英语导读1000句[19]:Famous Writers

Section 19
Famous Writers

1 Most countries produce a few famous writers.
2 Which writers can you think of from your country?
3 How many writers do you know from other countries?
4 How many are 20th century writers?
5 Perhaps we know the old writers best.
6 In China, everyone has heard of Shakespeare.
7 He was an Englishman¹, but he died in 1616.
8 So for 400 years, people have remembered Shakespeare.
9 What about American writers?
10 Do you know which are American and which are British?
11 Sometimes it is difficult to know.
12 But most of the famous writers before the 20th century were British.
13 Russia has produced some very famous writers too.
14 Most of the Russian writers are famed for their passion and romance² in their books.
15 France also has produced some great writers.
16 And China?

1 Englishman   

n.(pl.Englishmen)英国人；英国男人

参考例句：

• I was astonished that he was not an Englishman.我很惊讶,他竟不是英国人。
• She stared thoughtfully at the Englishman across the table.她若有所思地盯着桌子对面的那个英国人。

2 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。