M9U2（7分钟）

Module 9  Unit2  The life of William Shakespeare

1.William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems.

2.He wrote about thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life.

3. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

4.Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England.

5.Like many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare's parents didn't learn to read or write.

6.At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen.

7. He married in 1582 and had three children.

8.Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592.

9.He became a successful actor and began to write plays.

10.Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.

11.In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London.

12.You can visit the theatre today,but it isn't the same building.

13.There was a fire in the old theatre.

14. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.

15.William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.

16.He was rich and successful.

17.You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages.

18. He's famous around the world.

2 .Put the sentences in the correct order.

a) Shakespeare went to London.

b) Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre.

c) Shakespeare married.

d) Shakespeare liked plays at school.

e)Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.

f) Shakespeare decided to be an actor.

生词表：

1.play  n.剧本；戏剧

poem  n.诗歌

2.wrote 写（write的过去式）

a few 几

life 生活

3.famous著名的

4.was born 出生

5.like像……一样

parents父母

6.decided to决定

finished结束

7.marry  v.结婚

8.join加入

theatre 戏剧，剧院

company公司

9.successful  adj.成功的

actor 演员

began 开始

10.enjoy享受，喜欢

work  n.作品；著作

11.build  v.(built）建造

on  prep.在……

12.same一样，相同

13.fire  n.火；火灾

14.again 再次

15.die  v.死；去世

age年龄

16.rich  adj.富有的

successful 成功的

17.language  n.语言

18.around the world 世界各地

*young  adj.年轻的

汉语译文：

威廉·莎士比亚的生平

1.莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）是英国著名的戏剧和诗歌作家.

2.他一生写了 38部戏剧，154 首短诗和几首长诗。

3.他的两个著名戏剧是《哈姆雷特》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。

4.莎士比亚于 1564 年出生于英国斯特拉特福。

5.像 400 年前的许多人一样，莎士比亚的父母没有学会阅读或写作。

6.在学校里他喜欢戏剧，所以他十四岁就决定当演员。

7.他结婚了在 1582年生了三个孩子。

8.莎士比亚前往伦敦并在 1592 年左右加入了一家剧院公司。

9.他成为一名成功的演员，并开始创作戏剧。

10.伊丽莎白女王我很喜欢他的工作。

11.1599 年，公司在伦敦的泰晤士河上建立了环球剧院。

12.您今天可以参观剧院，但它不是同一座建筑。

13.旧剧院发生了火灾。

14.他们在 1614年和1990年代再次建造了它。

15.威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）享年52岁，去世了。

16他既富有又成功

17.您仍然可以用英语和许多其他语言查看他的戏剧。

18.他享誉全球。

2.以正确的顺序放置句子。

a）莎士比亚去了伦敦。

b）莎士比亚的公司建立了环球剧院。

c）莎士比亚已婚。

d）莎士比亚喜欢学校里的戏剧。

e) 莎士比亚去世，享年52岁。

f）莎士比亚决定当演员。