休閑對話：湯顯祖--中國的莎士比亞

Lily: Ann,what are you doing?

安，你在干什么呢?

Ann: I’m reading a play.

我在讀一個劇本。

Lily: Oh, what play? Who is the writer?

噢，什么劇本?作者是誰?

Ann: The Peony Pavilion,the writer is Tang Xianzu, a great playwright in Ming Dynasty of China.

《牡丹亭》，作者是湯顯祖，中國明朝一位偉大的劇作家。

Lily: I know.He is called Shakespear of China.

我知道。他被稱為是中國的莎士比亞。

Ann: Why do you say that Tang Xianzu is Shakespare of China?

為什么你說湯顯祖是中國的莎干比亞?

Lily: Tang Xianzu, like Shakespare, has written many great plays.Why don’t we call him Shakespare of China?

湯顯祖就像莎士比亞一樣，寫了很多戲劇，我們?yōu)楹尾豢梢苑Q他為中國的莎士比亞呢?

Ann: It sounds reasonable.

有道理。