HSK4 LESSON 13-1 （Text 1 & Text 2)

Question 1

演出 Yǎnchū （show， perform）

表演 Biǎoyǎn （Performance）

演员 Yǎnyuán （actor）

京剧 Jīngjù

Answer 1

小雨和小夏聊小夏的爷爷表演京剧的情况
Xiaoyu and Xiaoxia talk about Xiaoxia’s grandfather performing Beijing Opera。
你爷爷京剧唱的真专业，我还以为他是京剧演员呢。
Your grandfather is such a professional at singing Peking Opera that I thought he was a Beijing Opera actor.

Question 2

深受 Shēn shòu = 深厚 Shēnhòu
厚 hòu （Deep）

观众 Guānzhòng
演员 Yǎnyuán （actor）

Answer 2

(Deeply）
(audience)
他本来就是京剧演员，深受观众们的喜爱。
He is a Beijing Opera actor and is deeply loved by the audience.
你爷爷一定对京剧有着很深厚的感情。
Your grandfather must have a deep affection for Beijing Opera.

Question 3

上台 Shàngtái

大概 Dàgài

受 Shòu （by，receive，be subject）

Answer 3

（Going on stage）
（roughly）
他8岁就开始上台演出，到现在大概唱了60多年了，他对这门艺术的喜爱从来没有改变过。
He started performing on stage at the age of 8 and has been singing for more than 60 years now. His love for this art has never changed.
这么说你喜欢听京剧也是受了你爷爷的影响？
So your love for Beijing Opera was also influenced by your grandfather?

Question 4

来自 Láizì

Answer 4

(From, to be from)
真没想到你一个来自美国的外国留学生，能把京剧唱得这么好。
I never thought that you, a foreign student from the United States, could sing Beijing Opera so well.

Question 5

跟着 Gēnzhe (Follow)

偶尔 Ǒu’ěr (Occasionally)

Answer 5

我常常跟着电视学唱京剧，然后一遍一遍地练习，偶尔跟中国人一起唱上几句。
I often learn to sing beijing Opera by watching TV, and then practice it over and over again, and occasionally sing a few lines with the Chinese.

Question 6

教育 Jiàoyù

Answer 6

educate

Question 7

基础 Jīchǔ

表演 Biǎoyǎn (Performance)

Answer 7

(Base, foundation)
别吃惊，因为我以前学习过音乐，有一些音乐基础，又对京剧这种表演艺术非常感兴趣，所以能比较容易地学会它的唱法。Don’t be surprised, because I have studied music before and have some musical foundation, and I am very interested in the performing art of Peking Opera, so I can learn how to sing it relatively easily.

Question 8

竟然 Jìngrán （it turns out )

连 Lián (Even)

流行 Liúxíng (Popularity, pop music)

Answer 8

你真厉害！竟然连很多中国人都听不懂的京剧也能学会。我还是比较喜欢听流行音乐。
You are amazing! You can even learn beijing Opera, which many Chinese people cannot understand. I still prefer to listen to pop music.

Question 9

增加 Zēngjiā (Increase, add to)

特点 (Features, characteristic)

效果 Xiàoguǒ

Answer 9

那是你不了解京剧的唱法，在音乐方面，京剧给了我很多新的想法。我还把京剧的一些特点增加到了自己的音乐中，达到了很好的效果。That’s because you don’t understand the singing style of beijing Opera. In terms of music, beijing Opera has given me many new ideas. I have also added some characteristics of beijing Opera to my own music, and it has achieved very good results.