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Student: So, Professor Baker, about our next assignment you talked about in class.(Q1:Why does the student go to see the professor?A:To ask permission to use a specific type of theater for her class assignment. 此处只能看出和assignment有关)
Professor: Yes, this time you'll be in groups of three, each of you will have a chance to direct the other two in a short scene from a play you've chosen yourself. (bababa 不重要的解释说明)
Student: Right, and, well, I've been reading about story theater, and…（Q1:佐证 a type theater）
Professor: Ah, story theater, tell me about what you've read.
Student: Well, it's a form of theater where folk or fairy tales are acted out.It was…eh, introduced, by the director Paul Sills（名字都要记 可用简单符号表示） in the 1960s.In Sills's approach, an actor both narrates, and acts out a tale.（前面没听懂 So后面还有重复解释:So是提示词）So, like someone will appear on stage, and then will start narrating a tale, about…say a king, and then the same person will immediately switch to and start acting out the role of the king, with no props or scenery.(Paul S.名 eg same person narrate+act role)
Professor: Sills, you know I actually saw his first story theater production in 1968, he did the fairy tale ‘the blue light'.(名字)
Student: Really, so whatever gave him the idea to produce that?
Professor: Well, as you know, back in the late 1960s, lots of people in the United States were disillusioned with the government.Sills was grappling with how to produce theater that was relevant in such times.Then he happened to read ‘the blue light', and he realized that it had just the message he wanted.（Q2:Why does the professor discuss the political environment in the United States in the 1960s?A:To explain Sills's inspiration for his first story theatre production）
See, in the story, a man has lost all hope as a result of the unfortunate events in his life, completely turns his life around, with the help of a magical blue light. (前面的eg说明不重要，Q3再一次证明So后面很重要)So,the blue light in the story symbolizes a way out of seemingly unsolvable human problems.And for Sills, that lightsymbolized an answer to the political turmoil in the US.（Q3:According to the professor, what does the blue light in the fairy tale called "The Blue Light" represent? A: A solution to complex problems)
Student: But weren't you…um, audiences bother that the actors were performing on a barestage?(此处说了情感态度 态度题典型Q4提问)
Professor: Well, story theater is a departure from traditional dramatic theater with its realistic elaborate props and scenery, but （but说明教授正向态度！）Sills could make us see, say a big tall mountain through the facial expressions and body movements of the actors, and they're telling of the story.
（我们情感）We were all swept up, energized by such an innovative approach to theater, even if one or two of the critics weren't as enthusiastic.(Q4:What is the professor's opinion about Sills's production of The Blue Light? A: He thinks that it was an inventive and powerful performance)
Student: Cool, so, anyway.What I really wanted to ask, I'd love to try doing story theater for my project instead of just a scene from a traditional play.(Q1: Why does the student go to see the professor?)
Professor: Um, that's possible.A short tale can be about the same length as a single scene.Which fairy tale would you do?
Student: Actually, I was reading about another director of story theater, Rack Stevenson（Q5）.You know, he produces plays based on folk tales as well.Maybe I could direct one of those.（出现了第二个名字 记住！此时听力进度条 ，屏幕上有，应该到尾声了 尾巴地方通常有题 出现了名字应该考）
Professor: Okay, yes, Rack Stevenson.Now, Stevenson's style's story theater is a little different from Sills's.He'll use simple props, a chair will represent a mountain, but (but后很重要)the significant difference is with the narrator.The narrator will play only that role.Let's talk about why.(Q5:According to the professor, what is the most important difference between Stephenson's and Sills's style of story theatre? A:The actor who plays the role of the narrator plays only that role in Stephenson's productions)
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