春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。 夜来风雨声，花落知多少。

李白 杜甫 李清照 寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚 戚。乍暖还寒时候，最难将息。 明月松间照，清泉石上流 王维 天生我材必有用。千金散尽还复来。 月落鸟啼霜满天，江枫渔父对愁眠 张继 出师未捷身先死，长使英雄泪满襟！

Thoughts in the Silent Night Beside my bed a pool of light--- Is it hoarfrost on the ground? I lift my eyes and see the moon, I bend my head and think of home.

静夜思 床前明月光， 疑是地上霜； 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。

A large lady from Corfu, Wished to travel to Peru. But Whether buses or trains Or boarding aeroplanes, There wasn’t a door she’d get through. A teacher from Singapore. Taught at middle school No 4. It didn’t take students long To see something was wrong: The man was as mad as a door!

What is the pattern of each poem? A limerick is made up of 5 lines. Usually, lines 1, 2 and 5 are in rhyme, while lines 3 and 4 also in rhyme.

Rhyme: Line 1………… a Line 2………… a Line 3………… b Line 4………… b Line 5………… a

The pattern ( 格调 ) of limericks: It is funny. It is written just to make people laugh.

Two limericks A large lady from Corfu, Wished to travel to Peru. But whether buses or trains Or boarding aeroplanes, There wasn ’ t a door she ’ d get through. A teacher from Singapore, Taught at middle school No. 4. It didn ’ t take students long To see something was wrong. The man was as mad as a door! Can you put them into Chinese? 胖妞来自科夫， 意欲游览秘鲁。 车船飞机门小， 一概无缘进去。 先生来自新加坡， 第四中学把书说。 学子很快就发现， 此君疯狂太过多。

走进一间房， 四面都是墙， 抬头见老鼠， 低头见蟑螂！ 门前一只狗， 在啃肉骨头， 又来一只狗， 双双打破头！

One, two, three, four ， five, Once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go ? ‘Cos it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite ? This little finger on my right.

One, two, three, four five, Once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Then I let it go again. Why did you let it go ? ‘Cos it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite ? This little finger on my right. [ai] [en] [əu] [ai]

Fantasy The sea Drinking wine World War Ⅰ Friendship Pets The countryside Peace Nature Song Dynasty Romantic 18th Century Classical Modern Love Death Happiness Loneliness Sadness Humour Broken hearts Du Fu Li Bai George Gordon Byron Women poets Robert Frost John Keat Shakespeare Japanese African American

If you want to borrow these books, where should you go?

Listens to the dialogue happening in the library and finish the exercise.

Listen to the tape and tick the words that are used by the woman working in the library.  poem  collection  the World Wars  The countryside  The moon  the sea  nature  animals  gardens  paintings √ √ √ √ √ √ √

Answers to exercise 2: 1.The dialogue is about a student who is looking for some poems to read. 2.It’s a collection of poems. 3.From 1914 to You should not read all the poems but go through them and only read those which you like from looking at the title, the topic or the first or last line. 5.She likes reading about nature.

Answers to exercise 3: Sorted by: ____________ Sorted by: ______________ Sorted by: ____________ NamesPeriod of timeTopic A Garden of Poems 1001 Songs and Poems in English English Poems of the Early 17th Century Poetry between the World Wars The Earth is Painted Green

Find an English Poem and try to keep it in mind.