必修二 Unit 4 课文挖空及答案 - 2023-2024年高一英语课文挖空词汇基础训练（新教材外研版）

必修二 Unit 4 Stage and screen 课文挖空 Understanding Ideas When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. As a high school student with (英国文学) as one of my main subjects, I have to! Shakespeare’s Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English. Almost everybody knows “ ”(生还是死) , right? (曾看过) (许多) productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence - until the Peking Opera came to town! (起源于，追溯到) the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. Does this mean it’s easier than a Shakespeare play to understand? To (弄清楚) the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge of Prince Zidan - the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. (以...开始) an orchestra playing (传统中国乐器), the opera brought a (全新的) sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, seeing the (主角) come on stage, I was surprised! The costumes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, (夸张的动作) and mime helped (传达意义到...，使意义被...理解) the audience. The voices themselves sounded really unique - some of the female voices were so high that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really simple: (一条装饰性的鞭子) represented a horse, and a screen with (汉字), a (书房). Using such techniques, the opera had (转变) a small stage the whole universe. Easily my favourite part of the show was how the characters moved on stage. I had never seen Prince Hamlet do a backflip before! That was simply (难以置信的). It was (如此炫目而积极以至于) I wasn’t sure if the characters were performers or athletes! Everyone was clapping. Before experiencing The Revenge of Prince Zidan, I wasn’