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Apoetisinhiswords
ThewritingsofWilliamShakespearearetodaylittlereadbyyoungpeopleinBritian.Hisyoung
readershipislimitedtothosewhochoosetostudyliteratureatuniversity.
StillinBritishschools____________tostudythepoetand whensomething ismadecompulsory
usuallytheresultisboredomresentmentorboth.ShakespeareCharlesDickensJaneAusten-formanyof
theyoungreadingthemcanseemlikebeingforcedtoeatmedicineespeciallywhenpeopleareatanage
whentheyarebeginningtodiscoverthemselvesandwarningtoclaimtheirindependence.
Thiswasmyexperienceoftheclassicsatschool.ButwhenIreachedmylateteenageyearsIhada
changeofheart.Likeeveryotheryoungpersonsincethedawnoftimetheworldconfusedme.Iwanted
answerssoIturnedtobookstofindthem.
IwentontotakeaPhDinliteratureandhavetaughtthesubjectinuniversitiesinBritainandChina.I
haveneverregrettedit.Thereissomethinginliteraturethatpeoplewanteveniftheydon'treadbooks.
YouseethisinthepopularityofTVandmovieadaptationsofgreatworkstherecentfilmversionofJaneAusten'sPrideandPrejudicebeingacaseinpoint.Thesepopularadaptationsmayhelpincreasepeople's
interestintheclassic.
ReadingasimplifiedRomeoandJulietmayperhapsleadtoareadingofShakespeare'sactualplay.If
thatisthecasethenIwelcomethetrend.Butdonotmakethemistakeofthinkingthatitisthesamething.
Shakespeareisapoetandhisgreatnessisinhislanguage.Reading_someone_else'srewriting_of_his_work
_is_like_peeling_(剥皮)_a_bananathrowing_away_the_fruitand_eating_the_skin.Takeontheoriginal.It
reallyisworththeeffort.
1.Findasentencefromthetextwhichcanexplainthetitle.
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2.FillintheblankinParagraph2withproperwordstocompletethesentence.(within5words)
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3.Whyaretheadaptationsofgreatworkspopular?