Lily:
Ann,what are you doing? 

安,你在干什么呢?
Ann:
I’m reading a play. 

我在读一个剧本。
Lily:
Oh, what play? Who is the writer? 

噢,什么剧本?作者是谁?
Ann:
The Peony Pavilion,the writer is Tang Xianzu, a great playwright in Ming Dynasty of China. 

《牡丹亭》,作者是汤显祖,中国明朝一位伟大的剧作家。
Lily:
I know.He is called Shakespear of China. 

我知道。他被称为是中国的莎士比亚。
Ann:
Why do you say that Tang Xianzu is Shakespare of China? 

为什么你说汤显祖是中国的莎干比亚?
Lily:
Tang Xianzu, like Shakespare, has written many great plays.Why don’t we call him Shakespare of China? 

汤显祖就像莎士比亚一样,写了很多戏剧,我们为何不可以称他为中国的莎士比亚呢?
Ann:
It sounds reasonable. 

有道理。


