Intermediate - School Drama Society (C2517)

A: 你是大一新生吗?对话剧感兴趣吗?我们话剧社就在前面篮球场招募新人,这是我们的传单,请看一下。
nǐ shì dàyī xīnshēng ma? duì huàjù gǎn xìngqù ma? wǒmen huàjùshè jiù zài qiánmian lánqiúchǎng zhāomù xīnrén, zhè shì wǒmen de chuándān, qǐng kàn yīxià.
Are you a first-year student? Are you interested in drama? Our drama society is recruiting new people in front of the basketball court. This is our leaflet. Please take a look.
B: 话剧社?是舞台剧吗?
huàjùshè? shì wǔtáijù ma?
Drama society? Is it a stage performance?
A: 话剧是指以对话方式为主的戏剧。
huàjù shìzhǐ yǐ duìhuà fāngshì wéizhǔ de xìjù.
Drama means a play that is mainly dialogue.
C: 哦,我看过《恋爱的犀牛》。
ò, wǒ kàn guò《 liàn'ài de xīniú》.
Oh, I have seen "A Rhinoceros in Love".
A: 看样子你对话剧蛮了解的,来参加我们话剧社吧,我们会提供你在舞台上尽情展示的机会。
kànyàngzi nǐ duì huàjù mán liǎojiě de, lái cānjiā wǒmen huàjùshè ba, wǒmen huì tígōng nǐ zài wǔtái shàng jìnqíng zhǎnshì de jīhuì.
It looks as if you understand drama pretty well. Come and join our drama society. We will provide you an opportunity to give free rein to your abilities on stage.
B: 我们也能参加演出?
wǒmen yě néng cānjiā yǎnchū?
Can we also take part in performances?
A: 当然。我们每年有两次大戏联演,部分演员就是从新入社的成员里选出的。即使你不适合表演,也可以参与我们的幕后工作,体验制作话剧的乐趣。
dāngrán. wǒmen měinián yǒu liǎng cì dàxìliányǎn, bùfen yǎnyuán jiùshì cóng xīn rù shè de chéngyuán lǐ xuǎnchū de. jíshǐ nǐ bù shìhé biǎoyǎn, yě kěyǐ cānyù wǒmen de mùhòugōngzuò, tǐyàn zhìzuò huàjù de lèqù.
Of course. Every year we have two large-scale performances and some of the performers are chosen from among the new members of the society. Even if performing is not a fit, you can also be involved in our backstage work, and experience the joys of the making of a drama.
C: 我看到学校有好几个话剧社呢。
wǒ kàndào xuéxiào yǒu hǎojǐge huàjùshè ne.
I have noticed that the school has a quite a few drama societies.
A: 我们是学校唯一一个五星级话剧社团,而且去年我们参加市级大学生话剧节,赢得了好几个一等奖呢。
wǒmen shì xuéxiào wéiyī yī gè wǔxīngjí huàjù shètuán, érqiě qùnián wǒmen cānjiā shìjí dàxuésheng huàjù jié, yíngdé le hǎojǐge yīděngjiǎng ne.
We are the only five-star drama society. Moreover, last year we took part in a city-level university student drama festival and won several first prizes.
B: 听上去不错,我们应该去哪里报名?
tīngshàngqù bùcuò, wǒmen yīnggāi qù nǎlǐ bàomíng?
It's sounds good. Where should we go to sign up?
A: 跟我来。
gēn wǒ lái.
Come with me.

Key Vocabulary

话剧社 huàjùshè drama society
招募 zhāomù to recruit
新人 xīnrén new people
传单 chuándān leaflet
舞台剧 wǔtáijù stage performance
mán very
尽情 jìnqíng to one's heart's content
展示 zhǎnshì to reveal, to exhibit
大戏联演 dàxìliányǎn large-scale performance
成员 chéngyuán member
即使 jíshǐ even if
幕后工作 mùhòugōngzuò backstage work
体验 tǐyàn to personally experience
五星级 wǔxīngjí five-star
社团 shètuán organization, club, society
赢得 yíngdé to win

Supplementary Vocabulary

招新 zhāoxīn recruiting
共产主义 gòngchǎnzhǔyì communism
导演 dǎoyǎn director
服装 fúzhuāng costume
交响乐团 jiāoxiǎngyuètuán symphony orchestra
书法 shūfǎ Chinese calligraphy
网球社 wǎngqiúshè tennis society

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