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Amanda: Hi, Mike. What are you reading?
Mike: Oh, these are just some books I picked up at a local poetry festival that took place a couple of weeks ago. Even though a lot of what the featured poets read wasn't in English, it was still neat to see that there are so many people who appreciate poetry in Taiwan.
Amanda: I didn't know you were such a poetry lover1, Mike. Personally, I've always found that stuff2 a little bit boring and hard to understand. All that flowery language gives me a headache! I'd rather read a nice long novel any day.
Mike: I'll admit that poetry's an acquired3 taste. But once you learn more about it, you'll find that poems aren't all flowery and incomprehensible－they don't even have to rhyme4! One of my favorite poets is Billy Collins, who writes really funny, clever poems in simple everyday English.
Amanda: I'll have to look him up. Say, have you ever written any poetry of your own? Some love sonnets5, perhaps?
Mike: No love sonnets, but I did try to write some poems a long time ago. They were all really bad. Once I spent three hours trying to come up with a word that rhymes6 with "panda"!
Amanda: Silly Mike! How could you not think of "Amanda"?
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poetry (n.) 诗
Most people have heard of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, but did you know that he wrote poetry as well?
festival (n.) 节庆
At this year's international food festival, I tried a lot of dishes that I'd never had before.
headache (n.) 头痛
I didn't get much sleep last night, so I've had a headache all day long.
incomprehensible (adj.) 难懂的；无法理解的
Lisa didn't know anything about the stock7 market, so most of what her friends were discussing was incomprehensible to her.
to rhyme (v.) 押韵
Sandi Landy's friends often teased8 her because her name rhymed9.
flowery language 瑰丽的词藻
A: How did you do on your essay?
B: Better than I expected. I was afraid I'd used too much flowery language, but my teacher still gave me a good grade.
love sonnet 十四行情诗
A: Can you think of a good way to impress the girl I like?
B: Maybe you should memorize a few love sonnets and recite10 them to her.
to come up with 想出…
A: This math problem is so hard!
B: Relax. I'm sure if we work on it together we'll be able to come up with the correct answer
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lover
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stuff
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| n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱 | |
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acquired
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| adj.（尤指靠自己的努力或行动）获得的；习得的；后天的；起初不喜欢但后来逐渐培养的爱好v.获得( acquire的过去式和过去分词 )；（使用探测器）捕获（目标）；取得；（计算机、机器人等）捕捉 | |
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rhyme
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| n.韵，押韵，韵文；vi.押韵，作诗；vt.使押韵，用韵诗表达 | |
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sonnets
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| n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 ) | |
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rhymes
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| n.韵；同韵的词；押韵诗；韵文；同韵词( rhyme的名词复数 )；押韵词；押韵的短诗vt.使押韵；作押韵诗；成韵v.（使）押韵，押…韵( rhyme的第三人称单数 )；（词或音节）押韵，和…同韵；（诗歌）押句尾韵 | |
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stock
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| n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货 | |
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teased
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| v.取笑，戏弄( tease的过去式和过去分词 )；梳理（羊毛等） | |
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rhymed
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| adj.押韵的v.（使）押韵，押…韵( rhyme的过去式和过去分词 )；（词或音节）押韵，和…同韵；（诗歌）押句尾韵 | |
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