【正文】 . 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 ti on i s al ways changi ng. It wi l appeal to those who l ove Im presi oni st and PostImpressi oni st pai nti ngs. The Guggenheim Museum buil ding 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 . 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 Street) The reputati on of thi s m useum l i es i n the vari ety of i ts art col ecti on. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil i zati on from m any parts of the worl d, i ncludi ng Am eri ca, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other African 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 visi t an Egypti an templ e, a fragrant Mi ng garden, a typi cal room i n an 18th century French house and m any other special exhi bi ti ons. Museum of Modern Art ( 53rd Street. Between 5th and 6th Avenues) It i s amazi ng that so m any great works of art from the late 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 admi ssion pri ce is not cheap and the museum 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 ent col l 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 museum and exhi bi ti ons change al l the tim e. Every two years, the Whi tney hol ds a speci al exhi biti on of new art by li vi ng arti sts. The museum al so shows vi deos and fi lm s by contem porary vi deo arti sts. Unit 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 describe somethi ng i n a way that wi l l gi ve the reader a strong im pressi on. Others try to convey certai n em otions. Poets use m any different form s of poetry to express themsel ves. In thi s text, however, we wil l l ok at a few of the si mpl er form s. Som e of the fi rst poetry a young chil d l earns in Engl ish i s nursery rhym es. These rhym es l i ke the one on the ri ght (A) are sti l a m on type of chil dren’s poetry. The l anguage i s concrete but im agi nati ve, and they del i ght sm al l chil dren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a l ot of repeti ti on. The poems m ay not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to l earn and recite. By pl ayi ng wi th the words i n nursery rhymes, 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 ngbi rd won’t si ng, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a di am ond ri ng. If that di amond ri ng turns to brass, 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 bi l ygoat. If that bil lygoat runs away, Papa’s goi ng to buy you another today. O ne of the sim pl est ki nds of poem s are those li ke B and C that l ist thi ngs. List poem s have a fl exi ble l i ne l ength and repeated phrases whi ch gi ve both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem . Som e rhym e (l i ke B) whil e others do not (li ke C). I saw a fi shpond al on fi re I saw a fi shpond al l on fire, I saw a house bow to a squi re, I saw a person twel vefeet hi gh, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a bal loon m ade of l ead, I saw a coffi n drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses m aki ng l ace, I saw a gi rl just li ke a cat, I saw a ki ten wear a hat, I saw a m an who saw these too, And sai d though strange they al were true. Our fi rst footbal m atch We woul d have won… i f Jack had scored that goal , i f we’d had just a few m ore m inutes, i f we had trai ned harder, i f Ben had passed the bal l to Joe, if we’d had thousands of fans screami ng, i f I hadn’t taken m y eye off the bal l, i f we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the night before, i f we hadn’t taken i t easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We woul d have won… i f we’d been better! Another sim pl e form of poem that students can easi ly wri te i s the ci nquain, a poem m ade up of fi ve l ines. 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) Summ er Beauti ful , athl eti c Sl eepy, sal ty Teasi ng, shouti ng, l aughi ng Dryi ng, droopi ng, dreadi ng Friend and enem y too Week i n, week out Mi ne Endl ess (F) A fal l en bl ossom (G) Snow havi ng m el ted Is i ng back to the branch. The whol e vi l age is brim ful Look, a butterfly! O f happy chil 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 abl es. It i s not a tradi ti onal form of Engli sh poetry, but i s very popular wi th Engli sh wri ters. It i s easy to write and, li ke the ci nquai n, can gi ve a cl ear picture and create a speci al feel i ng usi ng the mi nim um of words. The two hai ku poems (F and G ) above are translati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engli sh speakers al so enjoy other form s of Asi an poetry – Tang poem s from Chi na i n parti cul ar? A l ot of Tang poetry has ben transl a