音乐剧《蝶》—爱，是我们斗争的方式，使我们解放的征途| 剑桥雅思&托福满分写作示范

作者：曹宗远 & Vincent

曹老师为英国《迈克尔·契科夫方法派演员塑造》影视表演科班出身，从事多年艺考教育，主演《哈姆雷特》《雷雨》《悲惨世界》等多部戏剧作品。教授科目：戏剧启蒙，少儿语言艺术，主持人，艺考专项辅导，英皇考级课程（音乐剧）等。

中国，上下五千年历史的伟大国家。源远流长的历史也孕育出博大精深的文化。戏曲艺术便是其中的优秀的代表。戏曲用脸谱和戏服，戏腔和身段来表达历史，表现文化。而相声也是一种曲艺形式，通过语言来逗人发笑完成表演。语言艺术和舞台身段便深藏于我们的基因之中。所以，当话剧从欧洲文艺复兴运动开始慢慢发扬光大并传入中国。充满智慧的中国人便如鱼得水的掌握了这种艺术形式。而音乐剧则是更新潮的话剧形式，将话剧和唱歌相结合来完成整场表演，这对于演员和舞台来说都是艰难的。但文艺创作者的热情是无限的，关山老师和三宝老师为主的团队便创作了中国的音乐剧《蝶》。

《蝶》的故事源于中国传统爱情故事梁山伯与祝英台。凄美的爱情故事作为剧本主调，梁山伯与祝英台在故事中是比人类地位所谓“低贱”的蝶人，但两人却有着完全不同的对人生的态度。梁山伯作为流浪的诗人肆意潇洒，不在乎他人看法也不在乎命运走向。但祝英台身为蝶人族的公主，从小便背负着蝶人族成人的使命，注定要嫁给人类来换取蝶人的自由。就在祝英台即将大婚之际，却见到了来参加婚礼的梁山伯，两人一见钟情，但蝶人族的族长却为了婚礼想要杀死梁山伯，最后祝英台冲破桎梏，与梁山伯一起殉情化蝶。梁山伯从未被世俗所捆绑，而祝英台也勇敢的拥抱爱情，拥抱真正的自己。自由与自我解放，人性的情感和欲望是我们永远的主题，勇敢的拥抱自己拥抱世界自然会“化茧成蝶”

《蝶》不同于第一部大型音乐剧《金沙》作为整部没有一句传统台词，全部用宣叙调和音乐铺满的音乐剧，以中国本土音乐风格为基调，汲取西方音乐剧的精华，在鲜明的人物特色的跌宕起伏的剧情烘托中，展现了中国传统文化的包容性和可再创造性。也将音乐剧这种舞台形式、舞台艺术展现给了观众，开始传播和普及。音乐剧作为美国百老汇最为知名传奇的艺术形式，代表了最为综合，最为全面的艺术形式。而中国也在做着属于中国文化的音乐剧，相信我们也会走入黄金时代。

V老师也分享一下满分的Essay内容，论产品宣传创新的重要性。无论是电子科技产品，还是文化商品，植根于民族本身的同时力求革新，才是长远得以健康发展的保障。本篇范文也适用于学生剑桥CAE-CPE级别，雅思和托福Essay，以及一线国际学校升学考试学习喔~

In their advertising, businesses nowadays usually emphasize that their products are new in some way. Why is this? Do you think it is a positive or negative development?

There is no such a time in history that the media and entertainment have become so prevailing among people as it is today, and they have almost become one of the most important carriers of all types of commerce. Goods and services may still be well-known without any promotion in the past but now, since there are too many of them, advertising becomes the one-and-only if any businesses want themselves to thrive in the market. But what is funny is that, if you take a good look at all the advertisements, you may wonder why almost all brands or manufacturers emphasize that their products are new in some way.

Here comes the reason; it is human nature that forces all advertisers to form this impression (sometimes the illusion) on their potential customers. If we put it in terms of economics, we may find out the phenomenon termed “diminishing marginal utility”, that people are hard-wired to become less satisfied with what they possess after a while even if there is nothing wrong with the latter. That means, no matter how good and how durable a product is, people may reduce their obsession with their properties after a period of use and would desire a substitute if they had a chance to see one. This one may not be better than the last, but it has to be new since it is meant to satisfy people's demand for freshness. This is good news to businesses, as they may find the perfect way to sell their goods by fetching this psychology, and the way is to focus on innovation.  If innovation is hard, it may work for businesses to “zoom in” on the subtle, insignificant new things of their products through advertising. That seems a cost-and-time-efficient way to increase their sales.

Like most things, I would believe this phenomenon is neither too good nor bad; the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Some may worry that this too much emphasis on “new” products is the culprit behind the high level of consumerism, and that may lead to a large amount of waste, since people may throw away their still in-use products and chase for the excitement of owning a new one. However, the take-home message is that consumerism happens anyway, determined by multiple factors such as the booming of industrialization or consumer desires, among which advertising is just one on the surface. On the other hand, it seems persuasive for some to reckon that this trend may finally force companies to innovate, since they may not forever fool their consumers, but instead need at least make something new to convince the market. But knowing that our human being as a whole is greedy and indolent inside, this is also unlikely to happen. Rather than true innovations, businesses may wind up building a more attractive promotion system, exaggerating every subtlety they have changed but improve some, say, parameters at most.

In conclusion, I would believe that it is the recognition of human nature that makes businesses focus on advertising how “new” their products are, and this is just a normal trend. Instead of believing the mere speculations, we’d better wait and see what is going next in the future.

相关词汇和语法结构

prevailing trend 盛行的趋势

propensity for 倾向于

superseding their conventional traditional garments 取代了他们传统的服装

myriad of factors 众多因素

cultural assimilation 文化同化

promulgated the allure of 宣扬...的吸引力

cosmopolitan lifestyle 国际化的生活方式

equated with modernity, professionalism, and affluence 与现代性、专业性和富裕相等同

universal standard for formal attire 正式着装的通用标准

pragmatic aspects 实用的方面

versatile, durable 多功能的、耐用的

simplifying wardrobe choices 简化服装选择

cultural homogenization 文化同质化

fosters a sense of global camaraderie 培养全球友谊的感觉

embracing change while honoring tradition 拥抱变革，尊重传统

剑桥VIP国际升学中心

文末二维码咨询测评

（所有科目，仅开设VIP 1V1模式）