【ANopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheend】
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Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesoundofthepoemisthelastthingonehearsofit.
Alldiscussionsofpoetryareinfactpreparationsforreadingitaloudandthereadingofthepoemisfinallythemosttelling“interpretation”ofitsuggestingtonerhythmandmeaningallatonce.Hearingapoetreadtheworkinhisorherownvoiceonrecordsoronfilmisobviouslyaspecialreward.Buteventhoseaidstoteachingcannotreplacethestudentandteacherreadingitorbestofallrecitingit.
Ihavecometothinkinfactthattimespentreadingapoemaloudismuchmoreimportantthan“analyzing”itifthereisn’ttimeforboth.IthinkoneofourgoalsasteachersofEnglishistohavestudentslovepoetry.Poetryis“acriticismoflife”and“aheightening(提升)oflife”.Itis“anapproachtothetruthoffeeling”andit“cansaveyourlife”.Italsodeservesaplaceintheteachingoflanguageandliteraturemorecentralthanitpresentlyoccupies.
IamnotsayingthateveryEnglishteachermustteachpoetry.Thosewhodon’tlikeitshouldnotbeforcedtoputthatdislikeonanyoneelse.Butthosewhodoteachpoetrymustkeepinmindafewthingsaboutitsessentialnatureaboutitssoundaswellasitssenseandtheymustmakeroomintheclassroomforhearingpoetryaswellasthinkingaboutit.
1.Tohaveabetterunderstandingofapoemoneshould________.
A.discussitwithothers B.analyzeitbyoneself
C.copyitdowninanotebook D.practisereadingitaloud
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasafunctionofpoetry?
A.Extendingyourlife B.Savingyourlife
C.Criticizinglife D.Heighteninglife
3.AccordingtothewriteroneofthepurposesofteachingEnglishistogetstudents________.
A.tounderstandlife. B.toenjoypoetry.
C.tobecometeachers. D.tobecomepoets
4.Whatdoesthelastsentenceinthethirdparagraphimply?
A.Morestressshouldbelaidontheteachingofpoetry.
B.Poetryismoreim