1、If winter comes, can spring be far behind?Shelley- Ode to the west wind(西风颂),Unit2 Poems,Words and expressions,Those sweet memories,Try to think back and remember some poems from your early childhood. Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you r
2、ecite any?,Quiz in Chinese traditional poems,Can you recite the Chinese traditional poems according to their English translation?,Lets have competition.,If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!,问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。李煜,虞美人,How long will the bright m
3、oon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high.,水调歌头 明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ 苏轼,I look for her in vain. When all at once I turn my head, I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.,众里寻他千百度， 蓦然回首， 那人却在， 灯火阑珊处。,青玉案. 元夕
4、 - 辛弃疾,Till, raising my cup, I asked the bright moon, To bring me my shadow and make us three.,举杯邀明月，对影成三人。,Wildfire never quite consumes them - They are tall once more in the spring wind.,野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。,Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond
5、in the sky,Rhyme like a poem!,Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldnt be poems.,Can you find something like a poem?,poem,poet,poetry,rhyme,rhythm,rhythmic,A Few Simple Forms of English Poems,Reading,Scanning: Scan the poems and fill in the following form.,英诗的种类,从诗的内容和
6、形式两方面看,英诗可分为: 史诗( Epic) 戏剧诗( Dramatic poems) 故事诗( Metrical Tale) 民谣 (Ballad) 抒情诗(lyric) 说理诗(Didactic poems) 模仿诗(Parody) 打油诗(Clerihews),这四种为叙事诗 (Narrative poems),1. Why do people write poetry? 2. How many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they?,Fast reading,A,B&C,D&E,F&G,H,?,Simple forms
7、 of poems,Para 2: Nursery rhymes,Para 3: List poems,Para 4: Cinquain poems,Para 5: Haiku poems,Para 6: Tang poems,Para 1: Brief introduction,Why do people write poems?,to tell a storyto express feelings to recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incidentto make others laughto tell the life or friendship t
8、o delight the kidsto describe the seasons or scenesfor entertainment as the lyrics of a song,Nursery rhymes,Read Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes.,strong rhythm strong rhyme a lot of repetition,Listen to it and try to clap the beat.,Underline the pair of rhyming words.,Hush,
9、 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, 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-goa
10、t runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today.,A,Nursery rhyme(童谣),:d,in,a:s,u,ei,List poems,Read Para 3 and answer the following question.,What are list poems like?,repeat phrases Some have rhyme while others do not.,Listen and underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.,I saw a fish-pond
11、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
12、saw these too, And said though strange they all were true.,B,List poem(清单诗),Our first football match We would have wonif Jack had just scored that goal,if wed had just a few more minutes,if we had trained harder,if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,if wed had thousands of fans screaming,if I hadnt take
13、n my eye off the ball,if we hadnt stayed up so late the night before, if we hadnt taken it easy,if we hadnt run out of energy,We would have won if weve been better!,C,1. Did his team win the game? 2. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didnt win? 3. Does the speaker really believe his
14、 own excuse?,No,Nine,POEM C : Answer the following questions,If no, what is the reason for their failure?,No,The reason why they are fail is that they are not good enough.,Cinquain poems,Read Para 4 and answer the following question.,How many lines is the cinquain made up of?,five lines,Listen and o
15、bserve Poem D and E carefully. Try to find out the characteristics of the two poems.,Brother Beautiful ,athleticTeasing, shouting ,laughingFriend and enemy toomine,Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E),-one word (topic),-two adjs,-three verbs with ing,-four words,-one word,Five lines,D,Does the speaker like
16、 the topic?,E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.,SummerSleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreadingWeek in, week outEndless,E,Haiku poems,Read Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity and dif
17、ference between Cinquain and Haiku .,Similarity:,Difference:,a clear picture,easy to write,convey a special feeling,5 lines,17 syllables,Enjoy two poems,A fallen blossomis coming back to the branch.look, a butterfly!(by Moritake),Snow having melted, The whole village is brimfulof happy children(by I
18、ssa),落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！,雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着欢乐的儿童。,F,Haiku (俳句诗 ),G,17 syllables,Poem H: Tang Poem,What is the story that the poem tell? Tell the story in your own words.,Read this poem and answer the following questions.,Where she awaits her husband, On and on the river flows Never looking back, Tran
19、sformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top,wind and rain revolve. Should the journeyer return,this stone would utter speech.(by Wang Jian),H,望夫石王健 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。,Which of the following words can convey the womans feelingsloneliness B. joy C. love D. trust E. anger F. h
20、ate G. sorrow,A. loneliness,C. love,D. trust,G. sorrow,?,The woman may have 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 come back one day.,sorrow:,year after year,
21、she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.,Nursery Rhymes,They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition.,List Poems,They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write.,Cinquain,They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy
22、to write.,Haiku,They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling.,Tang Poems,Their translations have a free form.,Characteristics,Form,Answer questions,All the following make small children like nursery rhymes EXCEPT:A. strong rhyme B. strong rhythmC. much meaning D. a lot
23、of repetition,2. What kinds of poems can be written by the students themselves easily?A. List poems and cinquain.B. Tang poetry and cinquain. C. Haiku and nursery rhymes. D. Cinquain and nursery rhymes.,3. Children who learn and recite nursery rhymes can easily _A. form the ability of writing poemsB
24、. learn about their languageC. make progress in studiesD. produce love to their parents,4. Which of the following are English speakers interested in copying?A. Chinese and Japanese poemsB. Chinese and French poemsC. Japanese and American poemsD. Japanese and Russian poems,Discussion : which poem do
25、you like best? Give reasons.,Can you write a simple poem?,Choose one of these forms, and try to write a poem in groups, and tell why you write the poem.,Enjoy more poems,A Grain of Sand,William Blake,To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your
26、hand, And eternity in an hour .,一沙一世界 一花一天堂 手心握无限 须臾纳永恒,Pie Problem,If I eat one more piece of pie, Ill die! If I cant have one more piece of pie, Ill die! So since its all decided I must die, I might as well have one more piece of pie. MMM-OOOH-MY! Chomp-Gulp-Bye.,what is love,Love is giving , Love
27、 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, Love treats everyone as brothers.,List poem (列举诗),爱是什么,爱是给予， 爱是生活， 爱是肩负他人重任， 爱是一路帮助他人。 爱是关怀， 爱是分享， 爱是为别人争取最好， 爱是将人人当成兄弟。,Reading poetry brings people fr
28、om different places and different times together.,Sunshine Lovely, cheerful Warming, welcoming, calming I sing with you Brightness,Cinquain (五行诗),A RainbowCurving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding（合并） sun and rain.,Haiku(俳句),17 syllables,A SPRING MORNING I awake light-hearted t
29、his 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.,春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟 夜来风雨声，花落知多少,Tang Poem,In the quiet night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed- Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself
30、 to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai,静夜思 床前明月光， 疑是地上霜。 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。,COMING HOME,I 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, wh
31、ere do you come from?,Discussion:,Are poems good for our life? What can we get from poems?,1. Poems bring passion (激情)to our life.,2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance.,3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!,Good-bye!,
