Unit4ExploringpoetryReading語言點課件高中英語譯林版（2020）選擇性

Unit4Exploringpoetry

Howtoreadapoem

Thelecturetranscriptgivesfourtipsonhowtounderstandapoemfromtwoaspects.Readthelecturetranscriptandcompletethechart.A1AUnderstandingthetextAUnderstandingthetextAUnderstandingthetextKeyphrasesonP44Poetryisacombinationof“sound”and“sense”.Morethananyothertypeofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.So,howtorevealthishidden

dimension?詩歌是“音”與“意”的融合。與其他任何文學類型相比，詩歌通常隱含著超越字面的更深層含義。那么，如何揭示隱藏的這個方面呢？acombinationofAandB

hide-hid-hidden1.Morethananyothertypeofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.

（翻譯）

與其他任何文學類型相比，詩歌通常隱含著超越字面的更深層含義。本句是簡單句。句中morethananyothertypeofliterature作狀語，句子主干為itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaning。Morethan在此意為“不同于，與……相比”。狀語主語謂語賓語Morethananyothertypeofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.implyvt.

tosuggestthatsomethingistrueorthatyoufeelorthinksomething,withoutsayingsodirectly

含有……的意思；暗示；暗指e.g.

*Areyouimplying(that)Iamwrong?*Theteacher’ssmileimpliedthatshehadforgivenme.

*Hissilenceseemedtoimply

agreement.First,followyourears.Whileyoumayask“Whatdoesitmean?”asyoubeginreadingapoem,itisbettertoask“Howdoesitsound?”Evenifitstruemeaningappearstobebeyondyourgrasp,youcanalwayssaysomethingabouthowthepoemsoundswhenyoureaditaloud.Doyoudetectarhythm?Arethereanyrepeatedwords,rhymesorotherspecialeffects?Allofthesearegoodqualitiestonotice,andtheymayleadyoutoabetterunderstandingofthepoemintheend.Readtheselinestofeelhowtheysound.首先，憑聽覺的指引。當你剛開始讀一首詩時，你可能會問：“這是什么意思？”但最好問一句：“它聽起來怎么樣？”即使你也許把握不住這首詩的真正含義，但是當你大聲朗讀時，你總是可以說說這首詩聽上去如何。你能感覺到節(jié)奏嗎？有沒有重復詞、押韻或其他特別的效果？所有這些都是值得注意的特質，它們可能最終會幫助你更好地理解這首詩。朗讀下面這幾句詩，感受它們的音律。盡管當...beyondone’sgrasp某人無法理解detectionn.偵查；發(fā)現(xiàn)detectiven.偵探熟詞生意：line:詩行2.Evenifitstruemeaningappearstobebeyondyourgrasp,

youcanalwayssaysomethingabouthowthepoemsoundswhenyoureaditaloud.本句為主從復合句。Evenif…yourgrasp是evenif引導的讓步狀語從句；youcanalwayssaysomething…為主句，about后為how引導的賓語從句，其中whenyoureaditaloud為when引導的時間狀語從句。讓步狀語從句主句賓語從句，作about的賓語時間狀語從句Evenifitstruemeaningappearstobebeyondyourgrasp,youcanalwayssaysomethingabouthowthepoemsoundswhenyoureaditaloud.graspn.

1)aperson'sunderstandingofasubjectorofdifficultfacts理解，領會e.g.*Theyhaveagood

grasp

offoreignlanguages.*Thisessayisbeyondthegraspofanaveragehighschoolstudent.

beyondsb’sgrasp某人不能理解；某人抓不住withinsb’sgrasp某人能理解；某人有把握graspn.2)

afirmholdofsb/sthorcontroloversb/sth

抓緊，握緊，控制e.g.*Heshookmyhandwithaveryfirm

grasp.*Don'tletthesituationescapefromyourgrasp.graspn.3)theabilitytogetorachievesth

能力所及e.g.*Successwas

withinhergrasp.*Manyfamiliesarefindingsuitablehousingbeyondtheirgrasp.graspvt.1)graspsomebody/something

totakeastrongholdofsomebody/something

抓緊；抓牢2)tounderstandsomethingcompletely

理解；領會；領悟；明白e.g.*Hegraspedmyhandandshookitwarmly.*Theyfailedtograsptheimportanceofhiswords.*Shewasunabletograsphowtodoit.【語境應用】翻譯下面句子。1)

