Portia is a character in ______. A: The Merchant of Venice B: A Midsummer Night’s Dream C: Measure for Measure D: The Taming of the Shrew

Shrew和shrewd在词源上存在密切的亲缘关系，但是词义却一贬一褒，我们常常用shrew辱骂一个女人，说她是“泼妇、悍妇”；而用shrewd来恭维一个男人，形容他是（ ）。

2-9 请听录音并找出你听到的单词。 A: through B: shrew C: true D: drew

The four great tragedies of Shakespeare are . A: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello B: Twelfth Night, King Lear, Macbeth, The Tragedy of Coriolanus C: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, King Lear D: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth