【创新方案】高中英语 Unit 2 Section I Warming Up ＆ Reading Pre reading课件 新人教版选修6

1、UintUint 2 2Section Section Step Step 1 1Step Step 2 2Step Step 3 3Step Step 4 4Step Step 5 5Do you like poems？Do you know how to enjoy the beauty of poetry?Please read the following passage to get the answer.NK runs from the corners of my mouth There is no happiness like mine I have been eating poe

2、try. American poet Mark Strand wrote these words about 50 years ago.Now budding (萌芽的萌芽的) Chinese poets have been coming together to “eat poetry” with the same happiness as Strand. Nearly 200 people took part in the first National Poetry Congress for High School Students, held at Suzhou No.10 High Sc

3、hool in Jiangsu.Adults and teenagers from the countrys 25 high schools gathered together.They recited their works, exchanged thoughts and wrote poems on the spot. “Ive never felt so close to poetry before，” said Gao Can from the High School Affiliated to Xian Jiaotong University.The 16yearold said t

4、hat, in her experience, creating poems is not as difficult as people think.“Anything you want to say could make a poem, just keep your eyes open and try，” she said. It seems that Liu Yujia from the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University has done just that.In the poem I Have a Dream, Liu makes

5、 sharp observations of history and current social phenomena with all the freshness and energy of a teenage mind： “The math genius we are so proud of doesnt know how to use an abacus /The music prodigy (神童神童) we produced doesnt know jiao, zhi, gong, shang (角，徵，宫，商，我国古角，徵，宫，商，我国古代音阶中的四个音代音阶中的四个音)，” re

6、ad some of Lius lines.The poem expresses Lius dream of carrying on Chinese traditional culture. Wang Zhongpei from Suzhou No. 10 High School said he fears that poetry is disappearing from campuses today. “Some say writing or reading poems is useless since it doesnt help in exams，” he said.“I want to

7、 argue that getting close to poems is a way of releasing pressure and of being ourselves.This can help us grow up happily.Isnt being happy more important than exams？” Liu Yuanzhao, the school principal, agreed with Wang.He explained why Suzhou No.10 High School started the event. “Most students nowa

8、days have to do everything in order to get good grades in exams or go to key schools，” Liu said.“They may forget to take care of their souls” “We are not trying to make every kid a poet，” he continued.“We just want to encourage them to think like a poet, that is, be sensitive and sincere towards the

9、 world.”.Look at the pictures and match the poets with the right dynasties or countries.AEnglandBTang DynastyCSong DynastyDRussia EChina FGermany.Look through the picture and poem, and then try to answer the following questions.Looking up, I find the moon bright, Bowing, in homesickness, Im drowned.

10、1Can you translate the poem into Chinese? 2Who is the poet? 3Do you know what other famous poets at home and abroad? 举头望明月，低头思故乡。举头望明月，低头思故乡。Li Bai.Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Li Qingzhao, Shakespeare, George Gordon Byron, Shelley and etc.Read the text quickly and complete the main idea of the text.The text is

11、 mainly about the 1. of five forms of English poems and 2. of these forms.characteristicsexamples.Scan the text and then choose the best answer.1What is the text mainly about?AThe reasons why people like and write poetry.BAn introduction to several forms of English poetry.CThe difference between Eng

12、lish poetry and Asian poetry.DThe way to write good English poetry.2.Which of the following is NOT true about nursery rhymes?ATheir language is full of imagination.BThey are easy to learn and recite.CThey have strong rhythm.DThey are meaningful.3According to the text, the cinquain _.Ais made up of 1

13、7 syllablesBis the simplest poetry formChas many repeated phrases in linesDcan express a special feeling in a few words4What can we learn about Haiku from the text?AIt is a form of English poetry.BIt is made up of five lines.CIt can give a clear picture.DIt is popular with Japanese writers.5Which tw

14、o poems in the reading passage have rhyming words at the end of lines?AB and CBA and E.CA and B. DG and F.答案：答案：15 BDDCC.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.1How many kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about？What are they? Five.Theyre nursery rhymes, the cinquain, Ha

15、iku, list poems and Tang poems.2Whats the characteristics of nursery rhyme? Having strong rhythm and rhyme.Having a lot of repetition.Read the text again and fill in the blanks.FormsCharacteristicsExamples1. Concrete but imaginative.Rhyme and have strong2. .Have a lot of repetition.Easy to learn and

16、 3. .Poem A4. Have a flexible line length.Repeat 5. .Some rhyme.Poems B & CNurseryRhymesrhythmrecitephrasesList poemsFormsCharacteristicsExamplesThecinquainMade up of 6. .Gives a(n) 7. picture in just a few words.Poems D &EHaikuMade up of 8. .Gives a(n) 9. picture.Creates a special feeling i

17、n just a few words.Poems F & G10. The translations：have a free formdo not rhymePoem Hfive linesstrong17 syllablesclearTangpoemsFill in the blanks according to the text.Poems are 1. people write to tell a story or 2. something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression as well as 3. c

18、ertain emotions.Poets use various forms to 4. themselves.Nursery rhymes are still a common type of childrens poetry, which 5. small children with strong rhythm and rhyme andwhatdescribeconveyexpressdelightrepetition.Cinquain is another kind of poem 6. up of five lines, with 7. students can convey a strong picture in just a few words.Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that is made up of 17 syllables.It is not a 8. form of English poetry, but is very popular 9. English writers.Chinese Tang poems are also borrowed by English speakers and have been 10. into English as well.madewhicht