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6.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. Ina fitness center.
B. Ina sports shop.
C. Ina clinic.
7.What does the man advise the woman to do?
A.Buy high-quality sportswear.
B.Keep working out regularly.
C.Avoid over-exercising.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.Why does the man make the call?
A. To reserve a table.
B. To ask about a party.
C. To postpone a meeting.
9.What time should the man arrive on Friday evening?
A. At 5:30.
B. At 6:30.
C. At 8:00.
10.What is the man’s name?
A.Brown.
B.Anderson.
C.Howard.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.Why does Sarah come to talk to Jacob?
A. To make an appointment.
B. To seek his advice.
C. To explain a decision.
12.How many people are there in Sarah’s group?
A.Three.
B.Four.
C.Five.
13.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.Classmates.
B.Fellow workers.
C.Teacher and student.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14.How often does the band come to perform in the park?
A.Three times a year.
B.Once a year.
C.Every other year.
15.What kind of music will be played this evening?
A.Country music.
B.Jazz.
C.Rock and roll.
16.What will Jannie do next?
A.Catch a bus.
B.Listen to a lecture.
C.Go to the library.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.Why did the speaker go to the hotel?
A. To deliver a speech.
B. To arrange a conference.
C. To interview Mr. Rochester.
18.What did Mr. Rochester do soon after he bought the hotel?
A. He talked with the staff members.
B. He had the old carpets replaced.
C. He ran a six-month training project.
19.What did Susan do when she met Mr. Rochester the second time?
A.She was a cleaner.
B.She was a secretary.
C.She was a receptionist.
20.What does the speaker think is key to Mr. Rochester’s success?
A.Managing time efficiently.
B.Valuing human relationships.
C.Possessing a good memory.
参考答案
1-5BAABC 6-10ABACB
11-15CBABA. 16-20CBACB
音频原稿
Text 1
M;Did you watch the talent show on TV last night?
W:No. I missed it. I went with my mom to buy some clothes.
Text 2
W: I love this park. It's so beautiful.
M: It surely is. Are you tired? Shall we stop by the lake for a few minutes?
W:Good idea. Let's go to that cafe for a little refreshment.
Text 3
W:Tom,shall we invite the Smiths around for dinner this Sunday?
M:Sure, but I need to pack for Monday's business trip. What about Saturday?
W:Okay.
Text 4
M:Barbara,do you want to play table tennis with us tonight?
W:I'd love to, but I can't. I'm catching the last train to Denver to see my grandma. I need to take her to visit a doctor tomorrow morning.
Text 5
W: Alex,did you feed the cat this morning? I don't think she can wait.
M:All right , after I finish this chapter. I just can't let go of this book.
Text 6
M: Miss,do you need any help?
W:I want to get fit, but exercise doesn't seem to help.
M:What kind of exercise have you done before?
W:I did jogging now and then, but it was so boring. So I changed to weightlifting,but it was so demanding. And I was afraid of getting injured. So , I went bike riding.
M:Oh,I see. You need to be consistent. I suggest you do different kinds of exercise on one day or on different days of the week, This will help hold your interest, so you can keep coming back.
Text 7
W:Hello, Brown's Grill. How may I help you?
M:Hi, I’d like to book a table for Friday evening.
W:Okay. How many people are there in your party?
M:There will be six.
W:And what time would you like to come?
M:Let's say at, 6:30?
W:I'm afraid we don't have anything available then. We could seat you at 5:30 or 8 o'clock.
M:Oh, 8 o'clock is better.
W:Fine. May I have your name?
M:Yes.Its Anderson.
W:Thank you. Well see you on Friday. By the way, we've moved Howard Street.
M:Oh, yeah, I know. Thanks.
Text 8
W:Jacob, do you have a minute now?
M:Sure.
W:Well, it's not easy to say, but I have to tell you - you're not in our group for the class project.
M :Sarah , what do you mean? You know I'm always in a group with you.
W: I know. It's just that this time... this time we made the group differently, And,because you were late. We've already made the group. See, there are four of us already!
M:so? We can't be a group of five?
W:Well, Professor North said there should be no more than four people in each group. It’s not about you or your work or anything like that.
M:Okay, but please count me in next time.
Text 9
M:Hey, Jannie. Where are you going?
W: To the library.
M:There is a music concert in Victoria Park at 4 o'clock. Do you want to go?
W:Yes. Professor Darwin's lecture is canceled. I'm free this evening.
M:Great. The band plays pretty good music. For the last 3 years, I have never missed it.
W:How long ago did the band start playing in the park?
M: I think it was 5 years ago. Every year they arrive in the first week of July and play for a week. You're sure to enjoy this evening. There will be good country music.
