英語閱讀能力是英語學習者語言水平的體現。閱讀對于學習者具有重要的作用，不僅能培養學生英語語感，還能促進詞匯積累，提高寫作水平。對培養學習者的英語綜合能力大有幫助，同時也是學好英語的主要手段和有效途徑。今后 給大家安排了每天500字的小說閱讀，期待大家加入，一起讀英文原創小說。

每天500字閱讀（朗讀更棒），每個月就是1萬5千字，每年的閱讀量就可以達到高達18萬， 這是一個很了不起的閱讀量 。同時，我們把詞匯提取出來，真實語境，更有利于習得詞匯，一起讀起來。

TheRosewood Theatrehad stood for nearly a century, its red velvet curtains now faded, and its chandeliers holding more dust than light.
It hadn’t hosted a full play in years, but volunteers still came every weekend to clean, repaint, and remember.

Lena, a college drama student, joined the restoration project one summer.
She loved the scent of old wood, the echo of footsteps in the hall, the way stage lights flickered to life.

One afternoon, while sweeping under the main stage, her broom hit something hard.
It was a small wooden box, wedged beneath a loose floorboard.

Inside was a letter, wrapped in faded pink ribbon.

*“To you, whoever finds this — I was once Juliet here. He was Romeo. We weren’t supposed to fall in love, but theatre has a funny way of making hearts forget lines. He left for war in 1943. I stayed behind, watching the door every night from behind the curtain. If you ever find him — tell him I remembered everything. — Eliza M.”*

Lena showed the letter to the theatre director, an old man named Mr. Hall.

He read it in silence. Then whispered, “Eliza… I knew her. She had the softest voice.”

After some research and digging through archived playbills, they discovered that Eliza had played Juliet in 1942, and the Romeo in that play—Thomas Hale—was reported missing in action a year later.

Lena wrote about the letter in the local newspaper.

A week later, a reply came. FromThomas Hale’s grandson.

“My grandfather survived. He came back, searched for Eliza, but the theatre had shut down. He left a letter too. I found it among his things.”

They brought the two letters together—finally side by side.

One stage.
Two voices.
A love that waited decades for its final curtain call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lena discover the hidden letter?
   A. Behind a mirror backstage
   B. Inside a costume trunk
   C. Beneath the stage during cleaning
   D. On a bookshelf in the director’s office

2. What was Eliza’s role in the theatre?
   A. Playwright
   B. Stage manager
   C. Juliet in a past production
   D. Violinist in the orchestra

3. What did Lena do with Eliza’s letter?
   A. Put it back in the box
   B. Burned it as a farewell
   C. Published a story about it
   D. Mailed it to a museum

1. C

2. C

3. C

red velvet curtains

紅色天鵝絨帷幕

restoration project

修復項目

stage lights flickered to life

舞臺燈一閃一閃地亮起來

wedged beneath

卡在……下面

faded pink ribbon

褪色的粉色絲帶

theatre has a funny way

戲劇總有它奇妙的方式

watching the door from behind curtain

在帷幕后望著門

playbills

戲劇節目單

missing in action

戰時失蹤

final curtain call

最后一幕/最后亮相

中文全文翻譯舞臺下的信

玫瑰木劇院已經屹立了近一個世紀，紅天鵝絨的帷幕已經褪色，枝形吊燈也積滿了灰塵。
多年來，劇院再沒有演出完整的劇目，但每個周末，志愿者仍會來打掃、粉刷、回憶。

莉娜是大學里的戲劇系學生，那個夏天她加入了劇院的修復項目。
她喜歡老木頭的氣味、腳步聲在走廊中回蕩的感覺，以及舞臺燈亮起時的一瞬間。

某天下午，在清掃主舞臺底部時，她的掃帚碰到了一個堅硬的東西。

那是一只小木盒，被夾在一塊松動的地板下面。

里面有一封信，綁著一根褪色的粉色絲帶。

*“致找到此信的人—— 我曾在這里演過朱麗葉，他是我的羅密歐。 我們原本不該相愛，可戲劇總有辦法讓人忘記自己的臺詞。 他于1943年參軍離去。 我留在劇院，每晚都從帷幕后看著門口。 如果你找到他——請告訴他，我記得所有的一切。 ——伊萊莎·M”*

莉娜將這封信交給劇院導演——名叫霍爾的老人。

他默默讀完，輕聲說道：“伊萊莎……我認識她。她的嗓音很柔?！?/p>

他們查閱舊報紙和劇院節目單，發現伊萊莎確實在1942年演過《羅密歐與朱麗葉》的女主角，而那一年的男主——托馬斯·黑爾——于次年戰時失蹤。

莉娜將這段故事寫進了地方報紙。

一周后，有人回信了——是托馬斯·黑爾的孫子。

“我祖父活著回來了。 他回來后找過伊萊莎，可劇院已關閉。 他也寫過一封信。 我最近在整理他的遺物時才發現?！?/blockquote>

他們把兩封信放在了一起——終于并排相依。

同一個舞臺，
兩個聲音，
一段等待了幾十年的愛情，
終于迎來了謝幕的那一刻。

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