外研版新标准英语七下M9U2的主要内容是莎士比亚的人生经历简介。课文是传记文体。文章结构体现了西方人的思维方式：先总述，后分述。课文第一段总体介绍莎士比亚，然后分段按照时间顺序介绍他的生平。
U2重点句子
1.Like many people four hundred years ago, Shakespeare's parents didn't learn to read or write.像400多年前的许多人一样，莎士比亚的父母没学着读写。（1）like 像，介词 Some rocks look like animals.（2）four hundred years ago 400年前。一段时间 ago，用于一般过去时态；hundred百，前面有具体数字不能加s，和介词of连用时加s，hundreds of... 成百上千......（3）learn 学习，动词 learn to do sth.学着做某事
2.At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen.上学时，莎士比亚就喜欢戏剧，所以在14岁毕业的时候，他决定当一名演员。（1）at school 在学校（2）decide to do sth.决定做某事（3）finish school 毕业（4）at fourteen=at the age of fourteen 在14岁时，at 数字=at the age of 数字，表示在......岁时
3.He married in 1582 and had three children.他1582年结婚，有三个孩子。marry=be married to sb. ......嫁给......She married Gao Jun last year.=She was married to Gao Jun last year. get married 结婚 They got married last month.
4.Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592.大约在1592年，莎士比亚去了伦敦，加入了一个戏剧公司。join a theatre company 加入一个戏剧公司；join 人/组织 Would you like to join us?
5.He became a successful actor and began to write plays.他成为了一名成功的演员，并开始写剧本。（1）successful 成功的，形容词；success 成功，名词；successfully 成功地，副词。succeed 成功，动词，succeed doing sth.成功做某事（2）begin to do sth.开始做某事（3）write plays 写戏剧
6.Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.女王伊丽莎白一世特别喜欢他的作品。（1）enjoy 喜欢，动词 enjoy doing sth.喜欢做某事（2）works 作品，常用复数形式 There are many famous works of art in this museum.
7.They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.（环球剧院）它们在1614年和20世纪90年代进行了重建。in the 1990s 在20世纪90年代
8.William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.威廉•莎士比亚52岁去世。at the age of...=at 数字，在......岁时 He began to write plays at the age of forty-two.
9.You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages.你现在依然能够看见用英语和许多其他语言写的戏剧。（1）in English 用英语（2）many other 名词复数，许多其他的......There are many other toys in his box.
10.He's famous around the world.他举世闻名。around the world=all over the world 全世界/世界各地
U3重点句子
1.Stratford is set in the beautiful countryside on the River Avon.斯特拉特福德坐落于雅芳河河畔一个漂亮的乡村。（1）be set in 坐落在....../发生在......The story was set in a small village.（2）on the River Avon 在雅芳河河畔
2.Stratford is a historic town and well worth visiting for a taste of Old England.斯特拉特福德是一个历史上著名的城镇，非常值得参观，去领略古英格兰风情。（1）a historic town 一个历史上的城镇（2）be well worth doing sth.值得做......The book is well worth reading.（3）a taste of Old England 领略古英格兰风情
