英語(yǔ)閱讀能力是英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者語(yǔ)言水平的體現(xiàn)。閱讀對(duì)于學(xué)習(xí)者具有重要的作用，不僅能培養(yǎng)學(xué)生英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)感，還能促進(jìn)詞匯積累，提高寫作水平。對(duì)培養(yǎng)學(xué)習(xí)者的英語(yǔ)綜合能力大有幫助，同時(shí)也是學(xué)好英語(yǔ)的主要手段和有效途徑。今后 給大家安排了每天500字的小說(shuō)閱讀，期待大家加入，一起讀英文原創(chuàng)小說(shuō)。

每天500字閱讀（朗讀更棒），每個(gè)月就是1萬(wàn)5千字，每年的閱讀量就可以達(dá)到高達(dá)18萬(wàn)， 這是一個(gè)很了不起的閱讀量 。同時(shí)，我們把詞匯提取出來(lái)，真實(shí)語(yǔ)境，更有利于習(xí)得詞匯，一起讀起來(lái)。

（臺(tái)詞之間）

The auditorium at Eastbridge College was quiet after 6PM—
except during play season.

Every spring, the student theatre group would rehearse late into the evening,
filling the air with echoes of monologues and misplaced props.

Noah wasn’t a lead.
Just a supporting role—a quiet librarian with three scenes and six lines.

But he liked it that way.
He liked watching the way people transformed on stage,
how light made them bigger, louder, braver.

What he didn’t expect wasLena,
cast as “Woman in Café,”
with just one scene—but a voice that made even silence feel rehearsed.

They shared almost no lines.
But during every run-through, they lingered near the wings,
watching the story unfold from the same shadowed corner.

Then one night, during a break, Lena passed him her worn script.

“Look at page 47,” she whispered.

He turned the page.
Under his character’s line—“Do you believe people can still surprise you?”—
she had written in the margin:

“Yes. Sometimes softly.”

He looked up.
But she was already walking away.

After that, they began leavingnotes in each other’s scripts—
not romantic, not exactly.

Just questions.
Replies.
Imagined alternate endings.
Tiny rewrites in pencil.

“What do you think happens after Scene Nine?” “They stay. Quietly. Without needing to explain.”

They never said anything outside the pages.

Until closing night.

During curtain call, when the stage lights dimmed,
Noah found a small note folded inside his costume pocket.

“There’s a seat next to me. After the final bow. If you’d like to stay, even after the script ends.”

He stepped off stage,
heart louder than the applause.

And there she was.
Already seated.
Not waiting—justalready sure he’d come.

He sat beside her.
No lines.
No spotlight.

Only them.
And a story still being written.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What roles did Noah and Lena play in the student production?
   A. The lead romantic pair
   B. Stage manager and costume designer
   C. Supporting characters with very few lines
   D. They weren’t part of the play

2. How did Noah and Lena first start connecting?
   A. Through after-rehearsal texts
   B. By passing notes backstage
   C. By writing notes in each other's scripts
   D. Through shared lines during scenes

3. What did Lena’s final note suggest?
   A. That she wanted him to take the lead in the next play
   B. That she was quitting theatre
   C. That she hoped to connect beyond the play
   D. That he should rewrite his final lines

1. C

2. C

3. C

English Phrase

中文翻譯

supporting role

配角

run-through

排練

wings (of a stage)

舞臺(tái)兩側(cè)的后臺(tái)區(qū)域

imagined alternate endings

想象的替代結(jié)局

rewrites in pencil

用鉛筆寫的小改動(dòng)

stage lights dimmed

舞臺(tái)燈光變暗

costume pocket

戲服口袋

final bow

最后的謝幕

heart louder than the applause

心跳勝過(guò)掌聲（比喻緊張激動(dòng)）

story still being written

正在延續(xù)的故事（比喻關(guān)系發(fā)展）

中文全文翻譯臺(tái)詞之間

在東橋?qū)W院的禮堂里，晚上六點(diǎn)之后通常很安靜——
除了每年春季的話劇季。

那時(shí)，學(xué)生劇團(tuán)會(huì)排練到深夜，
整個(gè)空間回蕩著獨(dú)白和不斷掉落的道具聲。

諾亞不是主角。
他只是個(gè)安靜的圖書管理員角色，
三場(chǎng)戲，六句臺(tái)詞。

但他樂(lè)在其中。
喜歡看人們?cè)谖枧_(tái)上的變化，
喜歡燈光下那種讓人變得更大的感覺(jué)。

他沒(méi)想到會(huì)遇到莉娜。

她飾演“咖啡館女子”，
只有一場(chǎng)戲——
但聲音連沉默都像排練過(guò)一樣美。

他們幾乎沒(méi)有對(duì)戲。
但每次排練時(shí)，
兩人總會(huì)站在舞臺(tái)一側(cè)的暗影中，一起看著劇情展開(kāi)。

有一天排練休息時(shí)，莉娜遞給他一本折舊的劇本。

“看第47頁(yè)。” 她輕聲說(shuō)。

他翻開(kāi)那一頁(yè)。
在他角色那句 “你相信人會(huì)帶來(lái)驚喜嗎？” 下面，
她在邊角寫著：

“相信。有時(shí)是輕輕地。”

他抬頭看她，
她已經(jīng)走遠(yuǎn)了。

之后，他們開(kāi)始在彼此的劇本里留下字條。
不是愛(ài)情，
但也不全然是友誼。

只是問(wèn)題、
回應(yīng)、
假想的結(jié)尾，
或用鉛筆寫下的微小改寫。

“你覺(jué)得第九幕之后他們會(huì)怎樣？” “他們留下來(lái)，安靜地，不需要解釋。”

他們從未在臺(tái)詞之外說(shuō)過(guò)這些話。

直到閉幕那晚。

謝幕后燈光漸暗，
諾亞在戲服口袋里發(fā)現(xiàn)一張小紙條：

“我身邊有個(gè)位置。 在最后謝幕之后。 如果你愿意，就留下來(lái)，繼續(xù)演沒(méi)有劇本的那一場(chǎng)。”

他下了舞臺(tái)，
心跳比掌聲還響。

她已經(jīng)坐在那里了，
不是等他，
而是相信他會(huì)來(lái)。

他在她身邊坐下，
沒(méi)有臺(tái)詞，
沒(méi)有聚光燈，

只有他們，
和一段仍在繼續(xù)的故事。

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