Master of Beijing Opera—Mei Lanfang
2013-12-31 00:00:00許哲
英語大王 2013年10期
Mei Lanfang is a master（大師） of Beijing Opera. When he was young， he liked Beijing Opera very much. At the age of eight， he began to learn Beijing Opera at home.*
But Mei Lanfang was a little shy* and couldn't sing well. His teacher Mr. Zhu was angry and said， “You have no talent（天賦）. I will not teach you any more（不再）.” And then he left*.
Mei Lanfang was very sad， but he didn’t lose heart（灰心）. He said to himself， “If I work hard*， I can learn it well!”
After a few（一些） days， Mei Lanfang had a new teacher， Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu was very strict* with him. Mei Lanfang learned to sing， dance and act* day and night. When he learned something new， he always did it again and again.* At last， he was famous*.
One day， his first teacher Mr. Zhu met him. Mr. Zhu said， “I’m sorry. I didn’t see your talent. You are so great!”
Mei Lanfang said， “No， you taught* me a lot. I have no talent， so I must work hard.”
Mei Lanfang loved our country very much. He refused（拒絕） to act for the Japanese invaders.* He died* in 1961， but we will remember（銘記） him.
