越剧YueOpera旅游英语本教学辅导课件

YueOpera主讲：徐琰KeyPointsOverviewofYueOperaLiangShanboandZhuYingtaiSituation:ThetourguideChenYanisrecommendingafamousShaoxingOperacalled“LiangShanboandZhuYingtai”toanAmericancouple.Questions

WhydoesChenYanrecommendShaoxingOperatothecouple?What’sthestoryofLiangShanboandZhuYingtai?Doyouhaveanyplanfortomorrowevening?OpeningRemarkNotreally.Doyouhaveanysuggestion?Well,thereisawonderfultraditionalChineseplayintheGrandTheatretomorrowevening.I’mwonderingwhetheryouwouldbeinterestedinit.OpeningRemarkOpeningRemarkReally?IsitPekingOpera?No,it’sShaoxingOpera.It’salocalChineseoperaquitepopularinthesouthernregionsoftheYangtzeRiver.Itoriginated(源自)inthecurrentareaofShaoxing,anoldwell-knowntouristtowninthesouthofZhejiangProvince.YueOperaSinceancienttime,ZhejiangbelongedtotheYueState(越国),andthelocaloperawaspopularlyknownasYueOpera(越剧).YueOperahasahistoryofabout80years.YueOperaWell,that’sveryinteresting.WehaveneverseenalocaloperaotherthanthePekingOpera.Ican’twaittoseeit.YueOperaSo,wecangotomorrow.Willwebeabletounderstanditsinceit’sallinChinese?No,notquite,I’mafraid.Itissunginlocaldialect

(方言)andmaynotbeunderstoodbypeoplefromotherareasofthecountry.YueOperaButitisverypopularinZhejiang,especiallyinthecountrysideduringthefestivalssuchasSpringFestival.

YueOperaManypeoplelovetoenjoytheopen-airperformanceswhetherthereisaplacetositornot.

YueOperaAmazing.Bytheway,I’veheardthattheChineseoperawasperformedonlybymaleslikePekingOpera,isthattrue?YueOperaOriginallyYueOperawasonlyperformedbymalesandthenchangedtoallfemaleperformances.After1949,

maleandfemalesworktogether.

YueOperaWhatistomorrow’splayaboutthen?YueOperaIt’saChineselovestoryofRomeoandJuliet.ThecouplearenamedLiangShanbo

(梁山伯)andZhuYingtai

(祝英台).TheyarecalledtheButterflylovers

becausetheydiedforloveandhaveturnedintoapairofbutterflies.

LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiThat’sbeautiful!LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiInthestory,LiangShanboandZhuYingtaiarethree-yearclassmatesinaprivateschoolinHangzhou,whichyoucanstillvisitinthesouthofourcity.Sinceitwasnoteasyforagirltostudyatschoolatthattime,ZhuYingtai,thegirl,disguises(化妆)herselfasamalestudent.LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiLater,thetwobecomeverygoodfriends,andZhuYingtaifallsinlovewithLiangShanbo.LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiHowever,whenLianglearnsthetruthandhurriestoZhu’sfamilytomakeanofferofMarriage(求婚),hefindsZhu’sfatherhas

promisedtomarryhertoMaWencai(马文才),thesonofarichfamily.

LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiWithgrief(痛苦)andindignation(愤怒),Liangdiesoflovesickness(相思病).LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiAsZhukneels

cryinginfrontofLiang’stomb,thetombopens,andZhujumpsintoit,andthenthetwoloversturnintoapairoffree-flyingbutterflies.LiangShanbo&ZhuYingtaiIntroducingaplayThereisalsoaChinese“RomeoandJuliet”

storythattheloversLiangShanbo(梁山泊)andZhuYingtai(祝英台)diedforlove.Reflection中国也有一则像罗密欧和朱丽叶一样的爱情故事。故事中的恋人就是同样为爱而殉情的梁山泊和祝英台。IntroducingapayThereisawonderfultraditionalChineseplayintheGrandTheatretomorrowevening.I’mwondering

whetheryouwouldbeinterestedinit.Reflection明晚大剧院有一场精彩的中国传统戏剧，不知道你们对此是否有兴趣。IntroducingaplayZhuYingtaiwantstostudysomuchthatshedisguises

herselfintoamalestudent,andmanagestogotoschoolinHangzhou.Reflection祝英台很想读书，所以就女扮男装，设法到杭州去上学。IntroducingaplayLiangShanboandZhuYingtaiarethree-yearclassmatesinaprivateschoolinHangzhou.Reflection梁山伯和祝英台在杭州的一个私塾里是三年的同窗。IntroducingaplayLater,thetwobecomeverygoodfriends,andZhuYingtaifallsinlovewithLiangShanbo.Reflection后来两人成为了好朋友，祝英台爱上了梁山伯。IntroducingaplayButZhu’sfatherhas

promisedtomarryhertoMaWencai(马文才),thesonofagovernor.Reflection但是祝英台的父亲却把她嫁给了太守之子马文才。IntroducingaplayHearing

thenews,withgriefandindignation,Liangdiesoflovesickness.Reflection得知消息，梁山伯愤懑难耐，悲痛欲绝，最后死于相思病。IntroducingaplayWhenZhukneelscryinginfrontofLiang’stom