课件54张PPT。hi, everyone! How many kinds of poems are the English poems divided into?(from the content and the form) 1.epic(史诗):describe historical events 2.dramatic poems(戏剧诗): write an opera
in the form of the poetry 3.metrical tale(故事诗): tell story in the form
of the poetry. 4.ballad(民谣): a simple metrical tale 5.lyric(抒情诗): describe the feelings, life
experiences, people or thingsA Few Simple Forms of English PoemsPre-reading2.Quickly go over the poems. Then tick the correct box / boxes for each question on the previous pages. Which poem AB 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 don’t make sense?is recited to a baby?describes a river scene?has rhyming words at the end of lines?repeats words and phrases?careful readingHow many kinds of poems does the text mention? What are they?Nursery rhymes(A)List poems (B and C)Cinquain (D and E)Haiku (F and G)Tang (H)Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetitions, easy to learn and to recite.Repeated phrases and some rhymesMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words.Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.Comprehending1. Read and listen to the passage. Which poem do you like best? Give reasons.2. Answer these questions about the reading passage.What is the main topic of the reading passage?What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?Which two poems have a strong
rhythm?Some simple forms of English poemsPoem A and B. Each poem has four beats a line.Nursery rhymes, List poems, the Cinquain, Haiku and Tang poems.word singbrokemockingbirdringbrass looking-glassbilly-goatawaytodayPoem A:b) Which two poems have rhyming lines?
Circle the pairs of rhyming words.Poem A and B. firehighracesquireskyleaddeadlacecathatPoem B:tootrueWhich poems give you one clear picture in your mind?Most probably Poems F, G, H.4Read the passage carefully to get enough details and finish the exercises.1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat.Poem A1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about?
2. Did his or her team win the game?
3. Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives.
footballNo They didn’t have enough time; they didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; they stayed up too late; they ran out of energy.Poem CPoem C4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuses? How do you know?
5. Do you ever give excuses when you don’t win or do something?
No. Because at the end of the poem the speaker admitted that they didn’t play well enough to win. 1. What subject is the speaker writing about?
2. Does the speaker like the subject?
Give a reason for your answer.Poem D: His / Her brother
Poem E: Summer.Poem D,EPoem DYes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/her brother (teasing, enemy), the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/her brother.Poem ENo. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words.A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.Poem H The poem tells a story about a woman who was waiting on the mountain top for her husband. The story goes like this: A loyal / devoted wife kept standing on a mountain top waiting for her husband’s coming back. Year after year, the wife became a stone which looks like a woman watching into far distance.Poem HWoman 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 seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad. 望夫石
王建
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。Sample poems for referenceFive Fat Peas (a nursery rhyme)Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest
They grew and grew
And did not stop,
Until one day
The pod went pop
Trees (a haiku poem) Green every spring
Bright orange in autumn
Bare in winterAn apple a daySends the doctor away
Apple in the morning Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night Starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed Knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week
Ruddy apple, ruddy cheek 注: ruddy cheek 红润的脸颊(a nursery rhyme) One- hearted
When those red berries come in springtime,
Flushing on your southland branches,
Take home an armful, for my sake,
As a symbol of our love.Tang poem 相思(王维)
红豆生南国,春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷,此物最相思幻灯片 7。Players, Proud and joyful Take a well deserved rest. Dedication and sacrifice Paid off. Don't lie I look through you To the depths of your soul I can see your innermost thought I know I saw a face in a flame of fire ,
I saw a tree touch the moon
and higher,
I saw an ant swallow a cat,
I saw a chicken wear a hat,
I saw an apple twelve feet high,
I saw an elephant in the sky,
I saw a fish run on the land,
I saw …. A funny poem Let’s look at an example of Clerihews. Let’s say your art teacher was named Mr Shaw, and you wanted to write a clerihew about him. You might start your clerihew like this:
Our art teacher , Mr Shaw,
Really knows how to draw.
But his awful paintings,
Have caused many faintings. a funny poem--limerickThere was an old man of Beijing.
Who would eat almost anything.
He ate and ate
From anyone’s plate.
But he stayed just as thin as a string.Try to recite some English poems.What is love Love is giving ,
Love is living ,
Love is taking someone’s load,
Love helps them along the road.
Love is caring,
Love is sharing,
Love will seek the best for others,
Love treats everyone as brothers.Language Points Unit 2 Poemspoem n. [C] (一首)诗
poet n.[C] 诗人
poetry n.[U] [总称] 诗歌,诗篇,诗集
Robert is a __________.
I have written a __________.
He bought a book of__________ yesterday.
poetpoempoetry (1) [C ,U] ( 同look) 面貌,外表
(2) [C]( 同respect) 方面
(3) [C] (建筑)朝向他从各方面考虑了这个问题。
He considered all the aspects of the problem.
唐山市面貌一新。
Tangshan takes on an entirely new aspect.
My house has a southern aspect.2.aspect n. 运输,运送传送,传达3.others try to convey certain emotions.
而有些诗则是为了传达某种感情.
convey 传达或表达(感情,观点,思想等)
我说不出有多愤怒。The truck conveyed the furniture.I can’t convey how angry I feel.Words can’t convey my sorrow.4.nursery n.
(1)[C] 保育室,托儿所(2)苗圃
nurse n. 保姆,护士
v. (1) 给……喂奶
(2)=look after 照料,看护
nursing n. [U] (职业性的)保育,护理
Exercises:
She takes up ____ as a career.
