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The Phantom of the Opera
The Paris Opera House was a huge building with seventeen floors of which seven were below the ground. Underneath the building there was a strange,dark lake. In the middle of this lake was an island and on that island one hundred years ago When he was born he was so ugly that his own mother made him wear a mask and forced him to leave home while still a child. Years later he made a secret home for himself inside the Paris Opera House What a man he was!Strong enough to kill with his hands and yet he loved music and sang with a wonderful voice. He used this voice to gain power over Christine a beautiful young singer at the Opera. He often sang to herl ate at night from behind a secret wall in her room. She thought at first that he must be an angel. The Phantom taught her how to sing and forced the Opera's two managers to give her better roles in their shows. At first the managers were certain that he did not exist. They said he was a joke. Then one night when the Opera was crowded with people the huge glass chandelier fell from the roof,injuring a woman. After that,it was not surprising that the managers obeyed the Phantom's wishes and gave Christine the main role. But the Phantom wanted Christine for himself. In the end,he kidnapped her from the stage,in front of the whole audience. He took her down to his secret home on the lake. Only one man was brave enough to follow. He was Raoul a young man who loved Christine. But the Phantom captured him and kept him in a prison which was slowly filling with water. In the Phantom's house, Christine pulled off his mask. She finally saw the real man,and his horrible face,with no nose and yellow eyes. At first she was shocked at his appearance but then she felt very sorry for him. She understood how lonely his life had been. She gently kissed his face. No woman had ever touched the Phantom before. Christine's kiss made him cry with joy. He released Raoul and told him to take Christine away to safety. By now, a group of other people had reached the Phantom's house and burst in ready to kill him. But at that moment the Phantom disappeared magically and was never seen again.
歌劇魅影 巴黎歌劇院是一個擁有十七層樓的宏偉建筑 其中有七層樓是建在地下的。 在這座建筑的底層是一個奇怪的黑湖。 湖的中央有一個小島，這個島上 在一百年前 他生下來就是如此丑陋，以至于他的母親逼他戴上了面具 在他還是孩子的時候就強迫他不許住在家里。 很多年后，她在巴黎歌劇院里給自己造了一個秘密的家 他是個怎樣的人啊！強壯到可以用他的手來殺死任何東西 然而他卻酷愛音樂并且擁有一副好嗓音。 他用他的聲音來控制克里斯汀 歌劇院里的一個年輕歌手。 他經(jīng)常在半夜在她房間里一道墻后偷偷的唱歌給她聽。 她起初以為他一定是天使。 這個幽靈教她怎樣唱歌 并讓她逼迫歌劇院里的兩位經(jīng)理在歌劇表演里給她更好的角色演。 起初經(jīng)理們都很確定他是不存在的。 他們說他只是個笑話。 之后的某一天晚上，當(dāng)時歌劇院擠滿了客人 巨大的玻璃吊燈從房頂?shù)袈洌覀艘晃慌俊?從此之后，經(jīng)理們也就服從幽靈的指示， 讓克里斯汀在歌劇中扮演主角。 但是幽靈想把克里斯汀占為己有。 最后，他當(dāng)著所有觀眾的面把她從舞臺上綁架走。 他把她帶到了湖上的神秘小屋里。 只有一個很勇敢的人跟著他們。 這個人就是拉烏爾，一個深愛克里斯汀的年輕人。 但是幽靈抓住了他并把他囚禁起來 囚禁他的地方在慢慢的向水里沉。 在幽靈的房子里，克里斯汀撤下了他的面具。 他終于看到了他的真面目，他那沒有鼻子還張著黃眼睛的丑陋臉龐。 最開始她被他的樣貌震驚到了，但是之后她對他干得非常遺憾。 她明白他的生命有多寂寞。 她親親地吻了他的臉。 在此之前還沒有任何一個女人碰過幽靈。 克里斯汀的吻讓他高興得哭了。 他放了拉烏爾并讓他帶克里斯汀去一個安全的地方。 此時，其他人已經(jīng)感到了幽靈的房子 他們闖進(jìn)了他的房子并打算殺了他。 但是就在這個時候，幽靈卻神奇的消失了，此后再也沒有人見過他。