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人教版(2019)选择性必修三
Unit 5 Poems
Using Language
Write a poem
Learning objectives
In this lesson, you will
1. Read three poems and discuss how to understand a poem;
2. Read a sample short essay to further know how to understand
a poem;
3. Learn to write an essay about your understanding of a poem;
Discuss how to understand a poem with your partner. Make a list of questions that the readers should consider while reading poems.
1. What is the subject of the poem
2. What images(意象) does the poet use
3. What is the tone(基调) of the poem
4. Does the poem use rhyming words(押韵词)
5. How does the poem make you feel
6. What feelings and emotions does the poet try to convey
7. Which rhetorical devices (修辞手法)are used in the poem
Lead-in
Pre-writing
Before you read, discuss how to understand a poem with your partner. Make a list of questions that the readers should consider while reading poems. The following points may help you.
Rhythm and sounds
Feelings and emotions
Rhetorical devices
Subject
Images
Tone
tone: a quality in a writer’s voice or writing showing his/her feeling or thinking
rhetorical devices: repetition, figurative language, simile, metaphor, ...
Review
The characteristics
of poetry
economical use of words;
descriptive and vivid language;
integrated imagery;
literary devices such as similes and metaphors;
arrangement of words and lines, rhymes, rhythm.
Wind On The Hill
------By A. A. Milne
No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes…
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
可要是我站着抓住
风筝的一根线,
风筝就随风飘去,
飘一天,飘一晚。
无论风筝飘哪儿,
只要我找得见,
我知道风准定
也到了那边。
我就能告诉人们,
风往哪儿跑……
可风从哪儿来,
没有人知道。
山上的风
---A.A.米尔恩
没人告诉我,
也没人知道:
风从哪儿来,
风往哪儿跑。
风从一个地方来,
飞得快,飞得急,
我跟不上风的步子,
跑也来不及。
1.What are the rhyming words of Wind on the hill
2.How does the poem Wind on the Hill rhyme
A. ABCB
B. ABAB
C. ABAC
D. AABB
While-reading
Read the poem below and then analyze their subjects, images rhyming words and rhetorical devices.
Subject
Images
Rhyming words
Rhetorical Devices
WIND ON THE HILL
No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It’s flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn’t keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes ...
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
A. A. Milne
the wind
kite, person
knows / goes
can / ran
kite / night
blew / too
goes / knows
repetition
alliteration
While-reading
Read the poem below and then analyze their subjects, images rhyming words and rhetorical devices.
Subject
Images
Rhyming words
Rhetorical Devices
dreams
broken-winged bird,
barren field frozen with snow
die / fly
go / snow
repetition
metaphor
DREAM
Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams,
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
While-reading
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes,
Green pleasure or gray grief;
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf.
A.C. Swinburne
[li f]
[gri f]
[t ɡe ]
[ we ]
[ z]
[kl siz]
[ z]
[li f]
A Match
1. What is the poem A MATCH about
This poem expresses loyalty and devotion to love
2. What does this poem express
3. What rhetorical device does the poet use
Metaphor
Repetition
Simile
While-reading
Read the sample short essay on P57 about
how to understand a poem
From what aspects
“I” understand
the poem Dream?
Paragraph one
The poem Dream by Langston Hughes is very short with only 8 lines. When I read the pome aloud I can hear that the ends of the second and fourth sentences rhyme--- “die” and “fly”. The last word from the sixth and eighth sentences also rhyme--- “go” and “snow”. These rhyming words sound nice and make the poem pleasing to read.
This paragraph shows that when I enjoy a poem, I notice its form and rhyming words, which can make my reading pleasant.
Useful expressions:
-- The poem is short with only 8 lines.
-- I can hear the ends of second and fourth sentences rhyme.
-- The rhyming words sound nice and make the poem pleasing to read.
Paragraph Two
When I close my eyes, I can see different images from the poem. For example, I can see two hands being held. I can see a bird flying in the sky. I can see a field and I can imagine what it looks like with lots of snow. I start to feel cold when I read these lines!
This paragraph shows that the images in the poem will communicate certain feelings in the reader.
Useful expressions:
-- I can see different images from the poem.
-- I can see two hands being held.
-- I start to feel ... when I read these lines.
Paragraph Three
I learnt a new phrase, “hold fast”, which means to hold onto something. “Barren” is also a new word to me, which means empty.
This paragraph shows that when I enjoy a poem, I will encounter some unfamiliar expressions which will enlarge the vocabulary.
Useful expressions:
-- I learnt a new phrase, “hold fast”, which means...
Paragraph Four
I think the poet is giving us advice. He wants us to keep dreaming, because life is much better when we dream and have something to look forward to.
This paragraph shows that I will learn something from the poem, which means the poem conveys certain meaning to the reader.
Useful expressions:
-- I think the poet is giving us advice.
