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I wanted to see the Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to take me there.

我想去看京剧，所以玲玲主动提出带我去。

We drank tea and watched an opera.

我们喝茶，看京剧。

It was difficult to understand the words.

这些词很难理解。

We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours.

我们只打算看一个小时，但最后，我们看了三个小时。

That’s the main thing.

这是最重要的。

I hope to understand more next time.

我希望下次能了解更多。

I wanted to take Betty to the teahouse because it’s famous.

我想带贝蒂去茶馆，因为它很有名。

No idea=I don’t know

He’s especially famous for his play Teahouse.

他尤其以他的戏剧《茶馆》闻名。

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Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays.

《茶馆》是老舍最著名的戏剧之一。

The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of twentieth century.

该剧共有三幕，讲述了从十九世纪末到二十世纪中叶中国普通人的生活。

It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.

它描述了五十多年来中国社会的变化。

His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913.

1913年，他母亲把他送到一所师范学校。

He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later.

他在伦敦的一所大学教中文，五年后回到中国。

He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”.

他写了许多关于人们生活的戏剧、小说和短篇小说，并被尊称为“人民艺术家”。

Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.

老舍是二十世纪中国最伟大的作家之一。

If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse.

如果你喜欢京剧、传统音乐或魔术表演，你可以在茶馆里欣赏。

Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.

老舍茶馆热烈欢迎来自世界各地的每一个人。