2021秋九年级英语上册 Module 7 Great books拓展阅读二（新版）外研版.doc

1、William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.He wrote thirtyseven plays in all.They are still popular today.He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor (演员) when he finishe

2、d school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmers daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, StratforduponAvon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he

3、did between 1585 and 1592.At twentyeight he moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the

4、 money he bought a large house in his hometown.At the age of fortynine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in StratforduponAvon. He died at the age of fiftytwo.He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world.You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.