如何用英语介绍相声

Xiangsheng, sometimes translated as crosstalk, is a traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue between two performers or more, even a solo monologue.

相声，是一种中国传统喜剧表演，一般是两人或多人对话，或者单口说唱。

The language, rich in puns and allusions, is delivered in a rapid, bantering style.

相声，常用双关语或暗指，语言欢快，令人捧腹大笑。

Xiangsheng is one of China’s foremost performing arts, and is typically performed in the Beijing dialect.

相声是中国重要的表演艺术之一，主要用北京方言表演。

Xiangsheng rose as a performing act during the Ming Dynasty. From the Qing Dynasty to the 1920s, Xiangsheng gradually developed to become a style of comedic monologue.

相声源起于明朝，从清朝到20世纪20年代，逐渐发展成为单口相声。

Later Xiangsheng came to be performed as a dialogue and sometimes even in groups of three or more.

然后逐步发展为对口相声、甚至是群口相声。

The earliest Xiangsheng comedian known by name is Zhang Sanlu, who performed in the mid-nineteenth century.

张三禄是目前最早见于文字记载的相声艺人，他主要活跃于19世纪中期。

After the PRC was established in 1949, Xiangsheng became more and more popular.

1949年中华人民共和国成立后，相声越来越受欢迎。

Today, it’s heavily featured in the CCTV New Year’s Gala program and countless other performance shows in China.

如今，相声成为中国春节联欢晚会和其它许多演出的压轴节目。

Jump into a cab in Beijing, and chances are your driver will be listening to a radio broadcast or an old tape of a crosstalk performance.

坐上北京的出租车，也许你的出租车司机正在听相声广播节目或老式磁带相声节目呢。