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William Shakespeare （1564～1616） 英国著名戏剧家和诗人。出生于沃里克郡斯特拉特福镇的一个富裕市民家庭，曾在当地文法学校学习。13岁时家道中落辍学经商，约1586年前往伦敦。先在剧院门前为贵族顾客看马，后逐渐成为剧院的杂役、演员、剧作家和股东。1597年在家乡购置了房产，一生的最后几年在家乡度过。　　莎士比亚是16世纪后半叶到17世纪初英国最著名的作家（本·琼斯称他为“时代的灵魂”），也是欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者。他共写有37部戏剧，154首14行诗，两首长诗和其他诗歌。其主要成就是戏剧，按时代、思想和艺术风格的发展，可分为早、中、晚3个时期。 Introduction The play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, was probably written around 1596. William Shakespeare first came to notice in 1592 as a playwright(剧作家) in London.As a playwright he wrote tragedies, comedies and historical plays, and as a poet he wrote narrative poems (叙事诗) and sonnets(十四行诗).His famous plays include the following: * * Unit 19 How much do you know about William Shakespeare? About William Shakespeare ： William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford on the river Avon and died there in 1616. His father was a prosperous businessman. He was brought up in a comfortable house on Henley Street along with several small brothers and sisters. Shakespeare’s Birth place: Stratford 斯特拉特福德 Comedies (喜剧） Tragedies (悲剧） Historical plays (历史剧） Comedies The King Henry IV 亨利四世 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏梦之夜 The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人 Twelfth Night(What You Will) 第十二夜 All’s Well That Ends Well 皆大欢喜 Tragedies Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶 Hamlet 哈姆莱特 Othello 奥赛罗 King Lear 李尔王 Macbeth 麦克白 Henry IV King John Henry VIII …… 《亨利八世》 《亨利四世》 《约翰王》 Historical plays Warming-up Match the meaning with the quotation and the play. “ To be or not to be; that is a question. ” “ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown王冠” Hamlet King Henry Ⅳ Romeo and Juliet Troilus and Cressida “Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your father, and refuse your name…” “ Neither a borrower nor a lender be. ” “ Words, words, only words, no matter from heart.” Hamlet To be or not to be: that is the question. “To be or not to be: that is the question” Meaning: That is a question whether to live on in this world or to die, that is, to ta