(共18张PPT)
Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Extended reading
古风
Li Bai and his
romantic poetry
He is an ancient Chinese poet.
Lead-in
He lived in the Tang Dynasty.
He is one of the famous romantic
poets.
One of his best friends is Du Fu.
What do you know about him
He was known as “Poet immortal”
Read the essay and figure out the structure of the passage.
to Li Bai’s Romantic style.
(shape) of Li Bai’s romantic style.
(analyze)of Li Bai’s romantic style.
The status and of Li Bai and his poems.
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5
Para6
Introduction
Shaping
Analysis
influence
Global reading
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple
A hundred feet the temple towers;
I can reach out for the stars in the sky.
But I dare not speak in a voice loud,
For fear of scaring dwellers on high.
striking imagination
a sign of a romantic style
Task 1 (Para1) Introduction to Li Bai’s romantic style
Careful reading
夜宿山寺
李白
危楼高百尺，手可摘星辰。
不敢高声语，恐惊天上人。
Task 2 Read Para2-4 and finish the following time chart.
started studying
the classics
left home and started to travel around
read ancient philosophers of different schools
5 years old
at the age of 10
early twenties
Why is this poem used at the beginning of the passage
To introduce Li Bai’s romantic style as well as attract the readers.
Li Bai’s
romantic
style
reading
travelling
the social and
historical
context
familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture
acquired the wisdom of previous generations
nourished his love of nature
was inspired to write numerous poems
allowed him the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality
had a huge impact on his poetic production
Personal experiences
Historical background
What contributed to Li’s romantic style
Li Bai’s footsteps
1. What are the features of Li Bai’s romantic style poems
2. How did Li Bai show his imagination in his poetry
3. What’s the biggest difference between Li Bai and other landscape poets
There are various features of Li Bai’s romantic style, such as the rich imagination, free expression of strong feelings, plus the wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques.
Li Bai showed his imagination through the moon and stars, natural landscapes and figures in legends.
His free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes.
(Para5) Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style
Task 3 Read para 5 and answer the following questions.
(Para5) Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style
Autumn Frost
My silver hair is three thousand feet long,
Because my sorrow is deep and strong.
How can the autumn frost white
Be cast into the mirror bright
→exaggeration
→free expression of strong feelings
→rich imagination,
metaphor
The poet’s inner sorrow and his feelings of depression.
2. What’s the fun_ction of the poem quoted in this para
1. What message does this poem convey
The poem “Autumn Frost” is cited as an example to support the author’s analysis.
秋浦歌
李白
白发三千丈，缘愁似个长。
不知明镜里，何处得秋霜？
(Para6) The status and influence of Li Bai and his poems
1. What does the phrase “owe a debt to” in the sentence “Generations of poets，both in China and abroad，owe a debt to his inspirational poems.” mean
A. Benefit a lot from. B. Adapt from.
C. Enjoy much. D. Learn from.
2. What’s the use of the example Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound is a 20th-century American poet. His fascination for Li Bai’s poems is a typical example to explain Li Bai’s significance and influence, which is beyond the time and space.
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Task 4 Read para 6 and answer the following questions.
课文原文填空
Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed his romantic style. He started reading ancient philosophers the age of ten. By reading books of all kinds, he familiarized himself classical Chinese culture. (drive) by a burning desire adventure, Li Bai started to travel around in his early twenties. He visited famous mountains and great rivers， (encounter) different customs. These travelling inspired him (write ) numerous poems in the romantic style. Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply (root) in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty. (give）his personal experiences and the historical background， the majority of Li Bai’s poems are (character) by the romantic style.
Li Bai is (wide) recognized the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan.
Expressions
___________________ 伸手去拿，伸手去够(para1)
___________________ 唯恐，以免（危险的发生）
___________________ 人们相信
___________________ 在小时候(para2)
___________________ 是……的原因，导致，有助于
___________________ 使某人熟悉
___________________ 前人
___________________ 被驱使，受到……的鼓舞(para3)
___________________ 对……的渴望/期待
___________________ 20出头
___________________ 启发某人做某事
___________________ 扎根于，起源于(para4)
reach out for
for fear of
it is believed that
at an early age
contribute to
familiarize sb with
previous generations
be driven by
desire for
in early twenties
inspire sb to do sth
be rooted in
___________________ 经济繁荣
___________________ 相应地，转而；轮流，依次
___________________ 对……有巨大影响
___________________ 大多数，大部分(para5)
___________________ 具有……的特点
___________________ 失败做某事
___________________ 为……注入活力
___________________ 使……区别于……
___________________ 代表，……的典型
___________________ 被认为是……，被公认为……
___________________ 欠……的情
___________________ 对……着迷
economic boom
in turn
have an impact on
the majority of
be characterized by
fail to do
breathe vitality into
distinguish from
be representative of
be recognized as
owe a debt to
be fascinated by
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