Well known(著名的) for her dance(舞蹈) like "The Soul of the Peacock(《雀之灵》)", "Two Trees(《两棵树》)", and "Moonlight(《月光》)", 60-year-old Yang Liping(杨丽萍) brought Monday her another dance drama "Peacock of Winter(《孔雀之冬》)" to audiences(观众) at the Tianjin Grand Theatre in Tianjin, just outside of Beijing. The new dance is one about life(生命) and death(死亡).

词汇 Words:

[zhù míng de] 著名的 well known
[wǔ dǎo] 舞蹈 dance
[guān zhòng] 观众 audience
[shēng mìng] 生命 life
[sǐ wáng] 死亡 death

重点词汇 Key word:

之

    <助词 auxiliary word> (used between an attribute and the word it modifies)
    E.g. Tā jué de tā lěng ruò bīngshuāng,jù rén yú qiān lǐ zhī wài。
    他觉得她冷若冰霜，拒人于千里之外。
    He found her cold, ice-like and distant.

    <助词 auxiliary word> (used between the subject and the predicate to turn the original structure into a nominal phrase)
    E.g. Tā juéxīn zhī dà,lìng rén pèifú。
    她决心之大，令人佩服。
    We all admired her great determination.

    <助词 auxiliary word> (used in certain set phrases whithout definite designation)
    E.g. Zǒngzhī,bù néng màoxiǎn。
    总之，不能冒险。
    In brief, take no risks.