Question

请你写一篇英语短文，介绍16世纪后半叶到17世纪一位杰出的戏剧家 (dramatist)和诗人威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare）。

注意：

1. 词数100-120左右；

2. 不需逐句翻译所有内容，可根据所给要点自行取舍。

要点：

1. 1564年4月出生于英国；

2. 七岁在当地学校念书，掌握了写作的基本技巧并拥有较丰富的语言知识。此外，他还学过拉丁语 (Latin) 和希腊语;

3. 1586年来到伦敦，当时戏剧 (drama) 正迅速流行起来，他做过演员，导演和编剧(scriptwriter);

4. 1588年前后开始写作，给世人留下了37部戏剧及154首14行诗歌 (sonnet)， 塑造了一系列具有鲜明 (distinct) 个性的艺术形象 (artistic images)。其中《罗密欧和朱丽叶》 (Romeo and Juliet)，《哈姆雷特》 (Hamlet) ，《李尔王》 (King Lear) 最为著名；

5. 人们评价他“不属于一个时代而属于所有世纪”(man of all ages）。

Answer

Do you know Hamlet? Have you read Romeo and Juliet? These two great works are written by William Shakespeare, my favorite British writer.

Shakespeare was born in Britain in April, 1564. He went to the local school at the age of seven and mastered basic writing skills and had a good command of language. He went to London in 1586 when drama became popular. He showed great interest in acting and was once an actor and later a director and scriptwriter.

Shakespeare was a genius and productive dramatist and poet. He wrote 37 dramas and 154 sonnets, in which he created a series of impressive artistic images. He was regarded as “the man of all ages”. He said, “Life is a stage”, so we’re all actors and actresses. Let’s play our roles well on the stage.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇作文为任务型作文，要求通过阅读已给句子介绍16世纪后半叶到17世纪一位杰出的戏剧家 (dramatist)和诗人威廉·莎士比亚。此类作文考查的是学生的翻译能力、理解能力和表达能力等综合能力。写这类作文要注意结构清晰，适当取舍材料，不能逐字翻译。

写作亮点：本篇观点明确，要点全面，结构连贯。开头通过《罗密欧与朱丽叶》这部作品引出作者威廉·莎士比亚。第二段介绍了他的生平，第三段介绍了他的成就。句式简短有力，had a good command of，showed great interest in等这些短语的运用的运用为文章增色不少。

考点：任务型写作。

【亮点说明】

Do you know Hamlet? Have you read Romeo and Juliet?——文章开篇采用问句的形式，吸引人的眼球，颇为新颖；He went to the local school at the age of seven and mastered basic writing skills and had a good command of language，采用and的并列句式，并且整个第二段都是以此句型展开，是文章更有结构性，节奏感；He wrote 37 dramas and 154 sonnets, in which he created a series of impressive artistic images，本句采用介词which引导的宾语从句，增加文章亮点。同时文中多次运用到了亮彩的词汇和短语，如：genius，productive，had a good command of，a series of，等等。整篇文章条理清晰，用词闪亮，并且抓住了题目所给的要点，简洁明了的阐述和表达。