【正文】 that i s, the pai nter does not atempt to pai nt objects as we see them wi th our eyes, but i nstead concentrates on certain quali ti es of the object, using col or, l i ne and shape to represent them . O n the other hand, som e pai ntings of m odern art are so real i sti c that they l ook l i ke photographs. These styl es are so di fferent. Who can predi ct what pai nti ng styl es there wil l be i n the future? TH E BEST OF MANH ATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Fri ck Col lection (5th Avenue and E. 70th Street) Many art l overs woul d rather vi si t thi s sm al art gal ery than any other i n New York. Henry Cl ay Fri ck, a ri ch New Yorker, di ed i n 1919, leaving hi s house, furni ture and art col l ecti on to the Am eri can peopl e. Fri ck had a preference for pertwenti eth century Western pai nti ngs, and these are wel represented i n thi s excel ent col l ecti on. You can al so expl ore Fri ck’s beauti ful hom e and garden whi ch are wel worth a visi t. Guggenheim Museum (5th Avenue and 88th Street) Thi s museum owns 5, 000 superb m odern pai nti ngs, scul ptures and drawi ngs. These art works are not al di splayed at the sam e tim e. The exhi bi ti on i s al ways changi ng. It wi l appeal to those who l ove Im presi oni st and PostIm pressi onist pai nti ngs. The Guggenheim Museum buil di ng i s al so worl dfam ous. When you wal k i nto the gal l ery, you feel as i f you were i nsi de a fragil e, white seashel. The best way to see the pai ntings i s to start from the top fl oor and wal k down to the bottom. There are no stai rs, just a circular path. The m useum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropol i tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street) The reputation of thi s m useum li es i n the vari ety of i ts art col l ection. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil ization from m any parts of the worl d, i ncl udi ng Am erica, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other Afri can countri es and South Am eri ca. The m useum di spl ays m ore than just the vi sual deli ghts of art. It i ntroduces you to anci ent ways of li ving. You can vi si t an Egypti an tem pl e, a fragrant Ming garden, a typi cal room i n an 18th century French house and m any other speci al exhi bi ti ons. Museum of Modern Art ( 53rd Street. Between 5th and 6th Avenues) It i s am azi ng that so m any great works of art from the l ate 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the sam e m useum . The col lection of Western art i ncl udes pai nti ngs by such fam ous arti sts as Mo, Van Gogh, Pi casso and Mati sse. A few words of warni ng: the adm i si on pri ce i s not cheap and the m useum i s often very crowded. Whi tney Museum of Am erican Art (945 Madi son Avenue, near 75th Street) The Whi tney hol ds an excel ent col ecti on of contem porary Am eri can pai nti ng and scul pture. There are no perm anent di spl ays i n thi s m useum and exhi bi ti ons change al the tim e. Every two years, the Whi tney hol ds a speci al exhi bi tion of new art by l ivi ng arti sts. The m useum al so shows vi deos and fil ms by contem porary vi deo arti sts. Uni t 2 A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS There are vari ous reasons why peopl e wri te poetry. Som e poem s tel a story or descri be som ethi ng i n a way that wi l gi ve the reader a strong im pression. O thers try to convey certai n em oti ons. Poets use m any different form s of poetry to expres them sel ves. In thi s text, however, we wi l l ook at a few of the sim pl er form s. Som e of the fi rst poetry a young chil d l earns i n Engl i sh is nursery rhym es. These rhym es li ke the one on the right (A) are stil l a m on type of chil dren’s poetry. The l anguage is concrete but im agi nati ve, and they deli ght sm al chil dren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a l ot of repeti ti on. The poem s m ay not m ake sense and even seem contradi ctory, but they are easy to l earn and reci te. By pl ayi ng with the words in nursery rhym es, chi l dren l earn about language. H ush, li ttl e baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a m ocki ngbi rd. If that m ocki ngbird won’t si ng, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a di amond ri ng. If that di am ond ri ng turns to brass, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a l ooki nggl ass. If that l oki nggl ass gets broke, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a bil l ygoat. If that bi l ygoat runs away, Papa’s goi ng to buy you another today. O ne of the sim pl est ki nds of poems are those l i ke B and C that li st thi ngs. Li st poem s have a fl exi bl e li ne l ength and repeated phrases whi ch give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Som e rhym e (li ke B) whi l e others do not (l i ke C). I saw a fi shpond al l on fi re I saw a fi shpond al on fi re, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twel vefeet hi gh, I saw a cottage i n the sky, I saw a bal oon m ade of l ead, I saw a coffi n drop down dead, I saw two sparows run a race, I saw two horses m aki ng l ace, I saw a girl just l i ke a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And sai d though strange they al were true. Our fi rst footbal l m atch We woul d have won… i f Jack had scored that goal, i f we’d had just a few m ore mi nutes, i f we had trai ned harder, i f Ben had pased the bal l to Joe, i f we’d had thousands of fans screami ng, i f I hadn’t taken m y eye off the bal , i f we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the ni ght before, i f we hadn’t taken it easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We woul d have won… if we’d been beter! Another si m pl e form of poem that students can easil y wri te i s the ci nquai n, a poem m ade up of fi ve li nes. Wi th these, students can convey a strong pi cture i n just a few words. Look at the exam pl es (D and E) on the top of the next page. (D) Brother (E) Summer Beauti ful , athl eti c Sl eepy, sal ty