高中英语人教版高二下课文09

[11:58.63]Bassanio,give him the ring.He deserves it,and for the sake of my love,
[12:04.79]forget what promise you made to your wife.
[12:09.23]All right,I will do it for you.Please,give it to him.
[12:15.11]Integrating skills
[12:21.77]Reading   Shakespeare's Heroines
[12:26.14]One of the most famous young women form Shakespeare's plays is Juliet,
[12:32.48]in Romeo and Juliet.
[12:36.01]A fight between their two families
[12:40.27]makes it impossible for Romeo and Juliet to get married.
[12:45.62]However,they marry each other in secret.
[12:50.38]The only way to be together is to move to another city.
[12:56.02]To do so,Juliet has a plan.
[13:00.38]First,she takes a drug that makes her appear to be dead.
[13:06.02]When she wakes,a friend will help her escape from the tomb.
[13:11.77]Unfortunately,not only her family believe that she is dead,
[13:17.65]Romeo thinks so too.
[13:21.20]he is so sad that he kills himself.
[13:25.25]When Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead,she kills herself too.
[13:32.49]At the beginning of the play Juliet is just a little girl.
[13:38.13]Meeting with teh handsome,intelligent and charming Romeo,
[13:43.77]she immediately falls in love with him.
[13:47.85]Neither romeo nor Juliet
[13:51.50]is interested in any of the violence between their families.
[13:56.86]To them love is the most important thing.
[14:01.61]Loving romeo,Juliet grows up showing amazing courage.
[14:07.67]From being a girl guided by duty,
[14:11.93]she becomes a loyal young woman of strength and self-determination.
[14:17.99]portia,in The Merchant of Venice,is a woman quite different form Juliet.
[14:25.36]While Juliet can be seen as a character of passion and imagination,
[14:32.12]portia stands out for her intelligence.
[14:36.38]It is her sharp mind and debating skills
[14:41.14]that make Portia the heroine of the play.
[14:45.58]Portia is intelligent,rich and beautiful.
[14:50.44]Handling the court case
[14:53.91]gives her teh opportunity to show that she can be creative.
[14:59.06]Not only does she know the rules of the law very well,
[15:04.23]she can also apply them in new ways
[15:08.98]and play with the meaning of words.
[15:13.11]Anybody can break the rules,
[15:16.87]but few people have Poria's skills to make the law work for her.
[15:23.11]Although there are many more women in Shakespeare's plays
[15:28.08]who deserve to be admired,
[15:31.45]there is one who should never be forgotten.
[15:35.50]She is not known for her passion,nor for her intelligence.
[15:41.45]Instead,she is known for the goodness of her heart,
[15:46.73]her feelings of love and caring.
[15:50.88]In King Lear,Cordelia is Lear's youngest and favourite daughter.
[15:57.54]Lear,the old king of Britain,
[16:01.67]decides to divide his country among his three daughters.
[16:07.24]First,however,he puts them through a test,
[16:12.28]asking each to tell him how much she loves him.
[16:17.14]the two oldest daughters are dishonest.
[16:21.21]They use beautiful workds to win their father's trust.
[16:26.07]But Cordelia remains silent,
[16:29.83]saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father.
[16:36.18]This makes Lear very angry with her.
[16:40.65]Only towards the end of the play
[16:44.59]does King Lear learn who is his truest daughter.
[16:49.76]  Being honest with her father has made her lose his love,
[16:55.01]her part of the country and a lot of money,
[16:59.59]but cordelia does not care for all that.
[17:04.23]She remains loyal to her fatehr despite his cruelty towards her,
[17:10.27]and can even forgive him.
[17:13.72]Her main characteristics are evotion,kindness and honesty.
[17:20.09]Although Cordelia's role in the play is rather small,
[17:25.24]she shines as the heroine of goodness and wisdom,
[17:30.31]and has earned a place in the hearts of all readers of King Lear.