Unit 5 Reading
演播室里的意外 Surprises at the studio
“Five minutes to go, “shouted the director. “Is everyone ready?”
“还剩五分钟，”导演大喊，“大家准备好了吗？”
“I’m glad that I’m not one of the contestants!” Denise said. “I’m not that brave.”
“我很庆幸我不是比赛者之一。”丹妮丝说，“我没有那么勇敢。”
“Oh, I’d love to be a contestant,” said Angela.
“哦，我很愿意成为一名比赛者，”安杰拉说。
The three contestants were sitting at their desks on the stage and waiting. The hot lights were shining down upon them. Suddenly one of them passed out and fell across her desk.
三名比赛者坐在舞台上的旁边等候着，炙热的灯光照射在甜蜜身上，突然其中的一名参赛者昏迷并倒向桌子。
A cameraman helped the woman off the stage.
一位摄影师帮助这个妇女离开了舞台。
The director hurried down from the control room above. “We need another contestant, ” he shouted. “Who among you wants to be on TV？”
导演急忙从楼上的控制室下来。 “我们需要另一名比赛者，”他大喊，“你们当中谁想上电视？”
Angela raised her hand. “You’re on!” the director shouted. He led her the stage, and a make-up artist rushed. She quickly put make-up on Angela’s face and brushed her hair.
安杰拉举起了手。“你上！”导演大喊，他带她上了舞台，一位化妆师冲上前。她迅速地在安杰拉脸上了妆并给她梳理了头发。
“Ten seconds,” shouted the director. “It’s time for Travel Quiz, and here’s your host, Lester Li!” said a loud voice. Lester Li ran out onto the stage. The quiz show began.
“十秒，”导演大喊。“到《旅行知识竞赛》的时间了，这是节目主持人，莱斯特.李”一个人 大声说。莱斯特.李跑上舞台。知识竞赛节目开始了。
Although Angela was not prepared, she seemed relaxed and did really well. She answered the questions with no problems and was soon ahead the other two contest ants.
尽管安杰拉没有准备，但她好像很轻松并发挥得很好。她准确无误地回答问题并很快领先 于其他两位参赛者 Twenty-five minutes later, Angela just had to answer six more questions to beat the other contestants and to win the prize.
二十五分钟后，安杰拉只需要再回答六个问题就击败其他的比赛者，获得奖励。
Denise was so excited that she could hardly keep still. Though the questions were getting more and more difficult, Angela kept getting them right.
丹尼丝如此兴奋以致于几乎无法保持安静。尽管问题变得越来越难，但安杰拉继续保持答案正确。
Soon there was just a single question between Angela and victor.
很快在安吉拉和胜利者之间仅有一个问题了。
“And finally, where’s Big Ben?” asked Lester.
“最后，大本钟在哪里？”莱斯特.李问
“In England,” replied Angela.
“在英格兰，”安杰拉回答。
“Correct!” shouted Lester. “You’ve won tonight’s prize-a trip for two the lovely city of Paris!”
“正确” 莱斯特.李大声说，“你是今晚幸运的获胜者。你赢得今晚的奖励-去美丽巴黎城双人游。”