OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS
Animals Out of Paper
Yolo! Productions and the Great Griffon present the play by Rajiv Joseph, in which an origami (折纸术) artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio. Merri Milwe directs. In previews. Opens Feb. 12. (West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W. 86th St. 212-868-4444.)
The Audience
Helen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan, about Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her private meetings with twelve Prime Ministers in the course of sixty years. Stephen Daldry directs. Also starring Dylan Baker and Judith Ivey. Previews begin Feb. 14. (Schoenfeld, 236 W. 45th St. 212-239-6200.)
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote this musical about Alexander Hamilton, in which the birth of America is presented as an immigrant story. Thomas Kail directs. In previews. Opens Feb. 17. (Public, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555.)
On the Twentieth Century
Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the musical comedy by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a Broadway producer who tries to win a movie star's love during a cross-country train journey. Scott Ellis directs, for Roundabout Theatre Company. Previews begin Feb. 12. (American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St. 212-719-1300.）
Michael Jackson was on the road of performing when he was five years old. As is known to all, the road to fame and fortune is a long, hard one.
Michael remembers those early years when he was young. "My father was a machine operator," he explained, "and he worked at a steel plant. My mother worked at Sears, a big department store. But they were both musicians."
Michael's father Joe Jackson realized his sons had a lot of talent, and he knew he could train them to become fine musicians. In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good. He knew if his sons were to stand out, they would have to be the best.
Practice makes perfect. And the Jackson boys practiced! Gradually the group took shape. Then word of this group began to get around. Thus Michael got a chance to do some solo (独唱) songs. In the following years, Michael was always on the top. One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which has only a total population of three million!
When Michael was eighteen, he entered another field of his career (生涯) —acting. "I plan to star in movies," he told his friends, "but of course, my first love is music."
Michael wrote a lot of his own songs. "Songs came about in the strangest ways," he said. "I'll just wake up from sleeping and there is a whole song coming into my head. And then I put it down on the paper."
Still, with all his success, Michael managed to keep his head calm. "I just do a different job from other people," he said, "but it doesn't make me think I'm better than other people."
To be quite honest, his fans just love to hear and watch him!
Salvador Dali (1904 —1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L'Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist's showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限) . “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Many people, including me, have been talking about how to listen. But as a leader, employee, family member or friend, there will be times you need to clearly state what you believe and what you want to happen next. How you speak up will determine how seriously people take you.
Speak for yourself. Use the word "I" when you state your point of view and suggestions for action. Own your opinion.
Summarize (总结) your story to show your reason. Don't explain everything. You will lose those people who need you to get to the point quickly. When you practice, explain yourself, and then cut your story in half.
This is where you paint the picture of the best possible ending if your request is honored. Make sure it is a vision that will appeal to those you are speaking to and it also relieves their pain and helps with their goals.
Let them call you names. There will always be people who find fault with you, your voice, or your style. Don't give in because of their behaviors. Let them call you whatever they like.
Most people regret what they didn't say more than what they did. Don't hide or tell yourself that now is not the right time. Think it through and then clearly make your case for change.
A. Don't include every detail.
B. Tell people what you believe.
C. Describe the desired outcome.
D. Determine how you want to show up.
E. Ask if there is anything they don't understand about what you are saying.
F. With a sense of how you want to show up, organize your words by these rules.
G. There will always be people who spend their time looking for what they can attack.
Folk music is a kind of traditional melodies (旋律), words, and songs of the 1 people that are often handed down from one generation to the next.
2 music deals with almost every kind of human 3. Folk music often expresses the 4 of ethnic and social groups and sometimes a nation. It is the 5 of the people. A folk song can 6 political or religious beliefs, tell a 7 or describe history, or just provide 8.
Folk music is usually learned by 9 rather than by reading the notes or words. The music is 10 from person to person, from place to place, and from generation to generation. Folk songs sometimes change either by accident or from a 11 change. Folk song melodies and words often 12 over time. Tunes are shortened or lengthened; pitch and rhythms are altered (改变); portions of one song may be 13 with part of another. Words of a song may also change over time.
Folk songs can often be 14 into different types. The ballad, a song that tells a story often about 15 events, is one of the main types of folk song. Ballads are in stanza (节) 16, where a melody is 17 for each of several verses, and may have a refrain (叠句) that is repeated several times. Another type of folk song is those that deal with a 18 activity, occupation, or a set of circumstances. This group 19 work songs, prison songs, war songs, and the like. There are also spiritual songs, songs for children, 20 about life's stages, and many songs are just for celebration, dance, and enjoyment.
Beijing Opera (consider) as a national treasure in China, which (date) back to 200 years ago. The early Qing Dynasty saw the great (develop) of this opera. Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty had interest in the local opera. (celebrate) his eightieth birthday, he asked opera troupes (戏班) different places to perform for him in Beijing, so the four big Huiban Opera Troupes entered the capital. (gradual), they combined with the Kunqu Opera, Yiyang Opera, and Hanju Opera, and formed the present Beijing Opera.
Beijing Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre combines music, performance, and dance. Many audiences from different (country) think that it is the (large) and most influential kind of opera in China and the influence is incomparable in China.
内容包括：
1）俱乐部情况（名称、组建时间、活动频率等）；
2）俱乐部带来的好处（交友、放松、积极面对人生等）。
注意：
1）词数80左右；
2）开头和结尾均已给出，不计入总词数；
3）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
I am pleased to share with you some information about my music club.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
"I think I'm nothing more than a dead fish." "I don't want to do anything." "I'm so beat and so sad." …The young generation in our country used to enjoy their "happy culture" but now they have become "beat and sad" slowly and secretly. Some people even called it "the beat culture". The "beat" youths don't want to do anything. They have no purpose, no desire and they are totally depressed and they only want to live an aimless life. The song "I feel like having been drained" is the example.
Many media concern themselves about this phenomenon and try to persuade the youths into embracing positive and healthy feelings and encourage them to work hard to get rid of decadence. This is really a kind gesture. However, we don't have to worry too much about "the beat culture". In fact, it's not a negative thing. "Beat" never means despair, but a way of self-mockery (自嘲) and pressure relief.
In general, the youths in China are not "beat". According to a recent international research, the youths in China hold positive attitude towards the future. 29% of the Chinese interviewees believe they will live and work in peace in China because "as long as you work hard, you can have your own day". Around 93% of the Chinese interviewees believe the future is promising because of medicine industry, renewable energy sources and computer. Compared with Chinese youngsters, youths in developed countries are more pessimistic.
Of course there are some social reasons for the appearing of "the beat culture". As urbanization develops rapidly, youths living in big cities are facing new challenges that their forefathers have never encountered before. Loneliness and feelings of insignificance and powerlessness are easy to get a hold of the young people. Without proper care, they could threaten the youths' mentality and cause many social problems. These problems probably need our attention more.
