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But to understand Greek plays, you need to understand an additional function of the chorus.
但是要弄懂希臘戲劇，你需要理解歌舞隊的一個額外職能。
Yes, the ancient Greek chorus did most definitely sing and dance like choruses do today,
是的，古希臘的歌舞隊明確地和今天的歌舞隊一樣唱歌和跳舞，
but the chorus’ most important role was commenting on what the characters on stage were doing and thinking.
但是歌舞隊最重要的角色是對舞臺上人物在做和想的事情做出評論。
In fact, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, thought the chorus should be considered as acting out a role in the play.
事實上，希臘哲學家亞里士多德認為歌舞隊應該被認為是在戲劇中出演了一個角色。
Yeah, I read that a chorus could have a distinct personality, just like a person.
是的，我讀到過，歌舞隊可能有一個很獨特的個性，就像一個人一樣。
Absolutely. In fact, you’ll see an excellent example of that in the first play we’ll be studying.
沒錯。事實上，在我們將要學習的第一個戲劇中你們就會看到一個很好的例子。
Okay, the last space was the seating area for the audiences. This was called the theatron.
好了，最后的區域是觀眾的坐席區。這里被叫做theatron。
In ancient Greek, theatron means seeing; that’s S-E-E-I-N-G, seeing place.
在古希臘， theatron指的是看，看的地方。
The theaton was shaped in a semi-circle with rows of seating rising up the sides of the bowl.
theatron被做成了半圓形，在碗狀的各個面上升起了很多排座位。
It was designed to take advantage of the natural acoustic benefits of the setting.
它被設計來利用該環境中的天然音響好處。
The shape of the bowl captured sound and funneled it upwards so that even in the top rows, spectators were able to hear the performers very clearly.
碗一樣的形狀捕捉到了聲音，并且把它向上集中，這樣即使在頂排的座位上，觀眾也能清楚地聽到演員的聲音。
Actually, that the name theatron means seeing place is kind of ironic.
事實上， theatron這個名字的意思是看的地方有點諷刺。
Some theaters had fifty or more rows of seats accommodating up to 14,000 spectators, ascending way up to the hillside,
一些劇院有50排或50排以上的座位，容納了14000多名觀眾，一直延伸到了山上，
and this was long before theater binoculars were invented.
而這遠在劇院用雙筒望遠鏡發明之前。
