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Learn about Count and Noncount Nouns

Date: May 09 2012

Themes: Hobbies, School

Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns

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Even though some of the most beautiful things ever written in the English language were written as poetry, it’s hard to find many Americans today who frequently read poetry. Maybe it reminds them of a hated high school English teacher, or they think they just aren’t deep enough to understand it. Maybe poetry seems boring, stuffy, or old fashioned to them. Yet great poetry, if given the chance, can be as exciting to read as a great song is to listen to. Hear Jason and Amy’s thoughts about reading poetry.

纵然有许多伟大的诗人用英语诗歌描写某些最美好的事物,但今天的美国人中又有多少人时常品读诗歌?也许诗歌会让人们想起不受欢迎的高中英语老师,或者人们认为自己的情商和智商还不足以理解其中的意境。也许人们认为诗歌无聊、沉闷或者早已过时。但如有机会品读伟大的诗歌,会像听名曲一样令人耳目一新。请听詹森和艾米对品读诗歌的见解。

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Amy

Amy

Jason

Jason

Amy:  Do you read poetry, Jason?

Jason:  No. I read so much poetry as an English major in college that I just haven’t developed an appetite for it yet.

Amy:  That’s funny, because I was an English major, but I somehow got away with hardly reading any poetry at all.

Jason:  What? Really?

Amy:  I mean, I took a couple classes, but I was always reading more novels and stories. I’ve always been a little afraid of poetry.

Jason:  What’s scary about it?

Amy:  Well, it just seems like you might not get it, you know?

Jason:  Yeah.

Amy:  But lately I’ve been reading more, and I’m so into it. I love poetry.

Jason:  What’s your favorite?

Amy:  Well, I’ve been reading some contemporary stuff, but then I’ve also been reading a lot of Emily Dickinson.

Jason:  Oh, I was going to say, if you’re worried about not understanding the poetry, you could just read poetry that nobody understands, like Emily Dickinson.

Amy:  Yeah. I mean, a really good poem is great because you can kind of partly understand it, or different people can understand it in different ways. You know, there isn’t one right answer.

 

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Amy asks Jason if he likes to read poetry. Jason says that he read so much poetry in college, he isn’t interested in reading it now. Amy was an English major in college like Jason, but she did not read a lot of poetry. Recently, she has become more interested in poetry.

Amy says that she used to be scared of poetry. She worried that she wouldn’t understand it or would interpret it incorrectly. But now she realizes that poetry can mean different things to different people. There is more than one “right answer” when it comes to poetry.

Do you like reading poetry? Describe your favorite poem.

 

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An-china

An-china

Germany

Am trying to learn English by many ways, so i download some english articles for morning read.  And there are many beautiful poem.  And Stray birds is my farorite. “if u shed tears when u miss the sun, you also miss the stars”

01:08 AM May 09 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

I must confess that i am immunized  against  poetry ,as Ryo i am not into it , well, nobody is perfect,but I am sure that many EB members  would like to share  with us  their favorite  poetry.Innocent   

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