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It’s October 1599.
这是在1599年的十月。
Shakespeare has finished writing his history play Julius Caesar and is visiting a fair in his home town of Stratford, with his daughter.
莎士比亚完成了他的历史剧本《尤里乌斯·凯撒》，在和他的女儿一起参观家乡斯特拉福德的一个集会。
She has just had her fortune told.
莎士比亚的女儿刚刚算了命。
Now, dear daughter, what did Old Mother Howard say? What does the future hold for us, I wonder?
我亲爱的女儿，霍华德修女都说了什么？我想知道，未来会有什么事发生在我们身上呢？
Oh father, Mother Howard talked a lot, but she had such a strange accent – I couldn't understand a word she said!
噢，父亲，霍华德修女说了很多，但是她的口音太奇怪了——我一个字都没有听懂！
You're just like Casca in my play Julius Caesar.
你就像我的剧本《尤里乌斯·凯撒》里的卡斯卡一样。
Casca? He's one of the men that kills Caesar, the Roman general!
卡斯卡？他可是杀害罗马将军凯撒的人当中的一个啊！
How can you say that, father – I'm not a murderer! !!
你怎么能这样说呢，父亲——我可不是杀人凶手！！！
Dear daughter, Casca was in a group of people who were listening to the great Roman speaker Cicero.
我亲爱的女儿，卡斯卡在一群人当中听著名演讲家西塞罗演讲。
But Cicero was speaking Greek, so Casca couldn't understand him.
但是西塞罗讲的是希腊语，所以卡斯卡听不懂他在说什么。
Oh. Why was Cicero speaking Greek?
噢。那西塞罗为什么讲希腊语呢？
That's what educated people spoke in Roman times.
在罗马时代，受过教育的人讲的是希腊语。
Casca says that some of the people listening to Cicero could actually understand him.
卡斯卡说，听西塞罗演讲的一些人确实能听懂。
Here are the lines: those that understood him smiled at one another.
台词是这样的：那些听懂的人相视一笑。
Those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads, but, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
那些听懂的人相视一笑并摇头晃脑，但是，对于我来说，不过是希腊语罢了。
