人教版选修六英语课件：Unit 2 Poems Readingperiod 2.ppt

1、Unit 2 Reading A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS vt. 传达传达; 传送传送 n. 托儿所托儿所 adj. 具体的具体的 adj. 引起矛盾的引起矛盾的 n. 钻石钻石; 菱形菱形 adj. 灵活的灵活的; 柔顺的柔顺的 n. 模式模式; 式样式样; 图案图案 n. 乡舍乡舍; 小屋小屋 Words preview convey nursery concrete contradictory diamond flexible pattern cottage sparrow tease salty endless branch minimum

2、translation branch eventually n. 麻雀麻雀 vi. 戏弄戏弄 adj. 含盐的含盐的; 咸的咸的 adj. 无穷的无穷的; 无止境的无止境的 n. 支流支流; 部门部门 n. 最低限度最低限度; 最少量最少量 n. 翻译翻译; 译文译文 n. 枝条；支流；部门枝条；支流；部门 adv. 最后最后; 终于终于 Words preview take it easy run out of be make up of in particular 轻松轻松; 从容从容 用完用完 构成构成 尤其尤其; 特别特别 Expressions preview Skimming to

3、 get general ideas Skim the poems on pages 10 and 11 and fill in the form on page 9. Which poem A B C D E F G H describes a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport? is about things that dont make sense? Skimming Reading Comprehension I Which poem A B C D E F G H is rec

4、ited to a baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Five kinds of poems Nursery rhymes Cinquain List poems Haiku Tang poems How many forms of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they? Skimming Reading Comprehension II Read the first paragra

5、ph of the passage and underline the sentence that tells the main idea of the paragraph. Then write the main idea in your own words. skimming Reading Comprehension III Careful reading to solve difficult points convey vt. 传达传达; 传送传送 The marching men had to close up to let the on-coming convey go past.

6、 行军的人们不得不靠紧些以便让前行军的人们不得不靠紧些以便让前 来的运输队过去。来的运输队过去。 Body language conveys much more information than language spoken. taken it easy 1)relax and avoid working too hard 松散松散, 松懈松懈 2) used to tell a person not to worry. 放心放心, 别着急别着急 Take it easy. Its not a serious problem. 别着急别着急, 这问题并不严重。这问题并不严重。 run out

7、 of 用完用完 He has run out of red ink. 他的红墨水用完了。他的红墨水用完了。 What if / Say you were to run out of money? What would you do? 假设你的钱用完了呢？你将怎么办呢？假设你的钱用完了呢？你将怎么办呢？ Weve run out of petrol. What a bore! 我们的汽油用完了。真麻烦我们的汽油用完了。真麻烦! Lets get a further understanding about the different forms of poems in different cou

8、ntries according to the passage. Read Poems A-H, and then answer the questions. Reading Comprehension IV 1. What is the babys father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? 2. What is the babys father going to do if the goat runs away? Read poem A and answer these questions. If the mirror gets broke

9、n, the babys father will buy a billy-goat instead. Hes going to buy the baby another billy-goat. Nursery rhymes An apple a day Sends the doctor away Apple in the morning Doctors warning Roast apple at night Starves the doctor outright Eat an apple going to bed Knock the doctor on the head Three each

10、 day, seven days a week Ruddy apple, ruddy cheek Enjoy a nursery rhyme Traditional rhymes which are passed on to children while they are still of nursery age. Though the oral tradition of nursery rhymes is ancient, the largest number date from the 16th, 17th, and (most frequently) 18th centuries. Ap

11、parently most rhymes were originally for adults, many as popular songs. Nursery rhymes Read poem B. Whats the main idea of poem B? Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things. List poems Read poem C. Whats the main idea of poem C? Poem C is about losing a foot

12、ball match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure. Why didnt the players in poem C win? Write down three excuses that the author gives. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know? They didnt win because they didnt have enough time; they didnt have thousands o

13、f fans screaming; they stayed up too late the night before; they ran out of energy. The author doesnt believe his excuses, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win. A list poem is one of the easiest kinds of poems to write because it can have a

14、s many lines as the writer likes. But that doesnt mean you should write down anything. Heres a list of elements that make a list poem instead of just a list: 1)The writer is telling you something pointing something out-saying, “Look at this“ or “Think about this“. How to Write a List Poem 2) Theres

15、a beginning and an end to it, like in a story. 3) Each item in the list is written the same way. Heres an example of a list poem about a noisy brother. My Noisy Brother He slurps when he eats cereal in the morning. He gargles milk. He burps after eating. He cracks his knuckles. He whistles. He snaps

