold watch, which has been his father's andhis grandfather's. The other is Della's long beautiful hair.

旁白明天是圣誕節(jié)，但是德拉覺得很難過，因為她沒錢為她丈夫吉姆買一件圣誕禮物，她只有1.87美元，他們一周只有20美元的收入，很難有節(jié)余的了。事實上，德拉和吉姆有兩件讓他們引以為豪的寶貝，一件是吉姆的金表，那是他祖父和父親留傳下來的，還有一件就是德拉那一頭美麗的長發(fā)。

Della: Life is so hard for me. Though I saved the money for manymonths, I still have only one dollar and eighty seven cents. I— I— I haveto have my hair cut and sold it . In that way I can get some money and Ican buy a beautiful present for Jim

德拉：生活對我來說太困難了，雖然我在好幾個月以前就開始存錢了，但我僅存了1.87美元。我……我……我不得不賣我的頭發(fā)了，那樣我就有給吉姆買禮物的錢了。

.(At the shop—“Madame Sofronie. We Buy Hair Goods of All Kinds" )Della: Will you buy my hair?Madame: Yes, I buy all kinds of hair. Sit down, please. Take your hatoff and let me have a look. Oh, very beautiful. Very good! Twenty dollars,OK?

(在店門口，寫著“夫人：我們買各種各樣的頭發(fā)”)德拉：你們買我的頭發(fā)嗎?夫人：是的，我們買各式各樣的頭發(fā)。請坐，把你的帽子脫下來，讓我看一下你的頭發(fā)。哦，好美的頭發(fā)啊，發(fā)質(zhì)很好，20美元，行不行?

Della: All right. But please give it to me quickly.Madame: Here you are. Twenty dollars.

德拉：好的，但是請你馬上把錢給我。夫人：給你，20美元。德拉：謝謝你，再見。

Della: Thank you. Bye.Madame: Bye.Narrator: Della spent two hours in the streets. Then she stopped at aGold shop and bought a gold watch chain. Now, Della is at home.

夫人：再見。旁白：德拉在街上逛了兩個小時。后來，她在一家金店買了一條金表鏈?，F(xiàn)在德拉回到了家。

Della: Oh, what a beautiful gold watch chain. I think it must matchJim's watch. When he sees it he must be very happy .(Suddenly the door opened and in came Jim. )Jim: You-?Della: Jim. Don't look at me in this way. I had my hair cut off and soldit because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you apresent. Jim, it will grow quickly. You don't mind, do you ? I just had todo it. My hair grows very fast, you know. Say "Merry Christmas!" Jim, andlet's be happy.

德拉：哦，多么漂亮的金鏈子啊。我想它跟吉姆的手表很配。他看到它時，一定會很高興的。(突然，門打開了，吉姆走了進來)吉姆：你——?德拉：吉姆，不要這樣看著我，我把我的頭發(fā)賣了，因為我無法度過一個不送你禮物的圣誕節(jié)。吉姆，它長得很快的，你不介意的，是不是?我必須這么做，我的頭發(fā)長得很快，這你是知道的，說“圣誕快樂”!吉姆，讓我們高興起來吧。

Jim: You've cut off your hair?

吉姆：你剪了你的頭發(fā)?

Della: I've cut it off and sold it. It's sold. I tell you sold and gone, too.It's Christmas Eve, Jim. Be good to me, for it went for you.

德拉：我剪了頭發(fā)并賣了。它被賣掉了，我跟你說它被賣掉了，沒有了!現(xiàn)在是圣誕節(jié)前夜，對我好一點，吉姆，那都是為了你。

Jim: Well, Della. Don't make any mistake about me. I don't thinkthere's anything about a hair cut that could make me love you any less. I know, it went for me. Look at this package.

吉姆：哦，德拉，別誤會我。我想我不會因為你剪了頭發(fā)就減少對你的愛。我知道，那是為了我，看看這個盒子。

Della: What ?Jim: Look at it yourself. You'll see.Della: Ah! The combs. They were in the shop windows for manymonths!

德拉：什么?吉姆：你自己看吧!看了你就明白了。德拉：啊，是梳子!就是幾個月前陳列在櫥窗里的那套嗎?

Jim: Yes, the beautiful combs, pure tortoiseshell, with jewelry rims-just the color to wear in your beautiful hair.Della: Jim. They are expensive combs. I know, my heart had longedfor them without the least hope of possession. Now they are mine. Thankyou Jim.Jim: Now, you will see why I was upset at first.Della: Jim, you don't know what a nice, what a beautiful, nice gift I'vegot for you. Can you guess?

吉姆：是的，那套漂亮的梳子，純龜甲的，鑲珠寶的，那顏色正好配你的發(fā)色。德拉：吉姆，這些都是很貴的。我知道，我一直渴望但卻沒有絲毫的奢望擁有它?，F(xiàn)在，它們是我的了。謝謝你，吉姆。吉姆：現(xiàn)在，你知道我為什么一開始那么悲傷了吧。德拉：吉姆，我給你買了一件又漂亮又好的禮物，你能猜出來嗎?

Jim: I'm sorry. I won't guess

吉姆：對不起，我不想猜。

Della: Look. A gold watch chain. Isn't it lovely, Jim? I hunted all overthe town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a daynow. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it .Jim: Della, Let's put our Christmas gifts away and keep them a while.They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money.And I bought the combs. Now, Let's have our supper.

德拉：看，一條金表鏈，吉姆，它是不是很可愛?我找遍了整個城市才找到的，你從現(xiàn)在起可得一天要看一百次時間了。把你的表給我，我想看一下表鏈裝在表上是什么樣子。吉姆：德拉，我們把圣誕禮物收起來珍藏一段時間吧，它們太好了，但我們現(xiàn)在都用不著了，我把表賣了，賣了錢才買了這套梳子。我們先吃飯吧。

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作者介紹歐·亨利(O.Henry)是其筆名，原名為威廉·西德尼·波特(William Sydney Porter)，美國著名批判現(xiàn)實主義作家，世界三大短篇小說大師之一。曾被評論界譽為曼哈頓桂冠散文作家和美國現(xiàn)代短篇小說之父。他的作品構(gòu)思新穎、語言詼諧，結(jié)局往往出人意外，代表作有小說集《白菜與國王》、《四百萬》、《命運之路》等。核心單詞chain n. 鏈，鏈條;項圈package n. 包裹;包裝箱possession n. 所有物;財產(chǎn)hunt v. 搜索;尋找