Reading English Poetry Unit 4 A garden of Poems Reading English Poetry

Pre-reading 1.Can you name some famous Chinese poets?Can you recite any of their poems? 2.Write down five key words that you would expect to find in a text about poetry. (Poem ,poet,rhyme ,style,image ,literature ,language, form ,line ,etc. )

卜算子*咏梅 毛泽东 风雨送春归，飞雪迎春到，已是悬崖百丈冰，犹有花枝俏。 俏也不争春，只把春来报。待到山花烂漫时，她在丛中笑。

3.Scan the text to answer the following questions . 1)Check whether the five key words that you write down for question 2 are in the text. 2)Some English poetry reminds readers of Chinese poetry .Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai ?Whose of Su Dongpo ?

A C Listening and Reading Listen to the tape and read the text carefully and choose the best answer for each of the following questions : 1.Modern English came into being from about the middle of the ________century. A.16 th B. 17 th C. 18 th D. 19 th 2.The poetry of Marvell reminds Chinese readers of the poems by_________. A. Du Fu B. Li Bai C. Su Dongpo D. Guo Moruo A C

B D 3. Byron’s “Isles of Greece”is an example of _______ A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry 4. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the ________century. A.17 th B .18 th C .19 th D. 20 th B D

D A. that you have more advice B. that something of the spirit is lost 5. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is _____. A. that you have more advice B. that something of the spirit is lost C. that you understand it better D. that you learn how to express yourself in new ways D

Read the text again and find out what the words in bold refer to That (par. 1): Its (par. 4.): Their (par. 5): They (par. 6): They (par. 8): Poetry plays with sounds ,words ,and grammar. The poetry’s . The nature poems by Wordsworth ,Byron’s Isles of Greece and the sonnets and long poems by Shelley and Keats . Modern poets Poems and literature .

Language points 1）It does more than good to healthy . 2)More than one person has made the suggestion . 3)The room is more than a place where he lives in .

4)He is more than glad to meet you . 5)The book seems to be more a dictionary than a grammar . 用比较级结构表达最高级的意思。 1)The Emperor cared more about new clothes than anything else . 2)No one knows more about the history of my hometown than my grandpa .

2.play with ---玩（玩具）；不认真对待，玩弄。 3)Rural life has changed more in the last 40 years than st any other time . 2.play with ---玩（玩具）；不认真对待，玩弄。 The little boy is playing with his dolls . 3.call up ---1)ring up 打电话 Please call up 3630305. Please call me up this evening .

The photo calls up the story of my childhood. 2)使……想起…… The photo calls up the story of my childhood. 3)叫……起床 What time shall I call you up ? 4)召唤，召集；调动，提出 His brother was called up right at the beginning of war . Call back ;call at; call on ;call for,etc.

Our school has a history of about 50 years. 4. 1) has a long history Our school has a history of about 50 years. 2)In the history of literature (在……史上） 3）In history （在历史上） 5.stand out 1)显眼，出色，引人注目，突出； Red stands out against a white background .

The ship stood out a storm . 2)坚持，抵抗，支撑住。 The ship stood out a storm . The army stood out against the enemy attacks . 6.the halls of glory 艺术殿堂 7.feature n. 1) 特点，特征 What are the climate feature of northern Europe ? 2)专题

delicate of feature 面貌清秀 A feature story 3）脸型，相貌 delicate of feature 面貌清秀 pleasing feature 讨人喜欢的面貌 8.follow vt. 1)遵循，听从，跟随 Why didn’t you follow the teacher’s advice ? 2)注视，领会，理解 His lecture was difficult to follow .

I don’t quite follow you . 9.despite prep. (in spite of ) He came to school despite (in spite of )his serious illness . 10.around 1)=about It was around six o’clock . 2)towards ---near We arrived at the hotel towards evening .

11.most =very ;a most =a very This is a most useful book . 12.belong to Taiwan belongs to China . 13.remind sb. of The song reminds me of my childhood . 14.absence n. Darkness is the absence of light .