【導讀】alsoexploreFrick’sbeautifulhomeandgardenwhicharewelworthavisit.GuggenheimMuseum(5thAvenueand88thStreet)Thismuseumowns5,000superbmodernpaintings,sculpturesanddrawings.Theseartworksarenotaldisplayedatthesametime.Theexhibitionisalwayschanging.ItwillappealtothosewholoveImpressionistandPost-Impressionistpaintings.TheGuggenheimMuseumbuildingisalsoworld-famous.Whenyouwalkintothegallery,youfeelasifyouwere

　　

【正文】 laughing Dryi ng, droopi ng, dreadi ng Fri end and enem y too Week i n, week out Mine Endl ess (F) A fal en bl ossom (G) Snow havi ng m el ted Is i ng back to the branch. The whol e vi l age i s brim ful Look, a butterfl y! O f happy chi l dren. (by Mori take) (by Issa) H ai ku i s a Japanese form of poetry that i s m ade up of 17 syl l abl es. It i s not a tradi ti onal form of Engli sh poetry, but i s very popul ar wi th Engl i sh writers. It i s easy to wri te and, li ke the ci nquai n, can gi ve a cl ear pi cture and create a speci al feel ing usi ng the mi ni m um of words. The two hai ku poem s (F and G ) above are transl ati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engli sh speakers al so enjoy other forms of Asi an poetry – Tang poem s from Chi na i n parti cul ar? A l ot of Tang poetry has been transl ated i nto Engli sh. Thi s Tang poem (H) i s a transl ati on from the Chi nese. Wi th so many di fferent form s of poetry to chose from, students m ay eventual y want to write poem s of thei r own. It i s easi er than you m i ght thi nk and certai nl y worth a try. Where she awai ts her husband O n and on the ri ver flows. N ever l ooki ng back, Transform ed i nto stone. Day by day upon the m ountai n top, wi nd and rai n revol ve. Shoul d the traveler return, thi s Stone woul d utter speech. (by Wang Jian) I’VE SAVED TH E SUMMER I’ve saved the sum mer And I gi ve i t al to you To hol d on winter m orni ngs When the snow i s new. I’ve saved som e sunli ght If you shoul d ever need A pl ace away from darkness Where your mi nd can feed. And for m ysel f I’ve kept your sm il e When you were but nieen, Til l you’re ol der you’l l not know What brave young sm il es can m ean. I know no answers To hel p you on your way The answers li e som ewhere At the bottom of the day. But i f you’ve a need for l ove I’l l gi ve you al I own It m i ght hel p you down the road Til l you’ve found your own. (by Rod McKuen) Uni t 3 ADVICE FROM GRANDAD Dear Jam es, It i s a beauti ful day here and I am sitti ng under the bi g tree at the end of the garden. I have just returned from a l ong bi ke ri de to an ol d castl e. It seems am azi ng that at m y age I am sti l fi t enough to cycl e 20 kil om etres in an afternoon. It’s m y bi rthday i n two weeks ti m e and I’l l be 82 years ol d! I thi nk m y long and acti ve li fe must be due to the healthy l ife I li ve. Thi s bri ngs m e to the real reason for my l etter, m y dear grandson. Your m other tel l s m e that you started sm oking som e ti m e ago and now you are fi nding i t di ffi cul t to gi ve i t up. Bel ieve m e, I know how easy i t i s to begi n sm oki ng and how tough it i s to stop. You see, duri ng adolescence I al so sm oked and becam e addi cted to cigarettes. By the way, di d you know that thi s is because you be e addi cted i n three di fferent ways? Fi rst, you can be e physi cal l y addi cted to ni coti ne, whi ch i s one of the hundreds of chemi cal s i n ci garettes. Thi s m eans that after a whil e your body be es accustom ed to havi ng ni coti ne i n i t. So when the drug l eaves your body, you get wi thdrawal symptom s. I remem ber feel ing bedtem pered and som etim es even in pai n. Secondl y, you be e addicted through habi t. As you know, i f you do the sam e thi ng over and over agai n. You begi n to do i t autom ati cal l y. Lastly, you can be e m ental y addi cted. I bel i eved I was happier and m ore rel axed after havi ng a ci garette, so I began to thi nk that I could onl y feel good when I smoked. I was addicted i n al l three ways, so i t was very di fi cult to qui t. But I did final y manage. When I was young, I di dn’t know m uch about the harm ful effects of smoking. I di dn’t know, for exampl e, that i t could do teri ble dam age to your al so expl ore Fri ck’s beauti ful hom e and garden whi ch are wel worth a vi sit. Guggenhei m 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 spl ayed at the sam e ti me. The exhi biti on is al ways changi ng. It wil l appeal to those who l ove Impressi oni st and PostIm pressioni st 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 if you were i nsi de 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 bottom . There are no stairs, just a ci rcul ar path. The m useum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropoli tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Stret) The reputati on of thi s m useum l ies i n the vari ety of i ts art col ecti on. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of civil i zati on from many parts of the worl d, i ncl udi ng Ameri ca, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other African 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 l i vi ng. You can vi si t an Egypti an tem pl e, a fragrant Mi ng 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 i n the sam e m useum. The col l ecti on of Western art i ncl udes pai ntings by such fam ous arti sts as Mo, Van Gogh, Pi caso and Matisse. A few words of warni ng: the adm i si on pri ce i s not chea