七年级英语下册 9-2 He decided to be an actor

Unit2 He decided to be an actor William Shakespeare was a famous English writerof plays and poems. He wrote 38 plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems inhis life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford,England. Like many people four hundred years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’tlearn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actorwhen he finished school at 14. He married in 1582 and had three children. Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatrecompany in about 1592. He became a successful actor and began to write plays.Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much. In 1599the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You canvisit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same building. There was a fire inthe old theatre. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s. WilliamShakespeare died at the age of 52. He was rich and successful. You can stillsee his plays in English and in many the languages. He’s famous around the world..