美国学生上海学京剧 US students visit Shanghai to learn Peking Opera

Students from Princeton University attend the opening ceremony of the Peking Opera Immersion Program in Shanghai, August 20, 2018. /Xinhua Photo

A total of 20 students(学生) from a top-class US university are visiting Shanghai to learn Peking Opera for three weeks, thepaper.cn reported.

Initiated by Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company, or Shanghai Peking Opera Company, the program was the first of its kind exclusively offered to overseas students. 

Princeton University students are due to carry out an intensive study(学习) under the Peking Opera Immersion Program from August 20 to September 7.

A student from Princeton University introduces herself at the opening ceremony of the Peking Opera Immersion Program in Shanghai, August 20, 2018. /Xinhua Photo

Undergraduates(大学生) and graduates(研究生) of all departments(系) of the Princeton University, liberal arts students majoring(主修) in music(音乐) and Asian culture(文化), as well as those who study mathematics(数学) and aerospace engineering(工程) were selected.

They are required to have the intermediate-level ability(能力) in Mandarin. 

At the end of the course(课程), students will show(展示) what they have learned both in China and back in the US by giving performances(演出). 

File photo of “Farewell My Concubine” staged in Shanghai in 2013. /VCG Photo

In 2017, Shanghai Peking Opera Company presented “Farewell My Concubine(《霸王别姬》)” on the stage of Princeton University, causing a sensation. The event then led to the birth of this program.

词汇 Words:

[xué shēng] 学生 student
[xué xí] 学习 study
[dà xué shēng] 大学生 undergraduate
[yán jīu shēng] 研究生 graduate
[xì] 系 department
[kè chéng] 课程 course
[yǎn chū] 演出 performance
[zhǔ xiū] 主修 major
[zhǎn shì] 展示 show

重点词汇 Key word:

学

• <动词 v.> study; learn
  E.g. Chú zhōngwén wài,tā hái xué yīngyǔ hé déyǔ。
  除中文外,他还学英语和德语。
  Besides Chinese,he also study English and German.

• <动词 v.> imitate; mimic; copy
  E.g. Háizi xué zhe dàrén de yàngzi shuōhuà。
  孩子学着大人的样子说话。
  The boy imitated the adults' way of speaking.

• <名词 n.> school; college
  E.g. Wǒ liù suì rùxué。
  我六岁入学。
  I started school at six.

• <名词 n.> learning; knowledge
  E.g. Xué hǎi wú yá。
  学海无涯。
  There is no limit to knowledge.

• <名词 n.> subject of study; branch of learning
  E.g. Wǒ děi fùxí shùxué。
  我得复习数学。
  I have to revise for mathematics.