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\nOld Montague\u62dc\u6258Benvolio\u53bb\u63a2\u95ee\u513f\u5b50Romeo\u4f55\u4ee5\u5982\u6b64\u60b2\u4f24\u3002\u6df1\u9677\u7231\u6cb3\u5374\u5f97\u4e0d\u5230\u56de\u5e94\u7684Romeo\u9053\u51fa\u4e86\u539f\u59d4\u3002Benvolio\u4fbf\u63d0\u8bae\uff0c\u5fd8\u6389\u65e7\u7231\u7684\u65b9\u6cd5\u5c31\u662f\u53bb\u627e\u5bfb\u66f4\u7f8e\u7684\u5973\u5b50\u3002
\n \u67e5\u770b\u672c\u7ae0\u8bb2\u4e49
\nRomeo and Juliet
\n– Chapter 3 –<\/p>\n
Scene II.
\nParis was a nobleman(\u8d35\u65cf) of Verona\u2014a Count to be exact.
\nHe was also young, rich, handsome, and well-connected, being a relative of Escalus, the Prince(\u4eb2\u738b) of Verona.
\nHe was talking to the leader of the Capulet family, Old Capulet.
\n\u201cThe Prince made me promise not to allow any more fighting between the two families,\u201d Old Capulet was saying.
\n\u201cBut he made Old Montague promise the same thing, and after all, it is not hard for old men such as us to keep the peace.\u201d
\n\u201cYou are both honorable men from honorable families, and it is a great shame that you have been at odds(\u6709\u77db\u76fe) for so long,\u201d said Paris.
\n\u201cBut now\u2014what do you say to my suit?\u201d
\n\u201cAs I have said before, I think that she is still too young,\u201d said Old Capulet.
\n\u201cShe is still not yet fourteen. Two more summers must pass before she is ready to be a bride.\u201d
\n\u201cThere are many mothers in Verona younger than her,\u201d said Paris.
\n\u201cThere are indeed,\u201d said Old Capulet.
\n\u201cBut I believe becoming a wife and a mother so young has spoiled(\u6bc1\u6389) their youth and innocence.
\nThe earth has swallowed all my hopes but her;
\nShe is the hopeful lady of my earth.
\nNow get to know her, Paris, win her heart;
\nFor her consent(\u540c\u610f) is the important part.
\nIf she agrees, and freely makes her choice,
\nTo that agreement I will join my voice.
\n\u201cTonight I am holding a great feast(\u5bb4\u4f1a), to which I have invited many of my closest friends.
\nPlease come and join us, friend!
\nThere will be much entertainment(\u5a31\u4e50) there, and many women so beautiful that they will seem like heavenly stars coming down to earth.
\nAmong them will be my daughter Juliet.
\nAnd I am sure that all the men there, including yourself, will be feeling lively and full of the joys of spring.
\nIf you still feel that my daughter Juliet stands out even in such lively company,
\nyou may take the opportunity to get to know her a little better.\u201d
\nThen he gave a servant a list of the guests to be invited, and told him,
\n\u201cGo through all Verona, find these people, and invite them to this evening\u2019s feast!\u201d
\nThe servant left to invite the guests.
\nBut there was a problem, \u201cThe people on this list?\u201d thought the servant.
\n\u201cIt is said that the shoemaker(\u978b\u5320) should stick to(\u4e00\u5fc3\u653e\u5728) his needle and the tailor to his leather(\u76ae\u9769), the fisherman to his brushes, and the painter to his nets.
\nBut how can I find these people if I cannot read their names?
\nFirst, I need to find an educated person to help me.
\nAh, just in time!\u201d Because Romeo and Benvolio had just appeared.
\nBenvolio was still trying to make the same points as before: \u201cYou can stop one fire by starting another.
\nYou can cure dizziness(\u5934\u6655\u76ee\u7729) from turning too fast by turning the opposite(\u76f8\u53cd\u7684) way.
\nIn the same way, new troubles can cure the pain caused by your old ones.\u201d
\nAt that moment the servant approached them and said, \u201cGood day, kind sirs(\u5148\u751f), can you read?\u201d
\nRomeo told the servant that he could read, took the paper from the servant\u2019s hand, and read the list:
\nSignior Martino and his wife and daughters;
\nCount Anselmo and his beautiful sisters;
\nThe lady widow(\u5be1\u5987) of Vitruvio;
\nSignior Placentio and his lovely nieces;
\nMercutio and his brother Valentine;
\nMy uncle Capulet, his wife, and daughters;
\nMy fair nieces Rosaline and Livia;
\nSignior Valentio and his cousin Tybalt;
\nLucio and the lively Helena.
\n\u201cYour master has good taste in guests.
\nWhere are they supposed to meet?\u201d said Romeo.
\n\u201cOn the second floor of my master\u2019s house.
\nMy master is the head of the house of Capulet, and unless you are Montagues, you are also very welcome to come.
\nGoodbye for now!\u201d the servant replied.
