1. 吴体能 Unit 2 Poems Warming up

2. Do you know who he is in this picture? Warming up

3. In the Quiet Night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed--- Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home. By Li Bai 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。

4. The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade. By Meng Haoran 咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高, 万条垂下绿丝绦 不知细叶谁裁出, 二月春风似剪刀

5. Shakespeare (1564—1616 ) Shelley (1792—1822 )

6. Human feelings love death happiness sadness broken heart anger homesick

7. Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymes Cinquain List poems Tang poems Haiku What kinds of poem are mentioned? What are their characteristics?

8. As we know, poems are mostly written to show people’s emotions.. In Chinese, we have “ 诗言志, 诗言情, 诗歌为事而作.” That is, people write poems for different reasons, then we have different kind of poems. Next go over quickly the poems in the reading part. And then tick the correct box/boxes for each question on P9 Pre-reading---(1m)