有些人發(fā)現(xiàn)理解這個觀點很難。2)

她準備好抓住任何機會來擴大自己的生意。3)

這個課程將提高學生們對這一語言的理解。Somepeoplefindtheidea./Somepeoplefinditis.Sheisreadytotoexpandherbusiness.Thecoursewillimproveofthelanguage.(is)difficulttograspdifficulttograsptheideagraspanyopportunitythestudents’grasp3.Doyoudetectarhythm?detectv.todiscoverornoticesth,especiallysththatisnoteasytosee,hear,etc

發(fā)現(xiàn)，查明，偵察出e.g.*

Thetestsaredesignedtodetectthediseaseearly.*Thetestisusedto

detect

thepresenceofalcoholintheblood.detectableadj.

可覺察的;可發(fā)現(xiàn)的;可查出detectorn.

探測器，檢測器detective

n.

偵探，警探detectionn.察覺，發(fā)現(xiàn);偵察Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Windofthewesternsea,Low,low,breatheandblow,Windofthewesternsea!Overtherollingwatersgo,Comefromthedyingmoon,andblow,Blowhimagaintome;Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyone,sleeps.(From“SweetandLow”byAlfredTennyson)輕輕地，柔和地；輕輕地，柔和地，西邊的海風，吹過，拂過，輕輕，輕輕，西邊的海風！來自月色朦朧，拂過波濤洶涌，請將他再吹向我；當我的小寶貝，小可愛，已入夢。（摘自阿爾弗雷德?·?丁尼生《輕輕地，柔和地》）Second,approachthepoemasifyouwereanexplorerinanunfamiliarlandscape.Asksomebasicquestionsaboutthepoem.Whoistalking?Whoisbeingtalkedto?Whatisbeingdescribed?Isthereasenseofplace?Arethereotherpeopleorobjectsthere?Asyouexplorethepoem,youwillbegintoseeimagesinyourmind.Whatarethoseimages,andwhathappenswhentheyareputtogether?Thiscombinationisoftencomplexorevencontradictory.Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillstarttodigupcluesthatgiveyouagreaterunderstandingofthepoem.Readtheselines,payattentiontotheimageofthecagedbirdandtrytofindoutwhatitmeans.第二，走進詩歌，就像你是一個置身于陌生風景中的探索者。問自己一些關于這首詩的基本問題。說話的是誰？正在和誰說話？描述的是什么？有感覺到某個地點嗎？那里還有其他人或物嗎？當你探索這首詩的時候，你的腦海會開始浮現(xiàn)一些畫面。這些畫面是什么？把它們組合起來會發(fā)生什么？這種組合通常是復雜的，甚至是矛盾的。當你慢慢探索周圍環(huán)境時，你會開始挖掘線索，這些線索會讓你更好地理解這首詩。讀下面這幾句詩，注意“籠中鳥”的形象，試著弄清它意味著什么。3.…,approachthepoemasifyouwere...(line20)v.tocomeneartosb/sth靠近，接近v.tospeaktosbaboutsth接洽v.tostartdealingwithaprobleminaparticularway著手處理，對付n.awayofdealingwithsb/sth方法，態(tài)度n.

