day 76on stage

on stage

Talk about plays, films and shows: scripts, plots, roles, rehearsals and filming.

today’s words

• 文艺 wényì · literature and the arts
• 戏曲 xìqǔ · traditional Chinese opera
• 相声 xiàngsheng · crosstalk (comic dialogue)
• 喜剧 xǐjù · comedy
• 悲剧 bēijù · tragedy
• 剧本 jùběn · script, screenplay
• 情节 qíngjié · plot
• 场景 chǎngjǐng · scene, setting
• 场面 chǎngmiàn · scene, spectacle
• 开头 kāitóu · beginning; to start
• 结尾 jiéwěi · ending; to wind up
• 主角 zhǔjué · lead role, main character
• 主演 zhǔyǎn · to star; lead actor
• 扮演 bànyǎn · to play (a role)
• 艺人 yìrén · performer, entertainer
• 出场 chūchǎng · to come on stage
• 上台 shàngtái · to go on stage
• 排练 páiliàn · to rehearse
• 场次 chǎngcì · showing, performance (time)
• 字幕 zìmù · subtitles
• 镜头 jìngtóu · camera lens; shot
• 摄像 shèxiàng · to film (video)
• 录像 lùxiàng · video recording; to videotape
• 录制 lùzhì · to record (a programme)

sentences

• 爷爷特爱听相声，奶奶却更喜欢戏曲。 · Grandpa adores crosstalk, but Grandma prefers Chinese opera.
• 这部电影一时让人笑，一时又让人哭，像喜剧又像悲剧。 · One moment the film makes you laugh, the next it makes you cry: half comedy, half tragedy.
• 这个节目是在我们学校录制的，场面异常热闹。 · The show was recorded at our school, and it was an unusually lively occasion.
• 很多艺人都是从学校的文艺演出开始的。 · Lots of entertainers got their start in school shows.
• 这个场景较为复杂，拍了一整天。 · This scene was fairly complicated: it took a whole day to shoot.