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Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”(2)
http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/07/18 10:02  空中美语

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  课文内容

  Unhappy with the mess,1 Oberon orders Puck to change Bottom’s head back, and lifts the spell from Titania. He turns the four confused loverssintostwo happy couples. Everyone feels that the night’s strange events2 were just a dream.

  At the end, Puck tells the audience3 that if they did not like the play, they should consider it as just that: a dream. In fact, many people have said that when the play ended, they were not sure whether what they saw was real, or whether they had shared the same dream.

  “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”has stood the test of time. And likewise,4 there are people who still celebrate5 Midsummer. If you find yourself lost in a forest, lost in love, or lost in confusion on this day, perhaps Midsummer fairies will come to set things right for you, too.

莎士比亚名著《仲夏夜之梦》(2)

  翻译

  奥伯龙对这混乱的局面感到很不高兴,就命令帕克把巴腾的头变回原状,再解除泰坦尼娅的魔咒。他又把四个意乱情迷的情人变成两对快乐的佳偶,每个人都认为这夜的奇遇只是一场梦。剧末,帕克告诉观众,如果他们不喜欢这出戏,就把它当成是一场梦。事实上,很多人都说,当剧终的时候,他们并不能确定自己所见的是事实,还是他们都做了同样的一场梦。《仲夏夜之梦》这出戏经住了时间的考验。同样,(至今)仍有人在庆祝仲夏。如果你在这天发现自己迷失于森林中,被爱冲昏了头,或是感到困惑不已,也许仲夏精灵会来帮你把事情理顺噢。

  Sentence_4u

  set ... right“弄正;解决问题”,例如:

  If you give me a chance, I promise to set things right.

  如果你给我机会,我保证会把问题解决。

  

  英语小教室

  莎士比亚的戏剧通常分为三大类:历史剧、悲剧、喜剧( histories, tragedies, and comedies)。历史剧中的角色,如亨利五世(King Henry V)或凯撒大帝(Julius Caesar),对观众或读者而言都是非常真实的人物(realistic and believable characters)。悲剧中的角色,如麦克白(Macbeth)、哈姆雷特(Hamlet),则常深陷于矛盾之中(trapped in dilemmas),这显示莎翁对人性有深层的了解(showing his deep understanding of human nature)。他的喜剧则常嘲讽人们的谬误与愚蠢(making fun of people’s faults and stupidities),如《威尼斯商人》(The Merchant of Venice)、《驯悍记》(The Taming of the Shrew)。《仲夏夜之梦》(A Midsummer Night’s Dream)这出喜剧则充满了活泼浪漫的氛围(lively and romantic aura),把我们带入一个神奇的精灵世界(a magical world of fairies)。

  英语练功房

  stand当及物动词(V.t.)时,意思是“承受”,当不及物动词(V.i.)时意思是“站立”。

  例如:

  “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”had stood the test of time.

  《仲夏夜之梦》经住了时间的考验。

  The bus was so crowded that I had to stand all the way to Dongsi.

  公车如此之拥挤以致我不得不一路站到东四。

  练习:

  1.你能承受阿拉斯加寒冷的气候吗?

  2.不要站在那里无所事事。请过来帮助我们一下。

  、

  英语练功房_答案:

  1.Can you stand the cold climate in Alaska?

  2.Don’t stand there doing nothing. Please come and help us.

  

  听力小试

  1.I can't understand this map. Can you?

  (A)No, I’m confused, too.

  (B)No, I don’t like it.

  (C)Yes, it is beautiful.

  (D)Yes, it looks all right.

  2.W: What are you going to do for your birthday?

  M: I'm going out with my family to a restaurant.

  Q: How will the man celebrate his birthday?

  (A)With the woman.

  (B)By going to a restaurant.

  (C)With the woman’s family.

  (D)By visiting his family.

  听力小测验_答案: 1.A 2.B




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空中美语 专栏

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1. mess
n. a situation that is full of problems混乱
The room is in a mess.
这个房间乱七八糟的。

2. event
n. sth. that happens事件
Did you read about the strange event in today’s newspaper?
你在今天的报纸上读到那件奇怪的事了吗?

3. audience
n. a group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth.观众
A large audience watched the baseball game on TV.
很多观众在电视上观看了这场棒球比赛。

4. likewise
adv. the same同样地
Alex has already said“sorry”to Wendy, and I expect you to do likewise.
亚历克斯已经向温迪说抱歉了,我希望你也能这么做。

5. celebrate
v. to observe (sth). with festivities庆祝
International Labour day is celebrated on May 1.
我们在5月1日庆祝劳动节。


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