时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语新闻


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Politicians provoke poet's ire 政治家引起诗人不满
The new poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has chosen to attack politicians in her first composition in the post.
 
Her poem, Politics, published in the Guardian 1, is a cutting attack on the political world in the wake of the scandal over MPs' expenses.
 
In the poem Ms Duffy makes sarcastic(讽刺的) use of phrases such as Tony Blair's "education, education, education" and Gordon Brown's "moral compass".
 
Duffy is the first female poet laureate in the post's 341-year history.
 
The poem aims to attack the effect of politics on idealism.
 
It begins: "How it makes of your face a stone that aches to weep, of your heart a fist, clenched(紧握的) or thumping(敲击,打击), sweating blood, of your tongue an iron latch 2 with no door."
 
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Duffy builds up the intensity 4 of her attack as the poem progresses.
 
It reads: "How it takes the breath away, the piss, makes of your kiss a dropped pound coin, makes of your promises latin, gibberish(急促而不清楚的话), feedback, static(静电), of your hair a wig 5, of your gait a plank walk."
 
"How it says this - politics - to your education education education; shouts this - Politics! - to your health and wealth; how it roars(怒吼), to your conscience moral compass truth," it goes on.
 
Duffy took over from Andrew Motion - knighted in the Queen's birthday honours - as poet laureate in May.
 
Her choice of politics as the subject matter for her first composition indicates that she will not shy away from the controversial topics of the day.
 
When she took on the role she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour: "Poetry is all around us, all of the time, whether in song or in speech or on the page, and we turn to it when events, personal or public, matter most." (本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
 

n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁
  • She laid her hand on the latch of the door.她把手放在门闩上。
  • The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目
  • The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
  • They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
  • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
  • The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
n.假发
  • The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
  • He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。
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