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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour***阅读理解。April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare’sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.InStratford-upon-Avon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includingperformancesofShake
2、speare’splays,andadazzlingfireworksdisplay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratfore-upon-Avon,celebratingShakespeare’swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland’scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing’sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibit
3、ionsandactivities.Itisn’tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthedeathofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C.,theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld’slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.Shakespearei
4、sprobablythemostfamousauthorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154sonnets(十四行诗),andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors(暗喻),seriousdramasandamusingtales.Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphr
5、ases.Ifsomeone’sbehaviorsuggestedtheywerenotbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsomeonewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequality
6、ofsomethingcritics.Today,forinstance,foodcriticsandfilmcriticsgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodandfilm.Thefamiliarphrase＂breaktheice＂esfromShakespeare’splayTheTamingoftheShrew.The＂iceisbroken＂whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasa
7、simplegame.MoremonwordscoinedbyShakespeareincluderoad,gossip,lonely,bumpandhurry.Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofalltime!1.Themainideaofthetextis_______.A.the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeathB.theinf
8、luenceShakespearehasonEnglishC.theachievementsofWilliamShakespeareD.Shakespeare’scolorfulandfruitfullife2.Shakespeareishonoredinthefollowingwayse
