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第三单元练习册答案
Comprehension
A.
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P32
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1. Anne Hathaway got Shakespeare’s real
estate.
A
person
’
s whole property can
be categorized into two kinds: real estate and
personal estate. The
former
refers
to
land
and
buildings
and
the
latter
refers
to
money
and
other
kinds
of
property.
Shakespeare left
his second best bed and furniture to his wife and
the greater part of his estate to
Susanna Hall.
2.
For
Anne
Hathaway
and
his
married
daughter
the
most
interesting
part
of
the
will
was
his
signature
because without it, the will would not have been
valid.
Shakespeare
was
a
popular
playwright
in
his
day
and
an
author
of
high
standing.
There
was
nothing unusual in his
will, but his signature in the will and other
signatures were all we have left
of his
handwriting, so to historians it is the most
important and interesting part of the will, it was
not so to his wife and daughter in this
sense.
3. Every detail of Shakespeare’s
life is fact as well as supposition.
Many of his activities are vague to us,
and he left behind a great many questions that
experts have
been
trying
to
answer
ever
since:
the
exact
date
of
his
birth,
the
real
source
of
his
amazingly
detailed
knowledge of
so
many
different
subjects,
his
whereabouts
during
the
seven
years
after
departure from
Stratford in 1585, the identity of the beautiful
“
dark
lady
”
and the mystery about
his
manuscripts.
We
can
well
say
that
almost
every
detail
of
his
personal
life
is
based
on
supposition.
4. Shakespeare
is considered to have been born in Roman times.
“
Roman
times
”
, refers to the time
beginning from the first century up to the fifth
century. In the
text the writer is
stating that many details of
Shakespeare
’
s personal life
are so vague to us that it
seems as if
he had been born in Roman times.
5.
People in every country r
ead
Shakespeare’s work with fear.
Shakespeare was one of the literary
geniuses of all times. His numerous tragedies and
comedies as
well
as
verses
have
won
him
worldwide
fame.
He
is
respected
for
his
amazingly
detailed
knowledge of different subjects. People
all over the world read his work with great
admiration and
profound respect, not
fear.
6.
Shakespeare’s
Elizabethan
English
is
not
very
difficult
to
people
who
understand
modern
English.
This is not so.
Elizabethan English belongs to the period of early
modern English which is quite
different
from contemporary English and so it is difficult
to understand.
7. It is a waste of time
for tourists to go to Shakespeare’s
birthplace.
Since
Shakespeare
’
s
plays
have
won
him
great
fame
and
since
he
was
a
literary
genius
rare
in
history, and he enjoyed such a fine
reputation, it cannot be considered a waste of
time to make the
journey to Stratford
to see his birthplace and his plays at the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre because
these have
become things of historic interest.
8.
It is not surprising that Shakespeare left us
nothing but his signature.
Shakespeare has been acknowledged to be
a great figure of the English Renaissance and one
of the
greatest writers the world over.
Shakespeare left us 37 plays as well as verse.
During his fifteen
1
years
as
a
working
man
of
the
theatre,
he
wrote
more
than
thirty
plays.
But
experts
have
been
puzzled about the whereabouts of the
manuscripts. The only actual example of his
writing is the
signature on his will
and some other signatures.
B. Explain the following in your own
words.( P33)
1. ... the income from the
estate probably amounted to about ?
200
a year ...
…
in all
probability (most likely), the money he made from
his estate reached about
￡
200 a
year
…
2. There is no
country wher
e Shakespeare’s work is not
read with something very like awe
because there is something fascinating
about a man ...
People all over the
world read Shakespeare’s work with a feeling of
profound respect and
wonderment because there is something
deeply attra
ctive about a person
…
3. ... almost every detail
of his personal life is supposition rather than
fact.
…
what we can say
about almost everything to do with his personal
life is based not so much on
facts as
on guesswork.
4. ... but his
activities, like those of nearly every playwright
of his day, are so vague that he could
have been born in Roman times.
…
we are so uncertain about
his activities that we might as well say that he
was born when the
Romans occupied
Britain a long time ago.
5. ... had
made a thriving business out of its most famous
citizen for a long time.
…
because of its most famous citizen, Stratford-
upon-Avon has made a lot of money for a long
time.
6. ... he has such a
fine reputation that it is well worth the journey
just to be able ...
…
he
enjoys such high prestige that it is worthwhile to
make a journey to Stratford-upon-Avon
just to be able
…
7.
… he can next be traced
in 1592 in London ...
…
after that we know he was
in London in 1592.
8. Shakespeare soon
became sufficiently well-known for managers and
other influential people to
refer to
him in writing.
Soon Shakespeare became
so famous that managers and other powerful people
often mentioned
him in their writings.
COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISES
(P39)
Ⅰ
.
Spelling
1.
playwright
2.
influential
3.
awe
4.
historians
5. supposition
6. Shakespeare
7. conviction
8.
thriving
9. reputation
10. baptize
11. shipwreck
12. signature
Ⅱ
.
Dictation
The Globe Theatre
is a playhouse built just outside London in 1599.
It is the most famous
theatre
in history: on its stage Shakespeare’s
greatest plays were first performed. Big enough to
hold
about
2,500
people,
the
Globe
had
three
levels
of
galleries
surrounding
an
unroofed
yard.
Extending from one side of the yard to
the centre was an open stage. From the stage floor
rose two
posts to support an
overhanging canopy known as the
“heavens”.
