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A．His comedies make a joke on human weakness and always have a happy ending．
B．But it doesn't influence his popularity（流行、名氣）．
C．He created about 1，700 English words，including everyday ones like "lonely" and "hurry"．
D．When he was young，he moved to London and began to work as a playwright（劇作家）．
E．The person should be William Shakespeare． |
Who is the greatest English writer？（1）
His popular expressions，like "to be or not to be，that is a question"，and his stories such as Romeo and Juliet are almost famous in every corner of the world．
William Shakespeare was born in a small town in England in 1564． （2）
By 1594，he had become an important playwright in London．
Whether comedies or tragedies（悲?。?，Shakespeare's plays always catch people's hearts． （3）
In A Midsummer Night's Dream，fairies（仙女）play magical tricks on people lost in the woods．His tragedies，however，can be very dark．Macbeth tells the story about a man who becomes king by killing a lot of people．
Shakespeare's works also have a big influence on the English language． （4）
Of course，Shakespeare wrote his plays over 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today． （5）
His plays have been translated into other languages and are performed more often．There are over 400 films and TV plays adapted from his works．Shakespeare is not of an age，but for all the time．
