新编英语教程第册(李观仪主编)第三单元课后练习答案_.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 第三单元练习册答案 Comprehension A.（P32） 1. Anne Hathaway got Shakespeare’s real estate. A person’s whole property can be categorized into two kinds: real estate and personal estate. The former refers to land and buildings and the latter refers to money and other kinds of property. Shakespeare left his second best bed and furniture to his wife and the greater part of his estate to Susanna Hall. 2. For Anne Hathaway and his married daughter the most interesting part of the will was his signature because without it, the will would not have been valid. Shakespeare was a popular playwright in his day and an author of high standing. There was nothing unusual in his will, but his signature in the will and other signatures were all we have left of his handwriting, so to historians it is the most important and interesting part of the will, it was not so to his wife and daughter in this sense. 3. Every detail of Shakespeare’s life is fact as well as supposition. Many of his activities are vague to us, and he left behind a great many questions that experts have been trying to answer ever since: the exact date of his birth, the real source of his amazingly detailed knowledge of so many different subjects, his whereabouts during the seven years after departure from Stratford in 1585, the identity of the beautiful “dark lady” and the mystery about his manuscripts. We can well say that almost every detail of his personal life is based on supposition. 4. Shakespeare is considered to have been born in Roman times. “Roman times”, refers to the time beginning from the first century up to the fifth century. In the text the writer is stating that many details of Shakespeare’s personal life are so vague to us that it seems as if he had been born in Roman times. 5. People in every country read Shakespeare’s work with fear. Shakespeare was one of the literary geniuses of all times. His numerous tragedies and comedies as well as verses have won him worldwide fame. He is respected for