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英语 选择性必修 第二册 RJ
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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Known as “Magic of the East”, shadow play (皮影戏) is considered the early form of modern cinema and cartoon. This unique art __1__ (create) during the Western Han Dynasty some 2,000 years ago.
Shadow play is a kind of drama __2__ the players made of animal skins are projected onto a white screen. The players are dyed in five colors and made transparent (透明) after chemical __3__ (treat). So the shadow shows dramatic colors on the screen, __4__ (add) great appeal to the play. More interestingly, every player is comprised of 11 parts: a head, two body parts, two legs, two upper arms and lower arms as well as two hands. __5__ (control) through sticks and strings by the performers behind the screen, the players can do various movements __6__ (vivid).
Shadow play demands high performing skills. Besides operating three or four players at a time, performers have to catch up with the music as well as speak or sing __7__ (tell) the story. Hence, it is not __8__ easy job to become a mature shadow play performer.
With the development of modern audiovisual media, shadow play is not as popular as before. __9__ thanks to the harmonious application of so many artistic factors—light, screen, music, singing and puppetry (木偶), this art remains a highly __10__ (value) cultural heritage in Chinese art field.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
答案:1.was created 2.where 3.treatment 4.adding 5.Controlled 6.vividly 7.to tell
8.an 9.But/Yet 10.valuable/valued
The music used in shadow play is mainly composed of various stringed instruments as well as drums, flutes, gongs, and horns. Other local instruments are also used depending on the region in which they are played.
皮影戏所用的音乐主要由各种弦乐器以及鼓、笛子、锣和喇叭组成。根据演奏地区的不同,也会使用其他地方乐器。
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