日用品英语趣说之Curtain帘，幕

Curtain 帘，幕 The windows of a house usually have curtains. People draw them apart early in the morning to let in the sunlight and draw them together when it is getting dark. A stage usually has a curtain，too. The curtain rises as the show begins and it falls as the show ends. A wonderful performance usually wins warm applause and repeated curtain calls from the from the audience. When someone draws a curtain over something, you will not see it any more. Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their Corruption. On the other hand, if upright people are aware of it, they will raise the curtain on it，that is，make it known to the public. 一栋房子的窗户通常都有帘子。人们早晨拉开窗帘让阳光透进来，入黑的时候把它拉上。 舞台通常也有c curtain（幕布）。演出开始的时候幕布升起，演出结束时幕布落下。出色的表演常常赢得热烈的掌声，博得观众一再要求演员出场谢幕。 当某人拉上帘幕遮盖某物时，你就再也看不见了。贪官污吏总是试图遮掩自己的腐败行为。但另一方面，如果正直的人们对此有所察觉，他们就会揭开盖子，也就是向公众公开此事。