英语口语大赢家Topic203:京剧 Peking Opera

看完了演出，罗拉余兴未尽，于是和雪莉谈起了京剧，没有想到，她知道的还真不少呢。我们来听听她们都在谈些什么吧！

 

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Laura: The performance is amazing. I'm curious about how they did it. I mean the way they sing.

Shirley: They must have practiced a lot. The perseverance¹ has made them they are today.

Laura: So cool. Someone gave me this flier at the exit. What's it about?

Shirley: Let me have a look. Well, it lists some shows that will be on next week.

Laura: Oh, tell me about it. Anything interesting?

Shirley: Hmm…Oh, this one, "The Drunken Beauty". This is a real classic³.

Laura: "The Drunken Beauty"? It's funny that we have "Sleeping Beauty" in my country. Anyway, what's it about? Is the beauty a drunkard?

Shirley: Of course not. She was said to be the most beautiful woman in her time and that made her become the queen. They play was famous for its singing and dancing.

Laura: Sure, people do that when they are drunk². What about the actress?

Shirley: She is an opera star in China. Her teacher's teacher is Mei Lanfang.

Laura: Oh, I've heard about him before. He even created a special dance of sleeve⁴ shaking.

Shirley: You are such an expert on it. I don't know that.

Laura: You know, interest is the best teacher.

Shirley: So, want me to book the tickets again?

Laura: Please do that. I can't wait to come back again. The performance must be really amazing.

Shirley: We can do that if you like. Maybe next weekend.

Laura: That will be great.

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罗拉：演出太精彩了。我很好奇他们是怎么做到的。我是指他们演唱的方式。

雪莉：他们一定进行了很多练习。是毅力让他们达到今天这样的地步。

罗拉：真酷。在出口处有人给我发了这张传单。它上面说的什么啊？

雪莉：让我看看。哦，它列出了下周要上演的一些剧目。

罗拉：哦，快给我讲讲。有什么有趣的吗？

雪莉：嗯……哦，这场不错，"贵妃醉酒"。这是一场经典剧目。

罗拉：喝醉酒的美人？真有趣，在我的国家我们有"睡美人"。那么，它讲的是什么？那美人是酒鬼吗？

雪莉：当然不是。据说，在她那个时代，她是最美丽的女人，这使得她成为当时的皇后。该剧目因其唱腔和舞蹈而著名。

罗拉：一定是，人们喝醉酒的时候就会那么做。那女演员怎么样？

雪莉：她是中国的戏曲明星。她师傅的师傅是梅兰芳。

罗拉：哦，我以前听说过他。他还发明了一种舞水秀的特殊舞蹈。

雪莉：你真是这方面的专家啊。我还真不知道这个呢？

罗拉：知道吗，兴趣是最好的老师。

雪莉：那么，还要我去订一次票吗？

罗拉：请帮忙吧。我都等不及想回来看了。那演出一定特别精彩。

雪莉：只要你喜欢当然可以。要不就下周。

罗拉：那太好了。

经典背诵 Recitation
Shirley: We really enjoyed the performance tonight, especially Laura. After the show, she got a flier which listed some performances for next week. Among them was the classic opera "The Drunken Beauty". She got very excited about it. So I booked seats again. I thought the performance would be amazing.

生词小结
drunken adj. 醉酒的

beauty n. 美人

drunkard n. 酒鬼

queen n. 皇后

sleeve n. 袖子

注释
The Drunken Beauty

贵妃醉酒，中国京剧的经典曲目

功能性句型扩展 Functional⁵ structure⁶
表示猜测的句型

请朗读以下句型，家长和孩子交替进行。

Who/Where/What can/could …? 谁/哪里/什么可能……？

…can't/couldn't … ……不可能……

…can't/couldn't be doing… ……不可能正在……

…can't/couldn't have done… ……（之前）不可能……

…may/might… ……可能……

…may/might be… ……可能在……（状态）

…may/might be doing… ……可能正在……

…may/might have done… ……可能已经……

…must… ……肯定……

…must be doing… ……肯定在……

…must have done… ……肯定已经……

 

1 perseverance   

n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
• Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。

2 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

3 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。

4 sleeve   

n.袖子，袖套

参考例句：

• Will you please mend the sleeve of my blouse?请你把我衬衣的袖子补一下好吗？
• He pulled my sleeve, attracted my attention in this way.他扯了扯我的衣袖以引起我的注意。

5 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。

6 structure   

n.结构，构造，建筑物；v.构成；

参考例句：

• Doctors study the structure of the human body.医生研究人体构造。
• A flower has quite a complicated structure.一朵花的结构相当复杂。