W: My favorite is rock and roll. But I have to say that country music can be quite beautiful sometimes.
M: I like all kinds of music, especially jazz. Oh Jannie, we have to go now.
W:Why?There's plenty of time.
M:Many people are heading to the park. The traffic will be terrible.
W:All right. But I have to return these books first.
M:Okay. I’ll be waiting for you at the bus station.
Text 10
W:Good morning, everyone. This lesson is a part of our leadership series. Let me start by sharing a story of Richard Rochester, one of the most successful businessmen in Britain. Years ago, I was given the task of organizing a conference in the south of England. I chose a five-star hotel owned by Rochester as the venue. Susan, the receptionist, helped me arrange everything perfectly. Once when we were chatting, l asked Susan if she'd ever met Mr. Rochester. She said yes. Shortly after Mr. Rochester bought the hotel, he made an appointment to see the hotel manager. When he arrived,the first person he met was Susan, who was cleaning the carpet. He chatted with Susan for 30 minutes before keeping his appointment with the manager. He spent all day at the hotel talking with each member of the staff, from the top guy to the lady who cleaned the toilets. Six months later, Mr.Rochester paid another visit. Susan had been promoted to receptionist, but he recognized her immediately and addressed her by name. He even remembered that she had a little girl and what her name was. Now, I don’t believe that Richard Rochester has that good memory. He must have written a lot of notes after first visit and read them over again before that second visit. It's time consuming,but it shows the importance he places on human relationships, I think that’s one of the secrets of his success.
英文名著分集阅读 詹妮弗·巴西特《威廉·莎士比亚》part8
jeudi 12 novembre 2026 • Durée 08:08
William Shakespeare by Jennifer Bassett
单词提示
1.Scottish 苏格兰人
原文
Chapter 8: A Scottish king for England.
Will's father died in September 1601.
In his last years, John Shakespeare was a happy man.
His son was famous, and the Shakespeare family was important again in Stratford.
But there weren't many children in the family.
Will's sister Joan was married and had a little boy, but Will's brothers didn't have any children.
Susanna,Will's older daughter was now 18.
And Will said to her one day, “We must find you a husband soon, Susanna.”
But Susanna shook her head.
“Oh,I don't want to be married, father, thank you.”
We all smiled at that, because there was already a young man who was often a visitor at New Place.
That was John Hall, a clever young doctor.
Will liked him.
Back in London, the theatres were always full.
And actors were now important people in the city.
Will and I were now living in very fine lodgings in Silver Street with the Mount Joy family.
The Globe and the Lord Chamberlain's Men were doing very well, and the older actors in the company were making money and buying houses and land.
But some people still thought that actors were dangerous, wicked people.
Then Queen Elizabeth died on 24 March 1603 at Richmond.
I remember the day well.
句子反复磨耳朵（连读）81-90
mardi 10 novembre 2026 • Durée 03:44
81.
I watch TV every day.
我每天都看电视。
82.
I don't know if he'll come to the party or not.
我不知道他是否会来参加聚会。
83.
I remember playing football here last year.
我记得去年在这里踢足球。
84.
Did he study English yesterday?
他昨天学英语了吗？
85.
What time does your husband get up?
你丈夫什么时候起床?
86.
Do you have an email address?
你有电子邮箱吗？
87.
There were no interesting movies this year.
今年没有什么有趣的电影。
88.
Which of the four seasons do you like the best?
四个季节中你最喜欢哪一个？
89.
Go straight down this road and turn right at the post office.
沿着这条路直走，然后在邮局右转。
90.
It's time to go to bed.
该去睡觉了。
单词造句磨耳朵 首字母P day178（1771-1780)
dimanche 8 novembre 2026 • Durée 14:44
听前提示
一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。
二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。
三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。
Day 178
1771.
Profit
n.利润，收益v.有利于
The school is not run for profit.
这所学校不是为了营利而开办的。
The film made $1,000,000 in profit.
这部电影赚了100万美元的利润。
This new investment will multiply our profit.
这项新投资将使我们的利润倍增。
1772.
Program
n.（计算机）程序；计划v.编写程序
The program is designed to reform prisoners.
该计划旨在改造囚犯。
Would you like to contribute to the program?
你想为该计划做出贡献吗？
Please note that this program is not suitable for children.
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.What will the weather be like today?
A. Stormy.
英文名著分集阅读 詹妮弗·巴西特《威廉·莎士比亚》part7
jeudi 5 novembre 2026 • Durée 10:18
William Shakespeare by Jennifer Bassett
单词提示
1.rub 问题
原文
Chapter 7: Queens, kings and princes
Every year, we took more and more plays to court at Christmas.
In 1598, one of Will's plays was Henry IV.
