【正文】 ut im agi nati ve, and they deli ght smal chil dren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a lot of repetiti on. The poem s may not make sense and even seem contradi ctory, but they are easy to l earn and recite. By playi ng with the words in nursery rhymes, chil dren learn about language. H ush, l ittle baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbi rd. If that mocki ngbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a di amond ring. If that di am ond ring turns to brass, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a lookingglass. If that lookingglass gets broke, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a bil lygoat. If that bi l ygoat runs away, Papa’s goi ng to buy you another today. O ne of the si mplest ki nds of poems are those l i ke B and C that l ist thi ngs. List poem s have a fl exi ble li ne length and repeated phrases which gi ve both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Some rhyme (like B) whil e others do not (li ke C). I saw a fi shpond al on fire I saw a fishpond al on fi re, I saw a house bow to a squi re, I saw a person twelvefeet high, I saw a cottage i n the sky, I saw a bal oon made of lead, I saw a coffi n drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making l ace, I saw a gi rl just l ike a cat, I 。 that i s, the pai nter does not attem pt to pai nt objects as we see them with our eyes, but i nstead concentrates on certain quali ti es of the object, usi ng col or, l i ne and shape to represent them. O n the other hand, som e pai nti ngs of m odern art are so reali stic that they l ook li ke photographs. These styl es are so different. Who can predi ct what painti 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 sit thi s sm al art gal l ery than any other i n N ew York. H enry Cl ay Fri ck, a ri ch New Yorker, di ed i n 1919, l eavi ng hi s house, furniture and art col ecti on to the Ameri 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 l ent col l ecti on. You can al so expl ore Fri ck’s beauti ful hom e and garden whi ch are wel l worth a vi si t. Guggenheim Museum (5th Avenue and 88th Street) Thi s m useum 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 tion i s al ways changi ng. It wil l appeal to those who l ove Im pressioni st and PostIm pressi oni st painti ngs. The Guggenheim Museum buil di ng i s al so worl dfam ous. When you wal k i nto the gal ery, you feel as i f you were i nside a fragi l e, whi te seashel l. The best way to see the pai nti ngs i s to start from the top fl oor and wal k down to the botom. There are no stai rs, just a ci rcul ar path. The museum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropoli tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street) The reputati on of thi s museum li es i n the vari ety of i ts art col l ecti on. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil i zation from m any parts of the worl d, i ncl udi ng Ameri ca, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other Afri can countri es and South Am eri ca. The m useum di splays m ore than just the vi sual deli ghts of art. It i ntroduces you to anci ent ways of li vi ng. 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 many great works of art from the l ate 19th century to the 21st century are housed i n the same m useum. The col ecti on of Western art i ncl udes pai nti ngs by such fam ous arti sts as Mo, Van Gogh, Picasso and Mati sse. A few words of warni ng: the adm issi on pri ce i s not cheap and the m useum i s often very crowded. Whi tney Museum of Am eri can Art (945 Madi son Avenue, near 75th Street) The Whi tney hol ds an excel lent col ecti on of contem porary Am eri can pai nti ng and sculpture. There are no perm anent di splays i n thi s m useum and exhi biti ons change al l the tim e. Every two years, the Whi tney hol ds a speci al exhibi ti on of new art by li vi ng arti sts. The m useum also 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 write poetry. Som e poems tel l a story or descri be som ething i n a way that wil l gi ve the reader a strong i m pressi on. 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 chi ld l earns i n Engl i sh is nursery rhym es. These rhym es li ke the one on the ri ght (A) are stil l a mon type of chil dren’s poetry. The l anguage i s concrete but i m agi nati ve, and they del i ght sm al l chil dren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a lot of repeti ti on. The poem s m ay not m ake sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to l earn and reci te. By pl ayi ng wi th the words i n nursery rhym es, chi l dren l earn about l anguage. 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 bras, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a l ooki nggl ass. If that l ooki nggl ass gets broke, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a bil ygoat. If that bil l ygoat runs away, Papa’s goi ng to buy you another today. O ne of the si mpl est ki nds of poem s are those l i ke B and C that li st thi ngs. List poem s have a fl exi bl e li ne l ength and repeated phrases which gi ve both a patern and a rhythm to the poem. Som e rhym e (li ke