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1、unit4TextIAManfromStratford–WilliamShakespeareText1:AManfromStratford–WilliamShakespeareBackgroundInformationVocabularyStructureQuestionsWilliamShakespeareWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616),borninStratford-on-AvoninEngland,isoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsandpoetsintheworld.Hehasestab
2、lishedhisgiantpositionintheworldliteraturewithhis38plays,154sonnets十四行诗and2longpoems.WilliamShakespeareWilliamShakespeareMidsummer’sNight’sDreamTheMerchantofVeniceAsYouLikeItTwelfthNightGreatComediesWilliamShakespeareOthelloKingLear Macbeth HamletGreatTragedies1OnMarch25th,1616,fif
3、ty-two-year-oldMasterWilliamShakespearesignedhiswillleavingthefamouslegacyofhis“secondbestbedandfurniture”tohiswifeandthegreaterpartofhisestatetohismarrieddaughter,SusannaHall.Itwasthewillofacomfortablyoffman,fortheincomefromtheestateprobablyamountedtoabout$200ayear,whichwasalotofm
4、oneyoverthreehundredandsixtyyearsago.Forhistorians,themostinterestingpartofthewillwasthatsignature,becauseitandothersignaturesareallwehaveleftofthehandwritingoftheworld'sliterarygenius.ThereisnocountrywhereShakespeare'sworkisnotreadwithsomethingverylikeawebecausethereissomethingfas
5、cinatingaboutamanwhoseworkwassomuchbetterthanthatofanyoneelse.AManfromStratford–WilliamShakespeareYetinspiteofthethousandsofbooksthathavebeenwrittenaboutthisamazingwriter,almosteverydetailofhispersonallifeissuppositionratherthanfact.Historicallyspeaking,Shakespearelivedonlyyesterda
6、ybuthisactivities,likethoseofnearlyeveryplaywrightofhisday,aresovaguethathecouldhavebeenborninRomantimes.2Shakespeare'sbirthplace,thelittletownofStratford-upon-Avon,inWarwickshire,hadmadeathrivingbusinessoutofitsmostfamouscitizenforalongtime.Itisapopularplacefortouristsfromallovert
7、heworld,eventhoughmanyofthemwouldhavethegreatestofdifficultyinunderstandingShakespeare'sElizabethanEnglish.However,hehassuchafinereputationthatitiswellworththejourneyjusttobeabletolookattheswansthatswimonhisriver,andgazeatthecottagewhereAnne,hiswife,livedbeforetheirmarriage,andthen
8、toseehisplaysattheRoyalSha
