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UNIT 1 ***
大師名作選-
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課文朗讀》正常 Track 4 / 慢速 Track 56
「單字朗讀》Track 5 / 課程講解》 Track78
In the city of Athens," a young woman
named Hermia faced a terrible problem.
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Her heart belonged to Lysander, yet her
father insisted that she marry Demetrus,
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a man she didn't love. According to
Athenian law, she had to obey her father
服從
or face punishment. But Hermia was
A Midsummer
Night's Dream
《仲夏夜之夢》
--Synopsis by Ryan Miller
《仲夏夜之夢》是英國大文豪
威廉·莎士比亞(William Shakespeare,
1564-1616)最著名的喜劇之一。劇中
描述兩對陷入愛情糾葛的雅典年輕男女誤
閱精靈森林,意外捲入精靈國王與王后之
間的爭執。凡人與精靈世界的交錯掀起一
連串既浪漫又充滿趣味的誤會與波折,而
劇中角色們的情緣最終將如何落幕呢?
brave, and her love was strong. Rather790
than surrender,' she and Lysander
投降
secretly planned to flee the city at night
in the 1
躲藏
drest.
逃离发
Their plan didn't stay hidden
被隱藏
for long. Helena, Hermia's friend,
learned of their escape. Helena was
hopelessly in love with Demetrius, who
eyes only for Hermia. Desperate
for his love, she revealed the plan
to him in the hope
That he would
be grateful. However,
感激的
絕望地
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Demetrius rushed into the forest right
away, and Helena followed him.
But the forest was far from peaceful. It
was the home of Oberona Titania, the
king and queen of the fairies, who were
locked in a heated dispute, Oberon
被锁住
激烈的
:
planned a trick on Titania to embarrass
her, so he sent his mischievous servant
Puck to look for a magical flower to
use on her. This flower would make a
sleeping person fall in love with the first
thing they saw upon waking up.
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Meanwhile, a group of Athenian
workers entered the forest. Puck noticed
one of them, a man called Bottom,
and thought it would be fun to turn
his head into that of a donkey.
Grateful cody
2.
Mischievous (ad
3.
.Macking (v) 嘲弄:嘲笑
4. Devastated
(adj)身心交瘁:極其震裝
5. Furious (adj) 狂怒激烈的
Fall
in love... 爱上某人
Slow and
steady wins
race”欲速則不達
the
When Titania woke up under the spell,
the first thing she saw was Bottom with'
his donkey head-and she immediately
fell in love! After Oberon felt satisfied
he lifted the spell from Titania, and sh
語
return normál."
回到
When Oberon saw Demetrius
(使然沉睡)
Put to sleep
立刻
refusing Helena, he also told Puck to
拒花
As use the magic flower on Demetrius so
that he would return Helena's love. But
Puck mistookysander for Demetrius
in the dark and enchanted Lysander
instead. Lysander awoke, Saw Helena,
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"and instantly fell in love with her. Helena
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thought he was mocking her, and
Hermia was devastated by Lysander's
许的/崩決的
sudden rejection.
拒絕
To correct the mistake, Oberon himself
enchanted Demetrius, who then truly 真實的
Helena. The confusion caused
混亂
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the lovers to fall into a furious argument
怒的
until Puck put them to steep. He removed
the magic from Lysander so his love
for Hermia retu While Demetrius
remained in love with Helena. By
sunrise, the chaos had ended, and the
lovers were properly matched. L
爱人
What
Do You
妥善地
被配對
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Think? Do you think Oberon was right to use the magic
on the humans?
. Yes, I think he did the right thing because the
magic...
In my opinion, he made the wrong decision. By
using the magic. Oberon...
Conflict 1
Lysander
Hermia
要
Demetrius
·
Chaos
Obero
Puck Mateak
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Lysander Lysander Helena
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