Which do you think is better, hearing a poem read out loud or reading it to yourself from a book? One group of French performers has found a new way to read poetry: through a tube.
The name of the group means "the blowers" in French. They spent a day at a subway station in Mexico reading poems to people through tubes. Most people have probably never had poetry read that way to them before!
Use your imagination to think about what would be different about having poetry read to you through a tube. Why would people want to listen to poetry that way? Why would people want to read poetry that way? Roll up a piece of paper to make your own tube and use it to say something to a friend. What's it like? (Kayleen Hartman, Staff Writer)
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你認為那一種比較好：聆聽一首被人大聲朗誦的詩，還是在閱讀中自己唸詩給自己聽呢？法國一個表演團體發掘了讀詩的新方法：透過管子。
這個團體的名字在法文中意謂「吹奏人」。他們在墨西哥一處地鐵站花了一整天時間，透過管子為民眾朗誦詩詞。多數人大概從未有過那樣聽詩的經驗！
運用你的想像力，想一想若有人透過管子讀詩給你聽，會有什麼差別。人們為什麼想用這種方法聆聽詩詞？為什麼有人要這樣朗誦詩呢？捲起一張紙，自己做一根管子，再對朋友說話。這會是什麼情況？
（翻譯：賴美君）
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