新编英语教程A Man from Stratford讲义.docVIP

A Man from Stratford ---- William Shakespeare 莎士比亚（W. William Shakespeare；1564～1616）英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家.诗人，欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者，公元1564年4月23日生于英格兰沃里克郡斯特拉福镇，代表作有四大悲剧 ，四大喜剧，历史剧 ，还写过154首十四行诗，及长诗。他是“英国戏剧之父”，他的大部分作品都已被译成多种文字，其剧作也在许多国家上演。1616年4月23日病逝。 Great Works Shakespeare’s works can be divided into four groups: 1) historical plays: Henry Ⅵ (1590-1591) Richard Ⅲ (1592) Henry Ⅳ (1596-1597) 2) comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) The Merchant of Venice (1596) As you Like it (1599) Twelfth Night (?) 3) tragedies Romeo and Juliet (1595) Hamlet(1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (1605) Macbeth (1605) 4) romances Cymbeline (1609) The Tempest (1611) Text Analysis 1.will 1) make a will 2) at will, against someone’s will 3) where there is a will there is a way 2.literary literary criticism/ theory/man cf. literal, literate supposition:an idea you think may be true eg. My thesis is based on the supposition that activities can facilitate English learning. 4.playwright synonym: dramatist cf. screenwriter, scriptwriter legacy 1) money or property given to someone when someone else dies He receives a legacy of $5000. 2) a situation exists now because of events took place in the past. A series of legacies appeared after the war, such as famine, disease, orphan. estate 1) all the money and property that a person owns He left all his estate to his wife 2) a large of land own by someone estate agent 房地产经纪人 estate tax 遗产税 real estate 不动产 awe n. feeling of respect and a slight fear 敬畏 他提起祖父时肃然起敬。 He mentioned his grandfather with awe. He is in awe of his grandfather. v. soldiers were awed by the appearance of the general. adj. The building is awe-inspiring. 令人惊叹的 People were awestruck when they saw the picture of the moon.惊叹 register n. an official list or record of names, or items. Could you sign the hotel register please? V. to make official record to register a birth/ marriage/ death to register a company to register at a hotel registered letter 挂号信 registered trademark 注册商标 regist