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Bassanio fell in love小题1: Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him 小题2: he was poor. He had to borrow some money小题3: ______ his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and小题4:______ (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh小题5:______ he couldn’t repay him within three months.
Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost小题6: sea. 小题7:______ (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself 小题8: as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just小题9:______ one pound of flesh off Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he小题10: ______ lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.
