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【答案解析】[听力原文] A: Hello, Professor Adams. I was wondering if you could help me for a minute. B: Certainly, Heather. Come on in. What can I help you with? A: Well, I have chosen to write about Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream for the literature project you assigned, but I am having a little trouble finding sources for my essay. B: Ah! A Midsummer Night's Dream, my favorite Shakespeare comedy! I am glad you have chosen that play. Before we talk about the sources, why don't you tell me what aspect of the drama you are going to write about? That may help us in our search for source material. A: Well, I especially like A Midsummer Night's Dream, as it is a wedding play. I also like many of the characters in the play, especially the weaver, Bottom, and how he convinces his friends to put on their own play in the enchanted woods. I guess I just don't know how to combine these elements into one idea. B: One idea would be not only to read the play, as you have done, but also to look at it through another medium. I suggest you see a production of they play and also see it on film. There was a film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream done in 1999 by the director Michael Hoffman. I would suggest you familiarize yourself with both the written and visual material of the play before you begin. Now, after you have done that, you can decide how you wish to narrow your focus. You mentioned the aspect of marriage in the play. A: Yes I was thinking that maybe I could talk about the treatment of women during those times in relationship to the marriages in the play, as marriages were decided by the father, and if the daughter did not obey and marry her father's choice of husband, then she could be put to death or sent to a nunnery under Athenian Law. B: That sounds like an excellent avenue to follow in terms of an essay. One book that I would highly recommend is called A Midsummer Night's Dream Manual/Study Guide. This book is full of information, not only about the play but also about Shakespeare. It has a timeline and many cross-references. What it also contains, which would be of considerable help to you, is a bibliography, which will list even more sources regarding the play. A: That sounds like the perfect reference book for my essay! B: Another thing I would suggest is to look online and in the encyclopedia, even, regarding the issue of marriage and the treatment of women during Elizabethan times. This way you will have some factual information about marriage tradition to compare to the themes of marriage and the treatment of women in the play. A: Thank you so much, Professor Adams! Now I not only have the play to take information from, but I also have a film to watch, a new book to order, and ideas on how to look up more information online and in the encyclopedia. B: You are very welcome, Heather. And good luck on your essay I look forward to reading it. What seems to be Heather's problem?