Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to speak . Now she was Portia, a strong –willed character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing smoothly from her.
In fact , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition （选拔试演）. She hated being in front of other people. She was very shy at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to attract much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making few friends. She had excellent grades, but she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Roberta’s mother had heard about it and encouraged her to join in.
“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to play the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”
Her mother wouldn’t let the matter drop. “You’re just a little scared （害怕） .Everyone gets scareD．You know you can do it. The trick is to look past the fear to find the love of what you’re doing."
So Roberta had made an appointment （预约） with the head of the Drama Club．She had read the play and found herself excited by the idea of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, memorizing the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she loved every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new understanding of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she performed two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the part was hers.
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罗伯塔出现在舞台上，深吸一口气，开始演讲。现在她是波西娅，莎士比亚《威尼斯商人》中那个意志坚定的角色。剧场里坐满了观众，她的演讲中透着一股前所未有的力量，台词流畅地从她口中冒出来。

事实上在选拔试演前她从未表演过。她讨厌站在别人面前。在学校她是个非常害羞的女孩。她从不认为她有什么好的，足以吸引其他的注意力。她通常自己一个人待着，不交朋友。她成绩优秀，但她总觉得缺了点什么。

选拔试演前两周，罗伯塔的母亲听说了这件事，就鼓励她去参加。

“我可不认为还有谁比你更适合扮演这个角色。还记得你过去为我们表演的话剧吗？”

她母亲不想让这事不了了之，说道：“你只是有点害怕。每个人都会害怕。你知道你能行的。秘诀就是掉过恐惧而去找寻你对你所做事情的热爱。”

于是罗伯塔就跟戏剧俱乐部的老板预约见面。她已经看了剧本了，发现自己一想到要演说这么华美的台词就兴奋不已。她私底下练习了波西娅的角色部分，一遍遍重复台词，直到全部记下来。这不难，她热爱表演的每一刻。她每说一遍台词，她对这些台词就有新的领悟，就好像莎士比亚写了很多不同深度的波西娅。

选拔试演那天，她为听众表演了波西娅的两段著名的演讲。当她演讲完毕，戏剧俱乐部的老板就宣布波西娅的角色是她的了。