To be or not to be，this is a question .这是英国莎士比亚著名的话剧王子复仇记中一句经典的台词 。他的叔叔杀了自己的哥哥 ，抢了侄子的皇位 。莎士比亚是英国伟大的文学家 ，对世界的文学也做出了巨大的贡献 。世界各国话剧界都在翻演是王子复仇记 。
To be， or not to be-- that is a question.
生存或毁灭，这是个问题。
来自莎士比亚著名作品之一--哈姆雷特。
Hamlet.（ Act 3， scene 1，lines 55 -86）
To be，or not to be --that is a question:
Whether'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing and them. To die --to sleep --no more
And by a sleep to say we end the headache， And the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.
'tis a consummation devoutly to be wish'd. to die--to sleep.
To sleep-- Perchance to dream: ay， there's the rub!
For in that sleep of death， what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
must give us pause. There's the respect
that makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scores of time
th' oppressor's wtong， the proud man's contumely
The pangs of the despis'd love， The law's delay
The isolence of office， and the spurs
that patient merit of th' unworthy takes
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear
To grunt and sweat under a weary life
But that the drade of something after death--
The undiscover'd country， From whose bourn
no traveler returns --puzzles the will
and makes us rather bear those ills we have
than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought
and enterprises of great pitch and this moment
with this regard their currents turn away
and lose the name of action.