A lot of the play was about the king's son and his friend Sir John Falstaff.
Sir John was old, fat, lazy, drank too much, talk too much, laugh too much, but you had to love him.
He was a great favorite with the London playgoers, and there were a lot of Falstaff jokes going round at the time.
After the play, the queen wanted to speak to Will.
“Why?What have we done wrong?” John Hemmings said to me in a very quiet voice.
“We'll find out in a minute.” I said.
We all watched while Will walked over to the Queen's chair.
She was an old woman, she wore a red wig and she had black teeth, but she was still a very great queen.
And if the queen was not pleased, she had a good, strong voice, an actor's voice.
We could hear her easily.
“Mr.Shakespeare.” she began, then she smiled, and suddenly you knew why all Englishmen loved the Queen.
It was like the sun coming out on a spring morning.
“Mr.Shakespeare, you are the best playwright in England. I enjoyed your play and I thought that Sir John Falstaff was very funny. I have known many Englishmen like him. Will you write me another play? I would like to see Sir John in love.”
When Will came back to us, his eyes were bright, but he was already thinking about it.
句子反复磨耳朵（连读）71-80
mardi 3 novembre 2026 • Durée 03:15
71.
Is that an apple?
那是一个苹果吗？
72.
What are you listening to?
你在听什么？
73.
I'm afraid of snakes.
我怕蛇。
74.
This movie is interesting.
这部电影很有趣。
75.
This is the most interesting movie I've ever seen.
After the plague years, we were busy all the time.
There were new companies of players, and Will now belonged to the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
The Lord Chamberlain was a very important man, close to the Queen.
And we often put on plays for the Queen's Court and in the houses of the Great Lords of England.
We had some very good actors.
There was Will and Richard Burbage, of course, and John Hemmings.
And there was Augustine Phillips, Henry Condell, and Thomas Pope.
There were other actors too, but those six were the real company.
They worked together for more than 20 years, and made a lot of money too.
I did the costumes and properties for the Chamberlains.
John Hemmings said I was the best properties man in the city.
Will was special, because he wrote the plays, and what plays they were.
He never wrote the same play twice like some writers, he was always trying something new, something different, and he wrote fast too.
John Hemmings could never understand that.
“How can you write so fast, Will?” he asked him, “and you never make a mistake or change a word?”
Will didn't really understand it himself.
“It's all in my head.” he said, “I think about it, and then it just comes out on paper.”
The theatres were closed.
You can't have plays when a queen is dying, and we were all at Henry Condell's House.
He and John Hemings lived very near our lodgings in Cripplegate.
We were all very worried.
The new King of England was James I.
He was already King of Scotland, and he had a young wife Queen Anne of Denmark,and three young children.
But what was he like? Would he be a good king?
And most importantly, did he like plays?
“If King James doesn't like plays,” said Henry Condell, “we're finished.”
There are already a lot of Puritans on the London City Council, and they love to close the theatres down.
Henry always looked at the black side of everything.
“Well,he's written a lot of books himself,” said Will, “perhaps he'll be interested in plays too. We'll just have to wait and see. We didn't have to wait long.”
On 19 May, I was underneath the stage in the Globe.
I was trying to mend a broken door in the floor of the stage.
We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke.
Suddenly,I heard feet running across the stage.
I looked up through the hole and saw Will and John Hemmings and Richard Burbage.
They were all very excited.
“Listen to this, Toby.” said Will.
He was holding a piece of paper in his hand.
“It's a letter from King James from today. We are the King's men, we're working for the King himself, and he wants to see all the plays. We're going to have new red coats to wear when we go to court.” Richard said.
And John said, “He's going to pay us £20 for every play at court. What do you think about that, Toby?”
We were all laughing and smiling now.
“Well,John,” I said, “if we are so rich, can I have a new door? I can't mend this one again, it's too old.”
That summer, the plague came back.
By July, 1000 people were dying every week in London.
One of them was the little son of Will's friend Ben Johnson.
By the end of the year, there were 33000 dead.
In England, the theatres closed and the king's men went on tour.
Will and I spent the summer at Stratford.
When Christmas came, the King's men put on a lot of plays at court.
The King was at Hampton Court Palace that year, which was outside London well away from the plague.
I couldn't go, because I fell off my horse one day and broke my leg.
Stupid thing to do, I had to stay at home, but Will told me all about it when he came back.
“The new king and queen like to enjoy themselves, Toby.” he said, “They are a happy family. Prince Henry, who's nine is a very nice little boy, and his sister Elizabeth is beautiful. Little Prince Charles is only two.”
He was silent for a minute, perhaps he was thinking about Hamnet, then he went on.
“Queen Anne likes plays very much. She likes music and dancing too. She showed her legs in one dance.
