【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 e, white ,你會(huì)覺得你進(jìn)入了一個(gè)易碎的白色貝殼之中。The best way to see the paintings is to start from the top floor and walk down to the ,一直往下看到底層。There are no stairs just a circular museum also has an excellent ,只有一條環(huán)形的小道。博物館里還有一家極好的餐館。Metropolitan Museum of Art(5th Avenue and 82nd Street)大都會(huì)藝術(shù)博物館(第5大道與第82街交匯處)The reputation of this museum lies in the variety of its art 。This covers more than 5,000 years of civilization from many parts of the world, including America, Europe, China, Egypt, other African countries and South ,其中包括美洲、歐洲、中國、埃及、其他非洲國家和南美洲。The museum displays more than just the visual delights of introduces you to ancient ways of ,它還向你介紹了古代的生活方式。You can visit an Egyptian temple, a fragrant Ming garden, a typical room in an 18th century French house and many other special ,馥郁的明朝花園,18世紀(jì)法國住宅中的典型房間,以及許多其他特殊展品。Museum of Modern Art(53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues)現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館(第53街,位于第5和第6大道之間)It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the same ,在同一家博物館里竟能容納下19世紀(jì)后期到21世紀(jì)的如此眾多的名家巨作。The collection of Western art includes paintings by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and 、凡高、畢加索和馬蒂斯等著名藝術(shù)家的作品。A few words of warning: the admission price is not cheap and the museum is often very :博物館票價(jià)不菲,而且常常十分擁擠。Whitney Museum of American Art(945 Madison Avenue, near 75th Street)惠特尼美國藝術(shù)博物館(麥迪遜大道945號(hào),靠近第75街)The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and 。There are no permanent displays in this museum and exhibitions change all the ,展品都是隨時(shí)更換的。Every two years, the Whitney holds a special exhibition of new art by living ,展品是仍然在世的藝術(shù)家們的新作。The museum also shows videos and films by contemporary video 。 2 A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS 簡體英文詩There are various reasons why people write 。Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong ，或者說是描述某件事并給讀者以強(qiáng)烈的印象。Others try to convey certain 。Poets use many different forms of poetry to express 。In this text, however, we will look at a few of the simpler 。Some of the first poetry a young child learns in English is nursery 。These rhymes like the one on the right(A)are still a mon type of children39。s （A）至今仍然是常見的。The language is concrete but imaginative, and they delight small children because they rhyme, have strong rhythm and a lot of ，這使得小孩子們快樂，因?yàn)樗鼈冄喉?，?jié)奏感強(qiáng)，并較多重復(fù)。The poems may not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and ，甚至有的看來自相矛盾，但是它們?nèi)菀讓W(xué)，也容易背誦。By playing with the words in nursery rhymes, children learn about ，孩子們學(xué)習(xí)了語言。（A）Hush, little baby, don39。t say a word,小寶寶，別說話，Papa39。s going to buy you a 。If that mockingbird won39。t sing,小嘲鳥，不會(huì)唱，Papa39。s going to buy you a diamond 。If that diamond ring turns to brass,鉆石戒，變成銅，Papa39。s going to buy you a 。If that lookingglass gets broke,小鏡子，打破了，Papa39。s going to buy you a 。If that billygoat runs away,小山羊，跑掉了。Papa39。s going to buy you another 。One of the simplest kinds of poems are those like B and C that list （B）和（C）這樣的列舉事物的清單詩是詩歌中最簡單的一種。