This is when he branched out into Japanese Noh-plays (“Curlew River”) and Shakespearean drama (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”).

这段时间里，他创作的《麻鹬河》借鉴了日本能剧，而《仲夏夜之梦》借用了莎士比亚戏剧。

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It was the midsummer season of white nights, when the sun never fully sets, and we stayed at the wedding party till morning, wandering along the Moika embankment for breakfast at the Hotel Angleterre.

此时正是仲夏的白夜时节，太阳几乎不会落山。我们在婚典上一直呆到次日早上，然后在莫伊卡河河堤上漫步到昂格勒泰酒店去用早餐。

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For the farmer ploughing, sowing, and weeding work is done before midsummer, but after midsummer begins the period when crops are harvested, which starts out with hay mowing.

对于农夫，耕地、下种、除草的工作在仲夏前就结束了，仲夏后是收获庄稼的季节，以割干草开始。

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