Act Ⅰ
The willows dance in the breeze. Gail and Mark hand in hand, walking along the lake. They have been together for 5 years, loving with each other. The day, Gail is going to ask Gail to marry him…
M: What a nice day it is!
G: Yes, it's much better than yesterday.
M: Honey, do you still remember the scene of our first date?
G: Of course. I will never forget it. That happened when we were in the college.
M: Yes. That day was as sunny as today moreover. It was the most beautiful memory in my life. I felt not only excited but also nervous.
G: Really?
M: Yes, you know I’m honest to you all the time. I have fell in love with each other several years and know about each other more.
A short silence
M: Will you marry me?
G: What? I …I can’t believe it.
M: Don’t you want to marry me?
G: No! No! No! I’m considering marrying you, but I must tell my parents. Do you know?
M: Yeah. I’m waiting for you.
Act Ⅱ
Mark and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our 5 years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted the weakness and strengths of each other’s characters.
G: Oh, dear! I sometimes wonder why you and other blacks are so involved with the racial issue.
M: Oh, you seem to forget the subtle forms of racial hatred in American society.
G: He! He! Just because the racial and cultural differences, I can understand you. I’m sorry.
M: Not at all.
Mark and I have no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in American. The continual source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect. When Gail’s spread the news of our wedding plans to her faming, she met with some resistance.
G: Mom, I’ll tell you a piece of news. That is, that is, is ... I plan to marry mark. What do you think about this?
M: Oh, really? As your mother, of course, I’m supportive of your relationship. If you are going to get married, I can have grandchild. Oh, it’s amazing.
G: Do you think so?
M: Yes, but I should also counsel you to be really sure you are doing the right thing.
G: So it was all right for me to date him, but it’s wrong for me to marry him. Is this color the problem, mom?
M: To start with I must ... Your father, very well when we married.
G: But Mark and I have been together more than 5 years.
I’m sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.
M: You may be right. But I still think that waiting won’t hurry. You are only twenty-five.
Gail’s father is David. He basically asked the same questions as Gail’s mother.
G: Dad, I will marry Mark. I have told my mother. What do you think of it?
D: Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What’s his citizen ship status?
G: He was had problems with citizenship before.
D: Oh? I suspect that he is marrying you in order to remain in the United States.
G: But, dad, that’s too harsh.
D: Then why the rush?
G: He has always taken care of these problems himself. In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel.
D: Have you thought about the hardship your children could go through?
G: Dad, are you a racist?
D: No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.
G: Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don’t? But one thing they’ll always have our love and devotion.
D: That’s idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.
G: Dad, we’ll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all about before we little would ever get done.
D: Remember, it’s never too late to change your mind.
Act Ⅲ
On the way to Gail’s home
G: You know cooking was how my mother expressed her love, her provide, her power, so, just be sure to tell her later that her cooking was the best you ever tasted.
M: believe me!
The end of the dinner, Gail sat in the kitchen watching her mother cook, waiting for the moment to tell her about their marriage plans, that they had decided to get married next July, about seven months away. She was cubing garlic and slicing cabbage into small pieces and chatting at the same time about auntie Suyuan.
Mom: She can only cook looking at directions. My instructions are in my fingers. I know what secret ingredients to put in just by using my nose.
G: Yeah, mom’s cook skills are always great.
Gail’s mother was slicing so quickly, seemingly not paying attention to her sharp chopping knife, that I was afraid the tips of her fingers would become one of the ingredients of the purple vegetable and pork dish.
G: Mom, how do you think of my brother’s girlfriend?
Mom: It’s ok, she’s a brilliant and beautiful girl.
G: So what do you think of Mark?
Gail finally asked, holding her breath.
Mom: So many spots on his face.
G: they are freckles. Freckles are good luck, you know.
Mom: Oh?
G: Yes, the more spots the better. Everybody knows that.
Gail’s mother considered this a moment and then smiled and spoke in a Chinese dialect.
Mum: Maybe this is true, when you were young, you got the chicken pox. So many spots, you had to stay home for 10 days. So lucky, you thought.
Mum: Hi, this dish not salty enough, no flavor.
M: You know, all it needs is a little soy sauce.
M: It’s ok now. Let us start eating.
Act Ⅳ
M: Oh, dear. You look unhappy. What’s wrong with you?
G: Dear, you know. There are many differences about our culture.
M: I know. But I think I have known more about Chinese
Culture.
G: No, mark. You have hurt my mom tonight.
M: Why? I’m A-OK tonight. Don’t you think I try my best to make your mom like me.
G: But my mom didn’t think so. In China, parents are important to children. If my mom doesn’t feel happy, I won’t happy, too.
M: You must be sure that I win many marry you not your family.
G: But if my parents don’t agree our relationship. We can’t stay with each other together.
Gail cry out.
Since Gail’s mother object, they broke up. Gail and Mark never contact with each other within 3 years. Quietly miss each other.
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1.介词
1.due to
2.because of
3.as a result of
4.owing to
5.thanks to
Act Ⅴ
This year, Gail travels to Sanya. She looks at pairs of lover.She missed Mark, blessing him.
1.名词
1.sight
2.动词
1.see
2.sight
3.catch sight of下载本文