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Unit 5 Poems
1．Your poetry can be laid out as you wish，as we understand that form often relates to(与……
有关；adj.related相关的；be related to与……有关) the effect of a poem.
2．However，please be sure to stick to(坚持……原则) a maximum of 3 pages per poem.
3．Writers over the age of thirteen are welcome to participate(参加)．
4．Indeed loneliness is now widely recognized as(被公认为……) a major public health
problem.
It is recognized that...人们公认……
beyond recognition认不出来
5．What is perhaps less obvious(what引导主语从句) is one answer to the problem：the healing
power of poetry to make us feel more connected to others.
6．I first got involved in(涉及，参与) how poetry can support our emotional well-being after I
wrote a memoir...
7．Poetry lets us connect with other people who(who引导定语从句) have experienced similar
emotions.
8．I remember one woman starting to cry as(相当于when，引导时间状语从句) she read Derek
Walcott’s poem “Love After Love” during a workshop held at my local hospital in West
London(过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰workshop)．
9．She had，in Walcott’s phrase，struggled to[努力(做)……] “love again the stranger who
was yourself”．
struggle to do...努力做……；挣扎着做……
struggle against/with同……作斗争；与……抗争
struggle for 为……而斗争/奋斗
struggle to one’s feet挣扎着站起来
10．Given(鉴于) my own experience，I think having a poem to keep us company can help us all
feel a greater sense of belonging(归属感)．
11．To the Swedes，there are few smells more pleasant than(否定词＋比较级＝最高级) that
of surstromming(鲜鱼罐头)．
12．New research，however，suggests(表明) that might not be the case(实情，事实)．
13．All 235 participants were asked to rank(v.把……分等级；排列；n.地位，等级) smells
according to pleasantness.
14．The researchers noted that pleasantness rankings of the smells were remarkably consistentregardless of(不管，不顾) where people came from.
15．In contrast(相比之下)，cultural factors accounted for(占……比例) just 6% of the results.
16．For football and basketball，adding talented players to(把……增加到……) a team proves a
good method，but only up to the point where(where 引导定语从句修饰 point) 70% of the
players are top talent; above that level，the team’s performance begins to decline.
17．They conclude that when task interdependence(n.相互依赖) is high，team performance will
suffer when there is too much talent，while(作并列连词，表对比) individual talent will have
positive effects on(对……有积极的影响) team performance when task interdependence is lower.
18．Another possibility is that(引导表语从句) too much talent on a team can lead to(导致)
decreased motivation and effort from some players.
