Unit2PoemsThepowerofpoetryReadingandwritingpoetryisaverypersonalexperience.Poetsuselanguageasawayofexpressingtheirfeelings，whetherpositiveonesoflove，happinessandhope，ornegativefeelingslikeangerandfear.Poemscandescribethebeautyofnature，aperson，adreamoramemorable(值得纪念的)event.Mostpeoplehavetriedwritingpoetryatsometime，forexampleatschool.Forchildren，itisagoodwaytoexplorelanguageandhavefunwithwordsaswellastoexpressthemselves.Butteachersandpsychologists(心理学家)havefoundanotheruseforpoetryasaformoftherapy(治疗)tohelppeoplewithproblems.Writingpoetrycanhelppeopledealwithchangesintheirlives，deathorfeelingsofsadness，drugoralcoholproblemsorseriousillness.Bywritingdownyourfeelings，youcanlearntounderstandyourselfbetterandgiveyourselfavoiceifyoufeelyouarebeingignored.Apoemmightbeawayoftellingsomeonesomethingwhenyoudonotfeelabletotalkaboutitfacetoface.Andjustbecausepeopleareillorhavingdifficultiesintheirlives，itdoesn'tmeantheyhavelosttheirsenseofhumour.Poemswrittenastherapycanbefunnytoo，aslaughterisalsoconsideredtobeverygoodmedicine.StudentsataspecialschoolinDudley，inEngland，readandwritepoemseveryday.Someofthepoemstheywriteareverygood，buttheirreasonforwritingisnotjusttobecreative.Allofthemhaveproblems.Someofthemhavelongtermmedicalconditions，suchascancer，whileothershavepersonalitydisordersorpsychologicalproblems.Bywritingpoemsstudentsaregrowinginselfconfidence.Thepoemsprovideachannelthroughwhichtheycancommunicatewiththeworld，andexpresstheirfeelings.Theyalsohelpthemtorecognizeandexploretheirproblemsandtodevelopapositiveattitudetolife.Butthepoemsarehelpingotherpeople，too.Theschoolhascollectedsomeofthestudents'poemsandpublishedtheminabookwhichisbeingsoldtoraisefundsforalocalhospital.Thebookhasprovedverypopular，givingstudentsasenseofmotivationandachievement.Answerthefollowingquestions.1．Whatispoetrytherapy?【答案】Itisawayofhelpingpeoplewithproblemsthroughwritingpoetry.2．Inwhatwayscanpoetryhelppeople?【答案】Itcanhelppeopleexpresstheirfeelings，communicatewiththeworldanddevelopapositiveattitudetolife.
