精品資料 Section ⅠWarming_Up_&_Reading_—_Pre­reading William Shakespeare (1564～1616) is one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known. With his 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems, he has established his giant position in world literature. He has also been given the highest praises by various scholars and critics the world over. In the past 400 years or so, books and essays on Shakespeare and his works have kept coming out in large quantities. Shakespeare went to London which afforded a wonderful environment for the development of drama. From about 1591 to about 1611, Shakespeare was in the prime of his dramatic career and his plays came out one after another. Shakespeare did not confine his genius merely to the theater. In 1593 and 1594, he published two narrative poems (敘事詩). He also wrote sonnets, which were published in 1609. By 1597, Shakespeare was so prosperous that he bought the largest house in Stratford, known as New Place. About 1610 Shakespeare left London and retired to Stratford. He died on April 23,1616. Generally his dramatic career is divided into four periods. The first period was one of apprenticeship. He wrote five history plays：Henry Ⅵ， Parts Ⅰ， Ⅱ and Ⅲ， Richard Ⅲ， and Titus Andronicus; and four comedies: The comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. In the second period, Shakespeare’s style and approach became highly individualized. In this period he wrote five histories: Richard Ⅱ， King John, HenryⅣ， Parts Ⅰ and Ⅱ， and Henry V; six comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives of Windsor; and Two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. Shakespeare’s third period includes his greatest tragedies and his so­called dark comedies. The tragedies of this period are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus. The two comedies are All’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure. The last period of Shakespeare’s work includes his principle romantic tragicomedies: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest; and his two final plays: Henry Ⅶ and The Two Noble Kinsmen. True (T) or False (F) 1．Shakespeare wrote only 38 plays and two long poems in his life.(　　) 2．Romeo and Juliet is a famous comedy as well as All’s Well That Ends Well.(　　) 3．The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s works written in the second period.(　　) 答案：1.F　2.F　3.T Ⅰ.高頻單詞點擊 1．respectful (adj.)恭敬的；尊重人的→disrespectful(adj.)無禮的；失禮的→respect (v.)尊敬；尊重 2．shorten (v.)縮短；使變短→short (adj.)短的；矮的 3．modernize (v.)使現(xiàn)代化→modern (adj.)現(xiàn)代的→modernization (n.)現(xiàn)代化 4．burden (n.)擔子；負擔 5．responsibility (n.)責任；職責→responsible(adj.)有責任的；負責任的→responsibly(adv.)負責任地 6．boundary (n.)分界；分界線 7．a(chǎn)llocate (vt.)分派；分配 8．whichever (pron.)無論哪一個→which (pron.)哪一個 9．a(chǎn)dore (vt.)崇拜；愛慕；喜愛 10．pray (vt.)祈禱；懇求；請 (n.)請求 11．distribute (vt.)分發(fā)；分配→distribution (n.)分布；分配→distributive (adj.)分配的 12．contradict (vt.)同……矛盾或抵觸；反駁→contradiction (n.)矛盾→contradictory (adj.)矛盾的；完全相反的 13．forecast (vt.)預(yù)測；預(yù)報 14．oppose (vt.)反對；反抗→opposite (adj.)反對的；對面的→opposition (n.)反對；對立 15．corrupt (adj.)腐敗的；貪污的；墮落的 16．greed (n.)貪婪→greedy (adj.)貪婪的 17．innocent (adj.)清白的；天真的→innocence (n.)天真；單純→innocently (adv.)無罪地；無邪地 Ⅱ.重點短語必記 1．hand over　　　　　　 移交(權(quán)利、責任) 2．care for 關(guān)懷；照顧；計較 3．hear ... out 聽完 4．on behalf of 代表 5．beyond question 無可爭辯；毫無疑問 6．speak out 大膽地說；大聲說 7．pack up 把……打包；整理 8．give away 送掉；泄露 9．be fond of 喜愛；愛好 Ⅲ.常用句型必備 1．See, here is a map of my kingdom with_all_the_boundaries_drawn_on_it. 2．For whichever of you has for me the most devotion I will give to her the best part of everything I own. 3．If you have_not_passed beyond my frontiers within five days, I will have you killed. Ⅳ.課文大意理解 1．Cordelia said nothing to delight the King Lear because she ________. A．hated him B．didn’t want to flatter him C．didn’t want anything from him D．didn’t love him at all 2．Which statement is NOT true according to the text? A．The King was annoyed with Cordelia. B．Cordelia got nothing from her father. C．The King firmly believed what his daughters said. D．All the three daughters have got what they wanted. 3．What do you think of the King Lear? A．Wise. B．Humorous. C．Foolish. D．Greedy. 4．Goneril and Regan say they love their father because they________. A．love their father deeply B．want to delight their father C．want to know how much their father love them D．want to get his kingdom 答案：1～4　BDCD Ⅴ.課文縮寫填空 The King Lear, has three daughters. 1.As he is becoming old and can’t take the burden of government, he wants to hand over the 2.responsibility (responsible) to his daughters. One day, he decides to distribute his kingdom 3.among them and give the best part to 4.whichever of them loves him most. 5.However,_in the end, he believes the older daughters’ flattery and thinks his 6.youngest (young) daughter opposes him. As a result, he gives away his kingdom to the 7.greedy (greed) daughters, only 8.keeping (keep) a troop of 100 loyal soldiers for himself. 9.While the youngest daughter is innocent and her love of her father is also beyond question, she 10.gets (get) nothing.