“My word,” I said, “things like that never happened at court in Queen Elizabeth days.”
“We live in different times, Toby. A lot of things are going to change, but change only comes slowly.”
The King's men went from one success to another at the King's court.
At Christmas 1604, there were 22 plays, and 8 of them were Wills.
In 1605, there were 13 plays at court and 10 of them were Wills.
We always did the plays at the Globe first before we took them to court.
Will was writing more slowly now, but during these years, he wrote some of his best plays—Othello Macbeth and King Lear.
That was a sad, dark play.
When King Lear carried his dead daughter Cordelia onto the stage, well, every man,woman, and child in the Globe was crying. It's true.
Richard Burbage played Lear, of course, what an actor he was.
She is responsible for designing the entire project.
她负责设计整个项目。
1775.
Promise
v.允许，答应n.承诺；希望
It won't hurt, I promise.
我保证，它不会受伤。
I promise you I'll help you.
我向你保证我会帮你的。
I promise you I will wait for you to return.
我向你保证我会等你回来。
1776.
Promote
v.升职，晋升；促销，推广
She deserves to be promoted.
她应该得到提升。
I got promoted to manager yesterday.
我昨天被提升为经理了。
1777.
Promotion
n.提拔，晋升；促销，推销
He deserves a promotion.
他值得晋升。
Let's celebrate your promotion.
让我们庆祝你的晋升。
I just got a promotion and a raise.
我刚得到晋升和加薪。
1778.
Prompt
v.促使，导致 adj.迅速的，立刻的
Prompt payment will be appreciated.
如能及时付款，将不胜感激。
Thank you for your prompt reply.
感谢您的及时回复。
1779.
Pronounce
v.发（音），读（音）；表态
How do you pronounce this word?
这个词怎么发音？
This word is difficult to pronounce.
这个词很难发音。
Very few people can pronounce my name correctly.
很少有人能正确地念出我的名字。
1780.
Pronunciation
n.发音方法，读法；发音
Your pronunciation is excellent.
你的发音很棒。
I'd like to improve my English pronunciation.
我想提高我的英语发音。
B. Sunny.
C. Foggy.
7.What is the man going to do?
A. Plant a tree.
B. Move his car.
C. Check the map.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.Why is Kathy in California now?
A. She is on vacation there.
B. She has just moved there.
C. She is doing business there.
9.What is the relationship between Tom and Fiona?
A. Husband and wife.
B. Brother and sister.
C. Father and daughter.
10.What does Kathy thank Dave for?
A. Finding her a new job.
B. Sending her a present.
C. Calling on her mother.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.How did Jack go to school when he was a child?
A. By bike.
B. On foot.
C. By bus.
12.What is Jack's attitude toward parents driving their kids to school?
A. Disapproving.
B. Encouraging
C. Understanding.
13.What is the problem with some parents according to the woman?
A. Overprotecting their children.
B. Pushing their children too hard.
C. Having no time for their children
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14.Why did Marie post her kitchen gardening online at first?
A. To keep records of her progress.
B. To sell home-grown vegetables.
C. To motivate her fellow gardeners.
15.Why does Marie recommend beginners to grow strawberries?
A. They need no special care.
B. They can be used in cooking.
C. They bear a lot of fruit soon.
16.What is difficult for Marie to grow?
A. Herbs.
B. Carrots.
C. Pears.
17.What is Marie's advice to those interested in kitchen gardening?
A. Aim high.
B. Keep focused.
C. Stay optimistic.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.What is “Life of Johnson”?
A. A magazine column.
B. A TV series.
C. A historical novel.
19.What is Johnson famous for?
A. His acting talent.
B. His humorous writing.
C. His long sports career.
20.When did Johnson join Sports Times?
A. In 1981.
B. In 1983.
C. In 1985.
答案
1-5 CBACA 6-10 ABBBC
11-15 BCAAC 16-20 BCABC
听力原文
Text 1
M: Thanks for the wonderful weekend,Kate.
W: That’s okay. Bob and I are glad you came to see us.
M: Oh, I have to go in. My flight will take off soon. Do contact me when you’re in Sydney.
W: Sure, we will.
Text 2
W: Paul, listen to the radio. It’s “You’ve Stolen My Heart” — one of the songs played at our wedding.
M: Yeah, how beautiful! It’s been popular for almost two decades.
Text 3
W: David, forget about Mark. His aunt is in town, so he can’t go with us today.
M: Oh, what a pity! It’s the last day of the art show.
Text 4
W: How may I help you?
M: I bought a desk and asked for it to be delivered to my house this Friday.
W: Yes, what’s the problem?
M: I need to have it delivered this Saturday.
Text 5
W: Next, please.
