1、Everyday English Sometimes you have to do whats best for you and your life, not whats best for everyone else. 有时候，你必须做到最好，为了你和你的生活，而不是为了别人。 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, I wish to extend my warmest welcome to you. And I hope, that you will enjoy your stay in China. As we know, on
2、e of the many types of traditional operas in China is Beijing Opera, also called Peking Opera. I believe you want to know something about it. Now let me introduce it to you.Beijing Opera Beijing Opera is the most representative of all the Chinese traditional dramatic art forms. Beijing Opera, though
3、t it came into existence only 200 years ago, it famous not only in China, but also in foreign countries, because it is a combination of elements from many sources, such as traditional Chinese music, poetry, singing, recitation, dancing, acrobatics, and martial arts. Introduction Of Introduction Of B
4、eijing OperaBeijing OperaPart oneBeijing opera is Beijing opera is regarded as the regarded as the national opera national opera in China and in China and called “daxi”(called “daxi”(大大戏）戏）Beijing Opera is a Beijing Opera is a comprehensive comprehensive performing arts. performing arts. That is, si
5、ng (That is, sing (唱唱), ), read (read (念念) , do () , do (作作), ), fight (fight (打打), and dance ), and dance ( (舞舞). ).Roles in Beijing Roles in Beijing OperaOperaPart twoFour Main RoleslaoshenglaoshengxiaoshengxiaoshengwushengwushengLaodanWudanDaomadanQingyiHuadanQing yi : is a woman with a strict mo
6、ral codeLao dan : is an elderly womanJing : refers to the roles with painted facesChou : also called clown, is a comic character and can be recognized at first sight for his special makeup, that is a patch of white paint on his nose.chouFacial Facial PatternsPatternsPart three One of the most typica
7、l aspects of Beijing Opera is its colorful and complicated stage makeup, which is one of the basic skills learned by performers. The most intricate makeup is for the role of jing. The jing role has different colors and designs, age, profession and personality of certain roles will be shown.signifies
8、 loyalty(忠诚）忠诚）,honesty（诚实）（诚实） probity(正直正直),Courage(勇气）勇气） and bravery（勇（勇敢）敢）Blue or greentypes of facial makeup in operas that some of the figures represented cruelty（残暴的）（残暴的）（ such as Dou Ambassador(窦尔窦尔敦、敦、), Ma Wu (马武马武 ).Black said the types of facial makeup in operas is criticized(刚烈刚烈 ) p
9、eople, integrity(正直正直 ), bravery and even reckless(鲁莽鲁莽 ), such as Zhang Fei.Golden and silver are for ghosts and immortals.YellowYellow represents a represents a bold (bold (莽撞的）莽撞的） character.character.典典 韦韦英英 布布White Represent a conspiratorial （knsprt:ril 阴谋的，不怀好 意的） one。 The different colors in
10、robes also indicate different social status. For example, yellow for the imperial family(帝王家族）, red for high nobility（贵族）, red or blue for people of violent nature（反抗自然的人）. Period II Variety in character is also achieved by various design. For instance, “twisted face”, as the name implies, is a twis
11、ted expression indicating the evil nature of a role; “pictographic” covers the performers face with different kinds of animals or birds so as to imply the origin of the role. (usually a ghost or an immortal). 1. Variety in character is also achieved by various design. 多样的设计表现了性格的多样性。2. for instance
12、例如，比如，拿来说 They will be concerned to do the right thing to dress properly, for instance. 他们需要注意行为是否恰当比如说，穿着得体。3. as the name implies ：正如名字所示4. pictographic pktgrfk 象形，象形化The well-known and most typical makeup belongs to two characters in Beijing OperaBaozheng: a senior official in the Song Dynasty. H
13、is face appears black, with white features. black stands for his integrity, and the combination of black and white means he is clearly and impartially able to judge right from wrong.Zhongkui: was a legendary scholar in ancient times. He passed the imperial examination with excellent marks, but was r
14、efused a government post only because he was ugly. He was so angry and he killed himself. Then heaven put him in charge of capturing evil spirits. There is a special make-up on his face, which means that he is both ugly and benevolent. The black color in his face stands for his honesty, the brown co
15、lor for his kindness and the sympathy he feels for mortals, and the gold indicates that he is a celestial.1.In ancient times 在古代 This old Silk Road linked China with the West in ancient times. 这条古老的丝绸之路在古时候把中国和西方连了起来.2. kill oneself 自杀3. In charge of 负责主管，照料 The cook is in charge of the kitchen help
16、er. 这位厨师负责管理厨工4. stand for 代表；为奋斗；容忍 What does EU stand for? EU代表什么？ Its outrageous, and we wont stand for it any more. 这太不像话了，我们再也不能容忍下去了 Another typical aspect of Beijing Opera is the versatility of performers who are in speaking, singing and dancing parts in the same opera, and especially good at
17、 acrobatics, which is very different from the opera of the West. Besides voice training, a performer of Beijing Opera must train himself in martial skills for many years. So when we see an opera, well have a deep impression of the graceful and precise movement executed by performers. It is said in C
18、hina that one goes not to see an opera, but to hear one, for music and singing are the most essential elements in opera. As we know, the wind, stringed and percussion instruments are all used in Beijing Opera music. In brief, Beijing Opera is world famous for its special style and magnificent skills. Beijing Opera, the quintessence of Chinese culture, will surely be forward in the future.
