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针对戏剧课的师生问答

Questions About A Drama Class

Listen to a conversation between a student and his drama professor.

Professor: Hi Robert. So how's your paper going?

Robert: Pretty well. It's a lot of work, but I’m getting into it, so I don't mind. I’ll

probably have some questions for you in the next week or so.

Professor: Okay. Glad to hear you’re progressing so well.

Robert: Um… There was something you said at the end of the lecture on

Tuesday, something about there not really being any original plays.

Profes

sor: There’s no such thing as an original play. Yes. That's the direct quote

from Charles Mee.

Robert: Mee… that's with two “e”s, right?

Professor: Yep. M-E-E. You'll probably be hearing a lot about him. He's

becoming a pretty famous playwright.

Robert: Yeah

，

well, I’ve been thinking about his quote. I mean there must be

some original plays out there.

Professor: I’ll grant that he's overstating things somewhat. But the theater does

have a long tradition of borrowing. Take Shakespeare. Like most writers of his day,

he borrowed plots from other sources unabashedly. And the ancient Greeks, all the

plays they wrote were based on earlier plays, poems and myths.

Robert: And borrowing applies to plays being written nowadays, too?

Professor: To some extent, yes. Mee, for example, he's made a career out of

remaking plays, one of which we’ll be studying soon. It’s called Full Circle and Mee

based it on an earlier play by a German playwright.

Robert: Oh Full Circle… Wasn't that based on the Caucasian Chalk

Circle?

Professor: That's right.

Robert: I remember hearing about that play from my acting coach.

Professor: Okay. Well, the Caucasian Chalk Circle was based on a play by yet

another German playwright, someone who was fascinated by the ancient literatures

of China, India and Persia, and many of his works were adapted from those

literatures, including his version of the Chalk Circle which was based on an early

Chinese play.

Robert: So this Full Circle play, by Charles Mee, the one we're going to study,

it's like the third or fourth remake. Wow… And we complain that Hollywood keeps

making the same movies over and over again.

Professor: Well, part of what Mee’s trying to do is drive home the point that: One,

theater’s always a collaborative effort.

Robert: Well, yeah, the playwright, the director, the actors, people have to work

together to produce a play.

Professor: Yes, of course. But Mee means historically. The dramatic literature of

early periods is hugely influential in shaping later dramatic works.

Robert: So it's like when the playwright bases a play on a previous playwright's

theme or 's like they're talking to each other, collaborating. Uh, just not at

the same time right?

Professor: Exactly. And the second point Mee's trying to make, I think, is that it's

legitimate to retell an old story in a new way, in a way that’s, uh… more in line with

contemporary concerns. So when playwrights reinvent or update an earlier play, it

shouldn't be construed as a lack of imagination or an artistic failure.

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题目及答案解析

Question 1 of 5

Why does the man go to see the professor?

A. To discuss a play he heard about

B. To get feedback on a paper he is writing

C. To ask about a point made in class

D. To get information about an acting coach

你的答案：

正确答案：

C

题目解析：本题定位到原文：

Robert: Um… There was something you said at

the end of the lecture on Tuesday, something about there're not really being any

original plays.

此处原文的大意是：学生提到教授上节课说其实没有完全原创的戏剧。< /p>

题干问的是男生为什么去见教授

;

选项

A

的意思是为了谈论他听说的一部戏剧，选项

< br>B

的意思是为了获得他写的论文的反馈，选项

C

的意思是为了询问老师在课上提出的

观点，选项

D

的意思是为了得到代理教练的信息。只有选项

C

符合原文意思，其他三

个选项都不合适。

Question 2 of 5

Why does the professor mention Shakespeare and the ancient Greek

playwrights?

A. To support her statement that some original plays do exist

B. To show that playwrights historically have used themes from earlier plays

C. To point out that Shakespeare was greatly influenced by ancient Greek plays

D. To give examples of playwrights whose plays have inspired later playwrights

你的答案：

正确答案：

B

题目解析：本题定位到原文：

But the theater does have a long tradition of

borrowing. Take Shakespeare. Like most writers of his day, he borrowed plots from

other sources unabashedly. And the ancient Greeks, all the plays they wrote were

based on earlier plays, poems and myths.

此处原文的大意是：戏剧拥有很长的借鉴

历史， 比如莎士比亚和古希腊的戏剧，都是基于前人作品的创作。题干问的是为什么

教授要提到 莎士比亚和古希腊剧作家。

选项

A< /p>

的意思是为了支持他的观点，即原创戏

剧还是存在的，选项

B

的意思是为了表明历史上剧作家会使用早期戏剧的主题，选项

C

的意思是为了指出莎士比亚被古希腊的戏剧影响很深，选项

D

的意思是为了给出曾

经给后面剧作家以灵感的 剧作家的例子。只有选项

B

符合原文意思，其他三个选项都

不合适。

Question 3 of 5

What does the professor imply about the play Full Circle by Charles Mee?

A. It served as the basis for a Hollywood film.

B. It is indirectly based on a Chinese play.

C. It has influenced a more recent play.

D. It uses themes from ancient Greek literature.

你的答案：

正确答案：

B

题目解析：本题定位到原文：

Professor: To some extent, yes. Mee, for example,

he's made a career out of remaking plays, one of which we’ll be studying soon. It’s

called Full Circle and Mee based it on an earlier play by a Ge

rman playwright. ……

Okay. Well, the Caucasian Chalk Circle was based on a play by yet another German

playwright, someone who was fascinated by the ancient literature as of China, India

and Persia and many of his works were adapted from those literatures, including his

version of the Chalk Circle which was based on an early Chinese play.

此处原文的大< /p>

意是：

Mee

的

Full Circle

直接基于一部德国戏剧，但是德国剧作家又对中国古文化着

迷。题干问的是教授为什么提到

Mee

的< /p>

Full Circle;

选项

A

的意思是它作为了好莱坞

电影的基础，选项

B

的意思是它间接地基于中国戏剧，选项

C

的意思是它影响了一部

近代电影，选项

D

< br>的意思是它使用了古希腊文学的主题。只有选项

B

符合原 文意思，

其他三个选项都不合适。

Question 4 of 5

What two points does Charles Mee make about playwriting? Click on 2 answers

A. Rewriting old plays to deal with modern issues is a respectable practice.

B. Playwrights should preserve as much of the original as possible when

updating an older play.

C. Older plays tend to show more imagination than newer plays.

D. In a way, modern playwrights work with playwrights of the past.

你的答案：

正确答案：

AD

题目解析：本题定位到原文：

Professor: Well, part of what Mee’s trying to do is

drive home the point that: One, theaters always a collaborative effort. …… Robert:

So it's like when the playwright bases a play on a previous playwrights theme or

message. It's like they're talking to each other collaborating. Uh, just not at the same

time right? Professor: Exactly. And the second point Mee's trying to make, I think, is

that it's legitimate to retell an old story in a new way, in a way that, uh… some more

in line with contemporary concerns. So when playwrights reinvent or update an

earlier play it shouldn't be construed as a lack of imagination or an artistic failure. < /p>

此

处原文的大意是：学生和老师讨论戏剧中的借鉴问题，双方都认 为对旧戏剧的借鉴其

实类似于新老剧作家跨越时空的合作，并不能被算成是缺少想象力或 者失败的艺术。

题干问的是

Mee

对于 戏剧创作的观点。

选项

A