1、圣诞欢歌故事简介：Scrooge was a hard，clever，mean old man. There was nothing warm or open about himHe lived a secretive，lonely life，and took no interest in other people at allOn Christmas Eve, his business partners ghost, Marley, died seven years ago, visited him and took him to the past, current and future.
2、This was an endless and horrific night.人物：Scrooge（主人翁）Young ScroogeLittle FanMarley(幽灵)Bob（职员）Bobs wife and daughterFred（外甥）GentlemanWoman AWoman B剧本正文第一场场景 1( In Scrooges office. Bob tries to warm his hands over the candle.)Scrooge: What are you doing there, Bob?Bob: Im warming my hands, Mr. Scroog
3、e. Its so cold here.Scrooge: Am I paying you 15 shillings a week for warming your hands?Bob: Im freezing, Mr. Scrooge. Frost stands on the windows. My hands are too cold to write. I cant even read my own handwriting.Scrooge: Too cold to write? Humbug! If you were working harder, you wouldnt be cold.
4、 Just put on your overcoat. If I hear another word from you, you will go where it is really cold.Bob: Excuse me, Mr. Scrooge, eh . tomorrow its Christmas.Scrooge: So what? Youll want all day off tomorrow, I suppose?Bob: If quite convenient, sir.Scrooge: Its not convenient, and its not fair. I have t
5、o pay you a whole days wages for no work at all.Bob: Its only Christmas once a year, Mr. Scrooge.Scrooge: Thats a poor excuse for picking a mans pocket every twenty-fifth of December!（朝着另外一个人）Now, whos here? Its my nephew Fred.场景二（a young man comes in.）Fred: A Merry Christmas, Uncle! (朝着 Bob)God sav
6、e you!Scrooge: Bah! Humbug!Fred: Christmas a humbug, Uncle? You dont mean that.Scrooge: I do. Why do you call it merry Christmas？Youre poor enough.Fred: What right have you to be so dismal? Youre rich enough.Scrooge: Bah! Humbug!Fred: Dont be cross, Uncle.Scrooge: What else can I be when I live in s
7、uch a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas? A time for finding yourself a year older and not a dollar richer.Fred:(大声地)Uncle!Scrooge:（打断 Fred）Nephew, Keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.Fred: Keep it? But you dont keep it! Uncle！Please dont say that！Ive always thought of Chr
8、istmas as a time to be helpful and kind to other PeopleIts the only time of the year when men and women open their hearts freely to each otherAnd so，uncle， although Ive never made any money from it，I think Christmas has been and will be a good time for me！And I say，God bless Christmas!(Bob 鼓掌)Scroog
9、e: （指着 Bob，Bob 停止鼓掌，继续工作）Stop that foolish clapping! Let me hear another sound from you, and youll celebrate Christmas by losing your position!（朝着侄儿）Youre quite a powerful speaker,sir.A wonder on dont go into Parliament.Fred: Dont be cross, Uncle.Come, dine with us tomorrow.Scrooge: Ill see you in h
10、ell first. Good afternoon!Fred: Uncle! Well ,we will waiting for you tomorrow!Scrooge: Good afternoon!（朝着 Gentleman）Who are you?Fred:（朝着 Bob）A Merry Christmas.(下台)场景三（A gentleman comes in.）Gentleman：Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge or Mr. Marley?Scrooge: Mr. Marley has been dead these s
11、even years, (小有停顿) this very night.Gentleman：At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and the destitute. Many thousand s are in want of common comfort, sir.Scrooge: Are there no prisons? Gentleman：Prison
12、s?Yes, yes, plenty of prisons.Scrooge: And the union workhouses are they still in operation?Gentleman：They are. I wish I could say they were not.Scrooge: Good. Then what do you want to do?Gentleman：This festive season, a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink a
