Стр.32-33 Модуль 2 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 7 класс
2e Amazing performances Chinese opera If you want to watch a music performance that combines I song, dance, and striking design, just forget about the latest pop video.
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2e Amazing performances
Chinese opera
If you want to watch a music performance that combines I song, dance, and striking design, just forget about the latest pop video. Take a look at a truly original style of musical performance: Chinese opera. Last month I was on a trip in Shanghai. I was staying with my Chinese friend Mai-Li. She insisted that we go to the Chinese opera and I have to admit the experience was amazing from beginning to end.
Opera has a long history in China. In ancient times, actors performed the operas on the streets on temporary stages with only hanging lanterns for lighting. Ittasks funny to think that such grand art started out like that!
We arrived at the theatre just before the lights went down. As the curtain rose, the actors came on stage in their beautiful costumes; the fiery reds and ribbons of gold and silver were like a kaleidoscope of colour! The costumes go all the way back to the street show days, when the actors used to wear bright colours to stand out in the dark.
The singing was quite strange - very sharp and high-pitched. Just like the costumes, the singing style was really ancient. The street performers used to sing that way so that their voices could carry over the crowds who gathered to watch.
The opera we saw was taskLady White Snaketask; a classic Chinese folk tale. A white snake changes into a beautiful girl, and then falls in love with a human. But the actors didntaskt only tell the story through song; the dancing and acrobatics were fantastic, too. The actors used not only their faces but also their whole bodies to act out the story and show their emotions. These actors train very hard at opera schools for years from about the age of 7 or 8. There werentaskt a lot of stage props or scenery because the actors use a lot of symbols to help tell the story. An actor galloping with a whip, for example, means they are riding a horse. Doing somersaults from a table or a pile of chairs means they are running down a mountain.
The actorstask make-up was incredible. Each colour has a special meaning and reveals something about their character; red means loyalty and bravery, black shows a warrior or a wild character, blue means cruelty and gold and silver means mystery. At the finale, it was breathtaking to see them all on stage together in their bright costumes and make-up. I didntaskt think that opera was for me, but I cantaskt believe how much I enjoyed it. You must all see a Chinese opera one day!
Study skills
Predicting content
The title, photographs and the first and the last sentence in each paragraph help us predict the content of a text.
Reading
1 Look at the pictures and read the title and the first and last sentence of each paragraph of Iristask blog entry. What do you think Chinese opera is like? Listen and read to find out.
2 а) Read the text again. For each question (1-5), choose the correct answer А, В. C or D.
1 When Chinese opera first started, performances took place outside.
A it didn’t have any lighting.
В performances took place outside.
C there was no stage or costumes.
D it wasn’t very popular.
2 In the past, the actors wore costumes that were easy to see.
A very simple.
В only red. Gold, and silver.
C easy to see.
D easy to wear.
3 The actors sang in a high-pitched voice because they wanted to help the audience hear.
A help the audience hear.
В follow tradition.
C make the audience laugh.
D attract more attention.
4 The audience mainly follow the story of a Chinese opera through the singing and the characterstask movement and make-up.
A a lot of props and scenery.
В the colours on the characterstask costumes.
С changes in the lighting.
D the characterstask movement and make-up.
5 At the end, we learn that Iris was surprised that she enjoyed the opera.
A planning to see the opera again.
В surprised that she enjoyed the opera.
C not interested in going to another opera.
D unsure if her readers would enjoy Chinese opera.
b) Match the words in bold in the text with their meanings: amazing & impressive, something I like, be dear, shows, there for a short time, be heard.
3 Match the highlighted words in the text with their descriptions (1-7).
1 The people who take part in the performance.
2 This rises at the beginning of the performance and conies down at the end.
3 The actors & actresses wear these.
4 The objects or furniture used in a performance.
5 The performances take place on these.
6 The painted backgrounds that show where the story takes place.
7 The use of lights to give different effects during the show.
Check these words
ancient times, hanging, lantern, grand, start out, fiery, ribbon, kaleidoscope, sharp, high-pitched, crowd, gather, fall in love with, acrobatics, emotion, gallop, whip, somersault, reveal, loyalty, bravery, warrior, wild, cruelty
Grammar
Used to
4 a) Read and find examples in the text
AFFIRMATIVE
I/You/He, etc used to go to musicals a lot as a child.
NEGATIVE
I/You/He, etc didntaskt use to go to the opera.
INTERROGATIVE
Did I/you/he etc use to go to the cinema?
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I/you/he, etc did
No, I/you/he, etc didntaskt
We use used to or the Past Simple for past habits or actions that happened regularly in the past but do not happen now. He used to have/had short hair. BUT He went to the Opera yesterday. (NOT: He used to go to the Opera yesterday.)
b) Write sentences about the ancient Greek theatre using used to/didntaskt use to.
1 it/be/very popular
It used to be very popular.
5 Write two things you used to do when you were 10 and two things you didntaskt use to do.
When I was 10, I used to go to the cinema every week.
Speaking & Writing
6 Make notes under the headings. Use them to present the Chinese opera to the class.
costumes
singing
actors
stage props/scenery
make-up
7 Think! In three minutes write three reasons why someone should attend a Chinese opera. Tell another group or the class.