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The Globe was built in
London by the Burbage brothers in 1599. At the
same time, wishing
to
bind
the
Lord
Chamberlain’
s
company
closely
to
the
new
playhouse,
they
planned
a
novel
partnership in which the brothers
divided ownership of the Globe among themselves
and five of
the actors in the company,
one of whom was Shakespeare.
After 1609, when the company opened a
second theatre, the Globe became less important.
On
June 29, 1613, during a
performance of Shakespeare’s
King Henry
the Eighth
, fire destroyed
the Globe. It was rebuilt within a year
but was destroyed again by the Puritans in 1644.
Ⅲ
.
Listening Comprehension ( P40 )
Characters: Lucentio, Tranio, Baptista,
Katharina, Biana, Gremio, Hortensio, Petruchio,
Vincentio
A.
Multiple choice questions.
1. Lucentio went to Padua to ________.
A. find a wife
B. go on a trip
C. visit
Baptista
D. study
2. Which of the following was not
suggested in the text?
A. Katharina was
wealthy and beautiful.
B. Katharina was
shrewd.
C. Katharina was sharp-tongued.
D. Katharina was bad-tempered.
3. Who had never been in love with
Bianca?
A. Lucentio
B.
Petruchio
C. Gremio
D. Hortensio
4.
Baptista insisted that __________.
A.
Katharina should get married before Bianca.
B. Bianca should get married before
Katharina.
C. Bianca and Katharina
should get married at the same time.
D.
Katharina should never get married.
5.
Lucentio disguised himself as _________.
A. a servant
B.
a merchant
C. a tutor
D.
Tranio
6. Which of the following is not
suggested in the text? Petruchio’s courtship to
Baptista’s
elder daughter is _________.
A. an unusual one
B.
a secret one
C. a battle of
wits
D. a battle of words and
wills
7. Lucentio had his wedding in
_________.
A. his country home
B.
Baptista’s house
C. the
church
D. Hortensio’s
house
8. On hearing the
story about Lucentio’s
wedding,
Baptista was _________.
A. indifferent
B. surprised
C. glad
D. angry
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B.
Answer the following question.
How did Petruchio tame his wife before
and after the wedding?
Before
the
wedding,
Petruchio
’
s
courtship
was
a
battle
of
wits,
words,
and
wills.
He
was
determined
to make Katharina obey him in every way.
For
his
wedding,
Petruchio
wore
old
and
torn
clothes
and
arrived
late.
And
during
the
wedding ceremony he acted like a mad
man, stamping and swearing.
Petruchio then dragged Katharine away
from the wedding feast and took her to his country
home. There he gave her no food and did
not let her sleep. Moreover, he pretended that
nothing
was good enough for her.
In
the
end
Katherina
had
to
agree
that
the
moon
was
the
sun
and
that
an
old
man
was
a
woman, and
she became willingly submissive to all
Petruchio
’
s wishes.
Script:(
听力内容
)
The Taming
of the Shrew
Lucentio and Tranio, his
servant, had journeyed to Padua so that Lucentio
could study in
that
ancient
city.
On
their
arrival
in
the
city
Lucentio
and
Tranio
came
across
Baptista
and
his
daughters, Katharina and Bianca. These
three were accompanied by Gremio and Hortensio,
young
gentlemen both in love with
gentle Bianca. But Baptista would not permit his
younger daughter to
marry until someone
should take Katharina off his hands. Although
Katharina was wealthy and
beautiful,
she was such a shrew that no man would have her.
Baptista, not knowing how to control
his
sharp-tongued
daughter,
announced
that
Gremio
or
Hortensio
must
find
a
husband
for
Katharina before either
could court Bianca. He asked them also to find
tutors for the two girls, that
they
might be skilled in music and poetry.
Not being seen by Baptista and his
daughters, Lucentio and Tranio witnessed this
scene. At
first sight Lucentio also
fell in love with Bianca and determined to have
her for himself. His first
act was to
change clothes with Tranio, so that the servant
appeared to be the master. Lucentio then
disguised himself as a tutor in order
to court Bianca without her father’s
knowledge
.
About the same
time Petruchio came to Padua. He was a rich and
noble man of Verona. He
had come to
Padua to visit his friend Hortensio and to find
for himself a rich wife. Hortensio told
Petruchio of his love for Bianca and of
her father’s orders that she could
not
marry until a husband
had
been
found
for
Katharina.
Patruchio
was
quite
interested
in
the
stories
told
about
bad-tempered
Katharina, particularly the account of her great
wealth, and he expressed a desire to
meet her.
Petruchio easily
got Baptista’s permission to marry his daughter
Katharina, for the poor man
was only too glad to have his older
daughter off his hands. Petruchio’s courtship was
a str
ange one
indeed, a
battle of wits, words, and wills. Petruchio was
determined to bend Katharina to his will,
but Katharina looked down upon him and
scolded him with a sharp tongue. Nevertheless she
must
obey her father’s wish and marry
him, and the wedding
day was set.
As
part
of
the
taming
process,
Petruchio
arrived
late
for
his
wedding,
and
when
he
did
appear he wore old and torn clothes.
Even during the wedding ceremony Petruchio acted
like a
madman,
stamping
and
swearing.
Immediately
afterward
he
dragged
Katharina
away
from
the
wedding
feast and took her to his country home, there to
continue his scheme to break her to his
will. He gave her no food and no time
for sleep, while always pretending that nothing
was good
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