After walking onto the stage, she began to speak, "I know you have been laughing behind my back for years. Today I have a great chance to make you all laugh in front of me. That's why I am here."

走上舞台后，她开口说：“我知道你们在背后嘲笑我好多年了。今天我有一个很好的机会让你们在我面前笑。这就是我在这里的原因。”

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An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn't speak or sing.

例如，歌剧演唱家在舞台上既不跳舞也不说话；现代戏剧中并没有唱歌或跳舞的角色；在舞剧中，舞者既不说话也不唱歌。

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Thespis, of Athens (6th BC) was the first person to speak lines as an individual actor on stage, thus the term “Thespian” to refer to a theatrical performer was born.

泰斯庇斯在雅典（公元前 6年）是第一个在舞台上表演诗歌的人，因此用术语“泰斯庇斯的“来说一个戏剧表演者的诞生。

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Our professor asked him to take the stage and speak of the secrets of his success.

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The change in performance probably helps explain his willingness to speak forthrightly on the Columbia stage.

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