Unit 6
Text Comprehension
1. B 2. T F T T T
Text Comprehension 3
1. The problem with poetry is that people find it too difficult to write a poem, so they don’t even try. And even worse, they have virtually given up reading poems. The author believes that people can be encouraged to write a poem very easily, even if the poem is really rotten.
4. When you are writing a poem, it will be an accomplishment, so you may feel free to read the works of your fellow poets. You will perhaps find some inspiration from their poems and therefore continue writing your poems and for this purpose keep observing the emotions of yourself and others.
1. unfamiliar/ strange 2. fellowship/ brotherhood 3. lower/ degrade 4. exceptional/ excellent 5. caress/ hug/ embrace 6. unrealistic/ impractical 7. skilled/ expert/ proficient/ successful 8. product/ composition
Text Comprehension 4
1 Good poets have stopped writing poems, because there are fewer and fewer readers and fellow poets. They can’t depend on poetry writing for a living, and there is no more poetic society from which they can draw inspirations and stimulations.
美国国务卿与俄罗斯外交部长会晤，试图确定这 项表述模糊的协议。
Vocabulary 4
1. conjures up 2. dealt with 3. seek out 4. think of 5. ended/ started with 6. break up 7. relates to 8. came up with
Vocabulary 5
2 The point of poetry is to express and record emotions. So when you read poems, you will observe the emotions of the poet and when you write your own poems, you need to observe and organize your own.
nail down
1. If you nail down something unknown or uncertain, you find out exactly what it is. 弄清
It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
Vocabulary 1
1. extremely intense 2. The practical principle 3. just like; following the example of 4. Probably; Quite likely 5. made a start despite the difficulty
2. The idea is to make it easy for everyone to write at least one poem in his life.
3. That is a rule of thumb and the fashion of today. Unusual nouns and conflicting human senses can create profound images and feelings and a poetic atmosphere.
Vocabulary 2
1. epic 2. squalid 3. veritable 4. pounded 5. aroma 6. evolved 7. lyrics 8. claimed
Vocabulary 3
1. imponderables 2. poetic/ poetical 3. accidentally 4. unsought 5. cuddliest 6. juicy 7. disoriented 8. versed
2. If you nail down an agreement, you manage to reach a firm agreement with a definite result. 确定 (协议)
The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpartaccord.