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Crystal Zhang
I woke up in the morning, raindrops knocking at the window
The world is so near to me, yet so far from Beijing
If I can choose, I want to be a dancer, stirring the air around my body
Well, the reality is not bad: I’m a sound weaver now, so I dance in my mind
I live in a magic world. I talk to myself a lot.
I have many secrets, and I shoehorned them in a small vase and put it in my pocket.
If you are puzzled,
Don’t read me,
Listen to me.
Turkish Girl Begum
See one part of the world in another part of the world.
This time, you’re landing on Turkey from UK and right in UK!
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Twisted Duet
This is a tango of tongue twisters
It is about left and right, voice and music
When language becomes an instrument, you won’t worry about the meanings.
Don’t click on it until you get a headphone.
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English in my Ears
This 5 minute programme is about my feeling when hearing English. To me, English, as a foreign language, is sometimes no difference than music. In my piece of work, I edited the clips to mimic the sound I hear in daily communication. I believe sound effect in a radio script takes an important role in story telling, and that’s the reason you won’t understand the programme by only looking at the script. At the same time, when record it, I have to bear in mind what sound might come out and to choose the right tone.
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My Paralysed Umbrella
Paralysed can be more perfect…
In the name of my white, red spotted umbrella.
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Crystal
A fairy tale and a biography of little crystal.
Come along to crystal’s dramatic adventure of her recent 200 years!
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Crystal…………………………………………..................Crystal Zhang
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward………….....Tom Davison
Mistress Lillie Langtry……………………….............Marie Horner
Yang…………………………………………….................. Felix Zhu
Chicken farmer………………………………….............Andrew Fairfoul
Lime and Soda…………………………………............. Crystal Zhang
Yang's mother…………………………………..............Yamin Zhang
Yang’s Neighbors………………………………............Yamin Zhang
Fashion Show Crunch
Follow me to look at the fashion show “crunch” in Bournemouth University.
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Concert Day
It features a concert of Bournemouth University Choir and Orchestra.
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Tang Dynasty Poems Reading—-written by Wangwei
Another well-known Chinese literary format, Tang Poem, is usually formed by 4 lines, five characters for every line or alternatively seven. The poem format emphasizes the maintenance of rhythmes, parallelism of characters, and the balance of “tones”. “Pinyin”(such as’Tang’ and ‘Wangwei’ in the title) together with four tones indicate the pronunciation of each character.
These 3 poems in this clip are masterpieces of Wangwei. Wang Wei(699-759) was a prestigious poet in Tang Dynasty, a musician, painter and statesman at the same time.
For his writing style….you will hear Mozart in his poems.
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Translations of the three poems:
Deer Park (Translated by Gary Snyder)
Empty mountains no one to be seen.
Yet - hear –
human sounds and echoes.
Returning sunlight enters the dark woods;
Again shining
On the green moss, above
Lovesickness (Translated by Wang Daoyu)
The berries red in the south land grow,
How many shoots in spring it brings?
May you gather as many as you can,
For my lovesickness these things best stand.
Untitled (Translated by Crystal)
Coming from our hometown,
You ought to follow all the news, my friend
Shall I ask about the plum flower by my window,
Any blossom on the branch?
Read and Produced by Crystal Zhang.