[背景介紹]

維克多·雨果（1802-1885）， 法國浪漫主義作家，人道主義的代表人物，一生創(chuàng)作了眾多詩歌、小說、劇本、各種散文和文藝評論及政論文章，在法國及世界有著廣泛的影響力。其代表作有《巴黎圣母院》和《悲慘世界》。雨果是19世紀浪漫主義文學的代表人物，善于用巨大的歷史事件為背景，描寫非凡的人物和非凡的情節(jié)。同時他喜歡在作品中抒發(fā)自己的主觀感受，充滿激情地表現自己的愛和憎，體現出對寬恕和良心的信仰。

情景對話

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 fan?tastic.

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：Theres a book？ Is it based on the musical？

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

Mark：No， I didnt 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 didnt know that. I thought theyd 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 Frances 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 vol?ume being published when he was only 20 years old. He then went on to write some of Frances 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 couldnt get those songs out of my head！

Diane：Mark， youre an idiot！

迪亞娜：你的生日過得好嗎？

馬克：挺好的，謝謝。我哥哥帶我去看了一部音樂劇。

迪亞娜：噢，你們看什么了？

馬克：我們看了《悲慘世界》， 那太棒了。

迪亞娜：我不怎么喜歡音樂劇，我怎么也不明白他們?yōu)槭裁匆蝗怀饋?，不過那本書倒是很好。

馬克：還有書嗎？是根據這部音樂劇寫的嗎？

迪亞娜：不是，你沒有讀劇目介紹嗎？

馬克：沒有，我沒讀。

迪亞娜：哦，如果你讀了，你就應該知道這部音樂劇實際上是根據書改編的。那本書于1862年在法國出版。

馬克：我以前都不知道呢。我還以為他們是因音樂劇而寫了書。那書是誰寫的？

迪亞娜：維克多·雨果。你一定聽說過他吧？

馬克：聽上去好像是一個時裝設計師的名字。他也設計香水嗎？

迪亞娜：坦白地說，馬克，我對你絕望了。你真是應該多讀些書啊。維克多·雨果是法國最偉大的作家之一。他寫了《巴黎圣母院》。你肯定聽說過這部著作吧？

馬克：我看過迪士尼的電影。我真的喜歡那部電影，尤其喜歡其中的歌曲。

迪亞娜：雨果是一位文學巨匠。 他是浪漫主義運動的關鍵人物之一，他的作品幫助他進一步發(fā)展了浪漫主義事業(yè)。他最初是以詩人的身份成名，年僅20歲時就出版了第一部詩作。之后，他創(chuàng)作了法國最著名的一些小說。

馬克：或許我應該讀一讀他的書。

迪亞娜：我絕對建議你讀一讀！《悲慘世界》絕對是一部經典之作。雨果用了17年的時間才寫成這部著作，它為查爾斯·狄更斯和陀思妥耶夫斯基等作家描寫社會不公這一主題奠定了基礎。他真正將社會道德推向了文學的前沿，因此他激勵人們去多多行善。

馬克：哦，從我過生日那天看的音樂劇來看，他的音樂劇寫得也真的很好。那些歌曲縈繞在我腦海里揮之不去！

迪亞娜：馬克，你是個笨蛋！

[閱讀掃障]

1.theatre programme 劇目介紹

2.despair of 對……失去希望

3.Romantic Movement 浪漫主義運動

4.come to prominence 成名

5.pave the way for為…… 奠定了基礎

6.social conscience 社會道德