【正文】 Stret) Thi s museum owns 5,000 superb modern paintings, scul ptures and drawi ngs. These art works are not al l displayed at the sam e tim e. The exhibi tion i s always changing. It wi l appeal to those who l ove Impressi oni st and PostImpressionist pai nti ngs. The Guggenhei m Museum buil ding is al so worldfamous. When you wal k i nto the gal lery, you feel as if you were insi de a fragil e, white seashel. The best way to see the pai ntings i s to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, 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 emotions. Poets use many 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 si mpler forms. Some of the first poetry a young chil d l earns i n Engl ish i s nursery rhymes. These rhymes l ike the one on the ri ght (A) are sti l a mon type of chi ldren’s poetry. The language is concrete but i maginative, and they deli ght smal chi ldren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a lot of repeti ti on. The poems m ay not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and recite. By pl ayi ng wi th the words i n nursery rhymes, chil dren learn about l anguage. Hush, l ittle baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a m ocki ngbi rd. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a di amond ri ng. If that di amond ring 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 said though strange they al were true. Our fi rst footbal l match We would have won… i f Jack had scored that goal, i f we’d had just a few m ore mi nutes, if we had trained harder, if Ben had passed the bal to Joe, i f we’d had thousands of fans screami ng, i f I hadn’t taken my eye off the bal l, i f we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We woul d have won… if we’d been better! Another si mple form of poem that students can easil y write is the ci nquai n, a poem m ade up of fi ve li nes. Wi th these, students can convey a strong picture i n just a few words. Look at the exampl es (D and E) on the top of the next page. (D) Brother (E) Summ er Beauti ful, athletic Sleepy, sal ty Teasi ng, shouting, l aughi ng Dryi ng, drooping, dreading Fri end and enemy too Week i n, week out Mi ne Endl es (F) A fal len bl osom (G) Snow havi ng mel ted Is i ng back to the branch. The whol e vi lage is bri mful Look, a butterfly! Of happy chil dren. (by Moritake) (by Issa) Haiku i s a Japanese form of poetry that i s made up of 17 syl lables. It i s not a traditional form of Engl ish poetry, but is very popular wi th Engl ish wri ters. It i s easy to write and, l ike the cinquai n, can give a clear picture and create a special feeli ng using the mini mum of words. The two haiku poem s (F and G ) above are transl ati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engl ish speakers also enjoy other form s of Asi an poetry – Tang poems from China i n particular? A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into Engli sh. Thi s Tang poem (H) is a translation from the Chinese. With so many different form s of poetry to choose from , student