movementnearertosb

/sth

indistanceortime

（距離和時間上的）靠近，接近Unit4

(tosth)(ofsth)1.___________(approach)thecitycentre,wesawastonestatueofabout10metresinheight.2.Whatisthebestapproach_________theproblem?3.Facinguptoyourproblemsratherthan___________(run)awayfromthemisthebestapproachto_________(work)thingsout.4.Withwinter______________(approach),itgetscolderandcolder.5.Withtheapproach___winter,it’sgettingcolderandcolder.6.Uptonowwe_____________________(approach)byanumberofcompaniesthatareinterestedinourproduct.Practicemakesperfect.torunningApproachingworkingapproachinghavebeenapproachedof4.Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillstarttodigupcluesthatgiveyouagreaterunderstandingofthepoem.本句是一個主從復合句。Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings是時間狀語從句；youwillstartto...thepoem是主句，其中thatgiveyouagreaterunderstandingofthepoem是定語從句修飾clues。時間狀語從句定語從句【仿寫】當你閱讀這篇文章時，你會被某些情景觸動，這些情景會讓你想起你父親。,youwillbemovedbysomesituationsthatremindyouofyourfather.AsyoureadthearticleAsyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillstarttodigupcluesthatgiveyouagreaterunderstandingofthepoem.digup:1)todiscoversomethingthathasnotpreviouslybeenwidelyknown發(fā)現(xiàn)，搜集，查明2)toremovethesurfaceofanareaofground,roadetc,ortomakeholesinit掘地;挖洞e.g.*

I'vebeendoingsomeresearchonourfamilyhistoryandI'vedugupsomeinterestinginformation.*They'redigginguptheroadjustoutsidemyflat.digout挖掘；發(fā)現(xiàn)，翻出diginto

探查，探究，探尋e.g.*Givemeaclue.Whatdoesthewordbeginwith?給我點提示。這個詞是以什么開頭的?*Ididn'thaveaclueastothisproblem.關于這個問題，我一無所知。clue

n.

afactorapieceofevidencethathelpsyoudiscovertheanswertoaproblem

線索，提示5.Third,ifyouarestillstrugglingtointerpretthemeaningofapoemevenwithmuchpainstakingeffort,justhavesomepatience.interpretvt.

1)toexplainthemeaningofsth

解釋，闡釋2)todecidethatsthhasaparticularmeaningandtounderstanditinthisway

把……理解為，領會3)toperformapieceofmusic,aroleinaplay,etc.inawaythatshowsyourfeelingsaboutitsmeaning演繹e.g.*Thestudentswereaskedtointerpretthepoem.

*Ididn'tknowwhethertointerprethersilenceasacceptanceorrefusal.

*Heinterpretedtherolewithalotofhumour.interpret

vi.totranslateonelanguageintoanotherasyouhearit

口譯e.g.TheyspokegoodSpanishandpromisedtointerpretforme.他們西班牙語說得很好，答應替我翻譯。patience

n.

theabilitytostaycalmandacceptadelayorsthannoyingwithoutcomplaining

耐心，忍耐力e.g.*You'llneedpatienceandunderstandingifyou'regoingtobeateacher.

*Shehasnopatiencewithtime-wasters.

*I'mbeginningtolosepatiencewithyoupeople.

*Ihaverunoutofpatiencewithher.

*Theexpertexplainedthecasetouswithpatience.patientadj.有耐心的，能忍耐的impatient

adj.

不耐煩的；急躁的patient

n.

病人e.g.*Thisteacherisverypatientwithyoungchildren.這位老師對幼兒非常有耐心。

*He’simpatienttoknowwhathappened.

他急于想知道發(fā)生了什么事。*Doctorsareverypatientwithpatients.醫(yī)生對病人很有耐心?！菊Z境應用】翻譯句子1)警方仍在尋找能幫助搜索失蹤女孩的線索。Policearestilllookingfor_________intheirsearchforthemissinggirl.2)這份資料可以從多方面解讀。Thedatacanbe_____________________________________.3)我要把那棵植物挖出來，挪個地方。I'll_________________andmoveit.clues

interpretedinmanydifferentwaysdigupthatplant根據(jù)括號內(nèi)所給的漢語提示完成下列句子。1)_____________________(需要極大的耐心)forAnnietoteachmetospeakFrench.

2)Hewalkedsoslowlythathisbrother______________________________________(對他不耐煩了).

