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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour***阅读理解。April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare’sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.InStratford-upon-Avon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includingperformancesofShakespeare’s
2、plays,andadazzlingfireworksdisplay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratfore-upon-Avon,celebratingShakespeare’swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland’scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing’sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibitionsandactivitie
3、s.Itisn’tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthedeathofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C.,theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld’slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.Shakespeareisprobablythemostfamousau
4、thorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154sonnets(十四行诗),andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors(暗喻),seriousdramasandamusingtales.Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphrases.Ifsomeone’sbehaviorsuggeste
5、dtheywerenotbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsomeonewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequalityofsomethingcritics.Today,forinstance,foo
6、dcriticsandfilmcriticsgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodandfilm.Thefamiliarphrase＂breaktheice＂esfromShakespeare’splayTheTamingoftheShrew.The＂iceisbroken＂whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.MoremonwordscoinedbyShakespeareinclud
7、eroad,gossip,lonely,bumpandhurry.Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofalltime!1.Themainideaofthetextis_______.A.the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeathB.theinfluenceShakespearehasonEnglishC.theachievementsofWilliamS
8、hakespeareD.Shakespeare’scolorfulandfruitfullife2.Shakespeareishonoredinthefollowingwayse
