We are living in a time when the earth is becoming a"village". Each of us takes pride in being one of the “villagers” because people can travel around the world more often than before.

Spending time in a foreign country is an exciting and life-changing experience. You see different sceneries, taste different food and meet people with different backgrounds. And the most important thing of all, you explore and even become a part of the local culture.

However, culture shock may hit you. Things you believe at home may no longer be that way in a foreign country. Not everybody thinks like you or does things the way you’ve always done.

Their tea tastes different. They don’t talk loudly in restaurants. Some might not care much about your life, so you may even feel they are sometimes cold. It is not better or worse. It is just different. Then what you can do in a foreign country is to take in the differences. Each time you open up your mind a little more,you become a better person.

阅读短文,根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

1.e________the process of getting knowledge or skill

2.l________ belonging to the area that you live in

3.阅读短文,完成同义句转换,每空一词

Each of us takes pride in being one of the “villagers” because…

Each of us ________ ________of being one of the “villagers” because…

根据短文内容回答问题。

4.What is an exciting and life-changing experience?

___________________________________________________________

5.Is the culture in a foreign country always the same as that in China?

___________________________________________________________

6.What do you become each time you open up your mind a little more?

___________________________________________________________

You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?

Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions《红楼梦》),written by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763). Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. The opera was first performed last September in San Francisco, US. This month it comes to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan.

Many of the opera’s creators have backgrounds (背景)in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and playwrights. Their understanding of both cultures helped them to change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.

The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Huang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a heartbroken tragedy (悲剧)that everyone would understand.

The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes (服装)and stage settings (布景).He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin shows up on stage, there is usually water around her on the stage.

The creators consider it to be a meaningful job to introduce a Chinese classic to Western audiences. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to “have made a contribution to the land where my parents were born.

1.Who wrote the opera for the Chinese classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions?

A.Lin Daiyu. B.Cao Xueqin. C.Jia Baoyu. D.David Henry Hwang.

2.The opera was ________

A.sung in poetic Chinese B.performed in many languages

C.performed in China after one year D.first performed Beijing

3.Which of the following is NOT a difference between the book and the opera?

A.The sad love story. B.The whole family’s story.

C.The language used, D.The number of characters.

4.The “land” in the last paragraph refers to?

A.America B.San Francisco

C.China D.the place where David was born

5.Why did the creators make the book into an English-language opera?

A.Because they thought the book was not good enough.

B.Because they hope to help others learn English.

C.Because they wanted Westerners to know about the Chinese novel.

D.Because they have backgrounds in Western culture.

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