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While you may ask "What does it mean "as you begin reading a poem. it is better to ask"How does it sound "
1.The guid told us his adventures in the Arctic as we went along.
2. As you were out, I left a message.
3. Tired as he was, the general stayed up late.
3. Child as he was, he knows a lot.
3. Try as he might, he couldn't open the door.
3. Hard as they tried, they couldn't make her change her mind.
4.They did as I had asked.
5. As you know,Taiwan belongs to China.
1. Even if its ture meaning appears to be beyond your grasp, ... (line 5-6)
grasp v. to take a firm hold of sb./sth. 抓紧,抓牢
v. to understand sth completely 理解
n. 紧抓;领会;能力所及
beyond one’s grasp 掌握不住…;能力达不到
within one’s grasp 有把握...
have a good grasp of sth很好地掌握...
grasp a chance/an opportunity 毫不犹豫地抓住机会
They failed __________(grasp) the significance of his words.
Some kids need extra help besides school work _________ (grasp) a few concepts.
I’ve always had _______ good grasp of English language thanks _______ my mum.
So diligent is she that further success is _________her grasp.
Practice makes perfect.
a
to grasp
to grasp
to
within
2. Do you detect a rhythm
detect v. to notice or discover something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear etc 发现,查明,侦察出
eg Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
【拓展】
detectable adj. 可觉察的;可发现的;可查出
detector n. 探测器,检测器
detective n. 侦探,警探
detection n. 察觉,发现; 侦察
How is poetry different from other types of literature
2. What aspect should you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud
3. What characteristics can you find when you analyse its sound
Detailed Reading: read Para. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.
How is poetry different from other types of literature
More than other types of literature, it usually implies a deeper meaning beyond the words on the page.
2. What aspect should you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud
The aspect of rhythm, repeated words, rhymes and other special effects.
Detailed Reading: read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.
Detailed Reading: read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.
3. What characteristics can you find when you analyse its sound
Firstly, the words “Wind of the western sea” are repeated.
Secondly, there are several rhyming words: “low” rhyming with “blow” and “go”, “sea” rhyming with “me”.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(1809–1892)
More than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the representative of his age. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had.
Detailed Reading: read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea,
Low, low, breathe and blow,
Wind of the western sea.
Over the rolling waters go;
Come from the dying moon, and blow,
Blow him again to me,
While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps.
(From “Sweet and Low”
by Alfred Tennyson)
Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
Approach the poem as if you were an _______ in an unfamiliar_________ As you approach the poem, you should ask basic questions:
As you explore the poem, you should ask:
As you slowly explore your surroundings, you will
explorer
landscape
Who is talking Who is being talked to What is being described Is there a sense of place Are there other people or objects there
What are the images
What happens when they are put together
start to ___________ that give you a greater _______________ of the poem.
dig up clues
understanding
What images come into your mind when reading it
Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
What images come into your mind when reading it
When I read it, I can see in my mind the image of a bird in a cage, which is desperately singing for freedom.
Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
An acclaimed(广受欢迎的) American poet, storyteller, activist, and autobiographer, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was also an educator who served as a professor in the university.
Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
(From “Caged Bird”
by Maya Angelou)
Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.
3. …, approach the poem as if you were an exlporer in an unfamiliar landscape. (line 20)
v. to come near to sb/sth 靠近,接近
v. to speak to sb about sth 接洽
v. to start dealing with a problem in a particular way着手处理,对付
n. a way of dealing with sb /sth 方法,态度
n. movement nearer to sb /sth in distance or time
(距离和时间上的)靠近,接近
(to sth)
(of sth)
She always talks to me as if she _______my elder sister.
He behaved as if nothing _____________(happen).
This meat tastes as if it ____________(go)bad.
She looks as if she could live for another century.
were
had happened
has gone
1. ___________(approach) the city centre, we saw a stone statue of about 10 metres in height.
2.What is the best approach _________ the problem
3. Facing up to your problems rather than ___________(run) away from them is the best approach to _________(work) things out.
4. With winter______________(approach), it gets colder and colder.
5. With the approach ___ winter, it’s getting colder and colder.
6. Up to now we _____________________(approach) by a number of companies that are interested in our product.
Practice makes perfect.
to
running
Approaching
working
approaching
have been approached
of
4. ... is often complex or even contraditory ... (line 25)
adj. containing or showing a contradiction矛盾的;
contradict-contradiction-contradictory
1. The poems may not make sense and even seem_____________ (contradict), but they are easy to learn and recite.
2. These two statements are __________(apparent) contradictory.
3.She dared not _______________(contradiction) him.
4. __________ you argued contradicted the present theory.
5. His public speeches are in direct ________________(contradict) to his personal lifestyle.
Practice makes perfect.
apparently
contradict
contradictory
What
contradiction
5. … to dig up clues that give you ... (line 26)
clue n.some information that helps the police solve a crime
(破案)线索
n. some information that helps you discover the answer
(问题)线索
dig up clues 挖掘线索
have no clue +从句/about sth 对...毫无头绪/一无所知
Give me a clue.给我提示一下吧!
a clue to sth.
I don’t have a clue __________ she lives.
He doesn’t have a clue about ________ to do next.
The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues ________the identity of the killer.
Practice makes perfect.
what
where
to
Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.