After-reading: Brief Summary
When we write an essay about how to understand a poem, we usually do it from the following aspects:
Poetic form-- lines; rhyming words
Poetic subject -- sth or sb the poem centers on
Poetic language-- images; rhetorical devices; new expressions;
Poetic meaning -- tone; feelings and emotions conveyed
How to appreciate(鉴赏) English poetry
poetic form
诗歌形式
poetic imagery
诗歌意象
poetic
meaning
诗歌意义
poetic language
诗歌语言
After-reading: Brief Summary
确定时态人称
一般现在时为主,第一人称
布局文章架构
首段:这首诗歌的基本介绍
中段:这首诗歌流行的原因
尾段:我的感受
列出核心要点
这首诗歌主要讲述什么?
这首诗歌想要表达的寓意?
How to write an essay about a poem
请根据唐朝诗人李绅的《悯农》,用英语写出这首诗的大意,并说明诗中所蕴含的作者的思想,以便向你的外国朋友解释。
Sympathy on the Farmers
At noon, farmers are weeding(除草),
Down the field, sweat is dropping(掉落).
Who knows rice on a dish,
Every grain is full of moiling(辛勤劳作)
第一段:简要介绍诗歌的作者及内容。
第二段:详细论述诗歌的主题。
第三段:启迪与感想。
While-writing
遣词
1.一首题目是……的诗 ______________
2.受欢迎 _______________
3.频繁地 __________
4.掉到土里 ______________
5.来自 __________
6.提醒某人…… ______________
a poem titled...
be popular with
frequently
fall into the soil
come from
remind sb. of...
While-writing
造句
完成句子
1. 下面这首是唐朝诗人李绅所写的名为《悯农》的诗。(title)
“Sympathy on the Farmers”.
2. 李绅很受中国读者欢迎。(popular)
_________________________________________________________
3. 夏日正午时刻,外面天气炎热;农民依然在地里除草。(weed)
It is so hot outside at this summer noon time.The farmers ________________
.
Here is a poem by Li Shen and it is titled
Li Shen is popular with Chinese readers.
are still weeding
in the fields
While-writing
Here is a poem ________(以...为标题)“Sympathy on the Farmers” by Li Shen who _________________ (受...欢迎) Chinese readers.
It goes like this: Hot as it is outside at this summer noon time, the farmers are still ________(播种) in the fields. They are wet all over with their sweat frequently falling into the soil, where the crops grow. But who knows exactly all our foods, the ________________(美味的食物) on our table, come from the ______________(辛苦劳作) of the farmers
titled
is popular with
delicious dishes
hard work
weeding
While-writing
The reason __________________________(李绅为什么写这首诗) is to _______ people_______(提醒...) the importance of the farmers’ hard work. I think it _____________________(非常重要) that the young generation today should understand the poem and ____________________(珍惜每一颗粮食).
why Li Shen wrote this poem
remind
of
is of great significance
treasure every grain
While-writing
Here is a poem titled “Sympathy on the Farmers” by Li Shen who is popular with Chinese readers.
It goes like this: Hot as it is outside at this summer noon time, the farmers are still weeding in the fields. They are wet all over with their sweat frequently falling into the soil, where the crops grow. But who knows exactly all our foods, the delicious dishes on our table, come from the hard work of the farmers
The reason why Li Shen wrote this poem is to remind people of the importance of the farmers’ hard work. I think it is of great significance that the young generation today should understand the poem and treasure every grain.
While-writing
写作步骤一般是“三段式”,具体为:
第一段:简要介绍诗歌的作者及内容。
第二段:介绍诗歌所表达的内容及主题。
第三段:诗歌的写作意图及现实意义,启迪与感想。
开头常用句式——介绍诗歌及作者
Here is a poem entitled “...” by..., which enjoys great popularity among readers.
结尾常用句式
1. The poet wants us to ........., because .........
2. Reading the poem, I feel deeply + adj.......... I’ll try my best to .........
3. Reading the poem, I think the poet is giving us advice ......
Step III Writing—A short essay about a poem
假设你是李华, 你的加拿大笔友Peter 正在学习唐诗,发来一首《游子吟》向你请教, 请你用英语给他写一封回信, 内容包括:
1. 解释该诗的含义;
2. 阐述诗歌对你的启示。
注意:
1. 请不要逐句翻译; 2. 词数80左右。
Song of the Parting Son
by Meng Jiao
From the threads a mother’s hand weaves,
A gown for parting son is made.
Sewn stitch by stitch before he leaves,
For fear his return be delayed.
Such kindness as young grass receives,
From the warm sun can’t be repaid.
Dear Peter,
I am very glad to know that you show such a great interest in Chinese Tang poetry. Now I will try my best to help you understand the poem Song of the Parting Son written by Mengjiao.
Here is the meaning of the poem. A son will be on a long journey. Before leaving, his mother sews and mends clothes for the boy carefully by the candlelight, afraid that he will come back home late. Mothers are the warm spring sun while we are new green grass bathing in their golden rays. How can we repay such a great love
Reading the poem, I feel deeply moved. Mother’s love is the greatest in the world. I’ll try my best to make sure my mother has a happy life in the future.
Yours,Li Hua
Homework
Polish up your writing with the advice from your partners and your teacher.