留学生体验京剧 Foreign students experience Peking Opera in Jiangsu

Foreign students from Jiangsu University visited(参观) a Peking Opera school(京剧学校) in Zhenjiang(镇江) city, Jiangsu province to experience(体验) Peking Opera culture. The students from(来自) Pakistan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Ghana and India painted(画) Peking Opera masks(脸谱) with children, learned singing(唱) skills, and learned about Chinese Peking Opera art(艺术).

江苏大学来自巴基斯坦、尼日利亚、坦桑尼亚、孟加拉国、加纳、印度等国的留学生来到镇江市的一所京剧学校,与小朋友一起画京剧脸谱，体验京剧艺术。

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A teacher guides foreign students to learn movement(动作) from Peking Opera in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018. 

京剧老师在指导留学生学习京剧动作。

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Foreign students paint Peking Opera masks with children in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018. 

留学生与小朋友一起画京剧脸谱。

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Foreign students and children show Peking Opera masks they painted in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018.

7月9日，留学生与小朋友一起展示画好的京剧脸谱。

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A teacher applies facial makeup to a foreign student in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018. 

7月9日，京剧老师正在为留学生化妆。

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A teacher applies facial makeup(化妆) to a foreign student in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018. 

7月9日，京剧老师正在为留学生化妆。

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Foreign students pose for a selfie(自拍) with children in Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, on July 9, 2018. 

7月9日，留学生与小朋友一起自拍留影。

词汇 Words:

[cān guān] 参观 visit
[liǎn pǔ] 脸谱 mask
[huà zhuāng] 化妆 makeup
[dòng zuò] 动作 movement
[zì pāi] 自拍 selfie
[yì shù] 艺术 art
[tǐ yàn] 体验 experience
[chàng] 唱 sing
[huà] 画 paint

重点词汇 Key word:

留 <动词 v.> 

• Remain; stay
  E.g. Nǐ xiǎng hé wǒ yīqǐ liúxiàlái ma?
  你想和我一起留下来吗?
  Do you wish to remain with me?

• Ask/invite somebody to stay
  E.g. Nàyàng de huà, wǒ jiù bù liú nǐ le。
  那样的话,我就不留你了。
  In that case, I won't keep you any longer.

• Keep; reserve; save
  E.g. Zhèxiē zuòwèi shì liú gěi tāmen de。
  这些座位是留给他们的。
  These seats are reserved for them.

• Leave behind
  E.g. Tā de yǎnjiǎng gěi tīngzhòng liúxiàle shēnkè de yìnxiàng。
  他的演讲给听众留下了深刻的印象。
  His speech made a strong impression on the audience.

• Accept; take
  E.g. Wǒ gěi tā sòngqù le sì běn shū, tā zhǐ liúxiàle yī běn。
  我给她送去了四本书,她只留下了一本。
  She only accepted one of the four books I sent to her.

• Pay attention to
  E.g. Liú diǎnr shén, bùyào zài shàngdàng。
  留点儿神,不要再上当。
  Be careful not to be cheated again.

• Study abroad/overseas
  E.g. Zài Běijīng xuéxí de wàiguó liúxuéshēng láizì shìjiè gèdì。
  在北京学习的外国留学生来自世界各地。
  The foreign students studying in Beijing come from all parts of the world.