Teochew Opera fights for survival
BANGKOK-On a hot and humid night in northern Thailand，a group of performers in colorful costumes accompanied by crashing gongs and drum beats，draw crowds to a makeshift stage.It's a performance of the Teochew（潮汕）Opera Luo Shen staged by Qing Nang Yu Lou Chun，a professional troupe which has enjoyed over 80 years of history in Thailand.
Thanks to a vast number of Chinese immigrants who spread the Teochew dialect across Southeast Asia，Teochew Opera used to be a popular form of entertainment in Thailand.As one of the best-known Teochew Opera troupes in the Southeast Asian country，it was once invited to perform for the Thai royal family.But now，things are completely different.
The audiences of Teochew Opera are mostly older Thai Chinese.As time goes by，the community of both actors and fans dwindles.Sometimes the audiences have fewer members than the number of actors onstage.
Behind the scenes，actors huddle in a small，crowded backstage filled with their costumes and props，and spend nearly two hours applying layers of makeup before the show.Not far from the stage，a six-wheeled truck is loaded with all the belongings of the troupe.However，times are harder than usual for the group，which is currently facing the challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic. "The average number of performances was 300 per year before the pandemic，but now it is less than 100，" says Wu Guide，vice-chairman of the Thai Teochew Opera Association and head of Qing Nang Yu Lou Chun.
The loss of actors is also putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk.
Zhuang Meilong，81，the founder of the Thai-Chinese Dramatic Arts Institute，is struggling to stop the curtain from coming down forever on Teochew Opera in Thailand. "We are trying to translate operas into Thai to make them easier for the local audience，and also planning to establish an opera school in Bangkok，" Zhuang says.
Around midnight，when the lights go out on the stage，the old man takes off his costume and crawls into a tiny tent.In a couple of days，the company will roll into another village，and the curtain will rise again.
（1）Why did Teochew Opera use to be a popular form of recreation in Thailand according to the passage？Because a vast number of Chinese immigrants spread the Teochew dialect across Southeast Asia.Because a vast number of Chinese immigrants spread the Teochew dialect across Southeast Asia.
（2）What is Zhuang Meilongt doing to help Teochew Opera survive in Thailand？Zhuang Meilong is trying to translate operas into Thaiand and planning to establish an opera school in Bangkok.Zhuang Meilong is trying to translate operas into Thaiand and planning to establish an opera school in Bangkok.
（3）Please decide which part of the following statement is false，then underline it and explain why.The only reason for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk is that the loss of actors.The only reason for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk is that the loss of actors.The reasons for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk are the ongoing pandemic and the loss of actors.The only reason for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk is that the loss of actors.The reasons for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk are the ongoing pandemic and the loss of actors.
（4）Nowadays，many people are discussing whether the old traditional culture，like Teochew Opera，is worth inheriting（傳承） or should be sifted out through ages.What's your opinion and why？ （40詞左右） As far as I'm concerned，the old traditional culture，like Teochew Opera，is worth inheriting.Because it belongs to intangible culture heritage and is something extraordinary precious in our country.So it is our inescapable responsibility to protect and inherit it.As far as I'm concerned，the old traditional culture，like Teochew Opera，is worth inheriting.Because it belongs to intangible culture heritage and is something extraordinary precious in our country.So it is our inescapable responsibility to protect and inherit it.
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【答案】Because a vast number of Chinese immigrants spread the Teochew dialect across Southeast Asia.；Zhuang Meilong is trying to translate operas into Thaiand and planning to establish an opera school in Bangkok.；The only reason for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk is that the loss of actors.The reasons for putting the preservation of Teochew Opera in Thailand at risk are the ongoing pandemic and the loss of actors.；As far as I'm concerned，the old traditional culture，like Teochew Opera，is worth inheriting.Because it belongs to intangible culture heritage and is something extraordinary precious in our country.So it is our inescapable responsibility to protect and inherit it.
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