Section 19 Famous Writers
第十九节 著名作家
1 Most countries produce a few famous writers.
多数国家都有几个著名的作家。
2 Which writers can you think of from your country?
在你们国家你能想到谁？
3 How many writers do you know from other countries?
你知道多少国外作家？
4 How many are 20th century writers?
有多少是20世纪的作家？
5 Perhaps we know the old writers best.
或许我们最了解的还是那些老作家。
6 In China, everyone has heard of Shakespeare.
莎士比亚在中国可谓是家喻户晓。
7 He was an Englishman, but he died in 1616.
他是个英国人，于1616年逝世。
8 So for 400 years, people have remembered Shakespeare.
400年来，莎士比亚依然被人们铭记。
9 What about American writers?
美国作家呢？
10 Do you know which are American and which are British?
你知道哪些作家是美国人哪些是英国人吗？
11 Sometimes it is difficult to know.
有时很难分清楚。
12 But most of the famous writers before the 20th century were British.
但二十世纪前的多数作家都是英国人。
13 Russia has produced some very famous writers too.
俄罗斯也出过一些著名作家。
14 Most of the Russian writers are famed for their passion and romance in their books.
多数俄罗斯的作家都是因他们作品中的激情和浪漫而得名。
15 France also has produced some great writers.
法国也有过一些伟大作家。
16 And China?
那么中国呢？