What are the benefits of reading poetry? Write a preface

China is a country of poetry, and poetry is a bright pearl in the cultural field of China and the crystallization of human wisdom. Poetry, with its beautiful language, cadence and rich ideological and cultural connotations, has influenced generation after generation and formed the unique cultural charm of the Chinese nation. Poetry plays an irreplaceable role in improving people's language ability and thinking in images. Today, it is also very necessary for us to let students walk into the temple of poetry, get close contact with ancient culture, appreciate and cultivate their temperament, and improve their cultural accomplishment and ideological realm. Oral English teaching has always been the principle of our school, and improving the language level of hearing-impaired students is our pursuit. In Chinese teaching, we have conducted a research on the topic of "promoting writing by reading and promoting reading by writing", aiming at improving students' listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities. As a designated experimental deaf-mute school in Hong Kong, we insist on oral teaching. During the experiment, we found that reading ancient poems is a good way to improve students' oral expression ability. By reading poems and reciting them repeatedly, it is helpful to strengthen oral English and cultivate students' aesthetic ability and healthy emotions. In view of this, we have compiled this school-based textbook. Fifty "Famous Poems of Tang Poetry" were selected as teaching materials. We briefly annotate the selected poems, rhyme and translate the whole poems, and add "notes" at the end of each poem to help students understand and improve their appreciation ability. Due to the rush of time and limited level, there are inevitably omissions and mistakes in the book. Please criticize and correct me.