A New Story of Journey to the West

黄慧　袁源

《西游記》是我国古代四大名著之一，唐僧师徒四人的形象永远鲜活在我们的童年记忆里。瞧，江苏省江阴市实验小学的师生们把这一经典改编成了英语舞台剧，为我们带来了耳目一新的“女儿国奇遇”。

Monkey King & Piggy & Monk Sha：

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Hit the monster！Get the scripture！

Monkey King：Piggy！Louder！

Piggy：Im too hungry and tired to shout！

Monk Sha：Dude，you have to use your magic power. Then，you can eat more.

Piggy：Really？！

Monkey King & Monk Sha：Deal！

Piggy：Hooray！Hit the scripture！Get the monster！Hit the scripture！Get the monster！

Monkey King & Monk Sha：Oh，Buddha bless you！

Piggy：Hit the scripture！Get the monster！Oh，Monster！

Monk Tang：Dont be scared，my little Piggy. Monkey，you go！

Monkey King：Stop！Whats your name？

Queen：Hi，everyone！I am the one who has white skin as Snow White！I am the one who is nice and cute as Cinderella. I am the one who is the most beautiful in the world. I am the Queen of all girls. And you？

Where are you going？

Monkey King：Master，heres a hot girl.

Piggy：Ah？ let me see first！

Monk Tang：Buddha bless you！Your Majesty，I am from the greatest Tang. Im little Tang. We are going to the west for Buddhist scriptures.

Queen：Oh，I see. You are going to the west and you would like to get the scripture.

Piggy：Yeah！

Monk Sha：Yes！

Monkey King：You are right！

Queen：（Laughing）Dont be silly！Thats such a long way！Why dont you stay in my country and work for me. Then Ill show you how to get the scripture in an easier way.

Monk Tang & Monkey King & Piggy &

Monk Sha：What？！

Queen：Are you scared？

Monkey King：Scared of what？ You？ Bring it on！

Piggy：Bring it on！

Monk Sha：On on on！

Monk Tang：Monkey，a gentleman never hits a lady. Lets go！

Monkey King：Master，let me finish her.

Queen：You seem very clever. Please take that！

People speak English in the west，can you？

Monkey King：A piece of cake！

Queen：This tongue-twister is very popular. Just have a try.

Monkey King：Betty Botter bought some butter，but she said：“this butters bitter！But a bit of bitter ... no，better butter will but make my butter better.” So she bought some ... better butter，better than the bitter butter，and it made her ... butter better so twas bitter ... better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter！Oh，my tongue twisted！You can，you up！Show me，will you？

哈，上天入地的美猴王这下子遇到大难题了，真叫人为他捏把冷汗呀。那么，女儿国国王会有怎样的表现呢？接下来又会有哪些PK呢？下集精彩继续！敬请期待！