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1、Background information of,UNIT4,Content,The Delacorte Theater(戴拉寇特剧院）,Area: 1,800-seat open-air theater Adress: Central Park, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City Operator:Public Theater Opened:1962,The theater,History,The theater is named in honor of George T. Delacorte, Jr., who donated mo
2、ney for its establishment. The first production, in 1962, was The Merchant of Venice starring George C. Scott and James Earl Jones. Over five million people have attended more than 150 free productions of Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at the Delacorte Theater since its opening i
3、n 1962.,Ticketing,Tickets to Shakespeare in the Park are free and can only be obtained the day of a performance.,Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, the folly has also been the location of the off
4、icial Central Park weather station.,Belvedere Castle(眺望台城堡),Belvedere Castle was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 1800s. An architectural hybrid of Gothic and Romanesque styles, Vauxs design called for a more weighty Manhattan schist and granite structure with a corner
5、tower with conical cap, with the existing lookout over parapet walls between them.To reduce costs it was revised in November 1870, and completed under the new Tammany Hall regime as an open painted-wood pavilion. Belvedere means “beautiful view“ or “panoramic view“ in Italian.,Henry luce nature obse
6、rvatory（亨利.鲁斯 自然观测中心）,Named for philanthropist Henry Luce (founder of Time Magazine) the Nature Observatory is housed inside one of the parks most beautiful buildings, Belvedere Castle. The Castle also houses the Central Park center of the National Weather Bureau. Every minute the current climate co
7、nditions are sent to the weather center at Brookhaven, Long Island.,Henry luce nature observatory is a wonderful educational site that teaches visitors about nature and wildlife in Central Park in New York.Climbing up and down the narrow, winding staircases of Belvedere Castle, guests can see all th
8、at this small Observatory has to offer, including microscopes, telescopes, and Discovery kits complete with binoculars, maps, and paper for jotting down findings in the park.,Shakespeare garden,Shakespeare garden is a themed garden that cultivates plants mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare
9、. In English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, these are often public gardens associated with parks, universities, and Shakespeare festivals. Shakespeare gardens are sites of cultural, educational, and romantic interest and can be locations for outdoor weddings.,features,A Shakespe
10、are garden usually includes several dozen species. Typical amenities（设施） are walkways and benches and a weather-resistant bust(半身像) of Shakespeare. Shakespeare gardens may accompany reproductions（复制品） of Elizabethan architecture. Some Shakespeare gardens also grow species typical of the Elizabethan
11、period but not mentioned in Shakespeares plays or poetry.,Shakespeare Garden in Central Park,An early Shakespeare garden was added in the anniversary year 1916 to Central Park, New York City. In honour of the Bard（游吟诗人） and the reading of literature, this area is one of eight designated Quiet Zones.
12、 It included a graft from a mulberry tree said to have been grafted from one planted by Shakespeare in 1602; that tree was cut down by Rev. Francis Gastrell, owner of New Place, however The tree blew down in a summer storm in 2006 and was removed. This garden is located near the Delacorte Theater that houses the New York Shakespeare Festival. According to information available on the Central Park web pages, the Shakespeare Garden there does still contain some of the flowers and plants mentioned in his plays.,OVER THANK YOU,UNIT4,
