Johnsy:Sue:DoctorBerhman 旁白情景一旁白:In November, a terrible virous- Pneumonia, touching here and there with his icy fingers. (拿起一张写有Pneumonia的纸条给观众看,拿几张团成纸团抛向群众,抛向谁谁咳嗽)【琼西伏案写着日记。
(这时抛向了Johnsy)然后先咳嗽再逐渐面色苍白的在床上躺着,一动不动的盯着窗外。
快要哭了。
】【苏这时在买菜回来的路上。
】医生:Sue, wait for me, I have something to tell you. Your friendJohnsy has one chance in ten,And that chance is for her towant to live. She has made up her mind that she's not goingto get well. (语气沉重地)Has she anything on her mind?苏:She - she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day.医生:Paint? - bosh! (难以置信地)Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice - a man for instance?苏:"A man?"(有一点轻蔑的大声说)"Is a man worth - but, no doctor; (坚定地)there is nothing of the kind."医生:Well, But whenever my patient begins to count how manydays are left to her, I half the power of medicines情景二【医生走后,苏艾走进工作室里,把一条日本餐巾哭成一团湿。
后来她手里拿着画板,装做精神抖擞的样子走进琼西的屋子,嘴里吹着爵士音乐调子。
】【琼西躺着,脸朝着窗口,被子底下的身体纹丝不动。
Sue关切的看了看Johnsy 后开始画插图。
】旁白:Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.【在苏画的时候,突然得到琼西的低语声。
】琼西:(琼西睁大眼睛看着窗外。
)"Twelve。
Eleven。
ten,。
Nine。
eight 。
seven", almost together. “12,歇了一会又说,“11”,然后是“10”,和“9”,接着几乎同时数着“8”和“7”。
苏:What is it, dear?琼西:Six(小声低语)They're falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache tocount them. But now it's easy. There goes another one.There are only five left now."苏:Five what, dear?琼西:Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too.I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you?苏:Oh, I never heard of such nonsense,(满不在乎的样子)What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? Don't be sosilly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chancesfor getting well real soon were - let's see exactly what he said -he said the chances were ten to one! Try to take some soupnow.琼西:(还是盯着窗外)"No, I don't want any soup now.goes another.That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before itgets dark. Then I'll go, too."苏:I don't want you to keep looking at those silly ivy leavesInstead ,you should think of something wonderful.琼西:I'm tired of thinking. I'm tired of waiting.I'm tired of living.I'm tiredof eating.I want toturn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, (停顿了一下)just like oneof those poor, tired leaves.(说完闭上眼睛,脸色更加惨白)苏:dear,just Try to sleep,I must go to my model -Behrman’shouse to paint the old thinker.旁白:Old Behrman was a painter who lived next to them. He was past sixty and had a long beard curling down over his chest.Behrman was a failure in art. He had been always about topaint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. Heearned a little by serving as a model to those young artistswho could not pay the price of a professional. He drank ginto excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece.【苏敲着贝尔曼先生家的门,】Behrman:the door is open,just come in.(手里拿着酒瓶子)Sue:(捂鼻子酒味)just take a pose you like”{Behrman摆了一个思想者的pose,Sue边画边叹气。
}Berhman:I’m a thinker ,let me think about your problemSue:Johnsy is ill and she thought herself as a leaf that may float away "Berhman:what!" he cried. "Is there people in the world foolishenough to die because leafs drop off . I have never heard ofsuch a thing. (边说边手舞足蹈)Sue:pose,pleaseBerhman:(摆回原来pose)(想了想又说)Some day I’ll paint a Masterpiece,(顿一下)and we shall all go away.yes.第二天。
琼西(看着苏):Pull it up; I want to see,(苏拉开窗帘,琼西和苏都惊奇的看着)琼西:It is the last one,I thought it would surely fall during the night.I heard the wind. It will fall to-day, and I shall die at the sametime."苏:Dear, dear!(很激动,过去抱住琼西)think of me, if you won't think of yourself. What would I do?",,,,,过了几个星期。
(苏习惯性的去拉开窗帘。
)琼西:I've been a bad girl, Sudie,。
Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked I was. It is a sinto want to die. You may bring a me a little broth now, andsome milk with a little port in it, and - no; bring me ahand-mirror first, and then pack some pillows about me, andI will sit up and watch you cook."(表现出生活的欲望,健康积极)琼西:(开心的)Sudie, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.(这时医生进来给琼西看病。
)砰砰砰。
(敲门声)医生:Johnsy, you quickly recovered well琼西:yeah,I think so(医生用温度计给Johnsy测体温)医生:You are out of danger. You won.I’ll come next Mondy.Johnsy:Thank you.医生要走了。
苏对着琼西说:Johnsy, I go to buy something to cook,and will be back in a minute(说完跑出去,赶上医生。