What should you do when you have difficulty in understanding a poem
What does the lecturer think of poems that are easy to understand
According to the lecturer, what is more important in appreciating a poem
2. What does the lecturer think of poems that are easy to understand
Poems that are easy to understand are less interesting than those that constantly reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings.
What should you do when you have difficulty in understanding a poem
We should set it aside and come back to it later. With our insight into life becoming deeper, we may one day find it not so hard to understand at all.
3. According to the lecturer, what is more important in appreciating a poem
Poetry reading can make us feel something or let us perceive another level of meaning, which is more important and worth our effort.
Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American poet who was much admired for his description of the rural life of New England, and his realistic verse(诗) portraying ordinary people in everyday situations. His famous poems include: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken.
Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
From “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
6. Third, if you are still struggling to interpret the meaning of a poem even with much painstaking effort, Just have some patience. (line38-39)
interpret vt. 解释,阐释;把..理解为;演绎 vi. 口译
I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
They spoke good Russian and promised to interpret for me.
Not having found a better way, we had to rely on him to be the
___________(interpret).
interpreter
interpretation n. interpreter
If Shakespeare's plays are to reach a large audience they need to be interpreted in a modern style.
painstaking adj. 需细心的;辛苦的
with much painstaking effort 下苦功夫
make an effort to do sth 努力做某事
make every effort to do sth 尽一切努力做某事
spare no effort to do sth 不遗余力做某事
a joint effort 共同努力(的结果)
【语境应用】翻译句子
1) 警方仍在寻找能帮助搜索失踪女孩的线索。
Police are still looking for _________ in their search for the missing girl.
2) 这份资料可以从多方面解读。
The data can be _____________________________________.
3) 我要把那棵植物挖出来,挪个地方。
I'll _________________and move it.
clues
interpreted in many different ways
dig up that plant
7. So if you do not get it, set the poem aside and come back to it later.
set sth aside: to not consider something, because other things are more important ①把…放一边
Business is business. Let's set our personal feelings aside for now.
公事公办。这会儿咱们就先把个人情感放一边吧。
②留出(钱或时间)
eg She tries to set aside some money every month.
她每个月都尽量存点钱。
8. As an explorer, you will not reach your goal immediately— you need to go on journey to a remote and unknown destination.
remote adj. 偏远的;遥远的;远亲的
in the remote past/future
a remote control/village/cousin/ancestor
All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
9. This may seem difficult at first, but when you finally make your great discovery, your efforts will be rewarded.
reward vt. 奖励,奖赏 n.奖励;悬赏金
reward sb with sth for sth 因某事而用某物奖励某人
as a reward (for) / in reward (for)作为(对..)的报答
You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
The students have been working hard on their lessons and their efforts will ___ _______ _____ success in the end.
be rewarded with
award: n. the Oscar Award
v.授予某一奖 (award sb sth/award sth to sb)
Language points
9. Poems that are easy to understand are often less interesting than those that constantly reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings.
constantly adv. all the time 始终,一直
eg He talked constantly about his work.
他不断地谈到他的工作。
constant adj. 连续发生的;不断的;重复的
eg constant interruptions 无休止的干扰
eg travelling at a constant speed
以恒定的速度行驶
Language points
10. As long as the journey of poetry reading makes you feel something or lets you perceive another level of meaning, it will have been worth your effort.
perceive vt. ①注意到,意识到,②将…理解为;将…视为
perceive a change in one's behavior
be perceived to do sth 被发现做了某事
perceive ...as/to be 将..看成/理解为
The patient was perceived _____________(have)difficulty in breathing.
to have
The passage below is about a student’s experience of reading poetry. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
I love reading poetry and I try to (1) ________ some time each day to read poems. Poetry can take me to (2) ________ mountaintops covered with mist; it can also take me inside someone else’s mind.
set aside
remote
B1
complex constantly contradictory dig up
interpret remote reward set aside
Poetry can describe things that are too (3) ________ to express in any other way; it can also display the hidden beauty of simple and ordinary things.
I like poems that are (4) ____________: it is exciting when the poet starts with one particular image, and then adds something that seems to be out of place—it is the lines which stick out that make a poem interesting.
contradictory
complex constantly contradictory dig up
interpret remote reward set aside
complex
(5) __________ poetry can be difficult, but what I love about poetry is that it makes me wonder—sometimes it is like a riddle that I want to solve, or a question that I want to answer. When I start reading a new poem, I may say to myself, “This is confusing—I don't like it.” However, many of my favourite poems are the ones I did not like at first. With poetry, I know I have to be patient: I will not be (6) __________ immediately,
complex constantly contradictory dig up
interpret remote reward set aside
Interpreting
rewarded
but when I finally understand a poem, it will stay with me for a long time. Also, when I read poetry regularly, I (7) ___________ discover new things—even in poems that I have read many times before. Reading poetry is like trying to find and (8)___________ a treasure: I can use a poem as a treasure map that will eventually guide me to exciting new discoveries.
complex constantly contradictory dig up
interpret remote reward set aside
constantly
dig up
noun + verb-ing
noun + verb-ed
noun + adjective
adverb + verb-ing
B2
The lecture transcript uses some compound adjectives. Note the following words and think of more compound adjectives formed in similar ways. Then fill in the table with as many compound adjectives as you can.
painstaking, heartbreaking, time-consuming, eye-catching
snow-covered, handmade, tongue-tied, sun-dried
lifelong, world-famous, homesick, duty-free
everlasting, fast-flowing, bestselling, far-reaching