13、nd means of warmth. What shall we put you down for?Scrooge: Nothing！I dont have a merry Christmas myself，and I wont pay for other people to be merryWe all have to pay for prisons and workhousesthey cost enoughThe poor will have to go thereGentleman：Many cant go there，and many prefer to die.Scrooge:
14、If they prefer to die，why dont they die，then ？There are too many people in the world！（Bob 同情地看着 Gentleman）Gentleman：（双手摊开，朝着 Bob，很悲伤地）A Merry Christmas！（下台）第二场 过去场景一(In Scrooges house)Scrooge: (一个人在房间里踱步，恶狠狠地)Merry Christmas? Humbug!（突然一阵铃铛响，Scrooge 恐慌的看着周围）What s the matter?（突然一阵锁链的声音，马丁的鬼魂上场）Scroo
15、ge:（with great surprise and fear）who and what are you? （中间有个小停顿） What do you want? Marley：(轻飘飘的声音，有气无力地) In life I was your partner，Jacob MarleyScrooge: (假装镇定，大声地)Its humbug ，I tell you！突然一阵更恐怖的声音响起，Marley 张牙舞爪，Scrooge 被吓得瑟瑟发抖Marley：The spirit of every man who does not help other people in life has
16、to travel endlessly through the world after his deathWe have to carry the chains that we made for ourselves in our lifetimeDo you，Ebenezer Scrooge，recognize my chain？It is very like the one that you wear！Scrooge: Why？ Tell me why do you come here?Marley：I am here for your own good. I am here to help
17、 you change your life！Follow me! Now I will take you to your past.（音效;飞走的声音）场景二一大群人在狂欢庆祝圣诞节, 年轻的 Scrooge 一个人在一边忧伤地徘徊，羡慕地看着他们Scrooge:（很茫然地）Where am I?（四处看看，指着年轻时候的自己） Oh，it was me when I was young .Oh, I remembered, it was Christmas day, (忧伤地)but I was alone.Young Scrooge:（悲伤地喃喃自语） Scrooge，a merry Ch
18、ristmas!Fan: Dear，dear brother! Ive come to bring you home!Young Scrooge: Home, little Fan? But, DadFan: Yes, home! Father is so much kinder than he used to be. He spoke so gently to me one night. I was not afraid to ask him if you might come home.Young Scrooge: Then what he said?Fan: He said yes. A
19、nd he sent me in a coach to fetch you. And were to be together all the Christmas long. And to have the merriest time in all the world!Young Scrooge: Youre quite a woman, little Fan.Scrooge:（哭泣状）She had a large heart.Marley：But she died a woman,.Scrooge: How I desired for Christmas .Poor boy！(停顿一会儿)I
20、 wishbut its too late now.(摇摇头，叹息) There was a boy singing Christmas carols at my door yesterdayIm sorry I didnt give him anything.（抓住 Marley）I cant watch any more！Its too awful！Marley：OK.I will show you the other Christmas .(音效：飞走)第三场 现在(Bob house，一家三口人正坐在餐桌前分享圣诞晚餐，其乐融融)Scrooge: Its Bobs house. (羡慕
21、地)What a happy family!Daughter：（指着布丁） Mom, I want the pudding any more. It tastes wonderful.Wife: Oh，my honey, you can eat more next year.Bob: Its your greatest success in all the years that weve been married，my dear！Wife: （幸福地）Well，I did wonder how much fruit to put in it. But, yes,its a good one.T
22、he next year, I will make a bigger one.Bob：（作举杯状）A merry Christmas to us all， my dears！ God bless us！Lets drink to Mr Scrooge, whose money has paid for this meal.Daughter: Oh,no.Wife: (angrily)His money！What can we buy with his fifteen shillings a week？ Why should we drink to the health of a hateful
23、，hard，unfeeling，mean old man like Scrooge?Daughter: (不悦地)He is a bad man.Bob：My dear, remember its Christmas.Wife: （举杯）Well，Bob ， Ill drink to his health only because of you and because its ChristmasLong life to Mr. Scrooge！A merry Christmas and a happy new year to him！ Hell be very merry and very h
