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高中英语外研版必修2Unit4语篇1

WhenHamletMeetsPekingOpera

当哈姆雷特遇见京剧

IthoughtIknewalotaboutHamlet.AsahighschoolstudentwithEnglishliteraturewasoneofmymainsubjects,Ihaveto!ShakespearesHamletisprobablythemostimportantplaybythemostimportantwriterinEnglish.Almosteverybodyknows“Tobe,ornottobe”,right?HavingseenquiteafewproductionsofHamletandreadtheplaymanytimes,Iwasfullofconfidence-untilthePekingOperacametotown!

我以为我对《哈姆雷特》了解很多。作为一名高中生，英语文学是我的主要科目之一，我不得不这样！莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》可能是英语中最重要作家最重要的作品。几乎每个人都知道“生存还是毁灭”，对吧？我看过不少《哈姆雷特》的演出，也多次阅读了这部剧本，我充满了自信——直到京剧《哈姆雷特》来到镇上！

Datingbacktothe18thcentury,PekingOperahasovertwohundredyearsofhistory.DoesthismeanitseasierthanaShakespeareplaytounderstand?Tofindouttheanswer,IjusthadtogoandseeTheRevengeofPrinceZidan-thePekingOperaversionofHamlet.

追溯到18世纪，京剧已有两百多年的历史。这是否意味着它比莎士比亚的戏剧更容易理解？为了找到答案，我不得不去看一看京剧版本的《哈姆雷特》——《紫钗记》。

StartingwithanorchestraplayingtraditionalChineseinstruments,theoperabroughtacompletelynewsoundtomyWesternears.Atfirst,IthoughtwhatIheardwasaviolin,butlaterIlearntthatitwasaninstrumentwithtwostringscalledjinghu.Then,seeingthemaincharacterscomeonstage,Iwassurprised!Thecostumesandmaskswereamazing.TheperformersofcoursesanginChinese,butthemusic,exaggeratedmovementsandmimehelpedgetthemeaningsacrosstotheaudience.Thevoicesthemselvessoundedreallyunique-someofthefemalevoicesweresohighthatIwassuretheycouldbreakglass!Andthestagewasreallysimple:adecoratedwhiprepresentedahorse,andascreenwithChinesecharacters,astudy.Usingsuchtechniques,theoperahadtransformedasmallstageintothewholeuniverse.

随着一支演奏中国传统乐器的管弦乐队的开场，这部歌剧为我的西方耳朵带来了全新的声音。起初，我以为我听到的是小提琴，但后来我了解到那是一种叫做京胡的两弦乐器。然后，当主要角色走上舞台时，我感到惊讶！服装和面具令人惊叹。当然，表演者用中文唱歌，但