The parents left their child with the ____.
She ____the sparrow with care and love.
Mother is ______ the baby.
The _____teacher made the children sit bold upright(笔直地坐着).
nursed B.nursing
C.nurse D. nursery
BCBDA5. rhythm n. 节奏;韵律;节拍
rhyme n. 押韵
the exciting rhythms of drum music
兴奋的鼓乐节拍
I can't dance to music without a good rhythm.
没有好的节奏我不能跟着音乐跳舞。
Is there a rhyme for “day”?
“Bold” and “cold” are rhymes.6.take it easy v. 从容, 不紧张, 松懈, 轻松
If we hadn’t taken it easy, we would have won.
如果我们没松懈的话,我们就赢了。
沉住气,不要害怕。
Take it easy. Don’t be afraid.
Lucy would like to take things easy when she is
on holiday.
take things easy= take it easy7.辨析 run out 与 run out of
run out vi. 用完了,=become used up ,其主语通常为时间,食物,金钱等物。
run out of vt. 指(某人)用完了(某物),主语一般是人。
His money soon ran out.
He is always running out of money before payday.I have ______________ my oil.
Our ink has _______________.run out of run out8.make up1).Two doctors and six nurses made up the medical team.= The medical team is made up of two doctors and six nurses.
组成,构成 2).We were asked to make up a poem.创作3).She made up herself before going to the ball.化妆 4).Jack made up a wonderful story to explain his absence.编造5).His mother makes up the bed for him every day.铺床6).Nothing can make up for the loss of time.弥补为……作弥补 (1)组成,构成 (2) 编造,创作 (3)弥补(4)化妆 (5)铺床9.tease 可以用作动词和名词。 v.(1)取笑=make fun of/laugh at/play a trick on (2)捉弄
(3)n. 爱 嘲弄他人的人别逗猫。
Don’t tease the cat.
Don’t take what she said seriously. She’s only
teasing.别拿她的话当真。 她不过是捉弄人。She always laughs at others. What a tease she is!
Although your deskmate is a little fat, you must not tease her (about her weight).10. …but it is very popular with English speakers.
sth be popular with sb. 受……欢迎
AExercise:
__________, the new teacher is very popular ______ the pupils.
To our joy; with
with our joy; by
To our sorrow; with
With our sorrow; by11. branch n. (1) 枝条 (2) 支流
(3)(学科的)分科,部门 (4) 支部,分部
v. 分叉,分道, 拓展新领域这家银行在市内有十家分行。
The bank has ten branches in the city.
很多鸟栖息在树枝上。
Many birds are on the branch.
这条河有很多支流。
The river has a lot of branches.
Mary has left the company and branched out
her own.
玛丽离开公司做起了自己的生意。Exercises:
The company’s head office is in the city,But it
has _____________(部门) all over the country.
2.____________________(路分叉) where the tall building stands.
3. _____________________ (党小组) were
completely destroyed then.
branchesThe road branchesThe party branches12.transform vt.
(1)Water can transform a desert into a garden.(把……转换成)(3)The old education systems were transformed.变换,改革 Ten years of hard work ______ Mathilde
completely _______ an ordinary housewife.
translated ; into B.translated; for
C. transformed; into D. transformed; to(2)I don’t know what transformed this area from a rich field into a desert. 13. Snow having melted, the whole village is
brimful of happy children.Snow having melted 为动词–ing形式的独立
结构,其逻辑主语通常与句子的主语不一致。
这种主语常常是名词或主格代词。动词 –ing
形式的独立结构常用作状语,表示伴随情况、
时间、原因等。 The conditions having been changed, it is
necessary for you to make a new plan.(表示原因) Lily rushed out of the room, the little baby
carried in her arms.(表示伴随情况)The operation being over, the patient was
sent back to his room.(表示时间)Time permitting, we’ll visit the Summer Palace.(表示条件)Exercises
There are many ___ of the problem, but you have only considered one of them.
A.respect B. aspects C.sides D.points
2. I was so excited at the news that I could hardly ___ my feelings in words.
A.carry B.convey
C.transmit D.communicate
3. My hometown has taken on a new ___.
A.looks B.appearance C.aspect D.way
4. Don’t believe him. He______ a story.
makes up B.is making up C.makes up of
5. ---I feel terrible. Am I dying?
---_________. You’ve just caught a cold. Take
the medicine and you’ll be better soon.
It does’t matter B. Nonsense
C. You are kidding. D. Take it easy
6.---Excuse me, will you change this one-thousand
-dollar note for me?
---Sorry, but we _________ change ourselves.
are running of B. running out of
C. are lacking in D. break downExercises.
1. ---I’m nervous about the Driver’s License
Examination tomorrow.
---__________. You are sure to succeed.
2. ---It’s getting late. I’m afraid I must be going
now.
---OK. ____________.
See you. B.Go slowly.
C. Take it easy. D. Cheer up
CA11.Translate vt. 翻译;解释、说明;转成
把说的话付诸行动
Translate words into action
How would you translate his silence?
你如何理解他的沉默?
你能把汉语翻译成英语吗?
Can you translate Chinese into English?
translation n 翻译
translator 翻译家; 译者Coming Home ( a Tang poem)I left home young and not till old do I come back,
My accent is unchanged, my hair no longer black.
The children don’t know me, whom I meet on the way
Where do you come from, revered sir? they smile and say.