外贸英语口语九百句系列32陪进口商观看京剧PARKER:TheGoodwinshaveoftenspokenoftheirdesiretoattendaperformanceofthePekingOpera.Iamonlycuriousaboutopera.buttheGoodwinsaretrueoperafans，theybuyseason’sticketstotheVancouverPacific Opera every year. and Emily is a skillful pianist.(GOODWIN夫妇老是说看京剧，我只是好奇才看戏的，GOODWIN夫妇真是戏迷，他们每年都买季票到温哥华太平洋歌剧院去看歌剧，艾米丽的钢琴弹得很好。 )Li Wei arranges at last to get us tickets to the peking Opera and has a car sent around to pick up. The first half of the opera is very interesting， even to me， and at the intermission the five of us walk out through the balcony and into the courtyard before the theatre.（李薇终于给我们买了戏票，按排了一辆车来接我们去看京剧，戏的上半场非常有意思，就连我都觉得有意思，中间休息的时候，我们五人穿过楼厅来到戏院前面的院子里）GOODWIN: This is the fist chance I’ve had to see ” The wild Boar Forest”（这是我第一次看“野猪林”）EMILY: It’s my first chance to see Peking opera.（我是第一次有机会看京剧）PARKER: I don’t know much about any kind of opera. but I know what I like and I do like Peking opera very much， I’ve never seen such impressive costumes and I love the acrobatics. （什么戏剧我都了解的不多，可是我知道我喜欢什么，我喜欢京剧，我从来没见过这样引人注意的戏装，我喜欢这里的特技）EMILY:It’s always so tragic， the death of a loving wife.(林冲的爱妻死了，真惨呀)LI:This is a well-known story from ” The Water Margin”. The man is driven to join the Liangshan rebels.（这是《水浒传》里大家熟悉的一段故事，林冲被迫上了梁山。）PARKER: Why does everyone wear masks?（为啥演员都戴面具？）LI: They don’t. Their faces are painted. Some people believe the reason for the bright colors is because lighting was very poor on the older stages. and so the colors helped to brighten the opera.（没有面具，是画的脸谱，有人认为，这是因为过去的舞台灯光很暗，图上色彩戏就好看一些，）Some say the colors are only symbolic of the nature of the character， White， for instance， means treachery， Black honesty ， etc.（也有人说：脸谱上的颜色不过是象征性地表现人物的性格而已，白色的，是奸猾，黑色是耿直，等等。）In the Tang Dynasty they did use masks. Facial painting is an adaptation of the mask.（唐代的时候，唱戏的确实戴面具，脸谱是由面具演变而来的。）GOODWIN: Peking opera is like western in part. The actions are large and colorful. there are arias and recitatives. They are tragical or comical.（京剧有些地方很像西方的歌剧动作夸张和精美，有唱段也有宣叙部，有悲剧也有喜剧。）But Peking opera is very different too. The gestures are highly stylized and symbolic. It is much more symbolic than western opera.our opera is much more realistic. much more psychological.（可是京剧也有和西方歌剧不同的地方，京剧里的各种姿势是高度程式化的，而且具有高度象征性，比西方歌剧更有象征性，而我们的歌剧要现实的多，更多的是表现心理状态。）PARKER:I like the audience. They seem to know it all by heart.（我喜欢这里的观众，他们好像什么词都记得）EMILY: Yes， They don’t have to get dressed up to go to the opera. They don’t come out to the opera so that others will see them there.（是啊！ 他们看戏不需要盛装打扮，他们到戏院里来不是为了让别人看的，）In vancouver the opera is often a place where people go to be seen by others， These people here come out to see the opera.（在温哥华，人们到歌剧院去，往往是为了让别人看到自己，而这里的人是到这来看戏的。）PARKER: I see that most of the audience is made up of older people.（我发现观众当中大部分是上了年纪的人）LI:Yes. but some young people like it too， my daughter， for example， We are beginning to recognize that we have to take steps to preserve and expand Peking opera.（是的，可是，有些年轻人也爱看京剧，比如，我的女儿就是一个，我们已经注意到得采取措施把京剧保存下来，并发扬光大。）It has to be modernized， like everything else. I suppose， Better music， better theatres， more education in the schools.（和别的东西一样，我想，我们的京剧也需要现代化，音乐更好一些，剧院更好一些，学校多进行这方面教育。）EMILY:Well， we wish you the best of luck. In Canada I’m afraid the opera is already on the way to the museum. Only a few people go.（我们祝你们成功，在加拿大，歌剧恐怕快进博物馆了，看歌剧的人不多了。）GOODWIN:And for questionable reasons.（而且，去看歌剧的目的值得怀疑）PARKER: I like to see the orchestra on stage. It gives the musician a place of promienence.（乐队上了舞台，我看了很高兴，这就突出了琴师们的地位）LI: You can see them in the parks， too. Lots of old people to there， play their instruments and sing the arias。（你也可以在公园里看到他们，很多老年人到公园去，演奏乐器并唱京剧片段）PARKER: Can we go to visit one of the parks someday?（我们那天去公园看看怎么样？）GOODWIN: You’ve been working hard， David. I tell you what: you take tomorrow off and go down to a park and listen to Peking opera， all right?（大卫你工作一直很辛苦，这样好不好，明天你休息一天，到公园去听听京剧，怎么样？）PARKER: All right. I will. Do you want to come Emily?（好的，艾米丽你想去吗？）EMILY: Of course!（当然去）