【Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesound】
Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent.Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebeginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesoundofthepoemisthelastthingonehears.
Alldiscussionsofpoetryareinfactpreparationsforreadingitaloudandthereadingofthepoemisfinallythemosttelling(生动的)“interpretation”ofitsuggestingtonerhythmandmeaningallatonce.Hearingapoetreadtheworkinhisorherownvoiceonrecordsoronfilmisobviouslyaspecialreward.Buteventhoseaidstoteachingcannotreplacethestudentandteacherreadingitorbestofallrecitingit.
Ihavecometothinkinfactthattimespentreadingapoemaloudismuchmoreimportantthan“analyzing”itifthereisn’ttimeforboth.IthinkoneofourgoalsasteachersofEnglishistohavestudentslovepoetry.Poetryis“acriticismoflife”and“aheighteningoflife”.Italsodeservesaplaceintheteachingoflanguageandliteraturemorecentralthanitpresentlyoccupies.
IamnotsayingthateveryEnglishteachermustteachpoetry.Thosewhodon’tlikeitshouldnotbeforcedtoputthatdislikeonanyoneelse.Butthosewhodoteachpoetrymustkeepinmindafewthingsaboutitsessentialnatureaboutitssoundaswellasitssenseandtheymustmakeroomintheclassroomforhearingpoetryaswellasthinkingaboutit.
12.Tohaveabetterunderstandingofapoemoneshould_____.
A.discussitwithothers B.analyzeitbyoneself
C.practicereadingitaloud D.copyitdowninanotebook
13.AccordingtothewriteroneofthepurposesofteachingEnglishistogetstudents_____.
A.toenjoypoetry B.tounderstandlife
C.tobecometeacher D.tobecomepoets
14.Theunderlinedword"makeroom"(inthelastparagraph)probablymeans____.
A.tobuildabooth B.toprovideequipment
C.tosetasideenoughspace D.toleaveacertainamountoftime
15.Whatdoesthelastsentenceinthethirdparagraphimply?_____.
A.Poetryismoreimportantthananyothersubject.
B.Morestressshouldbelaido