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The Merchant Of Venice¹ 003

While Posha and Barshanio were talking. Vetanio and Nuisa came up to them. They said: “ We hope you will be very happy. We would like to be married at the same time as you. ”Of cause Posha and Barshanio were very pleased and agreed at once.

Then a messenger² arrived from Venice with a letter for Barshanio. Barshanio opened the letter and began to read it. Soon his face became pale. Posha looked at Barshanio’s face and was sure something terrible had happened . She said if you have anything troubles you tell me what it is. Barshanio told Posha about the money which he had bought from Sharlock.. He also told her about the promise between Antonio and Sherlock. Barshanio handed the letter to Posha and she read it. Dear Barshanio my ships will never returned to port because they were all at see and my goods were lost. Now I have no money, so I can not pay back the money to Sherlock. I have to give a pound of my flesh³. I am now ready to die. But I would like to see you before I do. Then the messenger told them that Sharlock wanted Antonio’s flesh immediately. And the poor Antonio was in prison. When Posha heard this, she told Barshanio to go and help his friend. But Posha wanted Barshnio to marry her before he left. So all four of them went to the church and got married.

Then Barshanio and Vetanio hurried to Venice to see Antonio. Posha kept thinking the way to save Antonio. Finally she decided⁴ to go to Venice herself. She sent a letter to a passager of hers. He was a famous and of clever judge. She asked him for advice and also asked him to lend her his judges’ clothes. Her cusion sent her the clothes at once. Posha told Niusha her about her plan. And Posha dressed herself as a judge and Nuisha dressed as a judge’s clerk. We have to speak, act and walk like a young man from now on. Posha told Niusha. Then Posha and Nuisha set off Venice to save Anotonio’s life.

1 Venice   

n.威尼斯(意大利港市)

参考例句：

• Venice is one of the great tourist attractions of the world.威尼斯是世界上令人向往的旅游胜地之一。
• Venice is celebrated for its beautiful buildings.威尼斯以美丽的建筑而闻名。

2 messenger   

n.报信者，先驱

参考例句：

• By the time the messenger reached him,the damage had been done.送信人赶到他那儿时，损失已经造成了。
• I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.我会派专人把文件送去。

3 flesh   

n.肉；（供食用的）肉；果肉

参考例句：

• A fat man has much more flesh than a thin man.胖人较瘦人肉多。
• The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.桃子的果肉甜而多汁。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。