[佳句赏析]无论好坏，我已经决定接受这份工作邀请。

　　I have decided to take the job offer, whether it is good or bad.

　　2．[教材原句]If only people could see me inside

　　要是人们能看到我的内心世界就好了

　　[句型点拨]if only"要是......就好了"。

　　[佳句赏析]要是她肯听他的话，我确定他们能够解决这个问题。

　　If only she'd listen to what he's saying, I'm sure they could work it out.

　　3．[教材原句]The English Romantic poets, as they are now known, were very interested in what was happening in the rest of the continent.

　　正如人们对英国浪漫主义诗人了解的那样，他们对大陆其他地方所发生的事情很感兴趣。

　　[句型点拨]as引导的非限制性定语从句。

　　[佳句赏析]众所周知，莎士比亚是一位著名的作家。

　　As is known to all, Shakespeare is a famous writer.

　　The Power of Poetry

　　Reading and writing poetry is a very personal experience. Poets use language as a way of expressing their feelings, whether positive ones of love, happiness and hope, or negative feelings like anger and fear. Poems can describe the beauty of nature, a person, a dream or a memorable event. Most people have tried writing poetry at some time, for example at school. For children, it is a good way to explore language and have fun with words as well as to express themselves.

　　But teachers and psychologists have found another use for poetry as a form of therapy to help people with problems. There are benefits for people of all different backgrounds and ages. Writing poetry can help people deal with changes in their lives, death or feelings of sadness, drug or alcohol problems or serious illness. By writing down your feelings, you can learn to understand yourself better and give yourself a voice if you feel you are being ignored. A poem might be a way of telling someone something when you do not feel able to talk about it face to face. And just because people are ill or having difficulties in their lives, it doesn't mean they have lost their sense of humour. Poems written as therapy can be funny too, as laughter is also considered to be very good medicine.

　　Students at a special school in Dudley, in England, read and write poems every day. Some of the poems they write are very good, but their reason for writing is not just to be creative. All of them have problems. Some of them have long­term medical conditions, such as cancer, while others have personality disorders or psychological problems. By writing poems students are growing in self­confidence. The poems provide a channel through which they can communicate with the world, and express their feelings. They also help them to recognise and explore their problems and to develop a positive attitude to life.

　　But the poems are helping other people, too. The school has collected some of the students' poems and published them in a book which is being sold to raise funds for a local hospital. The book has proved very popular, giving students a sense of motivation and achievement.

　　诗的力量

读诗和写诗纯粹是个人行为。诗人把语言作为表达自己感受的方式，不管