1. Let’s learn part of the text so that you can read it better. 1.There are various reasons why people write poetry. various: different, its root is vary poetry is a collective noun, used as an uncountable noun. a poem 一首诗

2. 2. Some poems tell a story or… Others try to convey certain emotion. Convey : communicate ideas, feelings to sb Colors like red convey a sense of energy and strength. Body language conveys much more information than language spoken. Some …others… ／ One… the other(s) … 常常以固定的搭配形式出现

3. emotion 情绪 emotional 易动感情的 kinds of feelings: 爱 憎恨 喜欢 热情 忧伤 悲伤 乡愁 幸福 happiness love fondness enthusiasm 激情 passion sadness homesickness hatred grief sorrow

4. 3. Nursery rhyme are still a common type of children’s poetry. They delight small children because… common usual normal existing in large numbers or in many places 常见的，普遍的 happen most of the time or in most cases 惯常的 of what you would expect 正常的

5. common diseases usual time normal temperature normal state ( 状态） usual work common spelling mistakes delight: give sb a lot of pleasure and enjoyment 使欣喜

6. 2) be delighted at/by sth 5. I saw a person twelve-feet high. Children will be delighted to receive presents from Santa Claus. 1) be delighted to do 3) delight in doing sth 以 … 取乐 4. learn about sth. learn sth 了解, 获悉 学会 high is used here for rhyming with the word sky. It is appropriate to “tall” here

7. score v. 1.to win points or goals in a game or a competition Yao Ming scored 23 points in the first quarter. 2. gain marks in an exam eg. She scored 98 out of 100. 3. to be worth how many points Each correct answer will score 2 points. scores of a score of poems The score of the football game was 4-3. 6. We would have won if Jack had scored that goal. a noun

8. 7.We would have won if we hadn’t taken it easy. 1. relax and avoid working too hard 松散松懈 2. used to tell a person not to worry. 放心 别着急 8. if we hadn’t run out of energy. I have run out of money. My money has run out. run out of patience

9. 9. Snow melted, the whole village is brimful of happy children. As snow has melted, the whole village is … melt, melted, melted/molten be brimful of = be full of