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Literature Spot 2 Read and listen to the story "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Basil Hayward was a successful artist. He had nearly finished a portrait of a very handsome young man called Dorian Gray. One day a friend of his, Lord Henry Wotton, saw the picture Basil was painting and wanted to meet this young man. A few days later, Lord Henry and Dorian Gray met at Basil's house and went for a walk in the garden. "Ah, how lucky you are to be so young. There is nothing in the world as important as youth!" said Lord Henry to Dorian. "But time is your enemy." They went inside to see the portrait and Dorian looked at his own picture intensely. "I wish I could always stay young and the picture could grow old.Oh, why did you paint this picture, Basil? Why should it stay young while I grow old? I wish the picture could change, and I could stay as I am." Dorian was beginning to fall in love with his own picture. A few weeks later, Dorian told Lord Henry that he was in love with an actress, called Sybil Vane. She was seventeen and very beautiful.Dorian didn't tell Sybil his name but she called him Prince Charming. He told her that he was in love with her and he wanted to marry her.Sybil's brother was worried about her and this mysterious young man. "If that man harms my sister, I'll kill him," he said to a friend. The years went by, but Dorian Gray stayed young and handsome.He enjoyed all the pleasures there were in life.However, his portrait changed and showed all the terrible secrets of his life. Dorian became more and more obsessed with the picture as the face in it became old and ugly. On Dorian's thirty-eighth birthday, Basil Hayward, the painter, came to see Dorian and told him that he was going away to Paris. Basil told him that people were saying terrible things about Dorian's life. Dorian decided to show Basil the portrait and to tell him his secret.Basil was horrified when he saw the face and told Dorian to change his life. Suddenly, Dorian became very angry with Basil.He took a knife ... and stabbed Basil several times. The next day, Dorian got rid of the body.Nobody would ever miss Basil Hayward.They would think that he had gone to France. Later that night, Dorian was in a bar talking to two women. One of the women said to him, "Ah, I remember you. You're Prince Charming, aren't you?" A sailor heard this. It was Sybil's brother. But Sybil's brother was a sailor and had to go off to Australia. One night, Dorian took his friends to see Sybil acting as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She acted badly and after the performance Dorian spoke to Sybil.He was very angry with her. "But how can I pretend to be Juliet now that I know what real love is?" she said to him. Dorian said that he had loved her because she was a good actress.Now he didn't love her any more and so he left her.When he got back home Dorian looked at his portrait again. Somehow it was different.The face in the picture now had a cruel smile.Then Dorian remembered his wish.He realised that he had been cruel to Sybil. Tomorrow he would see her and be good to her and make up for what he had done.But the next day Lord Henry brought Dorian some terrible news.Sybil had killed herself! Lord Henry told him not to worry,that it would have been impossible to marry her anyway - she was just an actress.When Lord Henry left, Dorian looked at the picture of himself again. He realised that he would stay young and handsome forever and that the face in the picture would become ugly, old and cruel.Dorian decided to change his life. "Maybe if I have a better life, the face in the picture will not be so ugly and horrible." But when he looked at the portrait it was even more terrible than before.He decided to destroy the picture.He picked up a knife and stabbed the painting. There was a loud cry and a crash.The servants were very afraid.They went into the room.On the wall they saw the portrait of Dorian Gray as a young, handsome man.On the floor was a dead man, with a knife in his heart.It was the other Dorian Gray, his face old, ugly and horrible. 文学现场 2 阅读并听奥斯卡o王尔德的小说《道林o格雷的画像》。 巴兹尔o霍华德是一位成功的艺术家。他快完成了一位名叫道林o格雷的英俊年轻人的画像。 一天他的一位朋友，亨利o奥托爵士看见了巴兹尔画的画，想见见这位年轻人。几天之后，亨利爵士和道林o格雷在巴兹尔的家里见面了，两人去花园散步。 “啊，你这么年轻是多么幸运的事情。在世上，没有比青春更重要的事情了！”亨利爵士对道林说。 “但是时间是你的敌人。” 他们走进来看这幅肖像，道林紧张地看着他自己的肖像。 “我希望我能够永远年轻，而让这幅画变老。哦，你为什么画这幅画，巴兹尔？为什么在我变老的时候而这幅画依然年轻？我希望这幅画能够变化，而我能保持原样。” 道林开始爱上他自己的画像。 几周之后，道林告诉亨利爵士他爱上了一位名叫希比尔o文恩的女演员。她十七岁，非常美丽。 道林没有告诉希比尔他的名字，但是她叫他迷人王子。他告诉希比尔他爱上了她，并想娶她。希比尔的哥哥对这个神秘的年轻人有些担心。 “如果这个人伤害了我的妹妹，我会杀了他，”他对一个朋友说。 时间一年一年过去，道林仍然很年轻和英俊。他享受着生活的所有欢乐。但是，他的画像变化着，并显示着他生活中的所有可怕的秘密。 当画像中的脸变得又老又丑的时候，道林越来越被他的画像所困扰。 在道林38岁生日时，画家巴兹尔o霍华德来看道林，告诉他他将离开这里去巴黎。巴兹尔告诉道林人们在谈论道林生活中可怕的事情。道林决定给巴兹尔看这幅画像，并告诉他他的秘密。 巴兹尔看到画像中的脸后，非常惊恐，告诉道林要改变他的生活。 突然，道林对巴兹尔非常生气。他拿出了一把刀……，对巴兹尔刺了好几下。 第二天，道林处理了尸体。没有人想起巴兹尔o霍华德。他们认为他已经去了法国。 那天晚上，道林在一间酒吧同两位女士聊天。 其中一位对他说：“啊，我记得你。你是迷人王子，是吗？” 一位船员听到了这个。他是希比尔的哥哥。但是希比尔的哥哥是一个船员，要离开这里去澳大利亚。 一天晚上，道林带着他的朋友去看希比尔饰演《罗密欧与茱丽叶》中的茱丽叶。 她演得很糟糕，在演出后道林对希比尔这么说。他对她很生气。 “但是我知道真爱是什么，我怎么能演好茱丽叶？”她对他说。 道林说他爱她是因为她是个好演员。但是他现在不再爱她了，所以他离开了她。 回家后，道林又盯着他的画像。不知为什么画像有些不同了。画像中的脸有着残酷的笑容。然后道林想起他许的愿望。他认识到自己对希比尔很残酷。 明天他将去看她，对她好点，弥补他所做的事情。但是第二天亨利爵士给道林带来了一个恐怖的消息。希比尔自杀了！ 亨利爵士让他不要担心，无论如何娶她是不可能的——她只是一个女演员。 当亨利爵士离开后，道林又看着他的画像。他明白他将永远保持年轻和英俊，而画像中的脸将会变得丑陋、衰老、残酷。道林决定改变他的生活。 “如果我能过上更好的生活，画像中的脸就不会这么丑陋和恐怖了。” 但是当他看着画像时，画像变得更加可怕。他决定毁了这张画像。他捡起一把刀，刺向画像。传来了一阵大叫声和碰撞声。 仆人很担心。他们走进房间。在墙上他们见到了道林o格雷的画像，年轻而英俊。在地上躺着一个死人，心脏上插着一把刀。那是另一个道林o格雷，他的脸很衰老、丑陋和恐怖。 |
