人教版英语选修六U.ppt

Unit 2 Poems Period 1 Bowing, in homesickness Im drowned. By Li Bai 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。 In the Quiet Night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed- Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home. By Li Bai 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。 A SPRING MORNING I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. (by Meng Haoran) 春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟 夜来风雨声，花落知多少 The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade. By Meng Haoran 咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高, 万条垂下绿丝绦 不知细叶谁裁出, 二月春风似剪刀 poem who- poet types of poems history/development topics human feelings Du Fu ( realism ) Li Bai ( romantic ) ( nature ) Wang Wei Bai Juyi Shakespeare (15641616 ) Shelley (17921822 ) Types funny serious realism fantasy romantic classical modern Song/Tang Dynasty the seathe sea drinking winedrinking wine World War World War power power friendship petsfriendship pets the countryside imaginationthe countryside imagination peace naturepeace nature Topics Human feelings love death happiness sadness broken heart anger homesick As we know, poems are mostly written to show peoples emotions In Chinese , we have “ 诗言志,诗言情,诗歌合为事而作.” That is, people write poems for different reasons, then we have different kind of poems. Next go over quickly the poems in the reading part. And then tick the correct box/boxes for each question on P9 Pre-reading-(1m) Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymesCinquain List poems Tang poems Haiku What kinds of poem are mentioned? What are their characteristics? Forms of PoemsCharacteristics Nursery Rhymes Strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite List Poems Have a flexible line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem Cinquain Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words. Haiku Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the minimum of words. Tang Poems The translations have a free form. Read for detailed information Which PoemABC describes a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport? is about things that dont make sense? is recited to a baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Read for detailed information Which PoemDEFGH describe a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport? is about things that dont make sense? is recited to baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Comprehending Answer key for Exercise 1:Answer key for Exercise 1: 1. Some simple forms of English poems. 2. Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems. Poem A is a nursery thyme that illustrates a fathers love for his baby. Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things. Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure. Poem D is a description of a lovely brother. Poem E is a description of hot and boring summer. Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree. Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children. Poem H is a translation of a Tang poem, which describes a woman who waited for her beloved husband to come back from a journey. 3. 4.Most probably Poems D,F,G,H. 5. a) Poems A and B. Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Each poem has four beats a line, shown by Each poem has four beats a line, shown by the bolded syllables.the bolded syllables. Papas going to buy you a looking-glass. If that looking glass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away. Papas going to buy you another today. I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true. b) Poems A and B. Poem As rhyming pairs: word, mockingbird; sing, ring; brass, looking- glass; broke, billy-goat; away, today Poem Bs rhyming pairs: fire, squire; high, sky; lead, dead; race, lace; cat, hat; too, true Suggested answers to Exercise 2: 1. They didnt win because they didnt have enough time; they didnt have thousands of fans screaming; they stayed up too late the night before; they ran out of energy. The author doesnt believe his excuses, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win (We would have won if wed been better!) 2. Poem D: His/ Her brother. Poem D: The author likes his subject. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother (teasing, enemy), the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brother. Poem E: Summer. Poem E: The author doesnt like his subject. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling. 3. Poem H: A womans husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go. 4. There is not one correct answer to this. We cannot know what emotions the woman is feeling. She probably has a wide range of feelings and could have any of the listed feelings expect perhaps joy. She probably feels lonely; she probably feels love for her husband and trusts that he will return; she probably feels sorrow for her husband because her has left her. Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wi