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2012年5月8日，第五届CCTV“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛哈尔滨赛区预赛圆满落幕。此次哈尔滨赛区的赛事由哈尔滨工程大学承办，共有来自14个国家的32名选手参加，最终有3位选手获得进京通行证，将参加8月份在北京举行的电视决赛。

两岸三地，25大赛区，160所高校，五大洲，104个国家，近千名在华留学生，听说读写，比拼汉语功底，说学逗唱，尽显汉语魅力，谁将成为百强进军决赛。学说中国话，朋友遍天下。7月18日起敬请关注第五届“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛预赛盛况。 CCTV汉语大赛将于7月18日~8月20日晚22：45在CCTV4《快乐汉语》栏目中播出精彩预赛。

Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg will come! Some of the heroes of Euro2012 will play before their Chinese fans this month as several of Europe's top clubs have confirmed friendlies in China.

“学说中国话，朋友遍天下”，由中央电视台和国家汉办孔子学院总部联合主办的第五届“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛(简称“CCTV汉语大赛”)预赛随着台湾赛区的成功举办圆满落下帷幕。整个预赛为期一个半月，导演组兵分三路，走进全国25个赛区(包括港澳台)。来自150余所知名高校的近万名在华留学生参与了本届大赛，经过紧张激烈的面试环节，最终百名选手成功晋级，获取大赛“进京通行证”。这些从各地脱颖而出的的晋级选手将于8月11日会师首都北京，角逐中央电视台和国家汉办联合授予的“汉语之星”称号。

11月20日，第五届“汉语桥”世界中学生中文比赛决赛阶段的上机考试和口语才艺展示在云南师范大学呈贡校区举行。来自45个国家共51支参赛队的100多位参赛选手展开了汉语大比拼。

张老师，您好！我很高兴能认识您，我认为您是个十分优秀而且十分开朗的老师。我和布吉德玛一起去孔子学院是我第一次见您，当时您笑我像个男孩儿，让我有些害羞，呵呵。我是不会跟人家讲真心话，所以我一般会写信或留言，这可以说是我的一个特点，我很感谢您对我的帮助和支持（找伴奏、写演讲稿、说一些鼓励我的话）。

张老师，您好！我很高兴能认识您，我认为您是个十分优秀而且十分开朗的老师。我和布吉德玛一起去孔子学院是我第一次见您，当时您笑我像个男孩儿，让我有些害羞，呵呵。我是不会跟人家讲真心话，所以我一般会写信或留言，这可以说是我的一个特点，我很感谢您对我的帮助和支持（找伴奏、写演讲稿、说一些鼓励我的话）。

蒙古选手巴特其其格表演葫芦丝《大长今》 18日至25日，第五届“汉语桥”世界中学生中文比赛在昆明举行。从第一天在师大校园亲手种下了友谊之树开始，短短8天的时间里，通过内容丰富的比赛、学习、体验，选手们在春城不仅收获了友谊，收获了知识，更与彩云之南结下了深厚的情谊。

川剧变脸Face-changing in Sichuan Opera 提起变脸，我们先要说说川剧。川剧是中国地方戏之一，流行于四川、云南、贵州等地。变脸可不是随便化化妆，改变一下自己的脸谱。它是川剧中的一种特殊技法，在几秒钟内可以多次变换脸部妆容，表演时常常用它来表达剧中人物的不同的思想感情。We cannot talk about face changing without mentioning Sichuan opera. Sichuan Opera is one of many local operas in China, popular in the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Face changing is not simply changing one’s facial makeup in a casual way, but is a special technique in the performance of Sichuan Opera. It refers to the changing of masks in quick succession to show different emotions and feelings of the character in the play.
相传“变脸”的由来与古代人们应对野兽侵犯有关。以前，古人在遇到凶猛的野兽时，就在自己脸上勾画出不同的图案，这样做就可以吓唬野兽、保护自己。后来，川剧就把这种方法搬上舞台，也就有了后来“变脸”这一门独特的艺术。It is said the origin of face changing has something to do with the resistance of wild beasts. In ancient times, when coming across a ferocious animal, people used to draw different patterns on their faces to scare the animal away and keep themselves safe. Later on, such trick was applied to the stage performance of Sichuan Opera, and the unique art of face changing has thus come into being.
变脸也有很多种方法，大体上可以分为三种： “抹脸”、“吹脸”和“扯脸”。Face-changing techniques generally fall into three categories, “wiping”, “blowing” and “pulling”
抹脸”是将化妆油彩涂在脸的某一部位上，到时用手往脸上一抹，便可变成另外一种脸色。 “吹脸”只适合于粉末状的化妆品。表演时，会在舞台的地面上摆一个很小的盒子，里面装粉末，演员到时做一个伏地的舞蹈动作，趁机将脸贴近盒子一吹，粉末扑在脸上，立即就能变成另一种颜色的脸。“扯脸”是事前将脸谱画在一张一张的绸子上，剪好，每张脸谱上都系一把丝线，再一张一张地贴在脸上。丝线则系在衣服的某个地方，但不能让别人看出来，很多人常常把它系在腰带上。表演时，在舞蹈动作的掩护下，再一张一张地将它扯下来。“Wiping” is to spread the paint over the face while performing. The paint is put on a certain part of the face in advance. “Blowing” is only employed when powder cosmetics are used. On the stage, a tiny box with powder cosmetics in it is placed before hand. A movement of prostration near the box will enable the performer to blow the powder onto his face. When one is going to use the “pulling” technique he has to draw facial masks on fine pieces of silk cloth, cut them into the right size, tie a thin thread to each mask and stick them onto his face before the performance. The threads are fastened to somewhere hidden in his costumes. Many performers prefer to tie them onto their waistbands. When performing, the artist would pull the mask off one after another under the cover of various dancing movements.
其实，三种方法中第一种最常用也最简单，而吹脸则相对麻烦了点。因为在吹的过程中要闭眼，闭气，否则，粉末进到眼里或者嘴里，就没有办法继续表演了。扯脸是最麻烦的。因为舞蹈动作既要自然，还要做好掩护，要不然就会被观众看破，那样的话，观众一生气，恐怕也要“变脸”了。In practice, the first method of the three is most employed because it is the simplest, while “blowing” is relatively more complicated since one has to close his eyes and shut up his mouth when blowing in case the powder would fly into his eyes and mouth so the performance would not be continued. However, “pulling” is the most troublesome among the three skills. The dancing movements have to be natural and the action of pulling should be invisible to the audience. If the audience sees through the trick of face changing, they would probably get dissatisfied and pull a face too!