A Famous English Writer Of all the famous English writers, probably the best known is William Shakespeare.
要在所有知名英语作家中选一个,最出名的大概是威廉沙士比亚.
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April the 23rd. His father was an important man in town so Shakespeare had a good upbringing.
1564年4月23日他出生在斯特拉斯福德（Stratford-upon-Avon）。他的父亲是小镇的重要人物因而沙士比亚得到了良好的教养.
Shakespeare probably went to school (although no records survive to prove this) but not university. He got married when he was 18 to Anne Hathaway and the couple had 3 children.
沙士比亚可能进过学校(尽管没有现存档案来证明)不过并不是大学.当他18岁时他和Anne Hathaway结婚并生下了3个孩子.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (a sonnet is a kind of poem). He began working in his home town of Stratford but by 1592 was writing in London. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford.
沙翁写了38部戏剧和154首14行诗(14行诗是诗歌的一种).他在他的家乡Stratford小镇开始工作,直到1592年他去伦敦写作.他变得富有,并能够在首都和Stratford各买了一座房子.
He wrote sad stories called tragedies, like Romeo and Juliet, funny stories or comedies, romantic stories and stories about historical figures such as Julius Caesar.
他写的伤感的故事被称做悲剧,如罗密欧与朱利叶,好笑的故事或称做戏剧,还有浪漫的故事和关于历史人物的故事如凯撒.
Shakespeare died on his birthday in 1616, almost 400 years ago. But why is his work still popular today?
沙翁在1616年他的生日那天逝世,至今已近400年了.但是为什么他的作品在今天依然流行呢?
His work looked at common human themes, such as betrayal, murder, lust, power, ambition and love. These themes are as much a part of human nature today as they were all those years ago and are the themes we see in modern soap operas and Hollywood films. Even though his theatre, The Globe, burned down in 1613 it was rebuilt in London in 1997 and you can still see his plays performed there today.
他的作品关注的是普通的人性主题,像出卖,谋杀,欲望,权力,野心和爱情.今天这些主题做为人的本性

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1. a big headache令人头痛的事情
2. a fraction of 一部分
3. a matter of concern 焦点
4. a series of 一系列,一连串above all 首先,尤其是
5. absent from不在,缺席
6. abundant in富于
7. account for 解释
8. accuse sb. of sth.控告
9. add to增加（add up to）
10. after all 毕竟,究竟
11. agree with同意
12. ahead of time / schedule提前
13. ahead of 在...之前（ahead of time 提前）
14. alien to与...相反
15. all at once 突然,同时
16. all but 几乎;除了...都
17. all of a sudden 突然
18. all over again 再一次,重新
19. all over 遍及
20. all right 令人满意的;可以
21. all the same 仍然,照样的
22. all the time 一直,始终
23. angry with sb. at/about sth.生气,愤怒
24. anxious about/for忧虑,担心
25. anything but 根本不
26. apart from 除...外(有/无)
27. appeal to 吸引，申诉，请求
28. applicable to适用于
29. apply to适用
30. appropriate for/to适当,合适
31. approximate to近似,接近
32. apt at聪明,善于
33. apt to易于
34. around the clock夜以继日
35. as a matter of fact 实际上
36. as a result(of) 因此,由于
37. as a rule 通常,照例
38. as far as ...be concerned 就...而言
39. as far as 远至,到...程度
40. as follows 如下
41. as for 至于,关于
42. as good as 和...几乎一样
43. as if 好像,防腐
44. as regards 关于,至于
45. as to 至于,关于
46. as usual 像平常一样,照例
47. as well as 除...外(也),即...又
48. as well 同样,也,还
49. ashamed of羞愧,害臊
50. aside from 除...外(还有)
51. ask for the moon异想天开
52. at a loss 茫然,不知所措
53. at a time 一次,每次
54. at all costs 不惜一切代价
55. at all events 不管怎样,无论如何
56. at all times 随时,总是
57. at all 丝毫(不),一点也不
58. at any rate 无论如何,至少
59. at best 充其量,至多
60. at first sight 乍一看,初看起来
61. at first 最初,起先
62. at hand 在手边,在附近
63. at heart 内心里,本质上
64. at home 在家,在国内
65. at intervals 不时,每隔...
66. at large 大多数,未被捕获的
67. at last 终于
68. at least 至少
69. at length 最终,终于
70. at most 至多,不超过
71. at no time 从不,决不
72. at one time 曾经,一度;同时
73. at present 目前,现在
74. at someone's disposal 任...处理
75. at the cost of 以...为代价
76. at the mercy of 任凭...摆布
77. at the moment 此刻,目前
78. at this rate 照此速度
79. at times 有时,间或
80. aware of意识到
81. back and forth 来回地,反复地
82. back of 在...后面
83. back up后备,支援
84. bare of几乎没有,缺乏
85. be able to do能够
86. be around差不多
87. be available to sb.可用,可供
88. be bound to一定
89. be capable of doing能够
90. be concerned with 关心…，涉足…
91. be dying to渴望
92. be fed up with受够了be tired of
93. be in hospital 住院
94. be in season 上市的/in peak season旺季
95. be in the mood to do sth. 想做
96. be pressed for time时间不够
97. be tied up with忙于
98. be under the weather 身体不好
99. beat around the bush 拐弯没角
100. beat the crowd 避开人群