3)Shewasalivelyyoungwoman__________________________(富有耐心和想象力).Ittakesgreatpatience

lostpatience/ranoutofpatiencewithhim

withpatienceandimaginationKeyphrasesonP45Thecagedbirdsingswithafearfultrillofthingsunknownbutlongedforstillandhistuneisheardonthedistanthillforthecagedbirdsingsoffreedom.(From“CagedBird”byMayaAngelou)籠中之鳥，撕心裂肺，啼囀啾啾所唱是未知之物，卻依然渴求歌聲傳到了遠處的山丘因為籠中的鳥兒在歌唱自由。（摘自瑪雅?·?安吉洛《籠中鳥》）caged:關在籠子里的longfor渴望Third,ifyouarestillstrugglingto

interpretthemeaningofapoemevenwithmuchpainstakingeffort,justhavesomepatience.Youcannotreallyunderstandapoemthatyouhaveonlyreadonce.Sometimesreadingapoemcanbealifelongjob.Soifyoudonotgetit,setthepoemasideandcomebacktoitlater.Asanexplorer,youwillnotreachyourgoalimmediately—youneedtogoonajourneytoaremoteandunknowndestination.Thismayseemdifficultatfirst,butwhenyoufinallymakeyourgreatdiscovery,youreffortswillberewarded.Poemsthatareeasytounderstandareoftenlessinterestingthanthosethatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings.Readtheselinesandtrytofindoutwhattheymean.第三，如果你下了很大的功夫可還是糾結于理解一首詩的意思，那就耐心一點吧。你不可能真正理解只讀過一遍的詩。有時，讀懂一首詩可能是一輩子的事。所以如果你沒有讀懂某首詩，那就暫且先放在一邊，以后再讀。作為一個探索者，你不會立刻抵達你的目標—你需要踏上旅程，去一個遙遠未知的目的地。這一開始可能看起來很難，但當你最終有了重大發(fā)現(xiàn)時，你的努力將得到回報。有些詩的深層內(nèi)涵和之前未領會的意義會不斷顯現(xiàn)，相比之下，那些淺顯的詩往往倒沒那么有趣了。讀下面這幾句詩，看看是什么意思吧。struggletodosth.做某事有困難failtodosth.沒能做成某時候painstakingadj.需細心的；辛苦的；需專注的painstakingeffort辛苦的努力painstakingresearch細心的研究painsn.痛苦；下苦工takepainstodosth.十分努力做某事Nopains,nogains.previousadj.以前的preciousadj.珍貴的previouslyadv.6....evenwithmuchpainstakingeffort,...(line39)painstakingadj.needingalotofcare,effortandattentiontodetai需細心的；辛苦的withmuchpainstakingeffort下苦功夫makeanefforttodosth努力做某事makeeveryefforttodosth盡一切努力做某事sparenoefforttodosth不遺余力做某事ajointeffort共同努力（的結果）Unit4

6.Soifyoudonotgetit,setthepoemasideandcomebacktoitlater.asideadv.1)tooneside;outoftheway到旁邊，在旁邊2)tobeusedlater留，存3)usedafternounstosaythatexceptforonething,sthistrue

除……以外setsthaside把……放一邊；留出【語境應用】完成句子。1)EinsteinlikedBose’spapersomuchthathe_____________hisownworkandtranslateditintoGerman.

愛因斯坦特別喜歡Bose的論文，于是他把自己的工作放在一邊，把Bose的論文譯成了德語。2)___________________timetodosomemendingjobs.設法留出時間做一些修修補補的活兒。setaside

Trytosetaside

7.Asanexplorer,youwillnotreachyourgoalimmediately—youneedtogoonjourneytoaremoteandunknowndestination.remoteadj.

1)farawayfromplaceswhereotherpeoplelive

偏遠的，偏僻的2)farawayintime遙遠的，久遠的3)(ofpeople)

notcloselyrelated

遠親的e.g.*Thefarmhouseisremotefromanyotherbuildings.*Ithappenedintheremote

past,sonooneworriesaboutitanymore.

*aremotecousin8.Thismayseemdifficultatfirst,butwhenyoufinallymakeyourgreatdiscovery,youreffortswillberewarded.reward

vt.

togivesthtosbbecausetheyhavedonesthgood,workedhard,etc

獎勵，獎賞e.g.Finally,Mary'spatiencewasrewarded.最終，瑪麗的耐心有了回報。常用結構：rewardsbwithsth;

rewardsbfor(doing)sthe.g.*Shestartedsingingtothebabyandwasrewardedwithasmile.

*Herewardedusforhelpinghim.reward

n.

