河南省博愛(ài)縣第一中學(xué) 焦佳琪

情景對(duì)話(huà)

Sarah:It looks like Stratford-on-Avon isn’t far from here.Shall we stop in on our way home?

Nathan:Why?What’s there?

Sarah:Well,it’s Shakespeare’s birthplace,so there’s his birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s cottage...

Nathan:Who is Anne Hathaway?Isn’t she an American celebrity名人?

Sarah:Yes,you’re right.There’s a Hollywood star that goes by the same name,but it’s not her cottage.Anne Hathaway isShakespeare’swife—so the cottage in Stratford-on-Avon is the place where she grew up.

Nathan:I see.Is there anything else to do there?

Sarah:There’s plenty.We could go to see a Shakespeare’s play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre or visit the Holy Trinity Church...

Nathan:We’re not church-goers.Why would we go to church on our way home?

Sarah:It’s the oldest building in Stratford and it’s the place where William Shakespeare was baptismed受洗and buried.It’s steeped豐富的in history.

Nathan:I’m not sure whether I①am interested inseeing yet another church,and I doubt we have time to see a play on our way home...

Sarah:OK,well,we’ll have to②come backanother time to do that.Which Shakespeare’s play is your favourite?

Nathan:I’ve always been a fan ofHamlet,myself.

Sarah:“To be,or not to be,that is the question.”

Nathan:That’s the one.That’s got to be one of Shakespeare’s most famous quotations from his plays.

Sarah:That and“Oh,Romeo,Romeo,why are you Romeo?”

Nathan:What does that mean,anyway?

Sarah:You mean,“To be or not to be?” I think it’s debatable有爭(zhēng)議的，but it seems to be asking the question“why live?” right?Life might be bad,but death might be even worse.

Nathan:That’s so pessimistic消極的.

Sarah:That’s quite rich,coming from you!

Nathan:What’s that supposed to mean?

Sarah:Nothing,it’s just that you’re not the most optimistic person in the world!

Nathan:Now,now,give the guy a chance!Just athought—is the Globe Theatre in Stratford?

Sarah:No,that’s in London,but③it goes without saying that the one that is in London now is just a replica復(fù)制品—and it’s called “Shakespeare’s Globe”.The original④burnt down hundreds of years ago.

Nathan:Oh,well,there goes that idea then!

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薩拉：看起來(lái)埃文河畔的斯特拉特福似乎離這里不遠(yuǎn)。我們?cè)诨丶业穆飞弦灰タ纯矗?/p>

內(nèi)森：為什么去那里？那兒有什么呢？

薩拉：哦，那兒是莎士比亞的故鄉(xiāng)，那里有他出生的地方和安妮·海瑟薇的農(nóng)舍……

內(nèi)森：安妮·海瑟薇是誰(shuí)呀？是一位美國(guó)名媛嗎？

薩拉：你說(shuō)對(duì)了，是有一個(gè)好萊塢明星叫這名字，不過(guò)這不是她的農(nóng)舍。安妮·海瑟薇是莎士比亞的妻子，埃文河畔的斯特拉特福的農(nóng)舍是她長(zhǎng)大的地方。

內(nèi)森：我明白了。在那里還有其他事情可做嗎？

薩拉：有很多事可做呀。我們可以去皇家莎士比亞劇院看莎士比亞的戲劇，或者去參觀圣三一教堂……

內(nèi)森：我們不是經(jīng)常去教堂的人呀。為什么要在回家的路上去教堂呢？

薩拉：那是斯特拉特福最古老的建筑，莎士比亞是在那里接受了洗禮，也是在那里安葬的。那里有豐富的歷史。

內(nèi)森：我不確定我是否會(huì)有興趣去看一座教堂，我也懷疑我們?cè)诨丶业穆飞鲜欠裼袝r(shí)間去看戲劇……

薩拉：那好吧，那我們以后再去看吧。你最喜歡莎士比亞的哪一部戲??？

內(nèi)森：我個(gè)人一直都喜歡《哈姆雷特》。

薩拉：“活著或者死去，這是一個(gè)問(wèn)題?！?/p>

內(nèi)森：就是那句。那是莎士比亞戲劇中最著名的一句引語(yǔ)。

薩拉：還有那句“噢，羅密歐，羅密歐，為什么是你呀，羅密歐？”

內(nèi)森：那究竟是什么意思呢？

薩拉：你是問(wèn)“活著還是死去？”那一句嗎？我覺(jué)得這句話(huà)是有爭(zhēng)議的，不過(guò)它似乎是在問(wèn)：“為什么要活著？”生活或許不如人意，但死亡也許更糟糕。

內(nèi)森：那太消極了。

薩拉：就你而言，這句話(huà)內(nèi)涵很豐富！

內(nèi)森：那是什么意思呀？

薩拉：沒(méi)什么，就是說(shuō)你不是這世界上最樂(lè)觀的人！

內(nèi)森：就現(xiàn)在，給這家伙一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)吧！考慮一下——環(huán)球劇場(chǎng)在斯特拉特福嗎？

薩拉：不在，是在倫敦。不過(guò)顯然，現(xiàn)在倫敦的環(huán)球劇場(chǎng)只是仿建的——它叫作“莎士比亞環(huán)球劇場(chǎng)”。原來(lái)的環(huán)球劇場(chǎng)在幾百年前就被燒毀了。

內(nèi)森：哦，好吧，那就放棄這個(gè)念頭吧！

好詞靚句

1.be interested in...對(duì)……感興趣

2.come back回來(lái)

3.It goes without saying that...毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)……；不言而喻的是……

4.burn down燒毀；把……燒成平地