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'Five minutes to go.'shouted the floor manager.'Is everyone ready?' Debbie and her friend Angela were in a television studio, watching the recording of a quiz programme. 'I'm glad I'm not one of the contestants!' whispered Debbie. 'They must feel really worried now!' 'Oh,I would love to be a contestant,'said Angela. The three real contestants,two women and a man, were sitting at their desks,waiting. The hot lights were shining down on them. Suddenly,one of the women stood up, put a hand over her eyes, and then fell forward across the desk. 'Oh,she's fainted.' grasped Debbie. Some television staff rushed to the poor woman,and helped her away. 'Three minutes to go,' shouted the floor manager. The director hurried down from the control room. 'We need another contestant,'he shouted,desperately. He asked the audience whether anyone wanted to be a contestant. Several hands went up. The director looked around. The nearest hand belonged to Angela 'You're on!' he shouted,and pulled her up onto the stage. 'Make-up artist,come here!'he demanded. A girl rushed forward and quickly powdered Angela's face and combed her hair 'That will have to do,'said the director. He told Angela to sit behind a desk. 'Ten seconds,'shouted the floor manager. 'Smile,everyone.Cue Lester!' He held his hands up and clapped, and everyone in the audience started clapping,too.A voice boomed out. 'It's time for the Travel Quiz,and here's your host,Lessssster Liiiii!' Lester Li,with a big smile on his face,came running in. He told some jokes, introduced the three contestants and then started the quiz Angela was terrific. She smiled and looked relaxed. She had seen this quiz on television many times before,and knew the rules. She answered the questions quickly, and was soon ahead of the other two contestants. Debbie,however,was a bag of nerves. She sat on the edge of her seat and chewed her fingernails! Twenty-five minutes later,Angela was in the final. She had beaten the other contestants,and was on her own. If she answered six more questions correctly within one minute, she would win the mystery prize. Debbie was so excited she could hardly keep still. Lester asked the questions,and Angela kept getting them right. Just one to go,and ten seconds left! 'And finally,where is the Jurong Bird Park?' asked Lester. 'In Singapore,'replied Angela. 'Right!'shouted Lester as the audience applauded. 'You have won tonight's mystery prize, which is a trip for two the lovely island of Bali!
“只有五分鐘了！”舞臺(tái)總監(jiān)叫道?！八腥硕紲?zhǔn)備好了嗎？” 黛比和她的朋友安吉拉正在電視演播廳， 一起觀看一個(gè)問(wèn)答節(jié)目的錄制。 “真高興我不是選手！”黛比小聲說(shuō)道。 “他們現(xiàn)在肯定開(kāi)始擔(dān)心了！” “噢，我還想當(dāng)選手呢，”安吉拉說(shuō)。 真正的三個(gè)選手，兩女一男， 正坐在他們的桌邊，等待著。 聚光燈打在他們身上。 突然，其中一位女士站了起來(lái)， 用手捂著眼睛，然后向前倒在了桌子上。 “噢，她暈倒了?！摈毂日f(shuō)。 電視臺(tái)的工作人趕緊沖向這位可憐的女士，并把她帶下臺(tái)。 導(dǎo)演急忙從控制室走了下來(lái)。 “我們還需要一名選手，”他拼命的叫道。 他問(wèn)場(chǎng)下的觀眾有沒(méi)有人想做回答問(wèn)題的選手。 幾只手舉了起來(lái)。 導(dǎo)演環(huán)顧四周。 安吉拉的手離他最近。 “就是你了！”他說(shuō)，然后把她拉上舞臺(tái)。 “化妝師，快過(guò)來(lái)！”他要求。 一個(gè)女生跑向安吉拉并迅速幫她撲粉、梳頭發(fā) “必須這樣，”導(dǎo)演說(shuō)。 他讓安吉拉坐在桌子后。 “十秒，”舞臺(tái)總監(jiān)大聲喊道。 “所有人，請(qǐng)微笑。提示萊斯特！” 他舉手，然后鼓掌， 然后演播廳里的所有人氣力并鼓掌。一個(gè)低沉的嗓音說(shuō)。 “旅游問(wèn)答時(shí)間到，現(xiàn)在是你們的主持人萊斯特·李！” 萊斯特·李帶著一個(gè)大大的微笑跑進(jìn)來(lái)。 他說(shuō)了幾個(gè)笑話， 介紹了三位選手之后便開(kāi)始了問(wèn)答。 安吉拉表現(xiàn)得很棒。她微笑著，看起來(lái)很放松。 她以前曾經(jīng)在電視上看過(guò)很多次這個(gè)問(wèn)答節(jié)目，也熟知有戲規(guī)則。 她回答問(wèn)題速度很快， 遙遙領(lǐng)先于另外兩位選手。 而黛比則處在極度緊張中。 她坐在舞臺(tái)邊咬著自己的指甲！ 二十五分鐘后，安吉拉最終獲勝。 她靠自己的力量打敗了兩外兩位選手。 如果她能在一分鐘正確回答六道以上的題目， 她將獲得神秘大獎(jiǎng)。 黛比很興奮，忍不住要繼續(xù)答題。 萊斯特提的問(wèn)題，安吉拉回答各個(gè)正確。 只剩最后一個(gè)了，還有十秒！ “最后一題，裕廊飛禽公園在哪里？”萊斯特問(wèn)道。 “在新加坡，”安吉拉回答。 “正確！”萊斯特大聲說(shuō)道，觀眾們鼓掌。 “你獲得了今晚的神秘大獎(jiǎng)， 你獲得了可愛(ài)巴厘島的雙人之旅！”