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2020年高考英语浙江卷(7月)阅读理解A篇解析
一、真题呈现
1.I am an active playgoer and play-reader, and perhaps my best reason for editing this book is a hope of sharing my enthusiasm for the theater with others.
我是一个积极的戏剧观众和读者,也许我编辑这本书的最好原因是希望与他人分享我对戏剧的热情。
2.To do this I have searched through dozens of plays to find the ones that I think best show the power and purpose of the short play.
为了做到这一点,我已经搜索了几十部剧本,想找出我认为最能体现短剧的力量和目的的那些。
3.Each play has a theme or central idea which the playwright(剧作家) hopes to get across through dialogue and action.
每个戏剧有一个主题或中心思想,剧作家(剧作家)在通过对话和行动希望告上法庭。
4.A few characters are used to create a single impression growing out of the theme.
一些角色被用来创造出主题之外的单一印象。
5.It is not my intention to point out the central theme of each of the plays in this collection, for that would,indeed, ruin the pleasure of reading, discussing, and thinking about the plays and the effectiveness of the playwright.
我无意指出这本集子中每一部剧作的中心主题,因为那样的话,确实会破坏阅读、讨论和思考这些剧作的乐趣,以及剧作家的功力。
6.However, a variety of types is represented here.
然而,这里表示了多种类型。
7.These include comedy, satire, poignant drama, historical and regional drama.
其中包括喜剧、讽刺剧、辛酸剧、历史剧和地地剧。
8.To show the versatility(多面性) of the short play, I have included a guidance play, a radio play and a television play.
为了展示短剧的多面性,我有已经包括了戏剧指导,广播剧和电视剧。
9.Among the writers of the plays in this collection, Paul Green, Susan Glaspell,Maxwell Anderson, Thornton Wilder, William Saroyan, and Tennessee Williams have all received Pulitzer Prizes for their contributions to the theater.
本剧的编剧保罗·格林、苏珊·格拉斯贝尔、麦克斯韦尔·安德森、桑顿·怀尔德、威廉·瑟罗扬和田纳西·威廉姆斯均因其对戏剧的贡献而获得普利策奖。
10.More information about the playwrights will be found at the end of this book.
关于这些剧作家的更多信息将在这本书的末尾找到。
11.To get the most out of reading these plays, try to picture the play on stage, with you, the reader, in the audience.
为了能最大限度地阅读这些剧本,试着在舞台上想象你作为读者作为观众的情景。
12.The houselights dim(变暗).
观众席的灯光昏暗(变暗)。
13.The curtains are about to open, and in a few minutes the action and dialogue will tell you the story.
幕布即将拉开,几分钟后