ED: Did you make notes while you were watching the performances of Romeo and Juliet, Gemma?

艾德：杰玛，你在看《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的时候做笔记了吗？

GEMMA: Yes, I did. I found it quite hard though.

杰玛：是的。不过我觉得边看边记很难。

I kept getting too involved in the play.

我看表演的时候太投入了。

ED: Me too. I ended up not taking notes.

艾德：我也是。最后我没有做笔记。

I wrote down my impressions when I got home.

我回家后写下了我的感想。

Do you mind if I check a few things with you?

你介意我和你核对一些细节吗？

In case I've missed anything.

以防万一我落下了什么。

And I've also got some questions about our assignment.

另外，关于我们的任务我还有一些问题。

GEMMA: No, it's good to talk things through.

杰玛：没问题，最好把细节聊清楚。

I may have missed things too.

我可能也落下了一些内容。

ED: OK great. So first of all, I'm not sure how much information we should include in our reviews.

艾德：好的，那太好了。首先我不确定我们应该在评论中包含多少信息。

GEMMA: Right. Well, I don't think we need to describe what happens.

杰玛：嗯。我认为我们不需要描述发生了什么。

Especially as Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays.

尤其是关于《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，因为这是莎士比亚最著名的戏剧之一。

ED: Yeah, everyone knows the story.

艾德：是的，每个人都知道这个故事。

In an essay we'd focus on the poetry and Shakespeare's use of imagery etc., but that isn't really relevant in a review.

在论文中我们会重点讨论诗歌和莎士比亚对意象的使用等内容，但在评论中这些内容真的不太相关。

We're supposed to focus on how effective this particular production is.

我们应该关注这部特殊作品的效果和影响。

GEMMA: Mmm. We should say what made it a success or a failure.

杰玛：嗯。我们应该讨论影响它成功或失败的因素。

ED: And part of that means talking about the emotional impact the performance had on us.

艾德：这也就意味着要谈论表演对我们情感上的影响。

I think that's important.

我认为这很重要。

GEMMA: Yes. And we should definitely mention how well the director handled important bits of the play – like when Romeo climbs onto Juliet's balcony.

杰玛：是的。我们当然应该提到导演对剧中重要情节的处理有多好，比如罗密欧爬上朱丽叶的阳台那一场。

ED: And the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt.

艾德：还有马库西奥和提伯特之间的战斗。

GEMMA: Yes. It would also be interesting to mention the theatre space and how the director used it but I don't think we'll have space in 800 words.

杰玛：是的。讨论剧院空间以及导演对空间的利用应该也很有趣，但我认为我们800字的评论写不下这些内容。

ED: No. OK. That all sounds quite straightforward.

艾德：确实不够。好吧。刚才的讨论结果听起来非常明了。