List poems have a flexible line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the ，可以重復(fù)一些短語，較為靈活。形成固定句型和詩的節(jié)奏。Some rhyme(like B)while others do not(like C).有些清單詩有韻腳（如B）,但有一些沒有（如C）。（B）I saw a fishpond all on fire我看到魚塘在燃燒 I saw a fishpond all on fire,我看到魚塘在燃燒，I saw a house bow to a squire,我看到房子向地主哈腰，I saw a person twelvefeet high,我看到人高一丈八，I saw a cottage in the sky,我看到茅屋在天郊。I saw a balloon made of lead,我看到氣球用鉛做，I saw a coffin drop down dead,我看到棺材把死人拋。I saw two sparrows run a race,我看到兩只麻雀在賽跑，I saw two horses making lace,我看到兩匹馬兒繡花包。I saw a girl just like a cat,我看到姑娘像只貓，I saw a kitten wear a hat,我看到小貓帶花帽。I saw a man who saw these too,我看到有人在一旁瞄，And said though strange they all were ，但也把實(shí)情報(bào)。（C）Our first football match我們的第一場(chǎng)球賽 We would have won...我們本來會(huì)得冠軍…… if Jack had scored that goal,如果杰克踢進(jìn)了那個(gè)球，if we39。d had just a few more minutes,如果我們還有幾分鐘，if we had trained harder,如果我們訓(xùn)練的更嚴(yán)格，if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,如果本把球傳給了喬，if we39。d had thousands of fans screaming,如果有大批球迷助威，if I hadn39。t taken my eye off the ball,如果我死死盯住球，if we hadn39。t stayed up so late the night before,如果我們頭晚不熬夜，if we hadn39。t taken it easy,如果我們沒有放松警惕，if we hadn39。t run out of ，We would have won...我們本來是會(huì)的冠軍的…… if we39。d been better!如果我們能干的更好！Another simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem made up of five ，叫做五行詩。With these, students can convey a strong picture in just a few ，學(xué)生可以用少量的詞語傳遞一幅動(dòng)人的畫面。Look at the examples(D and E)on the top of the next 。（D）Brother兄弟Beautiful, athletic愛美，又愛運(yùn)動(dòng)Teasing, shouting, laughing愛鬧，愛叫，又愛笑 Friend and enemy too是我的朋友 Mine也是我的敵人（E）Summer夏天Sleepy, salty困乏，咸澀Drying, drooping, dreading干涸，枯萎，恐怖 Week in, week out周而復(fù)始 Endless永無止境Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that is made up of 17 （Haiku）是一種日本詩，由17個(gè)音節(jié)組成。It is not a traditional form of English poetry, but is very popular with English ，但是在用英語寫作的人們中間，這種詩也是很流行的。It is easy to write and, like the cinquain , can give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the minimum of ，而且像五行詩一樣，它可以用最少的詞語呈現(xiàn)出一幅清晰的畫面，表達(dá)出一種特殊的感情。The two haiku poems(F and G)above are translations from the （右邊的F和G）就是從日文翻譯過來的。（F）A fallen blossom落下的花朵Is ing back to the 。Look, a butterfly!瞧啊，是只蝴蝶！(by Moritake)（作者：Moritake）（G）Snow having melted,雪兒融化了，The whole village is brimful整個(gè)村莊充滿著 Of happy 。(by Issa)（作者：Issa）Did you know that English speakers also enjoy other forms of Asian poetryall of which will make life for human beings better. 漢布利實(shí)際上是這樣說的： “二氧化碳含量的增加實(shí)際上是件好事，它使植物成長更快，莊稼產(chǎn)量更高，還會(huì)促進(jìn)動(dòng)物的生長——所有這些都能改善人類的生活?！盙reenhouse gases continue to build up in the 。Even if we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, the climate is going to keep on warming for decades or ，在（未來）幾十年或幾個(gè)世紀(jì)內(nèi)，氣候仍會(huì)持續(xù)轉(zhuǎn)暖。No one knows the effects of global 。Does that mean we should do nothing? 這是不是意味著我們就不必采取任何措施呢？Or, are the risks too great? 還是說，這樣不采取任何措施危險(xiǎn)性會(huì)很大呢？ WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? 關(guān)于全球變暖，我們能干些什么呢？ Dear Earth Care, 親愛的“關(guān)愛地球”組織：