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——勤勉之⼈，⽔到渠成—— 英语真题⼗五篇必背——06年text2 众所周知，埃⽂河畔的斯特福特镇只有⼀个产业 Straord-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry ——威廉·莎⼠⽐亚产业，但是却有两个泾渭分明 -- William Shakespeare -- but there are two disnctly 且敌意⽇渐升温的派别。⼀⽅是皇家莎⼠⽐亚公 separate and increasingly hosle branches. There is the Royal 司，它在埃⽂河畔的莎⼠⽐亚纪念剧院上演精彩 Shakespeare Company (RSC), which presents superb 绝伦的剧⽬。另⼀⽅⾯则是很⼤程度上依赖游客 producons of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial ⽽谋⽣的当地居⺠，这些游客来镇上不是为了看 Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who 戏，⽽是参观安·海瑟维⼩屋、莎⼠⽐亚出⽣地及 largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, 其他景点。 but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Coage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights. 斯特福特镇可敬的居⺠们不相信剧院给她们增添 The worthy residents of Straord doubt that the theatre 了哪怕⼀丁点的收⼊。他们毫不掩饰地讨厌皇家 adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s 莎⼠⽐亚公司的演员，讨厌他们的⻓头发、胡须、 actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and 凉鞋以及吵闹声。当你想到为他们提供⽣计的莎 noisiness. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that ⼠⽐亚本就是⼀个留着胡须吵吵嚷嚷的演员时， Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor 这是⼀个极⼤的讽刺。 (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making. The tourist streams are not enrely separate. The 游客流并不是完全分离的。乘⻋来的观光者经常 sightseers who come by bus -- and oen take in Warwick 会顺道去参观华威城堡和布伦海姆宫，⽽通常不 Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side -- don’t usually see 去看戏，有些⼈甚⾄很惊讶地发现在斯特福特镇 the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a 居然有剧场。然⽽，看戏的⼈则设法在看戏的间 theatre in Straord. However, the playgoers do manage a 隙出来观光。皇家莎⼠⽐亚公司认为，正是看戏 lile sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the