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“Oh, did you see that? Imagine!”
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“I’ve never forgotten it, Mr. Douglas.”
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“Well, I was twice sixteen during my Romeo period,” he said, and smiled charmingly. “Do you know how old I am now? Fifty-three, no less.”
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…Twice sixteen, she was thinking. That youth—that slim young lover? A Romeo of thirty-two? Incredible it seemed; it was possible, perhaps, but not probable.
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She got up. “I—think it’s time for dinner,” she said. “Mr. Douglas, won’t you bring your drink in to the table?”
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● Imagine：请想想看！怪不怪？
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● during my Romeo period：我演罗密欧那个时期。
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● That youth—that slim young lover：这是舞台上所看见的罗密欧，演员本人则是已经三十二岁了。
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● Incredible：令人难信。not probable：不近情理。
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● bring your drink in：把酒一块儿带来。
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“So you saw our Romeo and Juliet,” he said. “Fancy that. You must have been kids.”
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“We weren’t. We were both in college at the time.”
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‘About Rafe’s age. I should imagine,” he said. “Wouldn’t you call him a kid?”
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● Fancy that：同上文的Imagine一样，是一种自言自语。
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● must have been：“从现在的立场，猜度过去的事情”所用的动词形式。
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● kids：小孩子。
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● I should imagine和Wouldn’t you两个虚拟式动词，都是比较客气而不武断的说法。
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● call him a kid：大学生还算是小孩子，其人显然有点倚老卖老。
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“…We played Romeo and Juliet thirty consecutive weeks at the Morosco,” he was saying, “and then took it on the road for another whole season. You can imagine the bang it gave me when we played Pueblo, Colorado. After the American tour, there was a three months’ run at the Haymarket in London. I’m telling you, I was never so sick of anything in my life as I was of Romeo when we finally quit. Bored stiff.”
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“Bored? But you couldn’t have been! I can’t believe it, Mr. Douglas?”
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● he was saying：只听他在那里滔滔不绝地说。
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● thirty consecutive weeks：连续演三十个星期（莎翁名剧重演，卖座如此持久不衰，在纽约百老汇也很难得）。Morosco：百老汇的戏院名。上文说Alice和Smith是在“兰心”戏院看的戏，“兰心”戏院想是在纽约州Rochester，那时候戏班已经出发巡回表演了。
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● took it on the road：各处巡回公演。road有一个特别意义，专指戏班跑码头而言。请参照上文road company。
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● bang：美俚，突然而来的或强烈的欢欣、兴奋。他自己是十六岁的时候，看见了戏班子在那里演出，而决心献身戏剧的，现在自己的戏班也在那里演出了，当然兴奋异常。played：play作及物动词用，这种用法比较特别。根据The American College Dictionary，此字的解释是：（戏班）在（某地）公演，（to give performance in, as a theatrical company does），该字典并举了一个例子：
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to play the larger cities（在大城市公演）
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