24、appy，Im sure！Daughter：（不情愿地，举杯）A merry Christmas. God bless us every one！Marley：(看着那一家三口 )In your nephews house , they pray for you as well.Scrooge:（忏悔状）I know.Marley：There is no more time. Then Ill show you the shadows of the things which havent happened yet， but will happen in the future. I hope i
25、t can help you to change your life.Scrooge: But（飞走）第四场 未来Scrooge(上台，东张西望): Marley!(Tow women are coming)Woman A: Well！ The old man has died at last. How poor， to die with no friends or family around him！ To lie in an empty room，with no candles or flowers！But who cares. Oh, Whats he done with his mon
26、ey？Woman B: I havent heard， He hasnt left it to me， thats all I know（WB 拿起胸前戴的项链）Woman B: Beautiful, isntt it? I dont care if everybody knows where this comes from！ We all have to take care of ourselves！ He always did！Woman A: Exactly true.Woman B: Does a dead man need these things？ And why was he s
27、o mean when he was alive？ We all worked for him，didnt we？ Cleaned his house，washed his clothes，cooked his soup？ And what did we get？Three shillings a week！Its no surprise that he died alone， with no friends around him！Woman A: You never spoke a truer word. He was a bad man，we all know that. Look at
28、this shirt, it was his best. They put it on him after he diedBut he doesnt need it now that hes dead！Woman B: You took the shirt off a dead body, while he was lying there！Well, well, he will crawl out from the grave. Woman A: He frightened everyone away when he was alive，and only to profit us now th
29、at hes dead！Hahaha（两个女人大笑着下场）Scrooge: The man they are talking about is me ,right? No，Marley ！ Oh， no，no！(悲伤中，一会后) Marley，I will be good to other people , keep Christmas in my heart and try to be kind, and cheerful，and merry，every day. Marley，my friend, tell me that my future will change，if I change
30、 my life now ！Marley:Just do you want to.Every thing will be better.第五场 End（In Scrooge house）Scrooge：（wake up suddenly，look around）still here? Im still here.(大笑).(欢快地大喊)Im still here!I dontt know what to do.Ive heard that laugh before.I will remember the past，and think of the future ，(jumped out of
31、bed) God bless you，Jacob Marley！And God bless Christmas ！(towards to students) I dont know what Im doing！A merry Christmas to everybody！A happy new year to all the world！（绅士从一边经过上台）Scrooge：(转头看见，激动地握住绅士双手)My dear sir， how do you do？I hope you succeeded yesterday. A merry Christmas to you,sir！Gentlem
32、an：Mr. Scrooge？Scrooge：Yes， thats my name,and I fear it may not be pleasant to you.But allow me to ask your pardon.And will you hauv the goodness（悄悄话）Gentleman：(大喜)Lord bless me!My dear Mr. Scrooge, are you serious?Scrooge：And not a farthing less.Will you come and see me tomorrow about it ？Gentleman
33、：（cried happily ）I will ！I dont know what to say to suchScrooge：Thank you，and God bless you！Now I must go to my nephews house. Good bye;Gentleman：A merry Christmas！Good bye（依依不舍，下台）(Scrooge 往前走两步，敲门)Fred： （开门，惊喜状） Uncle?(手中拿的杯子掉了)Scrooge：Ive (小停顿).come to dinnerWill you let me stay，Fred？Fred： Of cou
34、rse, Uncle! Welcome! Welcome! Merry Christmas. Loot at our table. Turkey,so much food. We will have a wonderful dinner.(Bob 上台，敲门)Fred： Uncle， please wait for a minute. Let me see who it is.(开门)( 朝着叔叔)Oh，its Bob.(朝着 Bob) Bob: Merry Christmas!Fred: Merry Christmas! Come in, please!Bob:(看着 Scrooge，很局促)II dont know you would be here. I just, justScrooge：（上前，拥抱 Bob）A merry Christmas，Bob！A merrier Christmas，Bob，than Ive given you for a long time Im going to pay you well. Now lets have dinner together in the special day. (朝着同学们)God bless us，every one！谢幕！
