Mei Lanfang was the first man to  Beijing Opera to the world and made  tours to Japan (1919, 1924 and 1956), the United States (1930), and so on.  

    In recognition(承认) of his literary and artistic achievements, two American , the University of Southern California and the Pomona College, awarded him the honorary(荣誉的)degree of Doctor of Letters. During his  in these countries, which earned him  fame, he popularized(普及) the Chinese classical drama among foreign  , guiding them to a better appreciation of Chinese art and culture. Through his  Beijing Opera became known worldwide. He became good friends with many of the world's  artists, dramatists, writers, dancers and painters.

    Keep it in the air: The Chaoyang Theatre is one of the Beijing theatres to present acrobatics(杂技) all year round. Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists. The programme contains trick cycling, leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks. Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.

    Time: 7:15 pm Daily

    Place: 36, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District

    Tel: 65072421, 65071818

    Use your head: Green Hat is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors. It's a rewrite of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous novel The Scarlet Letter. It describes the heroine's great courage in finding true love against the public disagreement.

    Time: 7:15 pm until March 5, except Mondays

    Place: China Children's Theatre

    Tel: 66037255, 66037265

    Mix and match: Story of Puppets tells of a fairy, Zixia, who looks for true love in the human world. After watching a puppet play Peony Pavilion, she thinks there must be true love in reality, so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into humans, wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero. But things don't go as she planned. . . Li Liuyi, the director of the play has made several successful attempts to present different traditional operas in one play. This time he combines Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Pingju Opera along with a band, using the structure of modern drama.

    Time: 7:30 pm until March 10, except Mondays

    Place: Small Playhouse of Beijing People's Art Theatre

    Tel:6525012

    Peking Opera:The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang'an Grand Theatre. Each performance includes two classical excerpts(选段). One is wenxi(a kind of play focusing on singing and dancing);the other is wuxi (a kind of a play full of acrobatic dancing). The first night will be The Crossroad and Presenting a Pearl of the Rainbow Bridge. And the second night will see the performance of The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.

Time:7:30 pm February 27, 28

    Place: Chang'an Grand Theater

    Tel:86531043

    What's On?

    Electric Underground

    7: 30pm-1: 00am  Free at the Cyclops Theatre

    Do you know who's playing in your area? We're bringing you an exciting evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)?If so, come early to the talk at 7: 30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He's going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.

    Gee Whizz

    8: 30pm-10: 30pm  Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He's the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7. 00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).

    Simon's Workshop

    5: 00pm-7: 30pm  Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

    This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years' experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.

    Charlotte Stone

    8: 00pm-11: 00pm  Pizza World

    Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.

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删除： 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

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注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    Dr Yuan Longping is a agricultural pioneer in China. He graduates from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then he has devoted himself to find ways to grow more rice. The rice farmers are now producing twice as larger harvests as before by using the kind of rice he bred. But he is not satisfied with his work. Although now he leads a rich life, but he still insists on his work to develop his rice. I think his work is real important to the world. Because of he hard work, the production of food been improved. Thanks for Yuan Longping's research, we have more tools in the battle to rid the world of hungry.