ANopoemshouldeverbediscussedor"analysed"?untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeoneteacherorstudent. Betterstillperhapsisthepracticeofreadingittwiceonceatthebe?ginningofthediscussionandonceattheendsothesoundofthepoemisthelastthingonehearsofit.

Alldiscussionsofpoetryareinfactpreparationsforreadingitaloudandthereadingofthepoemisfinal?lythemosttelling"interpretation"ofitsuggestingtonerhythmandmeaningallatonce.Hearingapoetreadtheworkinhisorherownvoiceonrecordsoronfilmisobviouslyaspecialreward.Buteventhoseaidstoteachingcannotreplacethestudentandteacherreadingitorbestofallrecitingit.

Ihavecometothinkinfactthattimespentreadingapoemaloudismuchmoreimportantthan"analysing"itifthereisn'ttimeforboth.IthinkoneofourgoalsasteachersofEnglishistohavestudentslovepoetry.Poetryis"acriticismoflife"and"aheightening(提升)oflife".Itis"anapproachtothetruthoffeeling"andit"cansaveyourlife".Italsodeservesaplaceintheteachingoflanguageandliteraturemorecentralthanitpresentlyoccupies.

IamnotsayingthateveryEnglishteachermustteachpoetry.Thosewhodon'tlikeitshouldnotbeforcedtoputthatdislikeonanyoneelse.Butthosewhodoteachpoetrymustkeepinmindafewthingsaboutitsessentialnatureaboutitssoundaswellasitssenseandtheymustmakeroomintheclassroomforhearingpoetryaswellasthink?ingaboutit.

16.Tohaveabetterunderstandingofapoemoneshould      

   A.discussitwithothers

   B.analyseitbyoneself

   C.copyitdowninanotebook

   D.practisereadingitaloud

17.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasafunc?tionofpoetry?

   A.Extendingyourlife.

   B.Savingyourlife.

   C.Criticizinglife.

   D.Heighteninglife.

18.Accordingtothewriteroneofthepurposesofteach?ingEnglishistogetstudentsto      

   A.understandlife

   B.enjoypoetry

   C.becometeachers

   D.becomepoets

19.Theunderlinedphrase"makeroom"inthelastparagraphcouldbebestreplacedby"          ”.！

   A.buildaroomi