英语听力文摘 English Digest 58、谈谈诗歌
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
Amanda: Hi, Mike. What are you reading?
Mike: Oh, these are just some books I picked up at a local poetryfestival that took place a couple of weeks ago. Even though a lot of what the featured poets read wasn't in English, it was still neat to see that there are so many people who appreciate poetry in Taiwan.
Amanda: I didn't know you were such a poetry lover 1, Mike. Personally, I've always found that stuff 2 a little bit boring and hard to understand. All that flowery language gives me a headache! I'd rather read a nice long novel any day.
Mike: I'll admit that poetry's an acquired taste. But once you learn more about it, you'll find that poems aren't all flowery and incomprehensible－they don't even have to rhyme! One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins, who writes really funny, clever poems in simple everyday English.
Amanda: I'll have to look him up. Say, have you ever written any poetry of your own? Some love sonnets 3, perhaps?
Mike: No love sonnets, but I did try to rewrite some poems a long time ago. They were all really bad. Once I spent three hours trying to come up with a word that rhymes with "panda"!
Amanda: Silly Mike! How could you not think of "Amanda"?
poetry (n.) 诗
Most people have heard of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, but did you know that he wrote poetry as well?
festival (n.) 节庆
At this year's international food festival, I tried a lot of dishes that I'd never had before.
headache (n.) 头痛
I didn't get much sleep last night, so I've had a headache all day long.
incomprehensible (adj.) 难懂的；无法理解的
Lisa didn't know anything about the stock 4 market, so most of what her friends were discussing was incomprehensible to her.
to rhyme (v.) 押韵
Sandi Landy's friends often teased 5 her because her name rhymed.
flowery language 瑰丽的词藻
A: How did you do on your essay?
B: Better than I expected. I was afraid I'd used too much flowery language, but my teacher still gave me a good grade.
love sonnet 十四行情诗
A: Can you think of a good way to impress the girl I like?
B: Maybe you should memorize a few love sonnets and recite them to her.
to come up with 想出…
A: This math problem is so hard!
B: Relax. I'm sure if we work on it together we'll be able to come up with the correct answer
- Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。
- Mr.Smith was a lover of poetry.史密斯先生是一名诗歌爱好者。
- We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
- He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
- Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人，济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句
- The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
- Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。