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。