2015考研英语源自莎士比亚作品的10个常用短语.docxVIP

　　在考研英语中，阅读分数可谓是占到了总分的半壁江山，正所谓“得阅读者得考研”。小编提醒广大考生：在以做真题为题源的基础上，同学们一定要拓展视野，多关注英语热点话题。这样才能在整体上提升考研英语阅读水平!在此分享：源自莎士比亚作品的10个常用短语。　　Top 10 Phrases from Shakespeare　　源自莎士比亚作品的10个常用短语　　导读：学英语的人都知道，莎士比亚为英语词汇的发展做出了卓越的贡献，我们现在使用的很多词汇和表达都是源于莎翁的作品，比如salad days、green-eyed monster等。今天，我们就为大家盘点出源自于莎士比亚作品的10个常用短语，看过之后会不会立马觉得这些短语高大上了呢?　　Green-Eyed Monster　　嫉妒　　The evil Iago plants doubts in Othello`s mind about his wife`s faithfulness, while advising him, “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.” (Othello, Act 3, Scene 3)　　邪恶的伊阿古让奥赛罗对妻子的忠心起了疑心，提醒他说，“噢，大人，要小心嫉妒之心!那可是一只绿眼的妖魔，它惯于耍弄爪下的猎物。”(《奥赛罗》，第3幕第3场)　　In a Pickle　　处于困境　　In The Tempest, King Alonso asks his jester, Trinculo, “How camest thou in this pickle?” And the drunk Trinculo – who has indeed gotten into trouble – responds “I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last …” (Act 5, Scene 1)　　在《暴风雨》中，那不勒斯国王阿朗索问他的弄臣特林鸠罗，“你怎么让自己到这般境地了?”的确深陷困境且已烂醉的特林鸠罗回答说：“我自从上次参见过您之后就一直处于这般境地了…”(第5幕第1场)　　One theory has it that the phrase in a pickle entered English from an old Dutch expression that translates as something like “sit in the pickle”.　　有一种说法认为in a pickle这个短语来源于一个古代的荷兰语表达，类似于“坐在咸菜缸”里这样一个说法。　　Love Is Blind　　爱是盲目的　　This phrase has more than one meaning: we overlook flaws in those we love (that`s good)， but love can blind us to serious issues (that`s bad)。　　这个短语的意思是：我们会忽略我们爱的人身上的缺点(这点不错);爱会让我们忽视一些严重的问题(这就不好了)。　　In The Merchant of Venice, Jessica is shy about her beloved Lorenzo seeing her disguised as a boy, but recognizes that it won`t affect his love for her, saying, “But love is blind and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit …” (Act 2, Scene 6)　　在《威尼斯商人》中，杰西卡不好意思让深爱的罗伦佐看到她伪装成一个男孩，不过也意识到这并不妨碍他爱她，她说，“可爱情是盲目的，爱侣们看不到他们自己犯下的那些美丽又愚蠢的错误…”(第2幕，第6场)　　Salad Days　　一个人的青春年少时光　　In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra recalls her relationship with Julius Caesar that occurred during, “My salad days, / When I was green in judgment…” (Act 1, Scene 5)　　在《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》中，克莉奥佩特