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Hans Christian Andersen

　　Hans Christian Andersen was one of the world's greatest storytellers．He was born on April 2, 1805, in Denmark(丹麦)．Andersen's father was a poor shoemaker．After his father passed away, he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels, and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．

　　His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are probably The Ugly Duckling, The Snow White, and The Little Mermaid．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to them．

　　Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”

　　There is a statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．

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　　One of the world's greatest storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805, in Denmark．He was the son of a poor shoemaker．After his father's death he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．

　　His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him．

　　Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”

　　There is a statue(雕像)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．

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　　William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems．Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth．He wrote thirty-seven plays in all．They are still popular today．He was born in 1564 in England．At school he liked watching plays．He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen．In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter．She was eight years older than he was．Their first child was a daughter．Later they had twins．In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon．His wife and child dram stayed behind．No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592．

　　At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599．He became an actor , and he also wrote plays．He usually acted in his own plays．He earned almost no money from his writing．But he made a lot of money from acting．With the money he bought a large house in his hometown．

　　At the age of forty-nine , Shakespeare retired and went to live in Stratford-up-on-Avon．He died at the age of fifty-two．He left his money to his family．He left his genius to the world．You still see his plays in English and in many other languages．He is one of the most famous writers in the world．

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　　Lu Xun is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20^th century．Besides his famous stories, he also wrote many influential articles about the living conditions of Chinese people．

　　Born in 1881 to a wealthy family, Lu Xun had a happy childhood．In 1893, however, his grandfather, a senior government official, was put into prison for taking money．At the same time, his father became seriously ill．From that time on, his family were no longer accepted by their relatives and friends．These early experiences greatly influenced his writing．

　　By the time Lu Xun arrived in Nanjing to study at university in 1899, he already believed that Chinese society had to change and become modern．In 1902 he went to study in Japan．There, he began writing articles for several Chinese student magazines．He showed a gift for writing and translating and he even wrote several books, although none was popular．He returned to China in 1909 because he was in need of money．

　　After working for several years as a teacher in Beijing, Lu Xun again returned to writing．In 1918, he wrote his famous short story Diary of a Madman．It was the first Chinese novel published using the everyday language that people spoke, which helped make it a great success．This, together with his novel The True Story of Ah Q(1921), made Lu Xun a leading Chinese writer．

　　Although successful, Lu Xun still worried greatly about China's future．In 1926, he moved to Shanghai and gave up writing stories in order to devote himself to what he called “pen warfare”．He now only wrote articles which called on the people to fight against the government．For this, the government stopped him from publishing any more books．He was forced to write his articles using false names．

　　Since his death in 1936, Lu Xun's importance and influence have grown．Today, many of his writings are included in school textbooks and his works are read by millions around the world．

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