Who is the greatest English writer?1.His popular expressions, like “to be or not to be, that is a question”, and his stories such as Romeo and Juliet are almost famous in every corner of the world.

William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564.2. By 1594, he had become an important playwright (戲劇大師）in London.

Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare’s plays always catch people’s hearts.

3. In A Midsummer Shakespeare’s Night’s Dream, fairies (仙女）play magical tricks on people lost in the woods. His tragedies, however, can be very dark. Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes king by killing a lot of people.

Shakespeare’s works also have a big influence on the English language. 4.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote his plays 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. 5. His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often. There are over 400 films and TV plays adapted from his works. Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all the time.

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A. His comedies make a joke on human weakness and always have a happy ending.

B. But it doesn’t influence his popularity (流行程度）.

C. He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like “l(fā)onely” and “hurry”.

D. When he was young, he moved to London and began to work as a playwright.

E. The person should be William Shakespeare (莎士比亞).

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要點提示：1.學(xué)生壓力大及其表現(xiàn)；2.學(xué)會放松很重要；3.常見的放松方式；4.最適合你的放松方式；5.你的建議。

參考詞匯：壓力 pressure 壓力大的：stressed out

How to relax yourself?

Yesterday I only bought _________ for my cousin, but __________ for myself.

A. something; something B. nothing; something

C. nothing; nothing D. something; nothing

We________our holidays in Hong Kong next year.

A. visited B. spent

C. are going to visit D. are going to spend

My sister is as __________as her classmate Joe, so they are good friends.

A. outgoing B. more outgoing C. the more outgoing D. the most outgoing

Of all the boys, John does his homework ______.

A. more careful B. the most careful C. more carefully D. the most carefully

There ________ a book sale in our school next month.

A. will be B. will have C. was D. has

Mr.Smith plans ________ here much longer because he has lots of things to do.

A. to keep B. keep C. to stay D. stay

——Does your brother __________ play soccer?

——Yes. He plays it every day.

A. often B. never C. hardly ever D. sometimes

Our son is going to study medicine when he________school.

A. leave B. leaves

C. is leaving D. left