The main subjects of Yue opera are stories about wits and beauties (才子佳人).

越剧的主要题材是才子佳人。

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There will always be stories to tell. But the soap opera genre is about more than just about telling stories--and if that is a widely-held belief, it needs to be changed.

故事总是层出不穷的，但肥皂剧不能仅限于讲故事——如果这一观念被广泛认可的话，那么我们就得换换脑筋了。

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Before going to formal performances in the opera houses, I studied the stories and characters so that I would understand the action.

在去剧院看正式的秦腔演出之前，我先了解那些故事和剧中人物，这样就能理解表演。

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As even the most die-hard opera fans know, operatic stories even the best of them can be a tricky business.

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But it was around the double-disc Southern Rock Opera (2001) that the Truckers began to craft stories about unique regional characters and came into their own as stronger songwriters.

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