# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 2 - Lesson 40 # Published by Sinolingua, 1986 - ISBN 7800520269 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 叫 [jiào] /to ask (sb to do sth), to call/ 正在 [zhèngzài] /(an adverb indicating an action in progress)/ 准备 [zhǔnbèi] /to prepare/ 杂技 [zájì] /acrobatics/ 歌舞 [gēwǔ] /song and dance/ 跳舞 [tiàowǔ] /to dance/ 表演 [biǎoyǎn] /to perform/ 门口 [ménkǒu] /gate/ 小朋友 [xiǎopéngyǒu] /(a polite form of address for a child)/ 丰收 [fēngshōu] /to have a bumper harvest; bumper harvest/ 音乐 [yīnyuè] /music/ 国庆 [guóqìng] /national day/ 节 [jiè] /festival/ 请 [qǐng] /to invite; please/ 热烈 [rèliè] /warm/ 鼓掌 [gǔ zhǎng] /to clap hands, to applaud/ 欢迎 [huānyíng] /to welcome/ 只 [zhī] /(a measure word)/ 演员 [yányuán] /actor, actress/ 一边 ... 一边 [yìbiān ... yìbiān] /to do sth while doing sth else at the same time/ 演 [yǎn] /to perform, to put on, to show/ 让 [ràng] /to ask (sb to do sth), to let/ 领导人 [lǐngdǎo rén] /leader/ 特别 [tèbié] /especial, special, particular/ 颐和园 [Yíhéyuán] /the Summer Palace/ 丰收舞 [Fēngshōu Wǔ] /dance depicting a good harvest/ 话剧 [huàjù] /play, modern drama/ 歌剧 [gējù] /song and dance/ 京剧 [jīngjù] /Beijing opera/ 芭蕾舞 [bālěiwǔ] /ballet/ 音乐会 [yīnyuèhuì] /concert/ # end