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The front wall of the building was decorated like a palace, or a temple, and served as background scenery for the play.
這棟建筑的前墻被裝飾成了一座宮殿或者一個神殿，作為戲劇的背景。
The building was also a storage place for costumes, props, things like that. Yes, Robert?
這棟建筑也是存放戲服、小道具等等事物的地方。Robert，有什么問題嗎？
So, did they decorate the skene for each play or, um, change the scenery during the play, like we do today?
所以他們會為每一部戲劇裝飾skene，還是在戲劇進行時切換布景，就像我們現(xiàn)在的做法一樣？
Or, did the whole story take place in one setting?
還是整個故事都發(fā)生在一個場景之下？
Well, everything the audience saw happened in that one setting usually in front of either a temple or a palace,
觀眾看到的所有內(nèi)容都發(fā)生在一個場景之下，通常要么在一個神殿前，要么在一座宮殿前，
but the audience didn’t witness all events in the story.
但是觀眾不會看到故事里的所有事件。
Some events couldn’t be presented convincingly, so the playwrights had them take place somewhere off stage, where the audience couldn’t see them.
有些事件無法令人信服地呈現(xiàn)出來，所以編劇把這些事件移到了臺下的某個地方進行，一個觀眾看不到它們的地方。
And then news of the event would be reported by one of the characters. Diane?
然后這個事件的消息會由其中一個角色口述出來。Diane，請說？
Last summer, I saw...Hippolytus.
去年夏天我看了Hippolytus。
Excellent! I hope you enjoyed it.
很棒！希望你喜歡那出戲。
Definitely. So, at one point, you see Hippolytus being sent off by his father, then a little later,
當然了。在某個時刻，Hippolytus被他的父親送走了，然后稍晚一點后，
a messenger arrives and describes how Hippolytus was riding in his chariot when a giant bull appeared out of the ocean,
一個信使到了，描述了Hippolytus正駕著車，然后一個巨大的公牛從海洋中出現(xiàn)
and caused the chariot to crash, and then, after we hear what happened to Hippolytus, he’s carried back on stage where he dies.
并導致那輛二輪戰(zhàn)車墜毀了，然后，在我們聽到Hippolytus的遭遇之后，他又被抬回了舞臺上他死去的地方。
Exactly. I mean, can you imagine trying to show all that action, a giant animal rising out of the sea?
正是這樣。我是說，你能想象出試著展現(xiàn)那全部的動作嗎？一個巨大的動物從海里飛起來？
Um, Okay. The next area was the space the ancient Greeks called the orchestra.
好了。下一個區(qū)域是古希臘人稱為orchestra的地方。
The orchestra was either round, as you see here, or a semi-circle.
orchestra是圓形的，就像你們在這里看到的一樣，也可以是半圓的。
Um, in ancient Greek, the word orchestra actually meant the dancing place, because this is where the chorus danced and sang.
在古希臘，orchestra這個單詞實際上是跳舞的地方的意思，因為這是歌舞隊跳舞和唱歌的地方。
