As the curtain rises, a garden is seen on the stage.

幕布拉开时，一个花园呈现在舞台。

The curtains rose, and when they did, I heard Manny's voice.

幕布升了起来，升到尽头的时候，我听到了曼尼的声音。

As the curtain rose, Maria took a deep breath.

幕布升起时， 玛丽亚深吸了一口气。

The lights went down and the curtain rose on an empty stage.

【go】灯光暗下来，帷幕升起，露出一个空荡荡的舞台。

A few moments afterwards the footlights flared up and the curtain rose on the third act.

片刻之后，脚灯亮起，第三幕拉开帷幕。

A good deal of hammering went on before the curtain rose again, but when it became evident what a masterpiece of stage carpentery had been got up, no one murmured at the delay.

在帷幕再次升起之前，台上发出好久的头叮当声；但是当大家明白这个舞台道具布置得多么好时，没有人为耽搁了时间而咕哝一声。

Little did he know that the students playing Amata and Sir Luckless had been boyfriend and girlfriend until one hour before the curtain rose, at which point 'Sir Luckless' transferred his affections to 'Asha'.

他不知道扮演阿玛塔的学生和扮演倒霉爵士的学生一直是一对恋人，而就在大幕拉开的一个小时前，“倒霉爵士”移情别恋，爱上了“阿莎”。

The curtain rises: The large teahouses in Beijing have closed up one by one. Yutai, the only one still open, has had to change its appearance and line of business in order to survive.

北京城内的大茶馆已先后相继关了门。“裕泰”是硕果仅存的 一家了，可是为避免被淘汰，它已改变了样子与作风。