M: Oh, hi, I missed my 9 o’clock train to Bedford. Do I have to buy another ticket?
W: No. The next train leaves at a quarter to ten at Platform 11.
M: Thank you.
Text 6
W: Honey, (6)have you checked today’s weather forecast?
M: Yes, it’s cold and wet. There is a warning for strong winds up to 100 kilometers per hour.
W: What are we going to do then?
M: Nothing much. Just stay indoors. There is a risk of falling trees and power lines.
W: Right.
M: And the low temperatures could bring snow to the forest area.
W: I hope it’s over quickly.
M: Well, it won’t get better until late Wednesday. Anyway, I have to move the caraway from the trees.
W: Yeah, you cannot be too careful.
Text 7
W: Hello, Dave. This is Kathy from sunny California.
M: Hi, Kathy. You finally called. How was the move? All settled in?
W: Sorry, I hadn’t called sooner, but it’s been a busy month.(8)We’re slowly getting things set up in our new home.
M: Yeah, I understand. How are Jeff and the children?
W: Jeff is doing well with his new job.Tom has made many new friends here and has a lot to do. Fiona is fine, though she misses her grandma. By the way, thank you for looking in on my mother from time to time. I call her every week, but it isn’t the same as seeing her.
M: No problem. Betty and l are friend snow. How is the weather there?
W: It’s nice and warm, and we are able to spend some time every week on the beach with the children.
M: That’s great.
Text 8
W: Jack, how did you get to school when you were in primary school?
M: I lived close to my school, so I walked every day. Why?
W: Well, I remember that when we were kids, we often walked, rode a bike or caught the bus to school. Few of us were dropped off at the school gate by our parents.
M: I see what you mean. These days you can see traffic jams around schools at drop-off and pick-up times, but it’s hard to blame the parents. They have good reasons for driving their kids to school, mostly to do with safety and convenience.
W: You have a point there, but it could also mean children are missing out on much needed exercise and other life skills. Some parents are just being over-protective with their children learning nothing, but living in fear of everything. Studies have found that children who spend more time outside tend to be healthier, better adjusted and better at dealing with stress.
Text 9
M: So Marie, your kitchen garden looks excellent. What made you turn to social media to record your vegetable growing?
W: Initially, I used the online platform as a diary, something to look back on, giving me a sense of achievements and keeping me motivated and moving forward. As time went by, other gardeners and like-minded people began to follow my progress, too.
M: I know you grow lots of fruit on your land. Which would you recommend to beginners as the best to grow?
W: Strawberries would be a good choice.They produce a lot of fruit in their first season.
M: That’s cool. Well, do you have plans to try new or any particular crops next year?
W: Next season I will be adding some pear trees to the fruit area. I will be adding more herbs which I can use in the kitchen. And, after a couple of years of failure, I will try growing carrots again.
M: What advice would you offer someone thinking of doing kitchen gardening?
W: Have a plan of what you want your kitchen garden to look like. Don’t be too discouraged if things don’t go according to plan. Learn from your mistakes and move on. There is always next season.
Text 10
M: Welcome to Meet the Author. Well, many readers of Sports Times turn to the last page of their magazine first in order to read Jacob Johnson’s weekly article under the title “Life of Johnson”.The articles along with his novels and essay collections have earned Johnson the reputation as “one of the funniest humans on the planet”. Johnson began writing about sports as a second year student at the University of Colorado, covering high school volley ballgames for his hometown newspaper. After graduating in 1981, he moved on to work at the Denver Weekly for 2 years and the Los Angeles Post for 2 more years before landing at Sports Times. He has been voted National Sports Writer of the Year 11 times. So now let’s welcome the funny man with serious talent, Jacob Johnson.
“Don't talk to me,” he said, “I've got a play to write.”
He wrote it in two weeks.
And we took it down to Richmond Palace and played it before the Queen on February 20.
She laughed and laughed at the Merry Wives of Windsor.
She didn't have much to laugh about in 1599.
There was a lot of trouble in Ireland, and the Queen sent the Earl of Essex with 20000 men to fight a war.
Lord Southampton, Will's friend went with him.
All London came out onto the streets to watch when Essex and his men left for Ireland.
Will wrote an exciting play about war that summer, and he put in a word or two about Ireland.
That was Henry V, about a very famous English king who fought a war in France.
But Essex was not Henry V, he didn't know how to fight a war, and he ran away back to England later that year.
The queen never spoke to him again.
In September, we opened the Globe Theatre.
It was a grand new building near the Rose.
Will,Richard Burbage and the others paid for it themselves.
It was the best playhouse in London and soon the most famous.
The other companies had good theatres and some good actors, but we had the famous Richard Burbage and the best plays.
