高中必修一 · 第 5 课
会跳舞的文字 Words That Dance
诗歌创作工作坊上，同学们第一次发现：英语单词也能像音乐一样有节奏，像画面一样有色彩。
📖 22 个单词📄 433词长文📝 6+13 题
1本课单词
2课文精读：会跳舞的文字 (Words That Dance · 约433词)
诗歌创作工作坊上，同学们第一次发现：英语单词也能像音乐一样有节奏，像画面一样有色彩。 读课文，先自己理解，再点 🔊 听朗读。
Words That Dance
The classroom was rearranged in a circle, and in the middle stood a small table with candles, autumn leaves, and a stack of poetry books. 'Today,' Cozy teacher announced, 'we are not reading poems. We are writing them.' Jack groaned, but Lily's eyes lit up. 'Poetry is the art of saying the most with the fewest words,' Cozy said. 'And everyone here has something to say.'
教室被重新布置成圆圈，中间放着一张小桌子，上面摆着蜡烛、秋叶和一摞诗集。“今天，”Cozy 老师宣布，“我们不读诗，我们写诗。”Jack 抱怨了一声，但 Lily 眼睛亮了。“诗歌是用最少的文字说出最多的艺术，”Cozy 说，“这里的每个人都有话要说。”
The first exercise was simple: describe autumn without using the word 'autumn'. Han Mei wrote: 'The leaves are fire that has learned to fall.' Jack wrote: 'Wind with cold hands.' Li Lei stared at his paper for ten minutes, then wrote a single line: 'The sky is shorter now.' Cozy teacher read each one aloud, and the room grew quiet with wonder. The class read the lines aloud again, tasting each word like a new fruit.
第一个练习很简单：不用“秋天”这个词描写秋天。Han Mei 写道：“叶子是学会了坠落的火。”Jack 写道：“风，长着冰冷的手。”李雷盯着纸看了十分钟，然后写下一行：“天空现在变矮了。”Cozy 老师逐篇朗读，房间里静得充满惊叹。全班又大声朗读这些句子，像品尝新水果一样品尝每个词。
Then came rhythm. Cozy teacher clapped a beat, and the students discovered that English words carry their own music. 'Listen: the rain, the rain, the silver rain,' she chanted. 'Stress is the heartbeat of a poem.' The students tapped their desks, finding the beats in their own lines. 'My line has three beats,' Jack announced proudly. 'It is a waltz,' Lily laughed.
然后是节奏。Cozy 老师拍出一个节拍，学生们发现英语单词自带音乐。“听：雨，雨，银色的雨，”她吟诵道，“重音是诗歌的心跳。”学生们敲着桌子，在自己的句子里找节拍。“我的句子有三拍，”Jack 自豪地宣布。“它是一首华尔兹，”Lily 笑着说。
The third exercise was imagery: turning feelings into pictures. 'Write about homesickness without saying sad,' Cozy teacher said. Lily wrote: 'My grandmother's kitchen, eight thousand kilometres away.' Han Mei wrote: 'The smell of dumplings in a foreign street.' Li Lei wrote nothing, but his eyes were wet. 'Sometimes,' Cozy said gently, 'the deepest poems are the ones that stay silent longest.' Some poems were long, some were short, but every one of them was true.
第三个练习是意象：把感觉变成画面。“写思乡，但不许说“悲伤”，”Cozy 老师说。Lily 写道：“奶奶的厨房，八千公里之外。”Han Mei 写道：“异国街头饺子的香气。”李雷什么都没写，但眼睛湿了。“有时候，”Cozy 温柔地说，“最深的诗沉默得最久。”有的诗长，有的诗短，但每一首都真实。
By the end of the workshop, everyone had written a poem. Jack's was about his dog; Lily's about the sea; Han Mei's about her grandmother's hands; and Li Lei, at last, had written three lines about his father's old bicycle. They read them aloud one by one, and the candles flickered as if applauding. 'Poetry is not a foreign language,' Han Mei said. 'It is our own language, used better.'
工作坊结束时，每个人都写了一首诗。Jack 写他的狗，Lily 写大海，Han Mei 写奶奶的手，李雷终于写下了三行关于父亲旧自行车的诗。他们一首接一首地朗读，蜡烛轻轻摇曳，仿佛在鼓掌。“诗歌不是外语，”Han Mei 说，“它是我们自己的语言，只是用得更好。”
That night, the poems were pinned to the classroom wall, a small gallery of private worlds. Before leaving, Cozy teacher read her own poem, written that afternoon: 'A poem is a door / that opens both ways: / you step into the words, / and the words step into you.' The students left quietly, carrying their doors with them. And somewhere in the school, a poem about an old bicycle was already learning to fly. Students from other classes came to read them too.
那天晚上，诗被钉在教室墙上，成为一座私人世界的小画廊。离开前，Cozy 老师读了自己下午写的诗：“诗是一扇门，双向打开：你走进文字，文字走进你。”学生们安静地离开，随身携带着他们的门。而在学校的某个角落，一首关于旧自行车的诗，已经开始学习飞翔。其他班的学生也来读诗。
📖 读后理解（0/6）
1. What was today's lesson about?
2. What was the first exercise?
3. What did Cozy teacher say stress is in a poem?
4. What was the third exercise about?
5. What did Li Lei write about?
6. What did Cozy teacher compare a poem to?
3语法小课堂：虚拟语气（should）& 名词性从句综合
虚拟语气：should + 动词原形
suggest / demand / insist / require + that + 主语 + (should) + do
The teacher suggested that we (should) write poems. （老师建议我们写诗。）
The rules require that every poem (should) be original. （规则要求每首诗都必须是原创。）
should 可省略，从句动词用原形：He insisted that she stay. （他坚持让她留下。）
⚠️ 表示“建议、要求、命令”的动词后，that 从句用 (should) + 原形。
名词性从句综合
主语从句 / 宾语从句 / 表语从句 / 同位语从句
That poetry moves people is no secret. （诗歌打动人不是秘密。）
I believe (that) everyone can write a poem. （我相信每个人都能写诗。）
The truth is that words have power. （事实是文字有力量。）
⚠️ 名词性从句用陈述语序；that 在主语/表语/同位语从句中不可省略。
👨🏫Cozy 老师说：高中语法重在「在语境中理解」——多读课文里的例句，语法自然就活了。
4课后练习（0/13）
1. The teacher suggested that we ___ poems.
2. The rules require that every poem ___ original.
3. He insisted that she ___ .
4. ___ poetry moves people is no secret.
5. I believe ___ everyone can write a poem.
6. The leaves are fire that has learned to ___ .
7. ___ is the heartbeat of a poem, said Cozy teacher.
8. Poetry is the art of saying the most with the ___ words.
9. The third exercise was about ___ : turning feelings into pictures.
10. A poem is a door that opens ___ ways.
11. Poetry is not a ___ language; it is our own, used better.
12. The deepest poems are the ones that stay ___ longest.
13. What did the poet write about homesickness? 'My grandmother's kitchen, 8,000 ___ away.'