五人英语话剧剧本《The-Silber-Swindle》.doc

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五人英语话剧剧本-TheSilberSwindle

5人Actors:

TavernKeepe:

（男主角）

YoungMan

Keeper'sWife（女主角）

YoungMan

OldMan

Summary:

Onceuponatime,therewasatavern.Travelersandhunterswouldexchangesilveringotsforcoppercoinsandeatsomefoodthere.Thetavernkeeperandhiswifewereverygreedy.Theyalwaysplayedtricksonthescalesandcheatedtheircustomers.OnedaytheyplayedatrickonanoldmanasusuaLTheyweresohappy.Theythoughttheymadeabigfortune.Ththeirsurprise,ayoungmaninthetavernbegansnickering."Itlookslikeyou'vebeencheatedthistime."Hetoldthemthatthesilveringotshadleadinthem.Theoldmanwasaconartistinfakesilverforyears.Howcoulditbethisway?

Asmartmoneychangerilkethetavernkeeperwasoutwittedbyanoldman!

Narrator:

Goodafternoon,LadiesandGentlemen.TodayIwilltellyouastory.OnceuponatimesomewhereatthefootoftheChangpaimountain,therewasatavernatwhichtravelersandhuntersexchangedmoneytobeusedinsideandoutsidethesmalltown.Mostpeopleknewthatthekeeperofthetavernandhiswifewereverygreedy.Theycheatedpeoplebyplayingtricksonthescalesandevenchargedadditionalfeesfornoreasons.

Oneday~

SceneI

（Customersaretalking,laughinganddrinkinginthetavern.Atravelerjustcomesin,findsaseatandsitsdown.）

Hunter1:

Wehuntedmanyanimalstoday.（laughing）Let'shavesomemoredrink.

Hunter2:

YeahlThat'sagoodidea.

Hunter1:

Let'seat.

Waiter:

（seesthetravelercomein）Welcomein,sir.Whatwouldyouliketoorder?

Wehavegoodfoodhereand,ofcourse,goodwine,too.

Traveler1:

Bringmeyourbestdishes!

Waiter:

That'snice,sir.Yourfoodwillbeheresoon.

Traveler2:

（walkstothecheckoutcounter）Hey!

HowmuchshouldIpay?

T.O.:

It'stenforfood,fiveforwine,andthreefortheservice.It'sallcosteighteencoins.

Traveler2:

What!

It'stooexpensive.Youripmeoff.

T.K.:

Ifyouwanttoeatfree,youwillgetamisfortune.

Traveler2:

（throwssomecoinsonthecounterreluctantlyandmarchingoutangrily）Don'texpectIwillcomebackagain.

（Meanwhile,anoldmancomesdownstairsand

orderssomefoodbeforecheckingout.）

O.M.:

Excuseme.MayIordernow?

T.K.:

（walksfrombehindthecounter）Hello!

Mydearfriend.Youdidn'tpaymeyesterday.It'sfiftycoinsforlodging,thirty-fiveforfood,andfivecoinsforcleaning.

O.M.:

（surprisingly）What!

Ijuststayedforonesinglenight.AndIhavetopaysomuchmoney.It'sridiculous!

T.K.:

Don'tyoudaretostayinmytavernforfree!

（Oneofthetwoyoungmencomesuptotheoldman.）

Y.M.1:

Calmdown,youtwo.（totheoldmanrespecifully）UncleWang,howareyourecently?

O.M.:

Fine.Andyou?

Y.M.1:

Fine.Thankyou.

T.K.:

（interruptstheirgreeting）Paymefirstandtakeyourtimechatting.

Y.M.1:

（tothekeeper）Pleasewaitaminute.（turnstotheoldman）YoursonhasbeendoingbusinesswithmeinChangchou.HewantedmetogiveyouthisletterandsomesilveringotsbeforeIleftChavgchou.Ididnotexpecttomeetyouhere.（handstheoldmanaletterandabundleofsilveringots）Pleasetakethis.

O.M.:

Thankyou.Doyouwanttohaveadrinkwithme?

Y.M.1:

Oh,no.Ican't.Ihavetoleavehereforanotherbusiness.

（Theyoungmanleaveshastilyaftergivingtheoldmanabigbundleofsilveringots.）

O.M.:

（tothetavernkeeper）Mysonagaingivesmemoneyasmylivingexpenses.But,pleasereadthisletterformesincemyeyesightisnotasgoodasitusedtobe.Ihavemoneymorethanenoughnow.CouldItroubleyoutoreadthisletterfrommyson?

Iwillpayyoutenmorecoinsastips.

T.K.:

WhydoIhavetoreadthisletterforyou?

K.W.:

（movingfrombehindthecounter）There'snothingtoargueabout.（pullsthetavernkeeperasideandwhisperstoherhusband）Wedon'thaveanylose.

T.K.:

（tearsopentheletterreluctantlyandreadtheletter）

DearFather,Howareyourecently?

IamnowinChangchoudoingbusiness.Mywifeispregnantagain.kidsareallfilialtous.Theycanrecitesomepoems.I'msorrythatIcan'ttravelwithyou.Aflerdoingbusinessforthreeyears,Imadeabigfortune.Sohereare50taelsofsilverforyou.AndIthinkitsenoughforyoutoliveincomfort.I'llbehomeintwomonths.~Nishyouwell.

Yourson

O.M:

（givingthebundletothetavernkeeper'swife）Whatagoodson!

NowtakewhatIoweyouandexchangetherestforcoins,please.

K.W.:

（opensthebundleshockingly）Waitamoment!

That'sreallyabigfuture.

T.K.:

（totheoldman）Allright.Youhavemoneynow.Youcanpayus.

K.W.:

Well.Thesilveryougavemeismorethanyouneedtopay.Ah...,letmesee.（pretendstobeweighingthesilveringotsonthescales）Mmm....They'reexactly50taels.Thecurrentexchangeratefor50taelsis5000coppercoins.Youhavetopayus100coins.So,hereare4000and90