\n\u201cYour dearest Rosaline will be at that feast, with many other ladies of Verona admired for their beauty.
\nSo let us go there, and make a fair comparison between your Rosaline\u2019s face and some others that I will show you.
\nBy the end of the evening, I shall make you think your \u2018swan(\u5929\u9e45)\u2019 a crow(\u4e4c\u9e26).\u201d
\nBut Romeo of course replied,
\nOne fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
\nNever saw her equal since the world begun.
\n\u201cYou think that because you always saw her on her own,\u201d Benvolio replied,
\n\u201cbut if you get the chance to compare her with the other shining beauties at the feast, I think you may change your mind.\u201d
\n\u201cI will go with you,\u201d said Romeo, \u201cbut only to make me appreciate Rosaline\u2019s beauty all the more.\u201d
\nScene III.
\nOld Capulet\u2019s wife knew about the discussions that Paris and Old Capulet had been having.
\nSo she decided that it was time to talk to her daughter Juliet about marriage, and also about Count Paris himself.
\nShe found Juliet\u2019s nurse and said to her, \u201cNurse, where is my daughter? Bring her to me!\u201d
\nBut Juliet herself came running.
\n\u201cHere I am, mother,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cWhat do you want with me?\u201d
\n\u201cWhat I would like to talk to you about is . . .\u201d said Juliet\u2019s mother.
\nThen she turned to the nurse and said, \u201cPlease leave us for a while. Juliet and I need to have a private talk.\u201d
\nBut just as the nurse turned to go, Juliet\u2019s mother had second thoughts and said,
\n\u201cNurse, perhaps it is best if you hear this too.
\nYou know my daughter is now of a certain age . . .\u201d
\n\u201cI know her age to the very hour,\u201d the nurse replied.
\n\u201cShe is not quite fourteen,\u201d said Juliet\u2019s mother.
\n\u201cShe was born on the Lammas(\u82f1\u56fd\u7684\u6536\u83b7\u8282) harvest festival, and it is a little over two weeks until the festival.
\nSo in a little over two weeks, she will be fourteen.
\nShe and my daughter Susan were the same age\u2014but Susan is with God now, she was too good for me.
\nBut as I say, at Harvest Festival this year Juliet will be fourteen.
\nIt has been eleven years now since the earthquake, but I still remember that day as if it were yesterday,
\nbecause it was the day she was weaned(\u65ad\u5976).
\n\u201cI was sitting in the sun next to the wall of the dove-house, and I had placed some wormwood(\u82e6\u827e) on my nipples(\u4e73\u5934).
\nMy lord and you were away in Mantua that day\u2014you see how good my memory(\u8bb0\u6027) is!
\nWhen she went to suck(\u542e\u5438), and tasted the bitterness, she turned angrily away from my nipple and never sucked it again.
\nShe was already walking and running by then\u2014I remember because the day before,
\nshe fell while she was running and hurt her forehead.
\n\u201cGod bless you!\u201d said the nurse to Juliet.
\n\u201cAnd if I can see you happily married, I will have nothing else to wish for.\u201d
\n\u201cHer marriage\u2014that is exactly what I want to talk about,\u201d said Juliet\u2019s mother.
\n\u201cJuliet, how do you feel about marriage?\u201d
\n\u201cI do not feel I am ready for such an honor,\u201d Juliet replied.
\n\u201cAn honor?\u201d said the nurse.
\n\u201cI would say that you learned wisdom with your mother\u2019s milk, if I had not been your only nurse.\u201d
\n\u201cWell, it is time to think of marriage now,\u201d said Juliet\u2019s mother.
\n\u201cIn Verona, many respectable ladies of your age are already mothers.
\nI myself was already a mother at about your age.
\nThe point is this: the noble Count Paris seeks your love.\u201d
\n\u201cSuch a wonderful and admirable man, as all the world knows!\u201d said the nurse.
\n\u201cWell, what do you say? Do you think you can love him?\u201d asked Juliet\u2019s mother.
\n\u201cYou shall see him at the feast tonight.
\nRead his handsome face to see what is written there\u2014all this great man needs is a wife to make him complete.
\nYou can help him become an even better man, and help yourself at the same time.\u201d
\n\u201cI will look at him and see if I can find him attractive,\u201d said Juliet,
\n\u201cbut of course I will do nothing without your agreement.\u201d
\nAt that moment a servant arrived, flustered(\u614c\u5f20\u7684) and in a hurry.
\nHe said to Juliet\u2019s mother, \u201cThe guests have already arrived, dinner is served,
\nyou and Juliet are wanted at table, the nurse is wanted in the kitchen, and everything must be done in a rush!
\nI must go to wait at table.
\nI beg you all, please come quickly!\u201d
\n\u201cWe are coming!\u201d Juliet\u2019s mother replied.
\n\u201cJuliet, remember that Paris will be there!\u201d
\n\u201cJuliet, may your nights soon be as happy as your days!\u201d added the nurse.
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