1. Shakespeare's father was a respected man in Stratford-on-Avon, a member of the town council. 莎士比亚的父亲是埃文河畔斯特拉特福一位德高望重的镇议会成员。
2. It is commonly believed that the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. 人们普遍认为，伟大的英国剧作家、诗人威廉·莎士比亚于1564年4月23日出生在埃文河畔的斯特拉特福德。
3. Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. 我们都知道，斯特拉福镇只有一个产业——威廉·莎士比亚，但这里有两个泾渭分明、而且越来越敌对的群体。
4. Oxford is halfway between London and stratford-on-avon. 牛津位于伦敦和埃文河畔斯特拉特福的中途。
5. We know that Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, and that he died there in 1616. 我们知道莎士比亚1564年出生在艾冯河畔的斯特拉特福，1616年在那里去世。
