THE TAMING OF THE SHREW WEBSTER'S CHINESE SIMPLIFIED THESAURUS EDITION
for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation
William Shakespeare
TOEFL, TOEIC, AP and Advanced Placement are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved.
The Taming of the Shrew Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition
for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation
William Shakespeare
TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved.
ii ICON CLASSICS Published by ICON Group International, Inc. 7404 Trade Street San Diego, CA 92121 USA www.icongrouponline.com The Taming of the Shrew: Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test Preparation This edition published by ICON Classics in 2005 Printed in the United States of America. Copyright ©2005 by ICON Group International, Inc. Edited by Philip M. Parker, Ph.D. (INSEAD); Copyright ©2005, all rights reserved. All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Copying our publications in whole or in part, for whatever reason, is a violation of copyright laws and can lead to penalties and fines. Should you want to copy tables, graphs, or other materials, please contact us to request permission (E-mail:
[email protected]). ICON Group often grants permission for very limited reproduction of our publications for internal use, press releases, and academic research. Such reproduction requires confirmed permission from ICON Group International, Inc. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-497-26116-2
iii
Contents PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR ........................................................................................ 1 PERSONS REPRESENTED .............................................................................................. 2 INDUCTION 1. ................................................................................................................ 3 INDUCTION 2 ............................................................................................................... 10 ACT I. ........................................................................................................................... 17 ACT II. .......................................................................................................................... 41 ACT III. ......................................................................................................................... 61 ACT IV. ......................................................................................................................... 78 ACT V. ........................................................................................................................ 113 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................. 132
William Shakespeare
1
PREFACE