一 词组

1 stage set 舞台设计，舞台布置

2 quite a few 相当多

3 be full of 充满

4 date back to 追溯到

5 200 years of history 两百年的历史

6 find out 查清，弄清

7the Peking Opera version of Hamlet 京剧版的《哈姆雷特》

8 start with以...开始

9 come on stage 登上舞台

10 get across 使...被理解，把...讲清楚

11 transform...into... 把……转变成……

12 do a backflip 做后空翻

13 on the edge of one`s seat 极为激动

14 combine...with... 与...结合

15 tick all the right boxes 事情发展如人所愿，一切顺利

16 make a comparison 作比较

17 stay up late 熬夜，迟睡

18 give up 放弃

19 do a good job 干得好，好好干

20 overcome one`s fears 克服恐惧

21 do one`s best 尽力而为

22 more or less 或多或少

23 put on a wonderful performance 上演精彩的表演

24 highly recommended 强烈推荐

25 a waste of time 浪费时间

26 take place 发生，举行

27 be based on 基于，以...为基础

28 all too often 很多时候，时常

29 end up ding sth 以...做某事而结束

30 result in 导致

31 escape from 逃避、逃脱

32 take ...for example 譬如，以...为例

33 play the part of 扮演...的角色

34 live up to 符合（标准），不负（盛名）

35 to some extent 在某种程度上

36 in one`s own right 凭借自身，靠自己

37 turn to 转向

38 be glued to 盯着看

39 stand out 脱颖而出，突出

40 get out of hand 失去控制

41 get hold of 抓住

42 on top of 在...上面，此外

43 make arrangements 做安排

44 be shocked by 因...而震惊

45 be touched by 因...而感动

二 句型

1Having seen quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence—until the Peking Opera came to town!

这部戏剧我也看了好几遍，因此我充满了信心——直到城里来了京剧表演！

2 Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history.

京剧的起源可以追溯到18世纪，距今已有两百多年历史。

3 Does this mean it’s easier than a Shakespeare play to understand?

这是否意味着京剧比莎士比亚的戏剧更容易理解？

4 Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears.

戏一开场，是乐队弹奏中国传统乐器，我这个西方人的耳朵听到了一种全新的声音。

5 The voices themselves sounded really unique—some of the female voices were so high that I was sure they could break glass!

那些唱腔听起来非常独特——有的女声声调如此之高，以至于我觉得可以震碎玻璃！

6 No gain, as the saying goes

俗话说，不劳就无获。

7 I can`t wait to go

我等不及要去。

8 I like to know what`s going on in the world first thing in the morning, so I never miss this programme!

我喜欢早上第一件事就是知道世界上发生了什么，所以我从不错过这个节目！

9 It`s a wonder they didn`t walk out of the studio.

真奇怪他们没走出演播室。

10 They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying.

人们常说“一图胜千词”，但是简单对照一下书籍和由之而改编的电影，就会让人们开始质疑这一说法。

11 Movies also disappoint us when things don’t look the way we imagined them in the books.

电影呈现出的事物与我们读书时的想象的有落差时，我们也会备感失望。

12 Many people thought she didn’t live up to Helen’s title of “the most beautiful woman in the world”, influencing opinions of the movie to some extent.

许多人认为她配不上海伦“世界上最美丽的女人”这一称号，这在一定程度上影响了人们对这部电影的看法。

13 With this in mind, perhaps we should judge a movie in its own right, and not against its original source.

考虑到这一点，也许我们应该基于电影本身而不是将其与原始版本进行对比来评价电影。

14Perhaps, one day, readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most admired work will find themselves glued to their screens by episodes of The Great Gatsby.

也许有一天，F. 斯科特·菲茨杰拉德最杰出作品的读者们，会发现自己已被《了不起的盖茨比》的剧集深深吸引。

15 Shortly before her sixteenth birthday, she is shocked by the life-changing news that she is the princess of a fictional kingdom called Genovia.

在她16岁生日前不久，她被一个改变生活的消息震惊了，那就是她是一个虚构王国基诺维亚的公主。

16 Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear，but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

勇气不是没有恐惧，而是判断其他事情比恐惧更重要