长难句讲解

9. It's all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.
【分析】多重复合句。该句可分为四个层次，第一层是句子主干 It's all deliciously ironic；第二层是 when 引导的时间状语从句when...noise-making；第三层是宾语从句 Shakespeare... was himself an actor (with a beard) and did...，其中又包含一个由 who 引导的定语从句来修饰先行词 Shakespeare。
【译文】然而更具愉悦性讽刺意味的是，这些村民所耐以为生的莎士比亚同样是个大胡子演员，同样制造噪音。

10. The sightseers who come by bus—and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side — don't usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.
【分析】并列复合句。and 连接的两个并列分句。and 前面是个复合句，里面包含一个 who 引导的定语从句，破折号中间内容是对定语从句的补充。and 后面的句子是个简单句。
【译文】游客坐着巴士来到这里——大都去参观沿途的沃里克城堡和布伦海姆宫——一般不去看那些戏剧，有些游客甚至对在斯特拉特福德镇上还有个剧院大感意外。
【点拨】take in 常用意为“接受，吸收，接纳；理解，领会；欺骗；包括”等，本句中意思不常见，是“顺便进入，顺便拜访”的意思。
【临摹】我到纽约出差时常顺便看场演出。

临摹答案

临摹答案
10. I generally try to take in a show when I'm in New York on business.