Pantomime 阅读练习与讲义
<p> <span word="Pantomime">Pantomime</span></p><p> <span word="Pantomime">Pantomime</span>s like pageants, need to be very well planned, and it is essential that initial organization should begin many weeks in advance of the production date. Pantomimes are nearly always divided into separate scenes, very often taking place in different countries or even in different centuries. It is therefore necessary that there should be an overall unity of design culminating in the grand finale. This latter is really just an excuse for visual effects, and for once the performers become merely cloths hangers on which to put elaborate garments.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="scene">scene</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="discussed">discussed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="length">length</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="producer">producer</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="background">background</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="upon">upon</span>, <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="impossibilities">impossibilities</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provision">provision</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="costumes">costumes</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="budget">budget</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="insuperable">insuperable</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wardrobe">wardrobe</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="costumes">costumes</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cheapest">cheapest</span> <span word="materials">materials</span> <span word="available">available</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="tarlatan">tarlatan</span> <span word="nets">nets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inexpensive">inexpensive</span> <span word="cottons">cottons</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="taffetas">taffetas</span>. <span word="Very">Very</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pick">pick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="goods">goods</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="substantially">substantially</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="stalls">stalls</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>.</p><p> <span word="Costumes">Costumes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pantomimes">pantomimes</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span>, <span word="gay">gay</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="bold">bold</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="conceptionthis">conceptionthis</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="garish">garish</span>. <span word="Usually">Usually</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="scene">scene</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flavor">flavor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="newest">newest</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="gimmick">gimmick</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="conveniently">conveniently</span> <span word="fitted">fitted</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="audience">audience</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pantomime">pantomime</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="feasted">feasted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="purpose">purpose</span>, <span word="thus">thus</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="excel">excel</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="audience">audience</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="catered">catered</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="costumes">costumes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="please">please</span> <span word="patrons">patrons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="delight">delight</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="toddlers">toddlers</span>, <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span>, <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="grandparents">grandparents</span>.</p>
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