16、 his fingers. He squawks when hes mad. He snores at night. Brother Beautiful, athletic, Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Whats the main idea of poem D? Poem D is a description of a lovely brother. Cinquain Bother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting , laughing Friend and enemy

17、too Mine -a word -a noun -2 adjectives -3 verbs -4 words Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless Whats the main idea of poem E? Poem D is a description of hot and boring summer. Poem D: his / her brother Poem D: The author likes his subject. Although the speaker des

18、cribes a couple of negative aspects of his / her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother. What are poems D and E about? Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons. Poem E: summer Poem E: The author doesnt like his subject. The reader gets the

19、feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling. The cinquain based on the Japanese haiku is made up of five lines and has the following structure: Line 1: a noun that names the subject of the poem Line 2:

20、 two adjectives that describe the subject Line 3: three verbs ending with ing that describe the subjects actions Cinquain Line 4: four words that give the writers opinions or feelings about the subject Line 5: a word that gives another name for the subject Have you remembered the structure of the ci

21、nquain? Fill in the chart below to answer the number and the relevant information of each line. : Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 one word (subject or noun) two words (adjectives) that describe line 1 three words (action verbs) that relate to line 1 four words (feelings or a complete sentence) th

22、at relate to line 1 one word (synonym of line 1 or a word that sums it up) A fallen blossom Is coming back to branch. Look, a butterfly! Whats the main idea of Poem F? Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree. Haiku Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful Of happy children. Whats th

23、e main idea of poem G? Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children. Haiku is a form of Japanese lyric verse that encapsulates a single impression of a natural object or scene, within a particular season, in 17 syllables arranged in three unrhymed lines of fi

24、ve, seven, and five syllables. Haiku 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. Tang poems A. 蝶恋花蝶恋花 B. 竹枝词竹枝词 C. 望夫石望夫石 D. 一剪

25、梅一剪梅 Do you know the Chinese title of this poem? 望夫石望夫石 王王 建建 望夫处，望夫处， 江悠悠，江悠悠， 化为石，化为石， 不回头。不回头。 山头日日风复雨，山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。行人归来石应语。 Do you know the Chinese version of poem H? A womans husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never movin

26、g from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go. What is the story that poem H tells? Tell the story in your own words. Circle the words expressing feelings. What feelings do you think the woman in poem H has? Give your reasons. loneliness joy

27、 love trust anger hate sorrow The woman has the feelings of : Loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top. Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain. Trust: she believed her husband would come back one day. Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without se

28、eing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad. Tang poems When translated into English, Tang poems have a free form and do not rhyme. They have strong imagery and are often about the bringing together of opposites, for example, the small is contrasted with the large, and the temporary

29、with the eternal. Forms of Poems Characteristics Nursery Rhymes List Poems Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite Repeated phrases and some rhyme Fill in the chart below according to what weve learned today. scannin g Reading Comprehension V Forms of Poems Characte

30、ristics Cinquain Haiku Tang Poems Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words. The translations have a free form. Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words. Discussion Are poems good for our life? What can we get from poems?

31、 1. Poems bring passion (激情激情) to our life. 2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues (美德美德), beauty and romance. 3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful. Can you tell which form the following poems belong to? Quiz I Rain, rain, go

32、 away, Come again another day; Little Johnny wants to play. Comment: Johnny can be substituted for any boy or girl name. Nursery rhymes Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste 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.

33、 Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. List poem Lily out of the water out of itself Haiku A Farewell Poem to the Old Meadow Grass is spreading over the meadow Life or death will yearly come, yearly go. The bale-fire can burn away the green Spring breeze will help it survive ag

34、ain. 赋得古原草送别赋得古原草送别 白居易白居易 离离原上草，一岁一枯荣。离离原上草，一岁一枯荣。 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。野火烧不尽，春风吹又生。 Tang poem Spaghetti Messy, spicy Slurping, sliding, falling Between my plate and mouth Delicious Cinquain Quiz II Translation 1. _ (如果你是一个如果你是一个 诗人诗人), what kind of poems would you write? 2. _ (我们就会夺我们就会夺 冠了冠了) if Jack had

35、scored that goal. If you were a poet We would have won 回乡偶书 贺之章 少小离家老大回, 乡音无改鬓毛衰。 儿童相见不相识, 笑问客从何处来。 Try to translate the Chinese poem into English. Coming Home by He Zhizhang I left home young and not till old do I come back, My accent is unchanged, my hair no longer black. The children dont know me, whom I meet on the way, Where do you come from, revered sir? they smile and say. 1. Read the text aloud and recite one of your favourite poems from the passage. 2. Choose your favorite form of poems and write one on your own. Well share our own poems next class. Homework