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新牛津译林版高中英语选择性必修一Unit 4 Exploring Poetry
Extended Reading
Guess who he is!
He grew up in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty.
He was best known for his rich imagination and free expression of strong feelings.
He had a love for liquor.
He was Du Fu’s good friend.
古风
Li Bai and his
romantic poetry
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Introduction
para.2-4
The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
________ of Li Bai’s romantic poems
reputation
influence
personal experiences
Fast reading
Features
para.5
social and historic context
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.
How does the poem display signs of a romantic style
By employing striking imagination.
Why is this poem used at the beginning of the passage
To introduce Li Bai’s romantic style as well as attract the readers.
Para 1: Introduction
Careful reading
Paras.2-4: Shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
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Personal experiences
Social and historical context
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
Paras.2-3: Finish the following chart(personal experience)
Li Bai’s footsteps
cover almost the whole country
famous mountains
great rivers
encounter different customs
and practice
Reading
Studying the classics
Reading ancient philosophers of different schools
Reading books of all kinds, from legends to historical stories
familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture
acquired the wisdom of previous generations
Travelling
Visiting famous mountains and great rivers
Encountering different customs and practices
nourished his love of nature
inspired him to write numerous poems
Paras.2-4: Shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style
Personal experiences
Social and historical context
Economic boom and social stability
Open and tolerant atmosphere
allowed him the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality
had a huge impact on his poetic production
Paras.2-4: Draw a mind map about historical context
The style is the man.
文如其人。
Para.5: Features of Li Bai’s romantic style
Features of his
romantic style
Free expression
of strong feelings
_______ for his
imagination
Artistic
techniques
breathe ______ into lifeless objects
the moon and stars
the natural landscape
the figures in legends
exaggeration
metaphor
vehicles
vitality
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
Para.5: Analysis of the features (put theory into practise)
What’s the influence of Li Bai’s poetry
Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt to his inspirational poems.
Today Li Bai’s poetry continues to be enjoyed by countless readers around the world.
Para.6: The significance of Li Bai and his poems
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.
(“A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple”)
para 1
夜宿山寺
危楼高百尺,
手可摘星辰。
不敢高声语,
恐惊天上人。
唯恐,以免
It is believed that this poem was written by Li Bai in his teenage years. With striking imagination in expressions like “scaring dwellers on high”, this early poem already displayed signs of a romantic style, which was later to characterize Li Bai’s poetry.
相传此诗为李白少年时所作。在这首早期作品中,“恐惊天上人”等诗句想象奇绝,已经展现出一种浪漫主义风格,这一风格后来成为李白诗歌的特色。
para 1
Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed to his romantic style. He started studying the classics when he was only five years old, and was reading ancient philosophers of different schools at the age of ten, including Confucianism and Taoism. By reading books of all kinds, from legends to historical stories, he familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture, and more importantly, he acquired the wisdom of previous generations.
李白的浪漫主义风格与其自幼喜读书、好游历不无关联。他五岁就诵读经典,十岁读儒道等诸子百家的著作。他博览群书,从传奇故事到历史典故无所不窥,从而对古代经典文化谙熟于心,更重要的是,他从中汲取了先贤们的智慧。
para 2
是...的原因之一
更重要的是
使自己熟悉某事
Driven by a burning desire for adventure and travel, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his early twenties. His footsteps covered almost the whole country. During his travels, he visited famous mountains and great rivers, encountering different customs and practices. These travelling experiences also nourished his love of nature and inspired him to write numerous poems in the romantic style.
在强烈的探险欲和游历欲的驱使下,他二十几岁便离家周游,足迹几乎遍及海内。他一路寻访名山大川,见识各地文化风俗。这些旅途见闻培养了他对自然的热爱,也让他诗兴大发,写下了无数浪漫主义的作品。
para 3
培养某人对自然的热爱
受到...的驱使
对冒险和游历的强烈渴望
Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply rooted in the social and historical context in which he lived. Li Bai grew up in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty, a time of economic boom and social stability.
