时间:2019-01-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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Of all the famous English writers, probably the best known is William Shakespeare.


He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing. Shakespeare probably went to school (although no records survive to prove this) but not university. He got married when he was 18 to Anne Hathaway and the couple had 3 children.


Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets 1 (a sonnet 2 is a kind of poem). He began working in his home town of Stratford but by 1592 was writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford.


He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and stories about historical figures such as Julius Caesar.


Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago. But why is his work still popular today?


His work looked at common human themes, such as betrayal 3, murder, lust 4, power, ambition and love. These themes are as much a part of human nature today as they were all those years ago and are the themes we see in modern soap operas and Hollywood films. Even though his theatre, The Globe, burned down in 1613 it was rebuilt in London in 1997 and you can still see his plays performed there today.


Shakespeare's influence on the English language can still be felt today. We talk about "fair play", meaning honest behaviour but this phrase was first used by Shakespeare. He coined the phrase "you can have too much of a good thing". And it was Shakespeare who came up with the expression to disappear "into thin air" which we still use today when we lose something.


Shakespeare’s work has been translated into every major language in the world. And perhaps we'll still be as fascinated 5 by his work 400 years from now as we've been for almost the last 400.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


best known 最有名的


upbringing 教育    


survive 存活


couple 夫妻俩   


plays 戏剧


poem 诗  


comedies 喜剧


romantic 浪漫的   


historical figures 历史人物


common human themes 广泛大众题材   


betrayal 背叛  


lust 欲望, 贪欲    


ambition 雄心, 志气


soap operas 肥皂剧    


theatre 剧院


rebuilt 重建   


influence 影响   


coined the phrase 杜撰新短语


honest behaviour 正当的行为     


translated 翻译



n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )
  • Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人,济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句
n.十四行诗
  • The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
  • He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗,献给他心爱的人。
n.背叛,暴露
  • Any deviation from the party's faith is seen as betrayal.任何对党的信仰的偏离被视作背叛。
  • His defection to the other side was the ultimate betrayal.他变节投向另一方是最终的背叛。
n.性(淫)欲;渴(欲)望;vi.对…有强烈的欲望
  • He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
  • Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念,就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。
a.被强烈地吸引住,感到着迷的
  • China has always fascinated me. 中国一直令我心驰神往。
  • The children watched, fascinated, as the picture began to appear. 电影开始以后孩子们入迷地观看着。
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abbrevn
acute myelocytic leukemia
ageing failure
asbestos-cement slate
Atijo
authorized terms
autopsy start and end date/time
Baroknar
barton's
bear testimony to
Bielschowsky's diamine silver solution
brand character
British Standard Institution
cane level(l)ing machine
caseous
cassese
cataloging department
Catumbela
cock knocker
Code of Conduct for Liner Conference
congnois
cortical nephron
crowbar switch
cryaesthesias
diptercin
double roller mixer
drill headroom
Ebal
elementary contour
fault monitoring
fiber data link
folipex
four-cylinder triple-expansion engine
from all walks of life
Gaelicise
gairdners
gantos
gate conveyer
gay-lesbian student
gelatinous state
green restorer
header brick
history database
hollow core door
hydric sulphate
iduronate-2-sulfatase
large-type passenger plane
leptons
licks
lithol rubin b
Maengsangang
Makariv
mascaraing
media advocacy
megalomicin
metric series bearing
minor determinant
muffin top
multiple channels
nahla
nuchae necrotisans sycosis
off stream unit
panel research
parking area
Patesville
pearlite structure
pisscutter
pitted keratolysis
play up to sb
posterdesigned
premature contraction
pseudogenizations
put behind bars
reinspects
right and left-hand chart
scum of the earth
sheathing uranium
shortest path algorithm
slash-grain lumber
SRS (standard response spectrum)
Stenoptilia
strike sparks
suction velocity
sweat suits
tachygraph
taxol
tetraplodon urceolatus bryol eur
Titlagarh
Tomamae
tracking and data system
travel(l)ing winch
uniaxial spicule
upland cottons
vehicle operational mode
Vorster, Balthazar Johannes
walking about
wellhead device
wheel motor
World Trade Center Towers
Yathi
zarins