Pretended to Play the Yu

2021-07-11史明娟邓国卿尤剑婷殷华蓉

阅读（快乐英语高年级） 2021年4期

史明娟邓国卿尤剑婷殷华蓉

战国时期，齐国国君齐宣王喜欢听合奏，于是召集三百位乐师一起演奏。不会演奏的南郭先生就这样一次次蒙混过关，享受着高额俸禄。可好景不长，等到喜欢听独奏的齐湣王继位，毫无真才实学的南郭先生便惶惶不可终日，只好逃之夭夭，这就是“滥竽充数”的下场。一起来欣赏江苏省泰州市城东中心小学经东校区同学们的精彩表演吧！

Actors：

殷梓睿徐为成焦伟轩李艾恺宋雨佶高子晨陈开杨

Act I：Start a band

Narrator： Long long ago， King Xuan of Qi liked listening to the Yu very much. He ordered his band to play for him.

King Xuan： I need some music.

Minister 1： Music！

Minister 2： Come here. Music！

King Xuan： Hahaha ...Thats wonderful！ Thats wonderful！ You， the best！ I will reward all of you.

Chorus： Thank you， Your Majesty.

Nan Guo：（whispers）Hahaha... I have played the trick. Can you believe that？ I cant play the Yu at all！

Act II：A lucky dog

Narrator： Three months ago ...

King Xuan： Its too boring. I need some music. Not this music. Stop！

Minister 1： Your Majesty， what about this one？

King Xuan： Sounds good！ But I want a team of musicians（乐师） to play.

Minister 1： Thats easy. Lets find some musicians.

Minister 2： I think we need one hundred of musicians for a band.

King Xuan：： No， three hundred. Go and find them.

All： Yes， Your Majesty.

Guard1： Attention！ Attention！ The king is looking for three hundred of musicians to play the Yu. If youve got the talent， come and sign up！

Musician 1： I can play the Yu！

Musician 2： I can！ I can！

Nan Guo： I want to attend， but I can do nothing. Three hundred ... Maybe its easy for me to pretend.

Guard1： How many do we have now？

Guard 2： Two hundred and ninety-nine.

Guard1： So you are the last one， Nan Guo. Youre so lucky.

Nan Guo： Thank you， sir. I can play the Yu very well.

Minister 1： Your Majesty， three hundred musicians are ready.

King Xuan： Good！ Let them play immediately！

Narrator： The three hundred musicians played in the hall.

King Xuan： Who？ Who makes that noise？ Catch him！

Minister 2： Your Majesty， its him！

King Xuan： How dare you！ Push him out！ Kill him！

Nan Guo： My ... my ... my Majesty， I have something to tell you！ Just now， when I was playing， I saw the purple air coming from the East. It means you must be chosen by the god！ Youre immortal（永生的）. I was too excited， so I made a mistake. Thats my best wishes for you！ May you live forever！

King Xuan： Whats your name？

Nan Guo： Nan Guo.

King Xuan： Give him gold！ Give him silk！ Promote him as the leader of my band！

Nan Guo： Thank you！

Act III：Drop the mask

Narrator： Fifteen years later， King Xuan of Qi died. His son became the new king Min of Qi. He liked listening to the Yu solo（獨奏）.

King Min： Today， request the best of my band.

Nan Guo： Your Majesty， the three hundred musicians are all set.

King Min： No， just you.

Nan Guo： Me？

King Min： Cant you play the Yu？

Nan Guo： Of course. I ... I can ...