仲夏夜之梦中英对照.pdf

A Midsummer Night ’ s Dream 仲夏夜之梦 Scripts： Aside ：There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of forcing their daughters to marry whomever they pleased. For if a daughter refused to marry the man her father had chosen to be her husband, the father might by thus law cause her to be put to death. 在雅典有一条法律赋予市民权力， 可以强迫他们的女儿嫁给他们所喜欢的人， 因此如果女儿 拒绝父亲为她选的丈夫，依据这条法律，父亲可以自行判她死刑。 (灯不开，只有旁白 ) ACT I. SCENE I Athens. The corrider. Egeus急匆匆的大步往前走， Hermia 在后面追，两人都从舞台左侧上，在中间停住 HERMIA: Father, please, please don’t do that. Egeus: I ’ m sorry ,HERMIA, you have to marry Demetrious, theeligible young man in the city. 荷米亚，你必须嫁给狄米崔斯，这城中最好的年轻人。 HERMIA: I can’t, Father ! I can ’t be his wife.爸爸，抱歉。我不能成为他的妻子。 Egeus: Why do you refused to marry Demetrius? He is really a worthy gentleman! 你为什麼拒绝嫁给狄米崔斯呢？他是一个真正的绅士。 HERMIA: But I don ’t love him. Ive fell in love with Lysander. 但是我不爱他。我已经爱上了莱赛德。 Egeus: Lysander? Is he better than Demetrious? No! 莱赛德？他会比狄米崔斯好吗？不！ HERMIA: Oh! Father! Demetrious had ever said that he love my friend, Helena, and she, a sweet lady also love him deeply. 喔！爸爸，狄米崔斯曾说过， 他爱我的朋友——海伦娜，而这一个甜美女孩也深爱狄 米崔斯。 Egeus: No matter what you say, Ive decided to let you marry Demetrious. I stick to do this! 不管你怎麼说！我已经决定让你嫁给狄米崔斯了，我坚决这样做。 HERMIA: I won ’t give my heart to the person who I never like. 我不愿把我的心交给一个我不曾喜欢的人。 Egeus: If you dont marry Demetrious, Ill use the ancient right of Athens, asking to put you to death according to our law! (头也不回，怒气冲冲的疾步走下去，从右侧下 ) 如果你不嫁给狄米崔斯，根据我们的法律，我将用雅典的古律法要求判你死刑。 HERMIA: Oh! Please, please do not! My dear father! Don ’t you love me any more? D