书名：The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数760
作者：William Shakespeare
出版社名称：Bantam Classic
出版时间：2005
语种：英文
ISBN：9780553212990
商品尺寸：10.6 x1.8 x 17.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：224

The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》是英国著名剧作家莎士比亚颇负盛名的剧本，并位列莎士比亚“四大喜剧”之一。此剧情节跌宕起伏，结局出人意表，主要围绕威尼斯商人安东尼奥为了帮助巴萨尼奥成婚，向高利贷者犹太人夏洛克借款三千金币而引起的“一磅肉”的契约纠纷展开，极具人文主义思想；成功塑造了才貌兼具、富有主见的鲍西亚与世界文学史上著名的吝啬鬼形象夏洛克。适合英语学习者及对经典英语文学作品，莎士比亚系列小说感兴趣的读者。
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The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》讲述了威尼斯富商安东尼奥为了成全好友巴萨尼奥的婚事，向犹太人高利贷者夏洛克借债。由于安东尼奥贷款给人从不要利息，并帮夏洛克的女儿私奔，怀恨在心的夏洛克乘机报复，佯装也不要利息，但若逾期不还，要从安东尼奥身上割下一磅肉。不巧传来安东尼奥的商船失事的消息，资金周转不灵，贷款无力偿还。夏洛克去法庭控告，根据法律条文要安东尼奥履行诺言。为救安东尼奥的性命，巴萨尼奥的未婚妻鲍西娅假扮律师出庭，她答应夏洛克的要求，但要求所割的一磅肉必须正好是一磅肉，不能多也不能少，更不准流血。夏洛克因无法执行而败诉，害人不成反而失去了财产。

Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out. Antonio agrees, but since he is cash-poor—his ships and merchandise are busy at sea— he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan’s guarantor…

威廉·莎士比亚（William Shakespeare 1564-1616）是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的戏剧家和诗人，也是欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者，近代欧洲文学的奠基人之一。他是“英国戏剧之父”，本·琼斯称他为“时代的灵魂”，被称为“人类文学奥林匹斯山上的宙斯”。他共写有37部戏剧，154首14行诗，两首长诗和其他诗歌。代表作有四大悲剧：《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《李尔王》《麦克白》。四大喜剧：《第十二夜》《仲夏夜之梦》《威尼斯商人》《皆大欢喜》。历史剧：《亨利四世》《亨利六世》《理查二世》等。
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare’s vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Introduction
The Merchant of Venice on Stage
The Merchant of Venice on Screen
The Playhouse
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Date and Text
Textual Notes
Shakespeare’s Sources
Further Reading
Memorable Lines

ANTONIO

In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.

It wearies me, you say it wearies you;

But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,

What stuff’t is made of, whereof it is born,

I am to learn;

And such a want-wit sadness makes of me

That I have much ado to know myself.

SALERIO

Your mind is tossing on the ocean,

There where your argosies with portly sail,

Like signors and rich burghers on the flood,

Or as it were the pageants of the sea,

Do overpeer the pretty traffickers

That curtsy to them, do them reverence,

As they fly by them with their woven wings.