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1、人教课标人教课标高二高二 选修选修 6Unit 2u Do you remember any little poems or songs you learned when you were a child? u Do you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?u What are the characteristics of poems? Can you give me some examples?Poems have beat
2、s. They may rhyme or may not rhyme but they have to have rhythms. This beat is not always obvious, but its usually there.Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldnt be poems.Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are,Up above the world so highLike a diamond in
3、the sky. 强强 弱弱 强强 弱弱强强 弱弱 强强唐诗分五言唐诗分五言, ,七言。根据韵节来分七言。根据韵节来分英诗可分为英诗可分为单韵诗、双韵诗、三韵单韵诗、双韵诗、三韵诗诗至至八韵诗。八韵诗。构成构成一个韵节的四种情况一个韵节的四种情况: 强强 + 弱弱, 强强 + 弱弱弱弱 弱弱 + 强强, 弱弱 + 强强 诗歌诗歌诗人诗人诗歌（总称）诗歌（总称）韵韵, 压韵的词压韵的词 (n.)压韵压韵 (v.)节奏节奏 (n.)有节奏的有节奏的 (adj.)poempoetpoetryrhymerhythmrhythmicThere are many reasons why people wr
4、ite poems. In small groups make a list of these reasons. Why do people write poems?People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song
5、 Scan the text for the two questions.1. What is the main idea of the reading passage?2. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about? Some simple forms of English poems.Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems.Forms of PoemsCharacteristics _Have strong _ Have a
6、lot of repetitionEasy to learn and to _Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.Nursery rhymes rhythm and rhymerecite_Easy to writeRepeat _ and some rhyme while other do notCinquainEasy to writeMade up of _ Conveys a _ picture in just a few wordsList poems phrasesfive linesstrongHaikuA Japanes
7、e form of poetryMade up of _ Easy to writeGives a _ pictureCreates a special feeling in just a few wordsTang PoemsThe _ have a free form.translations17 syllablesclearHush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird.If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamo
8、nd ring.If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy you a looking-grass.2. Read and answer questions.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 father going to buy if the mi
9、rror 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. 3. What is the poem A about? Use your own words to explain it. Poem A is a nursery thyme that illus
10、trates a fathers love for his baby.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 a fish-pond all on fireI saw two sparrows run a race,I saw two horses making lace
11、,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.What is the poem B about? Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things.We should have won If Jack had scored that goal,If wed had ju
12、st a few more minutes,If we had trained harder,If Ben had passed the ball to Joe,If wed had thousands of fans screaming,Our first football matchIf I hadnt taken my eye off the ball,If we hadnt stayed up so late the night before,If we hadnt take it easy,If we hadnt run out of energy.We should have wo
13、n If wed been better!1. What is the poem C about?2. Why didnt the players win the match?3. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know?Answer these questions.Sample answers:Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure.1. What
14、is the poem C about?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. 2. Why didnt the players win the match?No. The author doesnt believe his excuses, because at the end of the poem the
15、speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win 3. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know?BrotherBeautiful, athleticTeasing, shouting, laughingFriend and enemy too Mine SummerSleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreadingWeek in, week out Endless1. What are the po
16、ems about?2. Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons. Poem D is a description of a lovely brother.Poem E is a description of hot and boring summer. Poem D: Yes, the author likes his subject. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his / her brother, the reader can
17、feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother. Poem E: No, 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.A fallen blossomIs comin
18、g back to the branch.Look, a butterfly! Snow having melted.The whole village is brimfulOf happy children.What are the poems about?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.Where she awaits her husband on and
19、 on the river flows.Never looking back, transformed into stone.Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve.Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech.望夫石望夫石望夫处，江悠悠望夫处，江悠悠, ,化为石，不回头。化为石，不回头。山头日日风复雨，山头日日风复雨，行人归来石应语。行人归来石应语。1.What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the s
20、tory in your own words.2. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow1. 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
21、 from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.2. The woman has the feelings of:Loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.Trust: she believed her husband would com
22、e back one day.Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.3. Read the text carefully and choose the best answers.1. What is the babys father going to buy if the mockingbird wont sing in Poem A?A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond rin
23、g. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer.2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B?A. A fish-pond on fire. B. A cottage in the sky.C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?A. A child. B. A branch.C. A butterfly. D. A blossom.4. What
24、kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G?A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness. A SPRING MORNINGI 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 Willo
25、w 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 In the quiet nightSo bright a gleam on the foot of my bed-Could there have b
26、een a frost already?Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai 1. Read the text aloud and recite Paragraph 1.2. Prepare your favorite Tang poem (s) and translate it/them into English.Sample translation of Tang poemsCOMING HOMEI
27、left home young, I return old.Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin; and my children, meeting me, do not know me.They smile and say: Stranger, where do you come from?ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAYAll alone in a foreign land.Im twice as homesick on this day, when brothers carry dogwood up the mountain, each of them a branch and my branch missing.
