四成英国人不喜欢或读不懂莎翁作品_BEC初级作文

四成英国人不喜欢或读不懂莎翁作品

The report questioned 18,000 respondents in 15 countries, with 78 percent of those polled having experience of Shakespeare plays in some form.

这项研究调查了15个国家的1.8万人，其中有78%的受访者曾观看过某种形式的莎士比亚戏剧。

Overall, 76 percent said they liked his plays and sonnets, 69 percent understood them and felt they were still relevant.

总体来看，76%的受访者称自己喜欢莎士比亚的戏剧和十四行诗，69%的人可以理解莎士比亚的作品并感到这些作品依然和时代相通。

In the UK, however, just 59 percent said they liked Shakespeare’s work, with a significant 34 percent choosing to disagree. It placed 11th out of the 15 countries surveyed in terms of making positive judgment about Shakespeare.

然而，在英国，只有59%的人表示自己喜欢莎士比亚的作品，多达34%的人表示不喜欢看莎翁作品。在给予莎士比亚正面评价方面，英国在受调查的15个国家当中排名第11。

Just 19 percent of those outside the UK, many of whom will be reading or watching plays in translation, chose to dislike it.

在英国以外的其他国家，很多人都是阅读莎翁作品的译本或观看翻译成其他语言的莎翁戏剧，这部分人群中只有19%表示不喜欢莎翁作品，

Respondents from Germany showed strong dislike for Shakespeare, with just 44 percent saying they like it and 42 percent thinking it had any relevance.