This open and tolerant atmosphere allowed Li Bai the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality, which, in turn, had a huge impact on his poetic production.
李白的浪漫主义风格亦深植于他所处的社会历史环境中。他长于经济繁荣、 国家安定的盛唐。这种开放而包容的氛围,使李白得以率性放达,养成了自由不羁的性格,进而极大地影响了他的诗歌创作。
para 4
深深植根于...
对...有巨大的影响
相应地,转而
Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style. Even the most uninformed reader would not fail to be impressed by the poet’s rich imagination. The moon and stars in the sky, the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination.
有如此的个人阅历和历史背景,李白多数作品皆富浪漫主义色彩就不足为奇了。哪怕再没有文化的读者,也会为诗人丰富的想象力所折服。天上星月、自然 景观、传奇人物,他都可借以发挥想象力。
para 5
对...印象深刻
具有...的特征
大多数...
Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes, and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. These features are inseparable from Li Bai’s wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques.
同样令人叹服的是李白对强烈情感的恣意抒发,笔下万物都被赋予灵性,这也让他与其他的山水诗人迥然有别。这些特征也离不开他对夸张、比喻等艺术手法的广泛运用。
para 5
给...注入活力
区分A与B
与...是不可分离的
The poem below, written in his fifties, is representative of his romantic style:
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
(“Autumn Frost”)
下面这首诗是他五十多岁时所做,是其浪漫主义风格的之中体现:
白发三千丈,缘愁似个长。
不知明镜里,何处得秋霜?
《秋浦歌》
para 5
是. ..的代表
With his extraordinary imagination, free expression of strong feelings and mastery of language, Li Bai is widely recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt to his inspirational poems.
超尘脱俗的想象,强烈情感的自由抒发,以及对语言的精通,使李白被公认 为是继屈原之后最伟大的浪漫主义诗人。他的诗篇滋养着中国乃至海外一代又一代诗人。
para 6
是...的原因之一
被公认为...
One such poet is Ezra Pound, a 20th-century American poet. He was fascinated by Li Bai’s poems and translated some of them in his 1915 poetry collection entitled Cathay. Today Li Bai’s poetry continues to be enjoyed by countless readers around the world.
其中一位便是20 世纪美国诗人埃兹拉 · 庞德。他倾慕李白的诗,选译 了多首收入他 1915 年出版的诗歌集《华夏集》中。时至今日,李白的诗歌仍然为世界各地无数读者所喜爱。
para 6
对...着迷
A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple was believed 1. ___________(write) by Li Bai when he was a teenager. By reading various books, he was familiar 2. ______ classical Chinese culture and the wisdom of previous generations from an early age. By travelling, he fell in love with nature and was inspired to write many romantic poems. 3. __________(grow) up during the most glorious period of 4. _____ Tang Dynasty, he was influenced by social and historical circumstances. The open and tolerant atmosphere contributed to his free personality, 5. _______ impacted on his poetic production. Most of his romantic poetry poems are of the romantic style with rich 6. __________(imagine) and free expression of strong feelings that are inseparable from his wide use of artistic techniques such as exaggeration and metaphor.
to be written
with
Growing
the
which
imagination
Summary writing
The poem " Autumn Frost” written in his 7. ______ (fifty) is a good example of his romantic style. He was 8. _______ (wide) considered to be the greatest romantic poet atter Qu Yuan. His poetry influenced generations of poets worldwide. Ezra Pound, who was a 20th-century American poet, 9. _____________ (attract) by his poems and translated some of 10. ______ (they). Even now, Li Bai s poems continue to inspire numerous readers all over the world.
fifties
widely
was attracted
them
Summary writing
Homework
Option 1: Enjoy the English poem The Road Not Taken.
Option 2: Choose your favourite poem written by Li Bai and appreciate his romantic style.