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Ms Yang: The Drunken Concubine is a beautiful Cantonese opera play. I love performing it so much.
楊女士：《貴妃醉酒》是一出優美的粵劇。我非常愛唱這出戲。
Amelia: What kind of story is it?
阿米莉婭：這是個什么樣的故事呢？
Ms Yang: It's a love story about a concubine and emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
楊女士：它講述的是唐朝玄宗皇帝和他的一位貴妃的愛情故事。
Amelia: Are the headdress and the costume supposed to reveal her identity? They are exquisite.
阿米莉婭：從頭飾和服裝能看出她的身份嗎？它們好精致。
Ms Yang: Yes. And the water sleeves are used profusely in Chinese opera to express emotions.
楊女士：是的。而且在中國戲曲中豐富地使用水袖來表達人物的情緒。
Amelia: I see. I like your singing, although I couldn't understand the lyrics
阿米莉婭：我明白了。雖然聽不懂歌詞，但我喜歡你的演唱。
Ms Yang: I know it's difficult, even people who speak Mandarin don't necessarily understand Cantonese. It's mainly spoken in Guangdong province, and also in Hong Kong.
楊女士：我知道這挺難的，即便是說中文的人也不一定能聽懂粵語。粵語主要是廣東和香港的人在講。
Amelia: And I heard that the lyrics are very poetic.
阿米莉婭：聽說這些歌詞非常富有詩意。
Ms Yang: It's true. Many Cantonese opera plays are actually from ancient folklore, or anecdotes from history, and beautifully written.
楊女士：是的。粵劇多從古代民間傳說和歷史軼事改編而來，言辭優美。