We put on three new plays by Will in the next year and some plays by other writers.
One of the new playwrights was Ben Johnson.
He was a clever man and he wrote clever plays, but people still liked Will's plays best.
Ben couldn't understand it, he was always arguing with Will about how to write plays.
He argued with everyone, he went to prison once, because he killed a man in a fight.
He was eight years younger than Will, but he and Will were very good friends.
Will's next play was Hamlet, prince of Denmark.
We all met one day in the Boar's Head to talk about it.
There were six of us, me and Will, Richard Burbage, Henry Condell, John Hemmings and Augustine Phillips.
Will put his pile of papers on the table and sat down.
“Well,”he said, “you've all read it, what do you think?”
“It's very good,” John Hemmings began, “but it's too long. It'll take about four hours in the theatre. We don't have to use it all.”
Will said, “We can cut it down to 3 hours, perhaps 2.5.”
Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table, look at this bit when Ophelia is talking about Hamlet.
He said, “Hamlet sounds like the Earl of Essex to me. Were you thinking of Essex when you wrote this?”
Will smiled. “Perhaps,” he said, “and perhaps not.”
“Richard will play Prince Hamlet? Yes?” said Augustine.
“Of course.” Will said, “I wrote the part for him. He's our star actor. I'll play the ghost of Hamlet's father.”
He looked at me.
“Hamlet will wear black, Toby and Ophelia will wear white.”
Henry finished his beer.
“It's a good story, all with good parts for us all. But will the playgoers like it?It moves very slowly, and they like a play to be fast and exciting. Prince Hamlet knows that his uncle Claudius murdered the king, his father, but he doesn't do anything about it for a long time. He just talks about it, and in the end, nearly everybody dies one way or another.”
Augustine didn't agree with that.
“You haven't understood the play Henry, It is exciting, very exciting. The play is inside Hamlet himself, he wants to kill his uncle, but he can't. Murder is wrong, but he must kill him because of his father. We can all understand how he feels.”
All this time, Richard Burbage was silent.
He was reading bits of the play again.
Now he put down the paper in his hand and looked up.
His eyes were bright, excited.
“Have any of you really listened to the language of this play?This is your best play yet, Will. The best of them all just listen to the language, the poetry.”
He stood up and his great voice filled the room.
“To be or not to be, that is the question.”
We sat and listened silently while that wonderful voice brought the words to life.
Will watched him smiling.
He knew that Richard like him, was in love with words.
“To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause.”
Richard Burbage was right, of course.
The people loved the play.
They loved Burbage as Hamlet, they cried for poor Ophelia's death, and they shouted for the murderer Claudius to die.
This factory produces over 20 different kinds of product.
这家工厂生产20多种不同的产品。
1765.
Producer
n.生产者制造商；生产者；监制人
He is the producer of this film.
他是这部电影的制片人。
Vietnam is one of the largest rice producers in the world.
越南是世界上最大的大米生产国之一。
1766.
Product
n.产品，产物；乘积
I prefer to buy domestic rather than foreign products.
我宁愿买国内产品，也不愿买外国产品。
They sell high quality products at very competitive prices.
他们销售高质量的产品，价格很有竞争力。
This factory produces over 20 different kinds of product.
这家工厂生产20多种不同种类的产品。
1767.
Production
n.生产，产品，作品，总产量
This product is out of production.
该产品已停产。
It will be in production by the end of 2015.
它将于2015年底投产。
The device will be in production by the end of the year.
该设备将于今年年底投入生产。
1768.
Profession
n.职业，专业，表白，宣布
What's your profession?
你的职业是什么？
He is a dentist by profession.
他是一名专业的牙医。
1769.
Professional
a.职业的，专门的 n.专业人员
She is a professional dancer.
她是一名职业舞蹈演员。
I want to become a professional photographer.
我想成为一名专业摄影师。
The presentation was very professional and persuasive.
演讲非常专业，很有说服力。
1770.
Professor
n.教授
My brother is a professor.
我哥哥是个教授。
The professor dismissed his ideas.
教授驳回了他的想法。
He's a professor at the National University.
他是国立大学的教授。
A.Richard’s.
B.Sarah’s.
C.Vera’s.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8.What course does Professor Brooks teach?
A.Public Speaking.
B.European History.
C.English Literature.
9.Why does Vicky come to talk with Professor Brooks?
A. To sign up for his course.
B. To ask for a make-up test.
C. To discuss her homework.
听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。
10.What does Linda do for plays and shows?
A.She gives actors advice.
B.She assigns roles to actors.
C.She designs actors’ clothes.
11.What does Linda need to research?
A.The setting of the story.
B.The decoration of the stage.
C.The names of the characters.
