牛津译林版（2019）选择性必修 第一册Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件（共31张PPT，内音嵌视频）

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Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Welcome to the unit
&
Reading (I)
Lead-in
Poetry is an expression of one’s will. What is kept in the heart is the will, but when expressed in words, it is poetry.
—“Preface to The Book of Songs”
诗者，志之所之也。
在心为志，发言为诗。
A Spring Morning
By Meng Haoran
This spring morning in bed I’m lying,
Not to awake till birds are crying.
After one night of wind and showers,
How many are the fallen flowers!
Translated by Xu Yuanchong
Lead-in
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Dreams
By Langston Hughes
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
Lead-in
metaphor
personification
literary devices:
rhythm节奏
rhyme押韵
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_________
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How do you like the two poems
Welcome to the unit
Both poems are very descriptive. I like the first one because it focuses on the topic of spring and clearly describes a spring morning in a way that is easy to understand. The second one is about dreams and uses some artistic techniques, such as metaphor and personification. Even though it is a little bit more difficult to understand,
it is interesting to read.
Free talk
Why do people read poems
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Poems create vivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively.
Poems draw us to the world of imagination.
Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance.
Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful.
Do you know how to read a poem
Global reading
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
How to reveal poetry’s ___________________
hidden dimension
Follow your ears and ask “__________________”
How does it sound
Approach the poem like ______________________________
an explorer in an unfamiliar landscape
Have ________to interpret the meaning of a poem
patience
Remember it’s not necessary to ________________________
fully understand a poem
Enjoy the journey in the world of poetry
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Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
How to reveal poetry’s hidden dimension
Follow your ears and ask “How does it sound ”
Approach the poem like an explorer in an unfamiliar landscape
Have patience to interpret the meaning of a poem.
Remember it’s not necessary to fully understand a poem
Enjoy the journey in the world of poetry
Introduction
Conclusion
Sound
Sense
Body
Structure
(1)_______________
Global Reading: scan the lecture transcript and complete the chart below.
Poetry
(2)_______________
Follow your ears and ask
“(3)________________”
Approach the poem as
(4)___________________________.
Be (5)________________.
Remember that it is not necessary to
(6)____________________________.
Sound
Sense
How does it sound
an explorer in an unfamiliar lanscape
patient
fully understand a poem to appreciate it
Detailed reading (para 1)
Q: 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.（Lines1-2）
Detailed reading (para 2)
(1) What aspects should you pay special attention to when you read a poem aloud
The aspects of rhythm, repeated words, rhymes and other special effects. (Lines7-8)
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.
(2) Read aloud the stanza from Sweet and Low.
Analyse how does it sound according to the good qualities
Firstly, the words “__________________” are repeated.
Secondly, there are several rhyming words:
“low” rhyming with “________” and “______”, “sea” rhyming with “___________”.
Wind of the western sea
blow
go
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.
basic
questions
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
Images
Detailed reading (para 3)
What are the basic questions you should ask to understand a poem
Detailed reading (para 3)
Caged Bird
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
(1) What is being described
A singing bird which is kept in a cage.
(2) What images come into your mind when reading it
When we read it, we see the images of a bird in a cage who is desperately singing for freedom.
An acclaimed 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 (para 4)
What does the lecturer think of poems that are easy to understand
They are often less interesting than those that constantly reveal deeper and previously unrecognized meanings. (Lines 46-48)
Detailed reading (para 4)
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.
What did the tired traveler walk past
A. sea B. desert C. forest D. hill
Did he want to leave
A. Yes B. No
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 portraying ordinary people in everyday situations. His famous poems include: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken.
In order to fully appreciate a poem，what kind of thinking should one abandon
A. Contradictory thinking. B. Complex thinking.
C. Logical thinking. D. Normal thinking.
Detailed reading (para 5)
Critical thinking
Is the last paragraph a good ending Why or why not
The last paragraph is a good ending.
At the beginning of the lecture, the speaker points out that poetry is a combination of “sound” and “sense”. The last paragraph echoes(呼应) the beginning by mentioning it again, which makes the lecture more coherent(连贯的).
Critical thinking
The lecturer says that one does not need to fully understand a poem to appreciate it. Do you agree Share your points of view with other group members.
Yes, I agree. There are other aspects of poetry that can be appreciated besides the poets message. I recall reading “Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare”. The language was quite difficult to understand, but because of the sound aspects, I appreciated its easy flowing rhythm and rhymes. It was very pleasant to read-like a song. I hope to understand its full message one day.
Discussion
Apart from the four tips given by the lecturer, what other tips can you give on how to read a poem
From my point of view, to understand a poem better, we should also know more about the poet and the background in which the poem was created--the theme of a poem usually has a close relationship with the background in which the poet wrote it.
Show time
Appreciate the poem
From hill to hill no bird in flight,
千山鸟飞绝，
From path to path no man in sight.
万径人踪灭。
A lonely fisherman afloat
孤舟蓑笠翁，
Is fishing snow in lonely boat.
独钓寒江雪。
Third, when we have difficulty understanding the“From hill to hill” and “From path to path”, we read them for several times, we find that it is the description of the environment to show the lonliness of the old fisherman.
First, follow your ears. In this poem, “flight” rhymes with sight. “afloat”rhymes with the boat.
Second, when we read it , we can see the image that:A lonely fisherman afloat is fishing snow in lonely boat.
Homework
1. Finish B1 and B2 on P47.
2. Choose a poem that impresses you most. Discuss it with your partners and share the reasons why it impressed you.