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ID: 1429 Advanced
有一首歌是这么唱的："外国人把那京戏叫做beijing opera，没见过那五色的油彩楞往脸上画。"你是不是想弄明白为什么演员的脸上都要涂各种各样的颜色呢？有红脸，有黑脸，有白脸，有黄脸，到底代表了怎样的意义呢？快来听听今天的课吧。
Thu Jun 03 2010 | David, Connie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
评弹 píngtán Suzhou-style ballad singing and story telling
有备而来 yǒubèi'érlái to come prepared
对牛弹琴 duìniútánqín to go over one's head
国粹 guócuì the quintessence of a country
各位游客，下面我们要去苏州当地的一家茶馆，一边品茶，一边听评弹。大家知道评弹是什么吗？
gèwèi yóukè ，xiàmian wǒmen yào qù Sūzhōu dāngdì de yī jiā cháguǎn ，yībiān pǐnchá ，yībiān tīng píngtán 。dàjiā zhīdào píngtán shì shénme ma ？
Travelers, next up we'll go to a local Suzhou tea house and do some tea tasting while listening to some 'pingtan'. Does everyone know what 'pingtan' is?
是一种说唱艺术。
shì yīzhǒng shuōchàng yìshù 。
It's a kind of speaking/singing performance art.
是用方言唱的。
shì yòng fāngyán chàng de 。
It's sung in a dialect.
看来大家是有备而来啊。我再给大家简单地介绍一下。评弹是一种古老的说唱艺术。起源于美丽的苏州，是用最柔软的苏州话来唱的。有说有唱，还有弹。
kànlái dàjiā shì yǒubèi\'érlái a 。wǒ zài gěi dàjiā jiǎndān de jièshào yīxià 。píngtán shì yīzhǒng gǔlǎo de shuōchàng yìshù 。qǐyuán yú měilì de Sūzhōu ，shì yòng zuì róuruǎn de Sūzhōuhuà lái chàng de 。yǒu shuō yǒu chàng ，háiyǒu tán 。
It seems as though everyone came prepared. Let me give you all another simple introduction. 'Pingtan' is one kind of the ancient art of speaking and singing style story telling. It originated in our beautiful Suzhou and is sung in the softest of dialects, the Suzhou dialect. There's speaking and singing, and also stringed instruments.
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