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Surprises at the studio
演播室里的意外驚喜
"Five minutes to go," shouted the director. "Is everyone ready?"
“還剩五分鐘，”導演喊道：“大家準備好了嗎？”
"I'm glad that I'm not one of the contestants!"
“我很慶幸我不是參賽者，”
Denise said. "I'm not that brave."
Denise 說：“我沒有那么勇敢。”
"Oh, I'd love to be a contestant," said Angela.
“哦，我倒很愿意成為一名參賽者。”Angela說。
The three contestants were sitting at their desks on the stage and waiting.
三名參賽者坐在舞臺的一邊等候著，
The hot lights were shining down upon them.
炙熱的燈光照射在他們身上。
Suddenly one of them passed out and fell across her desk.
突然其中的一名參賽者從桌子上昏倒了下來。
A cameraman helped the woman off the stage.
一位攝影師幫助這名婦女離開了舞臺。
The director hurried down from the control room above.
導演急忙從樓上的控制室下來。
"We need another contestant," he shouted. "Who among you wants to be on TV?"
“我們另外需要一名參賽者，”他喊道：“你們當中有誰想上電視？”
Angela raised her hand. "You're on!" the director shouted.
Angela 舉起了手。“你上！”導演喊道。
He led her the stage, and a make-up artist rushed forward.
他帶她上了舞臺，一位化妝師沖上前。
She quickly put make-up on Angela's face and brushed her hair.
她迅速地給 Angela 臉上化了妝并給她梳理了頭發。
"Ten seconds," shouted the director.
“十秒，”導演喊道。
"It's time for Travel Quiz, and here's your host, Lester Li!" said a loud voice.
“到了《旅行知識競賽》的節目時間了，這是節目主持人——Lester Li！”一個哄亮的聲音響起。
Lester Li ran out onto the stage. The quiz show began.
Lester Li 跑上舞臺，知識競賽節目開始了。
Although Angela was not prepared, she seemed relaxed and did really well.
盡管 Angela 沒有準備，但她好像很輕松，并發揮得非常出色。
She answered the questions with no problems and was soon ahead the other two contestants.
她準確無誤地回答問題并很快領先于其他兩位參賽者。
Twenty-five minutes later, Angela just had to answer six more questions to beat the other contestants and to win the prize.
二十五分鐘后，Angela 只需再回答 6 個問題就能擊敗其他的參賽者，獲得獎勵了。
Denise was so excited that she could hardly keep still.
Denise 是如此興奮，以至于幾乎無法保持安靜。
Though the questions were getting more and more difficult, Angela kept getting them right.
盡管問題變得越來越難，但 Angela 繼續保持答案正確。
Soon there was just a single question between Angela and victory.
很快， Angela 離勝利者只剩 1 個問題了。
"And finally, where's Big Ben?" asked Lester.
“最后，大本鐘在哪里？” Lester Li 問。
"In England," replied Angela.
“在英格蘭。”Angela 回答。
"Correct!" shouted Lester. "You've won tonight's prize - a trip for two the lovely city of Paris!"
“正確！”Lester Li 大聲說：“你是今晚幸運的獲勝者，你贏得今晚的獎勵——美麗的巴黎雙人游。”