12.Who does Linda report her work to?
A. The director.
B.The editor.
C.The photographer.
13.What does Linda say about her job?
A. It pays very well.
B. It requires team effort.
C. It involves frequent travel.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14.What does Kevin think of abstract art?
A. It has lasting artistic value.
B. It makes little sense to him.
C.It appeals mainly to children.
15.What impression did the first painting give the woman?
A.Hopefulness.
B.Nervousness
C.Coldness.
16.What color was used for the background in the second painting?
A.Green
B.Purple.
C.Red.
17.What will Kevin probably do this Saturday?
A.Attend an art class.
B. Visit an exhibition.
C.Buy an abstract painting.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.What caused the closure of Pittwater Road?
A. A fallen tree.
B. A flooded river.
C. A car accident.
19.What happened at Town Hall Station?
A. A police officer got hurt.
B. A passenger went missing.
C.The station roof was broken.
20.What are road users advised to do?
A.Drive at low speed.
B.Postpone their trips.
C.Follow traffic signs.
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Text 1
M: It Department. How can I assist you?
W: My computer is giving me a lot of trouble. Could you help me with it, please?
M:OK, I just need to check on a couple of things.
Text 2
W:Hi, I'd like to have this blouse washed and pressed.
M:OK, but I'm afraid you won't be able to collect it until next Friday. We've been very busy recently.
Text 3
W:What a journey! Air travel is more tiring than driving, I'm sure.
M:I don't think you say that, if you've just driven 400 miles. Let's come to Seattle by train next time. It'll be more relaxing.
Text 4
M:Could I have fried rice or noodles for dinner for a change? I don't feel like steak today.
W:I'm in a hurry. I can't cook two different meals today. Tomorrow you can have what you want.
M:Alright.
Text 5
M:All well, Sophie?
W:Hmm. Not great. I'm just so down with writing this report.
M:Are you almost done with it?
W:Far from it. And I'll get it represented in class tomorrow.
Text 6
W:Richard, why are you taking everything out of your drawer?
M:I'm looking for a stamp, Sarah.
W: A stamp? What do you want a stamp for?
M:I've written a letter to Aunt Vera. And I want to put it in the post before midday.
W:Can you just email her?
M:Yeah. But it's her 70th birthday. Vera will be happy to get a real letter with a real birthday card.
Text 7
W:Professor Brooks, I'm Vicky Comore in your European History class. Can I speak with you for a few minutes?
M:Sure. What can I help you with?
W:Well, I was sick for two weeks. So I didn't take the midterm exam. Could you give me another test?
M:Alright. You can take it next Thursday afternoon.
W:Thank you so much, Professor Brooks. Could I come to you at 3:30 after my English Literature class?
M: No problem.
Text 8
M:Linda, you work on plays and shows but you are not on stage. What do you do?
W:I'm a costume designer. I have the actors become their characters.
M: I sit a kind of like playing dresser?
W: A little bit. But I need to study the play to create the characters' clothes, not just use my imagination.
M:How do you do that?
W: I read the play and do research about the time and place of the story. If the story is set in the past, I might study old magazines or paintings. For plays set in now, I sometimes collect pictures of people on the street.
M:Then what do you do?
W: I take my ideas and pictures to the director of the show. We talk about whether I'm on the right track. If it’s good, we will hire a tailor to make the costume.
M: Is it finished then?
W:Almost. We still need to try on the actor to make sure everything fits and looks good.
M:Wow, it takes so many steps to make a costume.
W:Yes, it does. I work with lots of different people to put it all together.
Text 9
W: Hi Kevin. I've just got back from the Art Gallery. There's a wonderful show of abstract art. You should have come with me.
M: I don't know. Abstract art seems like children's painting to me.
W:Well, if you don't understand what the artist is trying to communicate, it can seem a little like that.
M:What did you see then?
W:There were two paintings that impressed me most. The first is a huge one which I supposed the tree although it could have been anything.
M:What did you like about it?
W:Just the way the tree looked. It was like the tree was made of hard metal, and the mix of white and gray made everything look like it was winter, freezing winter.
M:That's something. What about the other one?
W:The second looked like a piece of grassland. All the grass was purple and red,and there was green sky in the background. I looked at it and thought of summer.
M:Hmm, your description really teaches me something about appreciating abstract art. Maybe I should go and give this show a try this Saturday.
W:You really should.
