1. If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Shelley--- Ode to the west wind ( 西风颂 ) Unit2 Poems

2. You are students, and I’m your teacher today. We’ll learn English poems in a new way. How happy to be your teacher,I say. We’ll learn English poems in a new way, Let’s enjoy English poems from A, Amomg you are peots as you may.

3. 1. Are you familiar with the song? 2. What’s the Chinese name for the song? 3. Listen again & try to write down the English lines?

4. --- -- --- -- --- -- Find out something special at the end of the lines Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! rhyme ( 押韵 )

5. Welcome to the Garden of poems ! Unit 2 Poems

6. 静夜思 床前明月光， 疑是地上霜； 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。 Looking up, I find the moon bright, Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.

7. 2.What other famous poets do you know in china? know in china? 1.Who is the poet? 1.Who is the poet?

8. Famous poems and poets Du Fu Bai Juyi

9. Meng Haoran Li Qingzhao

10. 郭沫若

11. Reading

12. Fast reading 1.What is the main topic of the reading passage? Some simple forms of English poems.

13. 2. How many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they? 童谣 清单诗 五行诗 俳句诗 唐诗

14. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today. Nursery rhyme( 童谣 ) [ə:d] [in] [a:s] [əu] [ei]

15. I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true. List poem ( 清单诗 )

16. Our first football match We would have won… if Jack had just scored that goal, if we’d had just a few more minutes, if we had trained harder, if Ben had passed the ball to Joe, if we’d had thousands of fans screaming, if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’ve been better!

17. 1. What sports do you think the speaker is writing about? 2. Did his team win the game? 3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win? 4. Does the speaker really believe his own excuse? Football No Nine POEM C POEM C : and answer the following questions If no, what is the reason for their failure? No The reason why they are fail is that they are not good enough.

18. Brother Beautiful,athletic Teasing, shouting,laughing Friend and enemy too mine Cinquain ( 五行诗 ) (poem D and E) ---one word (topic) ---two adjs ---three verbs with –ing ---four words ---one word Five lines

19. Does the speaker like the topic? E : No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey( 传达 ) this feeling. Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless

20. A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly! (by Moritake) Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa) 落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 作者 Moritake 雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着 欢乐的儿童。 作者 Issa Haiku ( 俳句诗 ) 17 syllables

21. 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 journeyer return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian) 1. What’s the title ? A. 蝶恋花 B. 竹枝词 C. 望夫石 D. 一剪梅 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。

22. Which of the following words can convey the woman’s feelings A. loneliness B. joy C. love D. trust E. anger F. hate G. sorrow A. lonelinessC. love D. trust G. sorrow ?

23. 相传远古时代，这里是汪洋大海，有一少妇，因 丈夫出海打鱼，久而不返，遂登山望夫，感而成 石。

24. Wildfire never quite consumes them -- They are tall once more in the spring wind. 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。

25. Nursery Rhymes They have strong rhyme and a lot of repetition. List Poems They repeated phrases and some rhyme, and easy to write. Cinquain They are made up of 5 lines, and convey a strong picture, and easy to write. Haiku They are made up of 17 syllables, and give a picture and a special feeling. Characteristics Form Their translations have a free form. Tang Poems

26. Good, better,______! Never have it rest! Till good is_______, And better,_______! best better best remember:

27. 1. write an English poem by yourself and show it to your classmates at the beginning of the next period. 2. Read the text more after class.

28. Goodbye! Many thanks!