Unit4Stageandscreen导读：2012年伦敦奥运会主题曲是由英国摇滚乐团缪斯(Muse)合唱团演唱的Survival，在运动员入场及颁奖仪式上播放。缪斯(Muse)是一支英国摇滚乐乐队，这支乐队于1994年在英国德文郡的Teignmouth镇创立，乐风融合了独立摇滚、前卫摇滚、重金属音乐、古典音乐与电音。在不同时期，他们共用过GothicPlague，FixedPenalty和RocketBabyDolls作为乐队名，1997年乐队正式更名为Muse。SurvivalRace,life’saraceAndIamgonnawinYes,IamgonnawinAndI’ll①lightthefuseAndI’llneverloseAndIchoosetosurvive②whateverittakesYouwon’tpullaheadI’llkeepupthepaceAndI’llgiveyoumystrengthTothewholehumanraceYes，IampreparedTostayaliveAndIwon’tforgive,vengeanceis③mineAndIwon’tgiveinBecauseIchoosetothriveI’mgonnawin...Yes，I’mgonnawinFight!Fight!Fight!Fight!Win!Win!Win!Win!生存竞赛，人生就是一场竞赛我会赢得胜利没错，我将赢得胜利我将点燃引线我将永不挫败我选择生存无论如何，不计代价你绝无法超前我将与你并驾齐驱我会贡献我的能力给整个人类是的，我准备好了来保持不败而我不会放弃，我复仇的机会来了我绝不气馁因为我选择发光我将赢得胜利……是的，我将赢得胜利奋斗！奋斗！奋斗！奋斗！胜利！胜利！胜利！胜利！PartⅠStartingout&UnderstandingideasWhenHAMLETmeetsPEKINGOPERAIthought(1)IknewalotaboutHamlet.Asahighschoolstudent(2)withEnglishliteratureasoneofmymainsubjects，(3)Ihaveto！Shakespeare’sHamletisprobablythemostimportantplaybythemostimportantwriterinEnglish.Almosteverybodyknows“Tobe，ornottobe”，right？HavingseenquiteafewproductionsofHamletandreadtheplaymanytimes，Iwasfullofconfidence—untilthePekingOperacametotown!(4)Datingbacktothe18thcentury，PekingOperahasovertwohundredyearsofhistory.Doesthismeanit’seasierthanaShakespeareplaytounderstand？(5)Tofindouttheanswer，IjusthadtogoandseeTheRevengeofPrinceZidan—thePekingOperaversionofHamlet.Startingwithanorchestra(6)playingtraditionalChineseinstruments，theoperabroughtacompletelynewsoundtomyWesternears.Atfirst，IthoughtwhatIheardwasaviolin，butlaterIlearntthatitwasaninstrumentwithtwostrings(7)calledJinghu.Then，seeingthemaincharacterscomeonstage，Iwassurprised！Thecostumesandmaskswereamazing.TheperformersofcoursesanginChinese，butthemusic，exaggeratedmovementsandmimehelpedgetthemeaningsacrosstotheaudience.Thevoicesthemselvessoundedreallyunique—someofthefemalevoiceswere(8)sohighthatIwassuretheycouldbreakglass！Andthestagewasreallysimple：adecoratedwhiprepresentedahorse，andascreenwithChinesecharacters，astudy.(9)Usingsuchtechniques，theoperahadtransformedasmallstageintothewholeuniverse.Easilymyfavouritepartoftheshowwas(10)howthecharactersmovedonstage.IhadneverseenPrinceHamletdoabackflipbefore！Thatwassimplyincredible.ItwassodazzlingandenergeticthatIwasn’tsure(11)ifthecharacterswereperformersorathletes！Everyonewasclapping.(12)BeforeexperiencingTheRevengeofPrinceZidan，Iwasn’tsureifIwouldenjoyit.But，infact，Iwasontheedgeofmyseat！(13)Feelingthestrongemotionsoflove，anger，fearandgriefintheperformance，IcouldeasilyrecognisethethemeofHamlet.So，ifyouwanttoseeashow(14)thatcombinesmusic，singing，drama，poetryandcostumedesignwithexplosiveeffect，TheRevengeofPrinceZidanticksalltherightboxes!(1)本句为宾语从句，作thought的宾语。(2)此处为“with＋名词＋介词短语”，构成with复合结构。(3)本句为省略结构，省略knewalotaboutHamlet。(4)此处为现在分词短语作时间状语。(5)不定式短语作目的状语。(6)playing...为现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰orchestra。(7)calledJinghu为过去分词短语作后置定语。(8)...
