Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps in the text, using the words from the list. If you want to watch a that combines song, dance, and design, just forget about the latest video. Take a look at a truly style of musical performance: Chinese . Last month I was on a trip to Shanghai. I was staying with my Chinese friend Mai-Li. She that we go to the Chinese opera and I have to the experience was from beginning to end. It’s funny to think that such art started out like that! Opera has a long history in China. In times, actors performed the operas on the streets on stages with only hanging for lighting; the fiery reds and of gold and silver were like a of colour! The costumes go all the way back to the street show days when the actors used to wear colours to stand out in the dark. We arrived at the theatre just before the lights went down. As the rose, the actors came on stage in their beautiful , the singing was quite strange – very sharp and . Just like the costumes, the singing style was really ancient. The street performers used to sing that way so that their could carry over the crowds who gathered to watch. The opera we saw was ‘Lady White Snake’; a classic Chinese folk tale. A white changes into a beautiful girl, and then falls in love with a . But the actors didn’t only tell the story through song; the dancing and were fantastic, too. The actors used not only their faces but also their whole bodies to act out the story and show their . These actors train very hard at opera schools for years from about the age of 7 or 8. There weren’t a lot of stage props or because the actors use a lot of to help tell the story. An actor galloping with a , for example, means they are riding a . Doing somersaults from a table or a of chairs means they are running down a mountain. The actors’ make-up was . Each colour has a special meaning and something about their character; red means and bravery, black shows a or a wild character, blue means and gold and silver mean . At the finale, it was to see them all on together in their bright costumes and make-up. I didn’t think that opera was for me, but I can’t how much I enjoyed it. You must all see a Chinese opera one day!

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Listen to the tape and fill in the gaps in the text, using the words from the list.

If you want to watch a ... that combines song, dance, and ... design, just forget about the latest ... video. Take a look at a truly ... style of musical performance: Chinese ... . Last month I was on a trip to Shanghai. I was staying with my Chinese friend Mai-Li. She ... that we go to the Chinese opera and I have to ... the experience was ... from beginning to end.
It’s funny to think that such ... art started out like that! Opera has a long history in China. In ... times, actors performed the operas on the streets on ... stages with only hanging ... for lighting; the fiery reds and ... of gold and silver were like a ... of colour! The costumes go all the way back to the street show days when the actors used to wear ... colours to stand out in the dark. We arrived at the theatre just before the lights went down. As the ... rose, the actors
came on stage in their beautiful ... , the singing was quite strange – very sharp and ... . Just like the costumes, the singing style was really ancient. The street performers used to sing that way so that their ... could carry over the crowds who gathered to watch.
The opera we saw was ‘Lady White Snake’; a classic Chinese folk tale. A white ... changes into a beautiful girl, and then falls in love with a ... . But the actors didn’t only tell the story through song; the dancing and ... were fantastic, too. The actors used not only their faces but also their whole bodies to act out the story and show their ... . These actors train very hard at opera schools for years from about the age of 7 or 8. There weren’t a lot of stage props or ... because the actors use a lot of ... to help tell the story. An actor galloping with a ... , for example, means they are riding a ... . Doing somersaults from a table or a ... of chairs means they are running down a mountain.
The actors’ make-up was ... . Each colour has a special meaning and ... something about their character; red means ... and bravery, black shows a ... or a wild character, blue means ... and gold and silver mean ... . At the finale, it was ... to see them all on ... together in their bright costumes and make-up. I didn’t think that opera was for me, but I can’t ... how much I enjoyed it. You must all see a Chinese opera one day!

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