1)athingthatyouaregivenbecauseyouhavedonesthgood,workedhard,etc獎勵，回報2)anamountofmoneythatisofferedtosbforhelpingthepolicetofindacriminalorforfindingsththatislost懸賞金常用結構：in

reward作為回報arewardof$500500元的回報=a$500rewarde.g.*Severaloftheparentsweregivingtheirchildrenrewardsforpassingexams.

*A￡100rewardhasbeenofferedforthereturnofthenecklace.

【語境應用】漢譯英。1)

警方出300美元賞金懸賞有關那起搶劫案的消息。2)

作為對他通過考試的獎賞，父母親送給他一塊新的手表。3)

對于他的幫助，我會酬謝他的。4)

我不指望得到任何東西作為報酬。Thepoliceareofferingforinformationabouttherobbery.hispassingtheexamination,hisparentsgavehimanewwatch.Ishallhishelp.Idon’texpectanything.arewardof$300Asarewardforrewardhimforinreward9.Poemsthatareeasytounderstandareoftenlessinterestingthanthosethatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings.本句為主從復合句。句子主干為Poemsthatareeasytounderstandareoftenlessinterestingthanthose。thatareeasytounderstand及thatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings均為that引導的定語從句，分別修飾先行詞poems和those。定語從句定語從句Poemsthatareeasytounderstandareoftenlessinterestingthanthosethatconstantlyrevealdeeperandpreviouslyunrecognizedmeanings.constantly

adv.

allthetime;repeatedly始終，一直e.g.*Fashionisconstantlychanging.

*Hetalkedconstantlyabouthiswork.constant

adj.

1)happeningallthetimeorrepeatedly

連續(xù)發(fā)生的；不斷的；重復的2)thatdoesnotchange始終如一的，恒久不變的e.g.*HekeptinconstantcontactwithhisfamilywhilehewasinAustralia.*Thefridgekeepsfoodata

constant

temperature.【語境應用】單句語法填空。Thedirectionofthewindis____________(constant)changing.Babiesneed___________(constant)attention.constantlyconstantWhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.(From“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”byRobertFrost)我想我知道這片林子的主人，盡管他住在山村。他不會見我駐足于此，凝視著他積滿白雪的樹林。（摘自羅伯特?·?弗羅斯特《雪夜林邊小駐》）fillupwith充滿Finally,rememberthatyoudonothavetofullyunderstandapoemtoappreciateit.Youmightneedtoabandonlogicalthinkingtodiscoveritstrueinnerbeauty.Aslongasthejourneyofpoetryreadingmakesyoufeelsomethingorletsyouperceiveanotherlevelofmeaning,itwillhavebeenworthyoureffort.最后請記住，欣賞一首詩，并非得完全理解它不可。你可能需要拋開邏輯思維以發(fā)現(xiàn)詩歌真正的內(nèi)在美。只要讀詩之旅能讓你有所感觸，或使你領悟到另一層含義，那你的努力就是值得的。logicn.邏輯logicaladj.符合邏輯的logicallyadv.合乎邏輯地illogicaladj.與邏輯相悖的10.Aslongasthejourneyofpoetryreadingmakesyoufeelsomethingorletsyouperceiveanotherlevelofmeaning,

itwillhavebeenworthyoureffort.句中aslongas引導條件狀語從句，該從句中thejourneyofpoetryreading為主語，or連接兩個并列的謂語動詞makes與lets，其后分別跟了兩個不帶to的不定式短語feelsomething和perceiveanotherlevelofmeaning作賓語補足語。

aslongas引導的條件狀語從句主句【語境應用】單句語法填空。Wheninseniorhighschool,he____________(perceive)therelationshipbetweensuccessandeffort.Mostblindpeople,eveniftheydon’thaveanysight,arestillable_____________(perceive)light.perceived

