聽懂老外聊生活英語對話 娛樂 66：說唱臉譜

　　Topic66 說唱臉譜

　　情境導讀

　　中國學生Cathy向外國留學生Frank介紹中國的京劇，并向他解釋了京劇臉譜中各種顏色所代表的人物性格。

　　英語情景會話

　　(以下C代表Cathy，F(xiàn)代表Frank)

　　C: Hey, Frank, heard of Mei Lanfang?

　　F: Of course, he is the grand master of Peking Opera.

　　C: You know Peking Opera?

　　F: Peking Opera is the cream of the Chinese culture.

　　C: Yes, it has become a must-see item to entertain foreigners. Have you ever enjoyed it?

　　F: Yeah, but I don't like its shrieking singing.

　　C: Me. either.

　　F: But I think its costumes and facial masks are more attractive.

　　C: They are colorful and appealing.

　　F: Why there're so many colors?

　　C: In Peking Opera certain colors represent certain personalities and temperaments of the figures.

　　F: For example?

　　C: For example, the well-known warrior Guan Yu, his facial mask is painted red because red is a color that represents loyalty and courage.

　　F: What about black and white?

　　C: Black represents righteousness. while white treachery.

　　F: I didn't realize that Peking Opera's facial masks are so complicated.

　　英語筆記

　　1.英語口語中，一句完整的話有時只說幾個關鍵詞，這與漢語口語相同。此句省略了Have you。

　　2.第一個red 需要重讀，第二個red 無需重讀。

　　3.這句話后半句的動詞與前半句動詞相同，都為represents，因此在這里省略了。

　　英語語音語調(diào)

　　句子中新信息需要重讀

　　在英語句子中，需要強調(diào)第一次出現(xiàn)的新信息，所以斯信息詞要重讀，再次出現(xiàn)時就無需重讀了。如：

　　l plan to buy a birthday cake for Jim.This cake should have his name on it.

　　我打算給吉姆買個生日蛋糕，蛋糕上寫上他的名字。

　　這句話中，cake第一次出現(xiàn)，強調(diào)是要給吉姆買個蛋糕，而不是別的;再次出現(xiàn)的時候要強調(diào)的就不是cake了，而是“name”，因此第二句中的cake無需重讀。