《威尼斯商人(节选)》首次选入了苏教版初中课标本《语文》九年级下册(2004年11月第2版),然而新近捧读课文,笔者便发觉书下注释①中的解说有误:“……经营海外贸易的商人安东尼奥为了帮助朋友贝尔蒙特向名门闺秀求婚,因手头缺少现款,向高利贷者犹太人夏洛克借三千块钱。”笔者 “The Merchant of Venice (Selected)” was selected for the first time in the second grade of the “Yearbook” grade 9 (November 2004, 2nd edition) of the textbook for junior high school in Jiangsu Province. However, when the text was newly held, the author found out that the commentary in Note 1 Wrong: “... Antonio, the businessman who runs overseas trade, to help his friend Belmont propose to the famous star, because of the lack of cash on hand, borrowed three thousand dollars from Sherlock, the loan shark.”