You shrieking like a woman, was that a bit of amateur dramatics, was it?

你叫得像个娘们，这演技有点太业余了吧？

And in that town, there were 11 fully functioning amateur dramatic groups.

该镇有11个功能齐全的业余戏剧团体。

The boy brought up in these circumstances went in for amateur dramatics put on by a club in his church. He got such a thrill out of acting that he decided to take up public speaking. This led him into politics.

在这种情况下长大的男孩参加了他所在教堂的一个俱乐部举办的业余戏剧表演。他从演戏中得到了如此快感，以至于他决定开始公开演讲。这使他进入政界。