The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart and as punishment, she transformed him into a beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose which would bloom until his 21st year. If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell will be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast? 
王子向女巫道歉，但是太迟了。因为女巫看到在王子的心中没有爱，为了惩罚王子，女巫施法将王子变成了一个丑陋的野兽，并对城堡和所有居住在城堡里的人设置了强力的魔咒。 由于外貌丑陋，野兽将自己隐蔽在城堡里，只通过一面魔镜作为对外的窗口。 女巫送给他的玫瑰是一朵施了魔法的玫瑰，它会一直盛开到他的21岁生日。 如果他能够在最后一片花瓣凋落之前学会如何爱别人并同时得到对方的爱，那么魔法就会消除。如果不能，他将永远成为一只野兽。 时间一年年的过去，野兽陷入绝望并丢失所有的希望，因为谁会去爱一只野兽呢？

1.spell [spel] 
v.拼写 n. 符咒

2.monstrous ['mɒnstrəs] 
adj. 巨大的，怪异的 
monster 怪物 /beast 野兽

3.conceal  [kən'siːl] 
v. 隐瞒，隐藏

4.bloom [bluːm] 
v./n. 开花，茂盛

5.doom [duːm] 
n 厄运，死亡 v. 注定