2023年12月9日发(作者：)
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大学英语六级听力练习原文
大学英语六级听力练习原文
In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to
the theatre to watch a pantomime. Pantomimes are a very old
form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as
ever. Pantomimes today originate from a type of light, popular,
comedy play from 16th Century Italy. Some aspects of modern
pantomime date from this time, for example having stock
characters who appear in different stories. Pantomimes started
to be performed in England in the 17th Century, and it was here
that the comedy developed into slapstick - a clownish, physical
comedy characterised by people falling over or fighting in a silly
way. In the 19th Century, Grimaldi, a famous clown, introduced
the tradition of audience participation, a very important aspect
of modern pantomime. He established catch phrases, which the
audience would respond to by shouting a known response. There
are two very well-known catch phrases in modern British
pantomime. The first is that a character will pretend not to see
his enemy and ask the audience where he is. The audience shout
out Look behind you! The second is where a character pretends
to have an argument with the audience using phrases like Oh yes
I did and Oh no you didnt! Pantomimes are based on folk stories
or fairy tales like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk or Snow
White and the Seven Dwarves. The performances often include
songs or music. There are two stock characters who feature in
almost every pantomime. The first is thepantomime dame, an
older woman such as an aunt, usually played by a man. She
usually has an outrageous costume and a bawdy sense of humour.
In addition, there is often a male character played by a young woman, called the principal boy. This is usually the hero of the
story. The fact that actors are playing roles of the wrong gender
is part of the joke. Often, celebrities from the world of TV or pop
music take leading roles in pantomimes, or pantos. You will find
a pantomime in almost every theatre in Britain in wintertimeOh
yes you will! GLOSSARY
词汇表 :pantomime 话剧 originate from 起源于 date from 起始于 stock character 固定角色 slapstick 闹剧, 滑稽戏 clownish 滑稽的 physical comedy 喜剧 clown 小丑 audience participation 观众的参与 catch phrases 口头禅, 套话 character 角色 based on 以为基础, 基于 folk stories 民间故事 fairy tales 神话故事 pantomime dame
话剧的女主角之一, 通常是指年岁较大的.那位 played by 由来演
bawdy 淫猥的, 下流的 principal boy 话剧的男主角 actors 演员
celebrities 社会名流
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