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Notes on the text
课文注释
1 on end，连续不断的。
2 in many ways，在许多方面。
3 go on repeating，继续重复。 go on加上现在分词是“继续干”的意思。
4 Yet this is not always the case. 然而情况并非总是如此。
5 in the role of…，充当……角色。
6 Bastille，巴士底狱。
曾是法国巴黎的监狱。1369年始建时是一个要塞，1789年被巴黎市民攻克并捣毁。
7 insisted that it should be written out in full, insist后面所接的宾语从句，常用虚拟语气“should +动词原形”，而should又经常可以省略。
8 play a joke on…，拿……开玩笑。
9 sire是古代仆人对国王的一种尊称，现在仅用于故事和剧本。
10 Much to the aristocrat's amusement，使贵族感到非常可笑的是……。
much为副词，此处修饰其后的介词短语 to the aristocrat's amusement. much to+sb. 's sth. 是一个常见的状语短语，有“给某人带来很大的……”的意思。
Comprehension理解
Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible. Use one completesentence for each answer.
1 Why are actors in successful plays in many ways unfortunate?
2 In which act of the play was the aristocrat given a letter to read?
3 Why did the gaoler decide to play a joke on the aristocrat?
Vocabulary
词汇
Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as they are used in the passage: run(1. 1); on end (1. 1); are required (1. 2); repeating (1. 3); falter (1. 4); role (1. 7); hand (1. 8); in full (1. 9).
Summary writing
摘要写作
In not more than 80 words describe what happened after the curtain went up on the final actof the play. Use your own words as far as possible. Do not include anything that is not in thelast paragraph.
Composition
作文
Write a Composition of about 250 words using the ideas given below. Do not write more thanfour paragraphs.
Title: Six short weeks.
Introduction: A new play called ‘The world tomorrow’ to be shown. Highly advertised ---- publicinterest ---- cast of famous actors.
Development: First night ---- play not well ---- received ---- supposed to be funny ---- nobodylaughed ---- people walked out ---- bad reviews.
Conclusion: The play ran for six weeks ---- last performance ---- small audience ---- actorsstruggled through ---- the audience found the last line of the play very funny: ‘Our six shortweeks have hastened to their end. ’ Even the actors laughed.
Letter writing
书信写作
Write five sentences which could be used to begin a letter and five sentences which could beused to end one.
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