Unit2 Poems Learning aims: 1. To know some forms （形式） of English poems 2. To analyze some features of the poems （特点） and understand the content ( 内 容 )of poems. 3. To distinguish( 辨别 ) or even write different poems.

Words: 1. 诗（总称） 2. 韵；押韵 3. 传达；传送 4. 具体的 5. 灵活的 6. 用完 7. 轻松；不紧张 8. 由 …… 构成 9 pattern 10 diamond 11 in particular 12 transform 13 minimum 14 eventually 15 tease 16 cottage 17 repetition 18 contradictory

Before my bed,there is bright moonlight. So it seems like frost on the ground. Lifting my head ， I saw the bright moon. Lowering my head, I dream that I’m at home.

1 Who wrote this poem? 2 What is the name of the poem? 3 Recite 4 lines of the poem.

A Few Simple Forms of English Poems

Scanning: How many forms of English poems are mentioned in the text? And what are they? Five 1 Nursery rhymes 童谣 2 List poems 清单诗 3 cinquain 五行诗 4 Haiku 俳句 5 Tang poem 唐诗

Careful reading I: Match the key features ( 特 点 )with each form. Forms Key features A nursery rhymes B list poems C cinquain D haiku E tang poem from China 5 lines list things 17syllables rhyme repetition

Careful reading 2: Read the poems and understand their features and meanings For poem A, list the words that rhyme. 2.(1) For poem B, all the things (listed) were______ (adj.) but were ______(adj.)2 (2) For poem C, the real reason is “We would have won…if____________________” 3.For poem D, how many words are there in each line (pay attention to v-ing(s) and adjs).3 4.For poem F, how many syllables are in each line.4 5.For poem H, from “should the traveller return, this stone would utter speech”, guess “whether her husband would return ”and her feelings. 5.

Find the words that rhyme: word sing broke mockingbird ring brass Looking-glass billy-goat away today Poem A

B: All the list things were_____ (adj.) but _____ (adj.) C: The real reason is “We would have won… if____________________” we’d been better strange true List poems ( 清单诗 ) I saw a person twelve feet (3.66 米 )high

Brother Beautiful,athletic Teasing, shouting,laughing Friend and enemy too mine Cinquain ( 五行诗 ) ---one word (topic) ---two adj.s ---three verbs with –ing ---four words ---one word How many words are there in each line （ v-ings and adjs ）.

A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly! Haiku ( 俳句诗 ) How many syllables are there in each line? ---5 syllables ---7 syllables ---5 syllables A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly!

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 traveller return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian) 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。 Would her husband return? Guess her feelings (sad/happy). No Sad

AB C D E

Nursery rhymes 童谣

Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious 珍贵, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it. List poems( 清单诗 )

students Naughty( 淘气 ), lovely Studying, playing, helping Three years in school happily Cinquain （五行诗）

Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa) Haiku （俳句）

You came by on bamboo( 竹 ) stilts, playing horse （马） ; You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums （青梅）. And we went on living in the village of Chokan: Two small people （两小）, without dislike or suspicion （猜疑）. —— Li Bai Tang poem 唐诗

Write your favorite form of English poems (list poems or cinquain). students Naughty( 淘气 ), lovely Studying, playing, helping Three years in school happily ---one word (topic) ---two adjs ---three verbs with –ing ---four words ---one word

Words and Phrases: 1 poem n. 诗 [C ] poetry 诗集；诗意 [U] poet n. 诗人 poetic adj. 诗的；富有诗意的 2 make sense 有意义；讲得通 3 rhyming words 韵脚 / 押韵的单词 4 convey certain emotions 表达某种感情 express oneself 表达某人自己（的感情） 5 simple--- simpler--- simplest 6 repeat v. repeated adj. 重复的 repetition n.

7 by playing with the words 通过玩文字游戏 8 learn about 了解；学习 9 fish- pond 鱼塘 10 be on fire 着火 11 bow to sb 向某人鞠躬 12 be made of lead 用铅做的 13 make lace 编制蕾丝花边 14 score a goal 进一个球；得一分 15 pass… to… 把 …… 传给 ……

16 take one’s eye off … 把目光从 …… 移开 17 stay up 熬夜 18 on the top of… 在 …… 顶部 19 be popular with sb/ in sp 受某人欢迎 / 在某地流 行 20 It is easy to do sth 21 the minimum of words 最少量的词语 22 be transformed into be turned into 变成 be changed into be translated into 被译成

23day by day 日复一日 24 utter speech 说话 25 choose from … 从 …… 中选 26 of one’s own 某人自己的 27 be worth a try 值得一试

A Red, Red Rose By Robert Burns 1 O, my Luve’s like a red, red rose, 哦我的爱人像朵红红的玫 瑰花 That’s newly sprung in June. 在六月里迎风初开 O, my Luve’s like the melodie, 哦，我的爱人像支甜甜的曲子 That’s sweetly play’d in tune. 奏得和谐又合拍 2 As fair art thou, my bonie lass, 可爱的姑娘，多美丽的人儿 So deep in luve am I, 我是如此深爱着你 And I will luve thee still, my dear, 我将永远爱你，我亲爱的 Till a’the seas gang dry. 直到大海干涸水流尽

3 Till a’the seas gang dry, my dear, 直到大海干涸水流尽， And the rocks melt wi’the sun, 岩石被太阳晒作灰尘 O, I will luve thee still, my dear, 哦, 我将永远爱你，我亲爱的 While the sands o’life shall run. 只要我一息尚存 4 And fare thee weel, my only luve, 再见了，我唯一的爱 And fare thee weel a while! 让我们暂时的别离 And I will come again, my luve, 但我定将回来，我的爱人 Tho’it were ten thousand mile! 哪怕远隔千里万里

Questionnaire( 问卷调查 ) 1 Do you know the 5 forms of English poems? 2Do you understand their features( 特点 )? 3 Do you enjoy the poems?

Quiz in Chinese traditional poems A Song poem BB Tang poem CC Old form

Fill in the blanks. 关关雎鸠，在河之洲。 窈窕淑女， ______ 。 君子好逑