1 The Opera House

The Phantom of the Opera

歌剧魅影

Chapter 1 The Opera House The Phantom of the Opera isn't just another ghost story. The phantom really existed, secretly roaming the grand halls of the Paris Opera House...

《歌剧院魅影》不仅仅是一个鬼故事。 幽灵确实存在，秘密地在巴黎歌剧院的大厅里游荡。

The air in the opera house was humming with excitement. It was the first night under new management. Voices were warming up with high trills... Tra la la laa! ...and stage-hands were milling around, looking for props.

歌剧院里充满了兴奋的气氛。 这是新经理上任后的第一个晚上。 声音因高颤音而升温。 啦啦啦啦！…舞台工作人员四处走动，寻找道具。

The star of the show, Carlotta, stomped around, complaining. I said RED grapes you fool! "How can I be expected to sing," she wailed, to no one in particular, "when my throat hurts from all the smoke in this horrible city?"

节目的主角卡洛塔（Carlotta）跺着脚走来走去，抱怨着。 我说的是红葡萄，你这个傻瓜！“我怎么能唱歌呢，”她哀号着，不针对任何人，“当我的喉咙被这个可怕的城市里的烟雾弄痛的时候？”

Down the corridor from Carlotta, dancers fussed and fiddled with their costumes. But in one dressing room the evening's performance was the last thing anyone was thinking about...

从卡洛塔穿过走廊，舞者们忙着摆弄他们的服装。 但在一个更衣室里，当晚的表演是所有人想的最后一件事……

"I heard the ghost has different heads that he changes as he pleases," said one of the dancers. "I've heard he has no nose!" cried another, whose own nose was widely admired. I thought he was a skeleton?

“我听说鬼魂有不同的头，他可以随心所欲地改变，”一个舞者说。 “我听说他没有鼻子！”另一个人叫道，他自己的鼻子广受赞赏。 我以为他是个骷髅？