Lesson 74 Out of the limelight 舞台之外讲义- 2023-2024学年新概念英语第二册

新概念英语第二册第74课 Lesson74 Out of the limelight舞台之外 An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off.Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes. they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.But as they soon discovered,disguises can sometimes be too perfect. 'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,'said Gloria Gleam. 'It couldn't be better,Gloria,'Brinksley Meers agreed.'No newspaper men,no film fans!Why don't we come more often?' Meanwhile,two other actors,Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable,a stranger appeared.He looked very angry.'Now you get out of here,all of you!'he shouted.'I'm sheriff here.Do you see that notice?It says "No Camping"--in case you can't read!' 'Look,sheriff,'said Rockwall,'don't be too hard on us.I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.' 'Oh,is it?'said the sheriff with a sneer.'Well,I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam.Now you get out of here fast!' New words and expressions生词和短语 limelight n.舞台灯光 precaution n. 预防措施 fan n.狂热者，迷 shady adj.遮荫的 sheriff n. 司法长官 notice n.告示 sneer n. 冷笑 参考译文 一辆古旧的汽车停在一条千涸的河床边，一群著名男女演员下 了车。他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣裳，特别小心以防别人认出他们。 但他们很快就发觉，化装的效果有时过分完美了。 “在这个地方野餐简直太妙了，”格格利亚.格利姆说。 “是再好不过的了，格格利亚。”布林克斯利，米尔斯表示同意， “没有记者，没有影迷！我们为什么不经常来这里呢？” 此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔，斯林格和默林.格里夫斯，已 经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。当他们都已安排舒适时， 一个陌生人出现了。他看上去非常气愤。“你们都从这里走开， 全都走开！”他大叫着，“我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个 布告牌了吗？上面写着‘禁止野营’一一除非你们不识字！” “好了，好了，司法官，”罗克沃尔说，“别使我们难堪。我 是罗克沃尔，斯林格，这位是默林.格里夫斯。” “噢，是吗？”那位司法长官冷笑一声说道，“好，我就是布林 克斯利.米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚.格利姆。现在你们 课文解释 l.Out of the limelight(标题)舞台之外。 这个短语是标题。短语中的limelight的原义为舞台照明用的 “石灰光灯”，在这里用其引申意义，即“众人注目的中心”。 out of the limelight字面意思是“在舞台灯光照射范围之外” (即“舞台之外”)，引申的含义指“当没有受到大众瞩目或关 注的时候”。那么“在舞台上”或“受到人们关注的时候”就 是in the limelight。例如： She has been in the limelight since she became an actress. 她自从成为一位演员后，一直引人注目。 Although he is a government official,he tries to keep out o