Part 1 莎士比亚生平

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William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights(剧作家) and poets（诗人） the world has ever known. With his 38 plays（戏剧）, 154 sonnets（十四行诗） and 2 long poems（长叙事诗）, 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 four hundred years or so, books and essays on Shakespeare and his works have kept coming out in large quantities.

Wilson:

Shakespeare went to London which afforded（给予） a wonderful environment for the development of drama. Shakespeare worked both as actor and playwright. He acted and wrote for the Lord Chamberlain's Men（侍从长剧团）, which was later renamed the King's Men（国王剧团）. Shakespeare established himself so well as a playwright that Robert Greene, one of the “University Wits”（大学才子派）, resentfully(充满憎恨地) declared him to be 'an upstart crow'.

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From about 1591 to about 1611, Shakespeare was in the prime of his dramatic career（莎士比亚戏剧事业的鼎盛时期） and his plays came out one after another. Shakespeare did not confine（局限） his genius merely to the theater. In 1593 and 1594, he published two narrative poems（长叙事诗）, Venus and Adonis《维纳斯和阿多尼斯》and The Rape of Lucrece《鲁克丽丝受辱记》, both of which were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. (两首长诗题献给当时的年轻贵族——南安普敦伯爵The Earl of Southampton ). He also wrote sonnets, which were published in 1609.

Part 2 莎士比亚名言

 To be, or not to be. That is the question.

生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. 

宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。

A light heart lives long.

豁达者长寿。

Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.

不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。

　　In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth’s a stuff that will not endure.

　　迁延蹉跎，来日无多，二十丽姝，请来吻我，衰草枯杨，青春易过。

　　The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.

　　人生苦短，若虚度年华，则短暂的人生就太长了。

　　Don’t gild the lily.

　　不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。

　　The empty vessels make the greatest sound.

　　满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。

　　The course of true love never did run smooth.

　　真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。

　　Love, and the same charcoal, burning, need to find ways to ask cooling. Allow an arbitrary, it is necessary to heart charred.

　　爱，和炭相同，烧起来，得想办法叫它冷却。让它任意着，那就要把一颗心烧焦。

　　Laughter is the root of all evil.

　　笑是一切罪恶的根源。

　　Words can not express true love, loyalty behavior is the best explanation.

　　真正的爱情是不能用言语表达的，行为才是忠心的最好说明。

　　Love is a woman with the ears, and if the men will love, but love is to use your eyes.

　　女人是用耳朵恋爱的,而男人如果会产生爱情的话,却是用眼睛来恋爱。

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