Given Shakespeare’s popularity as an actor and a playwright and his conspicuous financial success, it was not surprising that jealous rivals began to snipe at his work. In later centuries, a common charge was that Shakespeare did not invent many of his plots but took his basic stories from well-known English history and old legends instead.
It is quite true that these sources have been used by many English dramatists. But what Shakespeare did to the common facts is wholly remarkable: he invented new characters, transformed old ones, created a gallery of kings, maidens, courtiers, warriors and clowns of startling psychological depth. He rearranged familiar tales with an extraordinary gift for drama, comedy and fantasy. And over all this Work, so rich with soaring language and glistening poetry, he cast an unprecedented mood of grandeur and glory. Never had the theatre been showered with such lyricism and passion, such insight and profundity.
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A. The mystery-author theorists.
B. Francis Bacon.
C. Theatre owners.
D. Theatregoers and the actors.
The terms college and university originally had very similar meanings. Only (1) the passing of centuries did "university" come to (2) an educational (3) composed of more than one college.
During the Middle Ages students (4) the universities of Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge found (5) convenient to rent houses and share expenses (6) living in private apartments. By the 13th century these "houses of scholars" were becoming legally recognized corporate institutions. At Oxford the earliest of these (7) were University College, (8) in 1249 by William of Durham; Balliol College, founded by John Balliol in 1263; and Merton College, founded about 1264 by Walter de Merton. A similar (9) took place at Cambridge.
In the United States the word college most commonly (10) to four-year institutions that (11) students from secondary schools and grant a bachelor&rsq
A. school
B. organization
C. institution
D. corporation
Jack went to a barber’s shop and had
his hair cut, but he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw
him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack" Jack said, "I tried a new barber’s shop today, because I wasn’t quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse." Bob agreed. "Yes, I think you’re right, Jack. Now I’ll tell you what to do when you go into a barber’s shop next time: look at all the barber’s hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him." "Why shall I go to him" Jack asked. "Who cut that man’s hair" answered Bob. "Just think it. He couldn’t cut it himself, could he Another barber cut it. So you know he can’t be the worst barber." |
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