Lily: Ann,what are you doing?

安，你在干什么呢?

Ann: I’m reading a play.

我在读一个剧本。

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

噢，什么剧本?作者是谁?

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

《牡丹亭》，作者是汤显祖，中国明朝一位伟大的剧作家。

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

我知道。他被称为是中国的莎士比亚。

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

为什么你说汤显祖是中国的莎干比亚?

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

汤显祖就像莎士比亚一样，写了很多戏剧，我们为何不可以称他为中国的莎士比亚呢?

Ann: It sounds reasonable.

有道理。