Try to think back & remember some poems or songs you learned when you were a child.

In the Quiet Night A bed, I see a silver light, I wonder if it's frost aground. Looking up, I find the moon bright; Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.

I seek but seek in vain, I search and search again; I feel so sad , so drear, so lonely, without cheer. 寻寻觅觅, 冷冷清清, 凄凄惨惨戚戚。 李清照---《声声慢》

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 Poem1 : 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

A Spring Morning 春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟． 夜来风雨声，花落知多少． Poem 2: I 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) Poem 2: 春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟． 夜来风雨声，花落知多少．

If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased, Just see the over-brimming river flowing east! Poem 3: 《虞美人》 问君能有几多愁，恰是一江春水向东流。 ———李煜

Famous poets Du Fu Bai Juyi

Meng Haoran Li Qingzhao

郭沫若

English poets Shakespeare (1564—1616) George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

English poets Do you know what a famous sentence he wrote? Ode (赞歌/颂） to the West Wind If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Shelley (1792—1822)

--- -- Little Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, rhyme (押韵) How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. How I wonder what you are! rhyme (押韵)

Listen to poem A and choose the best answer 1.What’s the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? A. a mocking bird B. a diamond ring C. looking glass D. a billy-goat 2. What is Papa going to buy for the baby if that billy-goat runs away? A. a looking glass B. today C. another billy-goat D. nothing

Poem A 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’s going to buy you another today. Poem A: What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? Nursery rhymes 童谣

List poems 清单诗 I saw a fish-pond all on fire, Poem B I saw a fish-pond all on fire 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 List poems 清单诗

List poems 清单诗 Poem C Our first football match We would have won… If Jack had 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 take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. If we’d been better! Our first football match Poem C: What sports do you think the speaker is writing about? Did his or her team win the game? List poems 清单诗 Poem C

Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Poem D Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Poem D Poem E Cinquain 五行诗 　　　 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 Q: What’re Poems D & E about? Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out. Endless 　　夏日 　困乏，咸涩 干涸，枯萎，恐怖 　周而复始 　永无止境

A fallen blossom Poem F Haiku 俳句诗 Snow having melted, 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！ Haiku 俳句诗 Poem G Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa) 雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着 欢乐的儿童。

Q: Why did the author write the poem? Poem 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。　　　　　　 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 journey return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian) Tang poems 唐诗 Q: Choose the words to show the woman’s feelings loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow Q: Why did the author write the poem? Poem H

Q1: How many forms of poems are mentioned in the passage? five kinds Nursery rhymes List poems Haiku Cinquain Tang 童谣 清单诗 俳句诗 五行诗 唐诗

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

Task 2 Choose the best answers 1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing in Poem A? A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ring. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer. B

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. D

A 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? A. Child. B. A branch. C. A butterfly. D. A blossom. A

C 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? Sorrow. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness. C

5. All the following make small children like nursery rhymes EXCEPT ___. A. strong rhyme B. strong rhythm C. much meaning D. a lot of repetition C

A 6. Which of the following are English speakers interested in copying? A. Chinese and Japanese poems B. Chinese and French poems C. Japanese and American poems D. Japanese and Russian poems A

A 7. 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. A

Task 1 Scanning Forms of Poems Characteristics Have strong _______ 1 ______ _______ Have strong _______ and a lot of ________ Easy to learn and ______. rhythm Nursery rhymes repetition (A) recite

Have a flexible _________and repeated ________ 2_________ Have a flexible _________and repeated ________ 3.________ Easy to write Made up of ______ Conveys a ________ picture in just a few words line length List poems phrases (B and C) five lines Cinquain strong (D and E)

A Japanese form of poetry Made up of _________ Easy to write 4._____ A Japanese form of poetry Made up of _________ Easy to write Gives a _____ picture Creates a special feeling in just a few words The H is a ___________ from the Chinese. The translations have a free form. 17 syllables Haiku clear (F and G) translations Tang Poems (H)

An example of clerihews: Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw, Really knows how to draw. But his awful paintings , Have caused many faintings. 打油诗必须风趣幽默，不必担心音节和单词的数量，甚至不必考虑整首诗的节奏。规则很简单，一首诗包含四句：第一和第二句押韵，第三句和第四句押韵；第一句以人名结尾，第二句以和人名押韵的词结尾。 pattern: a a b b

走进一间房， 四面都是墙， 抬头见老鼠， 低头见蟑螂！ A large lady from Corfu, Wished to travel to Peru. But Whether buses or trains Or boarding aero-planes, There wasn’t a door she’d get through. rhyme: pattern: a a b b a limerick 走进一间房， 四面都是墙， 抬头见老鼠， 低头见蟑螂！

remember: Good, better,______! Never have it rest! Till good is_______, And better,_______! best better best

You can enjoy a grander sight by climbing to a greater height. 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。 -------王之焕 All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。