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At first glance, the words alligator, bedroom, eyeball, gossip, hurry, and kissing may not have anything obvious in common, 【小题1】 they do — William Shakespeare. They are among up to 1,700 words 【小题2】 first recorded use is in the collected 【小题3】 (work) of the most important writer in the history of the English language.
More than four centuries after his death in 1616, Shakespeare’s plays remain 【小题4】 unique source of artistic inspiration far beyond the land of his birth, 【小题5】 (endless) performed, studied, and adapted for countless languages and audiences. From Disney’s The Lion King to Feng Xiaogang’s film The Banquet, the story of a young man 【小题6】 (face) the challenge of growing up to seek revenge for his murdered father, is one of his most famous works. The 【小题7】 (forbid) love of Romeo and Juliet has been the inspiration for everything from Oscar-winning musical West Side Story to Chloe Gong’s novel series These Violent Delights, and Macbeth, with its tale of a man destined for greatness ruined by ambition, 【小题8】 (adapt) into Li Jianwu’s play Wang Deming in 1944, and classic Japanese film Throne of Blood in 1957.
The collection of Shakespeare’s plays 【小题9】 (remain) at the heart of the study of English literature worldwide, and also provides the backbone of the tourist industry in Stratford-upon-Avon, his birthplace in England’s West Midlands, which is also home 【小题10】 the Royal Shakespeare Company theater.