英文书摘精选 谈谈诗歌

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Amanda: Hi, Mike. What are you reading?

Mike: Oh, these are just some books I picked up at a local poetry festival that took place a couple of weeks ago. Even though a lot of what the featured poets read wasn't in English, it was still neat to see that there are so many people who appreciate poetry in Taiwan.

Amanda: I didn't know you were such a poetry lover¹, Mike. Personally, I've always found that stuff² a little bit boring and hard to understand. All that flowery language gives me a headache! I'd rather read a nice long novel any day.

Mike: I'll admit that poetry's an acquired³ taste. But once you learn more about it, you'll find that poems aren't all flowery and incomprehensible－they don't even have to rhyme⁴! One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins, who writes really funny, clever poems in simple everyday English.

Amanda: I'll have to look him up. Say, have you ever written any poetry of your own? Some love sonnets⁵, perhaps?

Mike: No love sonnets, but I did try to write some poems a long time ago. They were all really bad. Once I spent three hours trying to come up with a word that rhymes⁶ with "panda"!

Amanda: Silly Mike! How could you not think of "Amanda"?

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poetry  (n.)   诗
Most people have heard of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, but did you know that he wrote poetry as well?

festival  (n.)   节庆
At this year's international food festival, I tried a lot of dishes that I'd never had before.

headache  (n.)   头痛
I didn't get much sleep last night, so I've had a headache all day long.

incomprehensible  (adj.)   难懂的；无法理解的
Lisa didn't know anything about the stock⁷ market, so most of what her friends were discussing was incomprehensible to her.

to rhyme  (v.)   押韵
Sandi Landy's friends often teased⁸ her because her name rhymed⁹.

flowery language   瑰丽的词藻
A: How did you do on your essay?
B: Better than I expected. I was afraid I'd used too much flowery language, but my teacher still gave me a good grade.

love sonnet   十四行情诗
A: Can you think of a good way to impress the girl I like?
B: Maybe you should memorize a few love sonnets and recite¹⁰ them to her.

to come up with   想出…
A: This math problem is so hard!
B: Relax. I'm sure if we work on it together we'll be able to come up with the correct answer