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Background InformationWilliam Shakespeare1564 1616drama:38/39sonnet:159 Famous WorksRomeo and Juliet 1595The Merchant of Venice 1596Twelfth Night 1600Hamlet 1601Othello 1604King Lear 1605 Macbeth 1606To be,or not to be-that is the question:Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them.To die-to sleep-No more;and by a sleep to say we end The heartache,and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to.Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wishd.To die-to sleep.To sleep-perchance to dream:ay,theres the rub!For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause.Theres the respect That makes calamity of so long life.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,Th oppressors wrong,the proud mans contumely,The pangs of despisd love,the laws delay,The insolence of office,and the spurns That patient merit of th unworthy takes,When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?Who would these fardels bear,To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death-The undiscoverd country,from whose bourn No traveller returns-puzzles the will,And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.生存或毁灭,这是个必答之问题:是否应默默的忍受坎苛命运之无情打击,还是应与深如大海之无涯苦难奋然为敌,并将其克服。此二抉择,就竟是哪个较崇高?死即睡眠,它不过如此!倘若一眠能了结心灵之苦楚与肉体之百患,那么,此结局是可盼的!死去,睡去.但在睡眠中可能有梦,啊,这就是个阻碍:当我们摆脱了此垂死之皮囊,在死之长眠中会有何梦来临?它令我们踌躇,使我们心甘情愿的承受长年之灾,否则谁肯容忍人间之百般折磨,如暴君之政、骄者之傲、失恋之痛、法章之慢、贪官之侮、或庸民之辱,假如他能简单的一刃了之?还有谁会肯去做牛做马,终生疲於操劳,默默的忍受其苦其难,而不远走高飞,飘於渺茫之境,倘若他不是因恐惧身后之事而使他犹豫不前?此境乃无人知晓之邦,自古无返者。Main IdeaMain IdeaThis text is telling us something about the personal experience of the famous playwright William Shakespeare.Though people are quite familiar with most of his works,people still know little about his personal life.The author tried to reveal some truth of Shakespeares past,some of which the author himself still feel uncertain as others.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrasessecond bestsecond/third/by far+an adj.of the superlative degree1.It was by far the best hospital I had every seen.2.The Amazon is by far the longest river in the world.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrasesamount to1)to add up in number or quantity;reach 总共，合计 Our monthly expenditure on food usually amounts to 200 yuan.2)be equal in meaning,be the same as That plan will never amount to anything.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrases“There is no countrynot read“double negationNo one who was treated by Dr.Wang was not moved by his conscientious work.No person who has been to Beijing will not be impressed by the magnificence and grandeur of the Great Wall.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrases“had made a thriving business out of its most famous citizen for a long time.“-Because of its most famous citizen,Stratford-upon-Avon has made a lot of money for a long time.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrases have a good/bad reputation spot on the reputation build up a reputation ruin ones reputation live up to ones reputationKey words&.phrasesKey words&.phrases“To plot Shakespeares life is to become involved in a king of detective story where there are plenty of clues but very little else.“-Anyone who wants to make an outline of Shakespeares life finds himself in a difficult situation.He is like a detective trying to find out about a case.He has only a lot of clues but hardly any facts or evidence.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrasesin a flash immediately,at once,right away flash back a flash in the pan a flash of inspirationinfluential influential figure/politician influential actionKey words&.phrasesKey words&.phrases“We know that as well as working on old plays he rapidly made a name for himself as an author of entirely new ones and also performed as an actor at court.”-He soon became famous by not only improving or revising the old plays but also writing completely new plays and acting in the plays for the queen.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrasesever since1.She went to the country in June to spend her summer holidays and has remained there eve since.2.Tom was down with a high fever a fortnight ago and has been keeping to his bed ever since.Key words&.phrasesKey words&.phrasesbut1.Mr.Smith left nothing to his children but his manuscripts.2.None of my classmates came to the Alumni Meeting but Bob.Writing techniques1.After the first paragraph,the text is organized in the usual chronological order.2.The flashback technique is used.3.The technique of cyclic return is employed.4.The tone of the text can be described as emotional.5.Appropriate temporal reference points are used to enable readers to trace the flow of events.
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