Text 10
M:You are watching the morning news. This is Steven Johnson. Sydney and the New South Wales coast have been hit by heavy rains. Major roads, the airport,trains and buses were all thrown behind the schedule as more than a month's worth of rain fell in just one hour during the morning rush. All traffic into city remains very heavy. Pittwater Road is closed due to a car crash. Consider using Wicks Road instead. A police officer has been hurt assisting drivers in North Ryde. A woman is believed to have broken her leg after a tree fell on her car. The roof of Town Hall Station has fallen in, causing delays for passengers. The rain is expected to be at its heaviest from 9:00 am until 11:00 am. Today a total of up to 200 millimeters rain is being forecast, along with damaging winds of more than 90 kilometers per hour to fall. All road users are advised to reconsider the need to be on roads in such wild weather, andreschedule their day and continue on their journey after the rain stops.
He wrote a play about love in 1595, young love.
It was Romeo and Juliet.
It was a very sad play, because the young lovers die at the end, but the playgoers loved it.
They wanted to see it again and again.
Will played the part of old Capulet, Juliet's father,
One of the boy actors, played the part of Juliet.
There were no women actors, so boys played all the women's parts.
Of course, Will never put real love making on stage.
He did it all with words, clever, beautiful words, and you forgot that the women and girls were really boys in dresses.
Some of the boy actors were very good and went on to play men's parts when they were older.
We played Romeo and Juliet at Richmond Palace that year.
We always played before the Queen at Christmas.
She liked to see the new plays and she paid us £10 a play.
We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time, but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen's palaces at Christmas.
There was a lot of singing and dancing and eating and drinking.
Some years, Christmas began in November and didn't finish until February or March.
The year 1596 began well, but that summer the weather was really bad, cold, wet, it never stopped raining, and the plague began to come back into London.
We were in Stratford for the summer, but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep.
Will didn't need me at home, because he was busy writing his new play—A Midsummer Night's Dream.
I came back to Stratford one wet August evening.
The house in Henley Street was strangely quiet, and I went round the back and up to Will's room, his writing room, we call it.
He was just sitting there, not doing anything, just sitting.
“What's the matter, Will?” I said, “Where is everybody?”
“At church?”
His face was gray and his eyes looked empty, dead.
“What's happened?” I asked, “What is it?”
He looked at me.
“Hamlet,”he began, “Hamlet was ill last week and he died yesterday. He was only 11, Toby,and he's dead. My boy, my only son, He's dead, Toby, dead.”
He put his face in his hands.
What can you say to a man when something like that happens to him?
I sat down next to him and put my hand on his arm.
We sat together silently.
I knew that Will loved that boy of his red haired, bright as a new penny, full of life, just like his father.
After a while, I said, “You'll have other sons.”
“Anne's 40 already.” Will's voice was tired, “She's had no children since the twins.”
“Will, now you've got two fine girls in Susanna and Judith, they'll marry before long, and then you'll have more grandsons than you can count. You'll see there'll be boys running up and downstairs shouting for their granddad, Will.”
He smiled sadly, but his eyes were not so empty now.
“Pleased,”I went on quickly, “and there are all your brothers, Gilbert, Richard, Edmund,they'll have sons too. The Shakespeare family will never die out. Think of the family, Will, the family.”
And he did, he was already a famous poet and playwright, but he was a family man too.
The next year, 1597, he bought a new house for his family.
It was a big grand house called New Place, right in the middle of Stratford.
It cost £60, a lot of money, and the townspeople began to say Mr. Shakespeare, not young Will, the actor or John Shakespeare's boy.
They were happy to do business with him and to borrow money from him.
Anne was very pleased with the new house.
The wife of Mr. Shakespeare of New Place was an important person in Stratford, but she still didn't like Will's work.
“Actors are wild, dangerous people.” she often said to him, “I'm not interested in plays or the and I don't want to know anything about your work.”
But she liked the money, and the new house, and the new dresses, and the 6 fields of apple trees, and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later.
Will never talked much about Hamnet.
Life goes on and Will was busier than ever, but I know he thought about his son a lot.
His grief was very deep inside him.
A year or two later, I was talking to John Hemmings about the costumes for Will's new play——King John.
John Hemmings was a family man, he had 14 children.
In the end, the noise in his house, shouting and laughing, coming and going.
John was looking at the playbook.
“You see this bit here, Toby.” he said, “Will's writing about his son, isn't he?”
I read the words slowly, and remembered Will's empty eyes that day in August.
“Grief fills the room. Up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words…”
Richard Burbage said once that Will's writing changed after Hamlet's death.
“Will still laughed at people in his plays,but he also felt sorry for them, sorry for all the world, Good and bad, rich and poor, young and old. And his people were real. No one was all good or all bad. There was a man called Shylock in his play—The Merchant of Venice. This Shylock was a money lender and a cruel man. Everyone hated him. But in the end, when Shylock lost everything, you had to feel sorry for him. He was just a sad old man.”
Perhaps Richard was right, and if anyone understood Will, it was Richard Burbage.
