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1、Unit 2 POEMS,poem,poet,poetry,rhyme,rhythm,rhythmic,Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky,Rhyme like a poem!,Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.,LOVE SONG ShakespeareDoubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth mo
2、ve; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love. -thou: you doth: does尽管怀疑星星不是火焰； 尽管怀疑太阳不曾移动； 尽管怀疑真理原是谎言； 千万不要怀疑我的情衷。,What is Love Love is giving ,Love is living ,Love is taking someones load(负担) ,Love helps them along the road.Love is caring, Love is sharing,Love will seek the best for others,
3、Love treats everyone as brothers.,A Few simple forms of English Poems,Reading,1. whats the topic of the passage?Some simple forms of English poems.,2. How many kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?What are they?,Five. Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems.,Read
4、 the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Nursery rhymes,rhythm and rhyme,recite,List poems,phrases,five lines,strong,translations,17 syllables,clear,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 t
5、hat diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy you a looking-grass.,Find out the rhyming patterns. AA,BB pattern or AB,AB pattern,If that looking-grass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papas going to buy you another today.,1. What is the babys fathe
6、r going to buy if the mirror gets broken?If the mirror gets broken, the babys father will buy a billy-goat instead. 2. What is the babys father going to do if the goat runs away?Hes going to buy the baby another billy-goat.,Please read poem A and then answer the following questions.,I saw a fish-pon
7、d 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 s
8、aw these too,And said though strange they all were true,Please read poem c and then answer the following questions.,1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about ?Football . 2. Did his or her team win the game?No, his or her team didnt win the game.,Please read poem D and E then answer the
9、 following question.,What subject is the speaker writing about?Poem D: His or her brotherpoem E: Summer,A cinquain is made up of five lines and has the following structures:,Line 1, a noun that names the subject of the poem. Line 2, two adjectives that describe the subject. Line 3, three verbs endin
10、g with ing that describe the subjects actions. Line 4, four words that give the writers opinions or feelings about the subject. Line 5, a word that gives another name about the subject.,BrotherBeautiful, athleticTeasing, shouting, laughingFriend and enemy tooMine,SummerSleepy, salty Drying, drooping
11、, dreadingWeek in, week out.Endless,兄弟爱美，又爱运动 爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑是我的朋友也是我的敌人,夏日困乏，刺激 干涸，枯萎，恐怖周而复始永无止境,A fallen blossomis coming back to the branch.look, a butterfly!(by Moritake),Snow having melted, The whole village is brimfulof happy children(by Issa),落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！作者Moritake,雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着欢乐的儿童。作者I
12、ssa,Please read poem H, and then answer the following question.What is the story that the poem tells?The poem tells a story about a woman who was awaiting for her husband by the river where she last saw him.,望夫石,望夫处，江悠悠, 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。,Sample translation of Tang poems,A SPRING MORNING I
13、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),The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade.
14、 But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.By He Zhizhang,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 th
15、ought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai,少小离家老大回, 乡音无改鬓毛衰. 儿童相见不相识, 笑问客从何处来.,Try to translate the following Chinese poem into English.,COMING HOME,I left home young , I return old. Speaking as then, but with hair growthin; And my children ,meeting me,do not know me. They smile and say: Stranger , where do you come from?,I left home young and not till old do I come back, My accent is unchanged, my hair no longer black. The children dont know me, whom I meet on the way, “Where do you come from, reverend sir?“ they smile and say.,
