1. Lesson 3
Poetry

2. Objectives appreciation To practise strategies for reading poetry.
To study imagery and learn to appreciate poems
appreciation
impression
description

3. Guess and match a) An Old Man Selling Charcoal Li Bai
b) Contemplating on A Tranquil Night
c) Look from Yueyang Pavilion
Li Bai
Du Fu
Bai Juyi
Teach the reading

4. Wang Wei
Tao Yuanming
Jia Dao
d) Return to Idyllic (田园的) Life
e) Fail to Visit the Hermit
f) Enjoy Evening View in a Mountain

5. Ask yourself
Can you still think out some other famous poets either in China or in foreign countries?
List their most famous poems. You can either use Chinese or English.
Who is your favorite?

6. 1.What is poetry? Why do people create poetry?
Poetry is natural expression of human emotions. It is written in lines, and rhymed(压韵的).

7. 2.How to appreciate poem?
You can put yourself in the situations of the poet and try to feel it.

8. Poem
Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine.
(describe a person)

9. What words are used to describe brother’s characteristics in this poem?
athletic teasing
shouting laughing

10. Choose words from Exercise 2.
1.Paris is a very ________ city.
2.He always smiles, that is to say, he is _______ even though he is in trouble.
3.Australia is a _____ country.
4.He gave us a (生动的) ____ description of what happened in the office on that day.
romantic
cheerful
scenic
vivid

11. 5.Maggie Zhang is such a _______ lady that she enjoys a high reputation.
6.The road looks so ______.
elegant
endless

12. Read the poems on your book and get the main idea.
Tick out the words used to describe the beauty of the moon in the first poem.
Tick out the words used to describe the appearance of Santa Clause.

13. Recite Libai’s poem “静夜思” and Read its English version aloud.
A Tranquil Night by Libai
Before my bed a frost of light,
Is it hoarfrost upon the ground?
Eyes raised, I see the moon so bright,
Head bent, in homesickness, I am drowned. （ABAB)
静夜思 李白
床前明月光，
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月，
低头思故乡。

14. What is the poem about?
A. It conveys the poet’s affection for a peaceful night.
B. It describes the poet’s love of winter and nature.
C. It conveys the poet’s sadness at being far from his home and family.
What is the tone of the poem?
A. sad and sentimental
B. cheerful and lively

15. Read the poem again and fill in the chart:
Main idea
It conveys the poet’s sadness at being far from his home and family.
Style
Lines and rhyming pattern
Feelings or themes
words about weather and the moon
romantic
4 lines ABAB
sad and sentimental
frost hoarfrost bright

16. Images and description (A)
It is night time and there is a full moon.
I am really sad and miss my home
I see the moon so bright.
Head bent, in homesickness I am drowned.

17. Sad words in poem (A) Head bent, nothing, frost, ground, homesickness
drowned

18. Santa clause
Father Christmas

19. adj. 模糊的
hang
vague
settle
in an instant
scratch
hoof
stout
定居, 安定
adj.肥胖的
片刻,顷刻
n.马蹄
v.抓,挠
v.悬挂

20. n. 雪橇
bound
oval
with a jerk
chimney
sleigh
n.烟囱
猛地一动
adj.椭圆行的
n. 一跳, 一跃

21. with a jerk
1.The train moved off ______________. 2.They recognized him_________.
3.I can hear the sound of ____ clearly outside my cottage on the farm.
4.Santa clause has a ____ body and a cute nose.
5. Mind you don’t _______the table with those scissors.
6.Mel ____ back in his chair and closed his eyes.
7.The _____shape of a man loomed thought the fog.
in a instant
hoofs
stout
scratch
settled
vague

22. 8.It is believed that the Santa clause entered the house through the ____
9.She has an _____ mirror and she likes it very much.
10. Satan clause’ s _____is pulled by deer.
11.Suddenly a huge dog came ____ towards me.
chimney
oval
sleigh
bounding

23. What is poem B about?
It is about the night before Christmas when Santa visits each house.
What is the tone of the poem B?
Poem B has a cheerful lively tone.

24. Read the poem again and fill in the chart:
Main idea
It is about the night before Christmas when Santa visits each house.
Style
Lines and rhyming pattern
Feelings or themes
Words about the appearance of Satan Clause
funny humorous
48 lines AABA ABCB ABBB...
cheerful lively happy
Oval eyes, merry face, rose cheeks, cheery nose, cute little mouth, beard and moustache as white as snow.

25. Images and description (B)
Everything was quiet.
The children were excited about getting presents.
Nothing was moving, not even a mouse.
While vague dreams of presents danced in their heads.

26. Images and description (B)
He was hard-working and didn’t want to waste any time.
He flew away quickly and was gone.
He didn’t speak a word and went straight to work.
And away he flew like the seeds of a thistle.

27. Post-reading: thinking!
The poems are similar in some ways and different in others. List four ways that show they are similar and four ways that show they are different.
Similar: The poems are both about a special night;
Different: Poem A is written earlier than Poem B

28. Slight differences
The words are put in an inverted order by the rules of modern grammar.
He gave a nod and up the chimney he rose. (fully invented sentence)
He gave a nod and he rose up the chimney.

29. Summary
The most important thing in appreciating poetry is getting the impression of the described scenery. Don’t make a fuss over the language.