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The Phantom of the Opera
The Paris Opera House was a huge building with seventeen floors of which seven were below the ground. Underneath the building there was a strange,dark lake. In the middle of this lake was an island and on that island one hundred years ago When he was born he was so ugly that his own mother made him wear a mask and forced him to leave home while still a child. Years later he made a secret home for himself inside the Paris Opera House What a man he was!Strong enough to kill with his hands and yet he loved music and sang with a wonderful voice. He used this voice to gain power over Christine a beautiful young singer at the Opera. He often sang to herl ate at night from behind a secret wall in her room. She thought at first that he must be an angel. The Phantom taught her how to sing and forced the Opera's two managers to give her better roles in their shows. At first the managers were certain that he did not exist. They said he was a joke. Then one night when the Opera was crowded with people the huge glass chandelier fell from the roof,injuring a woman. After that,it was not surprising that the managers obeyed the Phantom's wishes and gave Christine the main role. But the Phantom wanted Christine for himself. In the end,he kidnapped her from the stage,in front of the whole audience. He took her down to his secret home on the lake. Only one man was brave enough to follow. He was Raoul a young man who loved Christine. But the Phantom captured him and kept him in a prison which was slowly filling with water. In the Phantom's house, Christine pulled off his mask. She finally saw the real man,and his horrible face,with no nose and yellow eyes. At first she was shocked at his appearance but then she felt very sorry for him. She understood how lonely his life had been. She gently kissed his face. No woman had ever touched the Phantom before. Christine's kiss made him cry with joy. He released Raoul and told him to take Christine away to safety. By now, a group of other people had reached the Phantom's house and burst in ready to kill him. But at that moment the Phantom disappeared magically and was never seen again.
歌剧魅影 巴黎歌剧院是一个拥有十七层楼的宏伟建筑 其中有七层楼是建在地下的。 在这座建筑的底层是一个奇怪的黑湖。 湖的中央有一个小岛，这个岛上 在一百年前 他生下来就是如此丑陋，以至于他的母亲逼他戴上了面具 在他还是孩子的时候就强迫他不许住在家里。 很多年后，她在巴黎歌剧院里给自己造了一个秘密的家 他是个怎样的人啊！强壮到可以用他的手来杀死任何东西 然而他却酷爱音乐并且拥有一副好嗓音。 他用他的声音来控制克里斯汀 歌剧院里的一个年轻歌手。 他经常在半夜在她房间里一道墙后偷偷的唱歌给她听。 她起初以为他一定是天使。 这个幽灵教她怎样唱歌 并让她逼迫歌剧院里的两位经理在歌剧表演里给她更好的角色演。 起初经理们都很确定他是不存在的。 他们说他只是个笑话。 之后的某一天晚上，当时歌剧院挤满了客人 巨大的玻璃吊灯从房顶掉落，砸伤了一位女士。 从此之后，经理们也就服从幽灵的指示， 让克里斯汀在歌剧中扮演主角。 但是幽灵想把克里斯汀占为己有。 最后，他当着所有观众的面把她从舞台上绑架走。 他把她带到了湖上的神秘小屋里。 只有一个很勇敢的人跟着他们。 这个人就是拉乌尔，一个深爱克里斯汀的年轻人。 但是幽灵抓住了他并把他囚禁起来 囚禁他的地方在慢慢的向水里沉。 在幽灵的房子里，克里斯汀撤下了他的面具。 他终于看到了他的真面目，他那没有鼻子还张着黄眼睛的丑陋脸庞。 最开始她被他的样貌震惊到了，但是之后她对他干得非常遗憾。 她明白他的生命有多寂寞。 她亲亲地吻了他的脸。 在此之前还没有任何一个女人碰过幽灵。 克里斯汀的吻让他高兴得哭了。 他放了拉乌尔并让他带克里斯汀去一个安全的地方。 此时，其他人已经感到了幽灵的房子 他们闯进了他的房子并打算杀了他。 但是就在这个时候，幽灵却神奇的消失了，此后再也没有人见过他。