about the Merchant of Venice in my class this

我刚好要讲这篇文章
afternoon," So I went and heard his lecture on the Merchant of Venice.

于是我也去听了他的这节课
So Bassanio, who's one of the heroes of the

巴萨尼奥作为文中的英雄人物之一
play, according to Harold Bloom

到了哈罗德.布鲁的口中
is a complete loser.

却成了一个彻头彻尾的失败者
He's the one who needs the money to woo Portia,

他变成了一个用钱勾引鲍西娅
who's this beautiful woman living outside of Venice.

一个居住在威尼斯城外的漂亮女人的人
And so he's got to borrow a huge amount of money.

为了金钱他大举外债
So when he enters he's described as a Venetian,

在他出场时被描述成一个威尼斯公民
a scholar and a soldier.

一个学者以及一个斗士
Now, whenever Shakespeare says a scholar and a soldier,

无论莎士比亚怎么描述他
sometimes it's not a Venetian, when he says that the guy's

有人尽管不是威尼斯人只要莎士比亚