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Poetry’scombinationof“sound”and“sense”makesyouseetheworldinanewwayandallowsyoutogobeyondnormalrealityfortheeverlastingbeauty.Enjoyyourjourneyintheworldofpoetry!詩歌“音”與“意”的結合，讓你用一種新的方式看待世界，讓你超越普通的現(xiàn)實，追求永恒之美。在詩歌的世界里享受你的旅程吧！gobeyondsth.超越（或超出）某事Poetryisa____________(combine)ofsoundandsense.Evenifitstruemeaningappears_________(be)beyondyourgrasp,youcanalwayssaysomethingabouthowthepoemsoundswhenyoureaditaloud.Approachthepoemasifyouwerean_________(explore)in_____unfamiliarlandscape.Thiscombinationisoftencomplexoreven_____________(contradict)._____anexplorer,youwillnotreachyourgoalimmediately.Unit4combinationTextReviewtobeexplorerancontradictoryAs6.Poemsthatareeasy_____________(understand)areoftenlessinterestingthanthosethat___________(constant)revealdeeperandpreviously____________(recognize)meanings.7.Rememberthatyoudonothaveto_____(full)understandapoemtoappreciateit.8.Youmightneedtoabandon_________(logic)thinkingtodiscoveritstrueinnerbeauty.Unit4constantlyunrecognizedTextReviewfullytounderstandlogicalThepassagebelowisaboutastudent’sexperienceofreadingpoetry.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsandphrasesintheboxbelow.IlovereadingpoetryandItryto(1)________sometimeeachdaytoreadpoems.Poetrycantakemeto(2)________mountaintopscoveredwithmist;itcanalsotakemeinsidesomeoneelse’smind.setasideremoteB1complexconstantlycontradictorydigupinterpretremoterewardsetasideBBuildingyourlanguageBBuildingyourlanguageBBuildingyourlanguagePoetrycandescribethingsthataretoo(3)________toexpressinanyotherway;itcanalsodisplaythehiddenbeautyofsimpleandordinarythings.Ilikepoemsthatare(4)____________:itisexcitingwhenthepoetstartswithoneparticularimage,andthenaddssomethingthatseemstobeoutofplace—itisthelineswhichstickoutthatmakeapoeminteresting.contradictorycomplexconstantlycontradictorydigupinterpretremoterewardsetasidecomplex不在合適的位置顯眼;伸出;突出(5)____________poetrycanbedifficult,butwhatIloveaboutpoetryisthatitmakesmewonder—sometimesitislikeariddlethatIwanttosolve,oraquestionthatIwanttoanswer.WhenIstartreadinganewpoem,Imaysaytomyself,“Thisisconfusing—Idon'tlikeit.”However,manyofmyfavouritepoemsaretheonesIdidnotlikeatfirst.Withpoetry,IknowIhavetobepatient:Iwillnotbe(6)__________immediately,butwhenIfinallyunderstandapoem,itwillstaywithmeforalongtime.complexconstantlycontradictorydigupinterpretremoterewardsetasideInterpretingrewarded謎語Also,whenIreadpoetryregularly,I(7)___________discovernewthings—eveninpoemsthatIhavereadmanytimesbefore.Readingpoetryisliketryingtofindand(8)___________atreasure:Icanuseapoemasatreasuremapthatwilleventuallyguidemetoexcitingnewdiscoveries.complexconstantlycontradictorydigupinterpretremoterewardsetasideconstantlydigupguidesb.tosth.引導某人到

B2Thelecturetranscriptusessomecompoundadjectives.Notethefollowingwordsandthinkofmorecompoundadjectivesformedinsimilarways.Thenfillinthetablewithasmanycompoundadjectivesasyoucan.FormingcompoundadjectivesCompoundadjectivesareformedwithtwoormorewords.Someofthemarewrittentogetherasonewordandsomearejoinedbyoneormorehyphens.Youcanlookthemupinthedictionaryfortherightforms.noun+verb-ingpainstakingnoun+verb-edsnow-coverednoun+adjective lifelongadverb+verb-ingeverlastingheartbreaking,time-consuming,eye-catchinghandmade,tongue-tied,sun-driedworld-famous,homesick,duty-freefast-flowing,bestselling,far-reachingI.

根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Combining“sound”and“sense”,poetryprovidesyouwithanewwaytoseetheworld.Itconveysa(n)1.

__________(deep)meaningthananyothertypeofliterature,whichyoucanlearnabout