Activity 4 Role-play
Mini Task 1
Suppose you work in an electronic trading company. Your company have 3 guests (one is female and the other two are males) coming from the US for the Canton Fair. They like to enjoy Cantonese Opera. You have to arrange the guests to enjoy it. Please make a preparation list for the opera.
Checklist for Preparing for Cantonese Opera
Mini Task 2
Suppose you are now accompanying two clients from the United Kingdom to enjoy Lion Dancing, make a dialogue and act it out according to the above situation. You may refer to the following words and expressions.
Words and Expressions in Task I
Words
discotheque n. 迪斯科舞厅
lobby n. 大厅
massage n. 按摩
sauna n. 桑拿
billiard n. 台球
bowling n.. 保龄球
foxtrot n. 狐步舞
fitness center 健身中心
waltz n. 华尔兹舞
tango n. 探戈舞
orchestra n. 管弦乐队
concerto n. 协奏曲
sonata n. 奏鸣曲
rejuvenating adj. 充满活力的(https://www.daowen.com)
Expressions
1.What did you think of Cantonese Opera?
2.How did you like the play?
3.I wonder how you found the traditional Chinese Opera Butterfly Love?
4.Cantonese Opera has unique features, doesn’t it?
5.It was very good. I enjoyed it immediately.
6.It was really a fine performance.
7.It was wonderful. I’d like to see it again.
8.It was full of action.
9.I’m really interested in those colorful costumes.
10.I imagine Cantonese Opera is really an old art form, and there are probably many keen Beijing Opera enthusiasts in your country.
11.It gives me something to think about.
12.It was pleasing entertainment. Personally I prefer something different.
13.Cantonese Opera evolved from several types of local operas staged in Beijing about 200 years back.
14.Beijing Opera performers are well grounded in martial skills.
15.They have expressive eyes and a rich variety of facial expressions.
16.Symbolism is used in Cantonese Opera. Different body movements have different implications.
17.The performers wear specific make-up according to their operatic roles.
18.There are very strict rules as to who wears what, depending on the status and personality of the role being played.
19.Classic Chinese music have so much depth and meaning.
20.The plot is gripping and instructive.