第22课 By Heart
1、 Some plays are so successfulthat they run for years on end.
有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。
2、 One would expect them to knowtheir parts by heart and never have cause to falter.
人们以为，这些演员一定会把台词背得烂熟，绝不会临场结巴的
3、 Even though the noble wasexpected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it shouldbe written out in full.
尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。
insist的用法：
坚持说，内容是客观事实的，用一般语态
坚持要求，表达想法的用虚拟语态。。同demand/ require etc
4、 Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, ….
贵族感到非常好笑的是…