A Famous English Writer Of all the famous English writers, probably the best known is William Shakespeare.
要在所有知名英語(yǔ)作家中選一個(gè),最出名的大概是威廉沙士比亞.
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.
1564年4月23日他出生在斯特拉斯福德（Stratford-upon-Avon）.他的父親是小鎮(zhèn)的重要人物因而沙士比亞得到了良好的教養(yǎng).
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.
沙士比亞可能進(jìn)過(guò)學(xué)校(盡管沒有現(xiàn)存檔案來(lái)證明)不過(guò)并不是大學(xué).當(dāng)他18歲時(shí)他和Anne Hathaway結(jié)婚并生下了3個(gè)孩子.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet 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.
沙翁寫了38部戲劇和154首14行詩(shī)(14行詩(shī)是詩(shī)歌的一種).他在他的家鄉(xiāng)Stratford小鎮(zhèn)開始工作,直到1592年他去倫敦寫作.他變得富有,并能夠在首都和Stratford各買了一座房子.
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.
他寫的傷感的故事被稱做悲劇,如羅密歐與朱利葉,好笑的故事或稱做戲劇,還有浪漫的故事和關(guān)于歷史人物的故事如凱撒.
Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago. But why is his work still popular today?
沙翁在1616年他的生日那天逝世,至今已近400年了.但是為什么他的作品在今天依然流行呢?
His work looked at common human themes, such as betrayal, murder, lust, 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.
他的作品關(guān)注的是普通的人性主題,像出賣,謀殺,欲望,權(quán)力,野心和愛情.今天這些主題做為人的本性
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1. a big headache令人頭痛的事情
2. a fraction of 一部分
3. a matter of concern 焦點(diǎn)
4. a series of 一系列,一連串a(chǎn)bove all 首先,尤其是
5. absent from不在,缺席
6. abundant in富于
7. account for 解釋
8. accuse sb. of sth.控告
9. add to增加（add up to）
10. after all 畢竟,究竟
11. agree with同意
12. ahead of time / schedule提前
13. ahead of 在...之前（ahead of time 提前）
14. alien to與...相反
15. all at once 突然,同時(shí)
16. all but 幾乎;除了...都
17. all of a sudden 突然
18. all over again 再一次,重新
19. all over 遍及
20. all right 令人滿意的;可以
21. all the same 仍然,照樣的
22. all the time 一直,始終
23. angry with sb. at/about sth.生氣,憤怒
24. anxious about/for憂慮,擔(dān)心
25. anything but 根本不
26. apart from 除...外(有/無(wú))
27. appeal to 吸引,申訴,請(qǐng)求
28. applicable to適用于
29. apply to適用
30. appropriate for/to適當(dāng),合適
31. approximate to近似,接近
32. apt at聰明,善于
33. apt to易于
34. around the clock夜以繼日
35. as a matter of fact 實(shí)際上
36. as a result(of) 因此,由于
37. as a rule 通常,照例
38. as far as ...be concerned 就...而言
39. as far as 遠(yuǎn)至,到...程度
40. as follows 如下
41. as for 至于,關(guān)于
42. as good as 和...幾乎一樣
43. as if 好像,防腐
44. as regards 關(guān)于,至于
45. as to 至于,關(guān)于
46. as usual 像平常一樣,照例
47. as well as 除...外(也),即...又
48. as well 同樣,也,還
49. ashamed of羞愧,害臊
50. aside from 除...外(還有)
51. ask for the moon異想天開
52. at a loss 茫然,不知所措
53. at a time 一次,每次
54. at all costs 不惜一切代價(jià)
55. at all events 不管怎樣,無(wú)論如何
56. at all times 隨時(shí),總是
57. at all 絲毫(不),一點(diǎn)也不
58. at any rate 無(wú)論如何,至少
59. at best 充其量,至多
60. at first sight 乍一看,初看起來(lái)
61. at first 最初,起先
62. at hand 在手邊,在附近
63. at heart 內(nèi)心里,本質(zhì)上
64. at home 在家,在國(guó)內(nèi)
65. at intervals 不時(shí),每隔...
66. at large 大多數(shù),未被捕獲的
67. at last 終于
68. at least 至少
69. at length 最終,終于
70. at most 至多,不超過(guò)
71. at no time 從不,決不
72. at one time 曾經(jīng),一度;同時(shí)
73. at present 目前,現(xiàn)在
74. at someone's disposal 任...處理
75. at the cost of 以...為代價(jià)
76. at the mercy of 任憑...擺布
77. at the moment 此刻,目前
78. at this rate 照此速度
79. at times 有時(shí),間或
80. aware of意識(shí)到
81. back and forth 來(lái)回地,反復(fù)地
82. back of 在...后面
83. back up后備,支援
84. bare of幾乎沒有,缺乏
85. be able to do能夠
86. be around差不多
87. be available to sb.可用,可供
88. be bound to一定
89. be capable of doing能夠
90. be concerned with 關(guān)心…,涉足…
91. be dying to渴望
92. be fed up with受夠了be tired of
93. be in hospital 住院
94. be in season 上市的/in peak season旺季
95. be in the mood to do sth. 想做
96. be pressed for time時(shí)間不夠
97. be tied up with忙于
98. be under the weather 身體不好
99. beat around the bush 拐彎沒角
100. beat the crowd 避開人群