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类别:经典文学
信使因瘟疫受阻,罗密欧误信朱丽叶死讯,悲愤抗拒命运并决意殉情。
时长 51 秒 · 语速 157 wpm
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The wedding music turned into a funeral song. 婚礼上的乐声变成了葬礼的哀歌。
The flowers meant for the bride were laid on her body instead, 原本为新娘准备的鲜花,却铺在了她的遗体上,
and Juliet was carried to the Capulet tomb. 朱丽叶被抬进了凯普莱特家的墓室。
Meanwhile, the friar's letter was on its way to Mantua. 与此同时,神父的信正送往曼图亚的路上。
But the messenger was trapped. 可送信的人却被困住了。
There had been an outbreak of plague, 那里突然爆发了瘟疫,
and he was locked inside a house under quarantine. 他因为隔离被反锁在一栋屋子里。
The letter never arrived. 信终究没能送达。
Instead, Romeo's servant Balthasar saw Juliet's funeral, and rode straight to Mantua. 反倒是罗密欧的仆人鲍尔萨泽目睹了朱丽叶的葬礼,一路骑马直奔曼图亚。
"She sleeps in Capel's monument." “她长眠在凯普莱特家的陵墓里。”
Romeo stood very still. 罗密欧僵在原地,一动不动。
"Is it even so? “当真是这样吗?
Then I defy you, stars!" 那我偏要逆天而行,誓与命运抗争!”
He didn't cry, and didn't hesitate. 他没有哭,也没有半点犹豫。
The smallest delay can change the whole shape of a story. 哪怕只耽搁片刻,整件事的结局都会被彻底改写。
"Get me ink and paper, and hire horses. “给我拿纸墨来,再去备几匹马。
I will hence tonight." 我今晚就离开这里。”
Romeo had made a decision. 罗密欧已经下定了决心。
Tonight, he would lie with Juliet. 今晚,他要陪朱丽叶躺在一起。