背景介绍

维克多·雨果（1802-1885),法国浪漫主义作家，人道主义的代表人物，一生创作了众多诗歌、小说、剧本、各种散文和文艺评论及政论文章，在法国及世界有着广泛的影响力。其代表作有《巴黎圣母院》和《悲惨世界》。雨果是19世纪浪漫主义文学的代表人物，善于用巨大的历史事件为背景，描写非凡的人物和非凡的情节。同时他喜欢在作品中抒发自己的主观感受，充满激情地表现自己的爱和憎，体现出对宽恕和良心的信仰。

情景对话

Diane:Did you have a good birthday?

Mark:Yes,thanks.My brother took me to see a musical.

Diane:Oh,what did you see?

Mark:We went to see Les Misérables,it was fantastic.

Diane:I’m not really into musicals.I can never understand why they have to burst into song,but the book is really good.

Mark:There's a book?Is it based on the musical?

Diane:No,did you not read the theatre programme?

Mark:No,I didn't bother.

Diane:Well,if you had read it,you would have learned that the musical is actually based on a book.It was published in France in 1862.

Mark:I didn't know that.I thought they'd written it for the musical.Who wrote it?

Diane:Victor Hugo.You must have heard of him?

Mark:He sounds like a fashion designer.Does he do perfume as well?

Diane:Honestly,Mark,I despair of you.You really need to read more.Victor Hugo is one of France's great writers.He wrote Notre-Dame de Paris.You must have heard of that?

Mark:I’ve seen the Disney movie.I really liked that,especially the songs.

Diane:Hugo was one of the literary greats.He was a key part of the Romantic Movement and his writings helped further the cause of Romanticism.He first came to prominence as a poet with his first volume being published when he was only 20 years old.He then went on to write some of France's most famous novels.

Mark:Maybe I should give his book a read.

Diane:I thoroughly recommend it!Les Misérables is an absolute classic.It took Hugo 17 years to write it and it paved the way for writers like Charles Dickens and Fyodor Dostoyevsky to tackle themes such as social injustice.He really brought the social coscience to the forefront in literature and because of this he inspired people to do a lot of good.

Mark:Well,from what I saw on my birthday he writes really good musicals,too.I couldn't get those songs out of my head!

Diane:Mark,you're an idiot!

迪亚娜:你的生日过得好吗？

马克:挺好的，谢谢。我哥哥带我去看了一部音乐剧。

迪亚娜:噢，你们看什么了？

马克:我们看了《悲惨世界》,那太棒了。

迪亚娜:我不怎么喜欢音乐剧，我怎么也不明白他们为什么要突然唱起来，不过那本书倒是很好。

马克:还有书吗？是根据这部音乐剧写的吗？

迪亚娜:不是，你没有读剧目介绍吗？

马克:没有，我没读。

迪亚娜:哦，如果你读了，你就应该知道这部音乐剧实际上是根据书改编的。那本书于1862年在法国出版。

马克:我以前都不知道呢。我还以为他们是因音乐剧而写了书。那书是谁写的？

迪亚娜:维克多·雨果。你一定听说过他吧？

马克:听上去好像是一个时装设计师的名字。他也设计香水吗？

迪亚娜:坦白地说，马克，我对你绝望了。你真是应该多读些书啊。维克多·雨果是法国最伟大的作家之一。他写了《巴黎圣母院》。你肯定听说过这部著作吧？

马克:我看过迪士尼的电影。我真的喜欢那部电影，尤其喜欢其中的歌曲。

迪亚娜:雨果是一位文学巨匠。他是浪漫主义运动的关键人物之一，他的作品帮助他进一步发展了浪漫主义事业。他最初是以诗人的身份成名，年仅20岁时就出版了第一部诗作。之后，他创作了法国最著名的一些小说。

马克:或许我应该读一读他的书。

迪亚娜:我绝对建议你读一读！《悲惨世界》绝对是一部经典之作。雨果用了17年的时间才写成这部著作，它为查尔斯·狄更斯和陀思妥耶夫斯基等作家描写社会不公这一主题奠定了基础。他真正将社会道德推向了文学的前沿，因此他激励人们去多多行善。

马克:哦，从我过生日那天看的音乐剧来看，他的音乐剧写得也真的很好。那些歌曲萦绕在我脑海里挥之不去！

迪亚娜:马克，你是个笨蛋！

阅读扫障

1.theatre programme剧目介绍

2.despair of对……失去希望

3.Romantic Movement浪漫主义运动

4.come to prominence成名

5.pave the way for为……奠定了基础

6.social conscience社会道德