The wonderful Maryland Renaissance Festival takes place every weekend in the fall. Workers and actors dress like people from the Middle Ages and welcome all visitors. Comedies, talk shows, children's plays and stage dramas are performed throughout the day. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a big production as well. In addition, magic shows, sword fights and more attract audiences in every corner of the "village."
You can spot the king and queen greeting people or pausing for photos. Several sports and games are demonstrated in the arena. We actually tried using the bows and arrows while others participated in the tug of war game. The high point is the jousts. Two teams compete for the highest honor and rewards from the king and queen. The knights ride horses and use spear-like weapons to knock their opponents down. The audience is divided into two groups to cheer for their teams.
The food is traditional and tasty. We loved the big turkey legs and barbecue ribs. No forks or knives are needed.
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Teaching Topic: The Genius of Shakespeare
Our lesson today mentions a play without mentioning the playwright who wrote it.
There's no need, because we already know who wrote it: William Shakespeare.
And, Shakespeare is a name that needs no introduction.
He's the greatest English writer ever.
Four hundred years after his death, we're still reading his poetry, staging his plays, and making movies based on his works.
Shakespeare's contribution to the English language was massive.
He introduced over 1700 new vocabulary words into English, many of which we still use today.
From A Midsummer Night's Dream for example, came the words, flowery, rival, and mimic.
And then, there are the many words and phrases and common expressions that Shakespeare coined. From the same drama came the now familiar words and phrases: pale face, swift as a shadow, and fancy-free.
Shakespeare was also good at taking an existing word and creating a new form of it.
An example, which also comes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, is the word "moonbeam."
OK. Shakespeare had a tremendous vocabulary.
He used almost 18,000 different words in his writings, a tenth of which had never been used before.
Now, imagine, if every tenth word you used was an original word.
needs no introduction 不需要介紹，指家喻戶曉、大名鼎鼎的人
本文中提到 A midsummer Night's Dream (仲夏夜之夢)
並沒有說明是誰寫的,
因為它的作者 Shakespeare (莎士比亞)是一位不需要介紹的人
Shakespeare：
1.是歷史上最偉大的英文作家, 直到死後四百年, 世人還在閱讀他寫的詩、演出他寫的戲劇或拍他的劇本改編的電影
2.英文單字中, 有超過1700個字是他創造的,
如：flowery, rival, mimic, fancy-free 都是源自於仲夏夜之夢
Language Lab
comedy n.喜劇；喜劇成分、喜劇性
a play, movie, television program, novel, etc., that is meant to make people laugh
things that are done and said to make an audience laugh : comic entertainment
the funny or amusing part of something : humor
- Renee enjoys romantic comedies.
Renee喜歡看浪漫愛情的喜劇
- When the professor suddenly forgot his points, it provided some good comedy during the dull lecture.
當教授突然忘記他的重點時，這時提供了無趣講座中的一些樂趣
pause v. n.暫停、停頓
a temporary stop : a period of time in which something is stopped before it is started again
a control that you use when you want to stop a recorded song, movie, etc., for a short time
- Vivian paused awhile to calm down before continuing her speech.
Vivian停頓一下，安定情緒之後，繼續她的演講
- Theo had to pause to clear his throat.
Theo必須停下來，清一下喉嚨。
- After a long pause, Richard started to talk again.
經過很長時間的停頓，Richard又開始說話
opponent n.對手、敵手
a person, team, group, etc., that is competing against another in a contest
- The team studied their opponent's strategies before the game.
這支隊伍比賽前研究他們對手的戰略
- Nathan and Tom are business opponents, but they are also very close friends.
Nathan和Tom是生意上的競爭對手，但也是非常要好的朋友
cheer v.喝采、歡呼
to shout with joy, approval, or enthusiasm
- The crowd cheered at the player made a rebound.
當這位球員籃板球得分時，觀眾發出歡呼
- Lawry's family and friends drove all the way from San Francisco to cheer for him.
Lawry的家人朋友特地從舊金山開車來為他加油
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