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Unit2 Poems If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Shelley--- Ode to the west wind

Warming-up Quiz in Chinese traditional poems Can you recite the Chinese poems according to their English translation?

轻轻的我走了，正如我轻轻的来； 我轻轻的招手, 作别西天的云彩。 Say Goodbye to Cambridge Again Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 轻轻的我走了，正如我轻轻的来； 　　我轻轻的招手, 作别西天的云彩。

If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east! Translated by Xu Yuanchong 《虞美人》 问君能有几多愁，恰似一江春水向东流。 ———李煜

明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ How long will the bright moon 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. Translated by Xu Yuanchong 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

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 my 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。

Pre-reading Quickly go over the poems. Then choose the correct box / boxes for each question.

A B C D E F G H Which poem describes a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport? is about things that don’t make sense? is recited to a baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words and phrases?

A Few Simple Forms of English Poems Reading A Few Simple Forms of English Poems

Fast-reading 1.What does the passage mainly talk about? It’s about ____. A. the development of English poems B. the future of English poems C. all kinds of English poems D. some kinds of English poems

five kinds 童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗 2.How many kinds of poems does the text talk about? What are they? five kinds Nursery rhymes List poems Haiku Cinquain Tang 童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗

3.The main idea of each para. Haiku poems Para 2 Brief introduction Para 3 List poems Para 4 Tang poems Para 5 Nursery rhymes Para 6 Cinquain poems

Careful reading Nursery rhymes Read Para 2 and find out the characteristics of nursery rhymes. concrete imaginative Their language is __________but ____________.and they ______, have _______________and _________________. rhyme Strong rhythm a lot of repetition Listen to it and underline the pairs of rhyming words.

A Nursery rhyme(童谣) Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today. [ə:d] [a:s] [əu] [ei]

He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat. Poem A 1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken? He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat. 2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away? He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat.

Read Para 3 and answer the following question. List poems Read Para 3 and answer the following question. repeated phrases a flexible line length They have a ___________________and _________________ which give both _____________and ____________ to the poem. a rhythm a pattern Read and underline the pair of rhyming words in Poem B.

B List poem (清单诗) 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 List poem (清单诗)

C Our first football match We would have won… if Jack had just scored that goal, if we’d had just a few more minutes, if we had trained harder, if Ben had passed the ball to Joe, if we’d had thousands of fans screaming, if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, if we’ve been better! C

Answer the following questions What sports do you think the speaker is writing about? Did his or her team win the game? 3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win? 4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know? Football No Nine No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win

Cinquain poems Read Para 4 and answer the following question. How many lines is the cinquain made up of? five lines Listen and observe Poem D and E carefully. Try to find out the topics of the two poems.

Five lines D Cinquain (五行诗) (poem D and E) Brother Beautiful ,athletic Teasing, shouting ,laughing Friend and enemy too mine ---one word (topic) ---two adjs ---three verbs with –ing ---four words ---one word

E Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless Does the speaker like the topic? E: No. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.

Haiku poems Read Para 5 carefully and find out the similarity and difference between Cinquain and Haiku . Similarity: easy to write a clear picture create a special feeling Difference: 5 lines 17 syllables Enjoy two poems

F G 17 syllables A fallen blossom 雪儿融化了, Snow having melted, Haiku (俳句诗 ) F A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly! (by Moritake) 落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 17 syllables G 雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着 欢乐的儿童。 Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa)

Poem H: Tang Poem Read this poem and answer the following questions. 1.What is the story that the poem tell? Tell the story in your own words.

What is the poem about? A woman’s 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 place and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.

相传远古时代，这里是汪洋大海，有一少妇，因丈夫出海打鱼， 久而不返，遂带七子登山望夫，感而成石。

loneliness joy love trust 2.Choose one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow 2018/6/5

Reasons 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, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad. 2018/6/5

H A.蝶恋花 B.竹枝词 C.望夫石 D.一剪梅 Where she awaits her husband, 　　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。 1. What’s the title ? A.蝶恋花 B.竹枝词 C.望夫石 D.一剪梅 Where she awaits her husband, On and 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. (by Wang Jian) H

Summary After enjoying these five types of poem, can you tell me the names of these five types? And how about their features? 2018/6/5

Characteristics Form Nursery Rhymes Haiku List Poems Cinquain They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition. Nursery Rhymes They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling. Haiku They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write. List Poems They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write. Cinquain Their translations have a free form. Tang Poems

NOW, practise Could you try to write some poems or just some lines?

Homework 2018/6/5

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