1.
Walk up! Walk up! The greatest show on earth is about to begin.
进来，请进来！世界上最精彩的演出就要开始了。
2.
Can you hurry the rest of the crowd into the theater? The performance is about to start!
你能不能叫其他的观众赶快进入剧场, 演出就要开始了。
3.
The performance had hardly begun when the lights went out.
演出刚一开始电灯就灭了。
4.
No one paid much attention to them once performance had began.
演出一开始就再也没人去怎么注意他们了。
5.
The performance started badly but picked up towards the end.
演出开始时很差劲, 但近结尾处就好多了.
6.
First come scattered strokes, running from one church to another, as when musicians give warning that they are about to begin.
首先是从一座教堂到另一座教堂发出零散的丁当声，好像是乐师们相互告知演奏就要开始了；
7.
The play got off to a bad start when one of the actors forgot his opening lines.
这一出戏一开始就不顺利, 有一个演员忘记了开头的几句台词。
8.
The chorus is aBout to sing.
合唱团就要开始唱了
9.
We are arriving at the terminus of this line. Please have your tickets ready for inspection.
终点站就要到了，请出示车票，现在开始查验车票。
10.
The curtain rises/goes up, ie The play/act begins.
幕启（演出开始）.
11.
"Mei Lanfang, the most internationally famous Chinese actor, began making films in 1920."
在世界上最出名的京剧演员梅兰芳从20年代起就开始拍电影了。
12.
Mui Zai started the concert with3 quick songs, the atmosphere immediately was brought to the boiling point.
演出一开始梅姐便连续演唱了三首快歌，一下子就将演唱会的气氛掀起。
13.
After a long delay the performance finally started.
演出拖延很久, 最後总算开始了.
14.
He put his forefeet on the wall and the fox easily climbed out and started to go away.
他把两只前脚搭在墙上，狐狸轻易地就爬了出去，并开始要离去了。
15.
She gave me the elbow when she started going out with Roger.
她开始与罗杰外出约会, 就把我撇开了.
16.
The play begins at 2.
这出戏两点钟开始演出。
17.
The curtain will rise in two minutes;it's time to push off.
幕就要拉开，是开始的时间了。
18.
If they are successful they later go ' on the road' to scores of cities throughout the country.
如果演出成功，这些新戏随后就开始到全国数十个城市“巡回”演出。