2016年CRI Celebration of William Shakespeare to Reach Millions across China
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：2016CRI中国国际广播电台
For all English-speaking personnel in China, 2016 will be the year when they feel culturally taken care of. Many highly-rated and highly-anticipated theater works and films written by Shakespeare will come to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong throughout the year.
British Ambassador to China Barbara Woodward says, Shakespeare is one of the UK's greatest literary exports. 400 years after his death, his works continue to thrill audiences of all ages across the world.
"His works covers the human emotions and experiences, including love, including hate, including revenge, jealousy 1, loyalty 2, betrayal, greed, power, fate and tragedy. His works highlight our common humanity."
Stan Lai, one of the most acknowledged theater makers 3 in the Chinese world, echoes Barbara Woodward's comments on Shakespeare. He recalls some of the most touching 4 lines to him from Shakespeare's works in English easily, and says:
"The British Embassy is very proud that Shakespeare is from the UK. But I'm sorry, Shakespeare belongs to the world."
In a major celebration program called "Shakespeare Lives" initiated 5 by British Council, some of Shakespeare's best-loved works including Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch will be put onto big screens in China. Acclaimed 6 productions of Henry IV and Henry V will be staged by Royal Shakespeare Company. World-renowned actor Sir Ian McKellen will attend Shanghai International Film Festival.
What's more, various English-learning programs are about to be launched as well to commemorate 7 the language master's contribution. Over 3,000 words and hundreds of idioms that we use now first appeared in Shakespeare's works. New technology is also used in this campaign. People will be able to "shake" their smart phones, then through social media apps they can find what character they look like in Shakespeare's works, to add the connection.
For CRI, I'm Liu Xiangwei.
- Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
- I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
- She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
- His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
- Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。
- This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
- We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。