新概念英语III讲义

Lesson 22 By heart

Comprehension questions

1. How long do some plays run?

2. Who is this sometimes unfortunate for?

3. Why?

4. Would you expect them to know their parts by heart?

5. Is this always the case?

6. What role was the famous actor cast in?

7. How long had the aristocrat been imprisoned for?

8. What would the gaoler hand to the prisoner in the last act?

9. When was the noble expected to read the letter?

10. What did the actor always insist?

11. What did the gaoler decide to do one night?

12. What was the actor doing when the curtain went up on the final act?

13. What happened then?

14. What did the gaoler give the aristocrat instead of a letter written out in full?

15. How long did the aristocrat stare at the blank sheet of paper?

16. Then what did he say?

17. Did he hand the sheet of paper to the gaoler?

18. Why did the gaoler leave the stage?

19. When did the gaoler return?

20. What did the gaoler read to the prisoner?

2___________using only your memory

3___________a reason for having particular feelings or behaving in a particular way

4___________to speak in a way that shows that you are not confident

5___________to choose which people will act particular parts in a play, movie etc.

6___________a member of a noble family

7___________to put sb. in a prison or another place from which they cannot escape

8___________a person in charge of a prison and the prisoners

9___________a person belonging to a family of high social rank

10___________a person that you work with, especially in a profession or a business

11___________the things that are contained in sth.

13___________to show sth. that was previously hidden

14___________a room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station

15___________including the whole of sth

16___________empty, with nothing written, printed or recorded on it

16___________to watch sth without becoming involved in it yourself

17___________to look at sth. with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better

18___________not bright

19___________without delay

20___________to continue doing sth. that has already been started; to continue being done

2. One would expect them to know their parts _____________ and never have cause to

____________.

3. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once __________ in the role of an

aristocrat who had been ___________ in the Bastille for twenty years.

4. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always

___________that it should be written out in ______________.

5. One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his ____________ to find out if, after so

many performances, he had managed to learn the ____________of the letter by heart.

6. The ____________went up on the final act of the play and ___________ the aristocrat

sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.

7. The gaoler _______________eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt

his lines.

8. Then, ____________ his eyes, he said: ‘The light is _____________. Read the letter to

me.’

9. _____________ this, he hurried off the stage.

10. _____________ to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later

with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter ___________ he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

Study the following sentences and pay attention to the words or phrases in bold.

1. Every time he quarreled with his wife, he would disappear for weeks on end.

2. The food was excellent---I had no cause for complaint.

3. His voice faltered as he began his speech in front of the audience.

4. He made an apology to us and with that he left the office.

5. She is cast in the role of an ambitious lawyer in the latest movie.

6. Your address in the form must be written out in full.

7. We used to be friends and colleagues for more than 20 years.

8. Passers-by simply looked on as he was attacked.