【先睹为快】

【边看边听】

Nina 独白

It was the prologue when the Rothbart casts his spell.

那是序中的一场戏，魔法师Rothbart走下了诅咒。

【台词精讲】

生词：prologue

双语释义： introductory part of a poem or play 序诗; 开场白

用法：prologue (to sth)

例子：An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action. 解说员在伊丽莎白戏剧中朗诵序言和尾声以及有时关于演出评论的演员。

重点词汇：spell

双语释义：words that are thought to have magic power or to make a piece of magic work; a piece of magic that happens when sb says these magic words 咒言

常用搭配：to cast / put a spell on sb 向某人施咒；蛊惑(某人)

例句："Jane Eyre, is it you and your magic? '"he asked. "Have you put a spell on me again? Did you intend to drown me this time?"简·爱，是你和你的魔法吗？他问，你是不是又对我念了咒语？这次是想淹死我吗？

to be under a spell (= affected by magic) 被咒语镇住

We listened to the young lutist as though we were under a spell.我们听着年轻的琵琶手演奏，简直着了迷。

【课后习题】

第一、请用本课所讲的语言点翻译下面的句子。

1. 一个个就像着了魔似的，听得如痴如醉。

2. 四周十分安静，就好像每个东西都被魔法的咒语所覆盖一样。

参考翻译答案如下：
1. Everyone listened as if someone had put a spell on them.

2. It was so quiet, as if everything had fallen under a magic spell.

第二、请听音频进行模仿朗读。