(共17张PPT)
Unit 4 Extended reading 2
Li Bai and his romantic poetry
P53-54
Translation
para 1
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”)
伸手去够
vi.&vt.敢于,胆敢;激(某人做某事)
以免,唯恐
n.居民,居住者
危楼高百尺,
手可摘星辰。
不敢高声语,
恐惊天上人。
《夜宿山寺》
out of one's reach / beyond one's reach
够不着
within reach
能力可及;伸手可及;够得着
para 1
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.
人们认为
adj. 引人注目的;妩媚动人的
vt.是...的特征,以...为典型;使...具有特点
此诗
为李白 所作
在少年时
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,
非限定从
这一风格
后来
成为李白诗歌的特色。
para 2
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.
促成;向...捐款;为...做贡献
n.道教,道家
n.传说;传奇人物
从................到...
oneself/sb.
使自己/某人熟悉...
李白的
浪漫主义风格
喜读书、好游历
自幼
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
诸子百家的著作。
包括儒道等
博览群书,
传奇故事
历史典故
无所不窥,
他
对古代经典文化谙熟于心,
更重要的是,
他从中获得/汲取了先贤们的智慧。
不同流派
1. 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. (lines 12-14)
familiarize oneself/sb. with sth. 使自己/某人熟悉某事
I need to familiarize myself________ the subject first.我首先需要熟悉一下这个主题。
I am not really familiar ________ the local laws.
This nursery rhyme is very familiar _____ me.
familiar adj.
familiarity n.
with
to
with
para 3
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.
对...........................强烈渴望
受...的驱使
在他二十出头时
v.覆盖;涉及;走完
vt.培养;滋长
他对自然的热爱,
见识各地文化风俗
激励...........做
adj. 众多的;许多的
在 探险和游历的 驱使下,
便离家周游。
李白
他的足迹
几乎
遍及海内。
寻访名山大川,
他一路
这些旅途见闻
培养了
他
并且
写下了无数浪漫主义的作品。
para 4
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.
be rooted in...植根于/根源于...
经济繁荣
社会安定
n.繁荣;vi.迅速发展,激增,繁荣昌盛
n.稳定,稳固
adj.宽容的;能耐...的
n.自由
adj.不受约束的,自由的
相应地,转而
对...........................有巨大影响
李白的浪漫主义风格
亦/也
深植于
社会历史环境中
他所处的
他
长于
盛唐。
和 的
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
这
他的诗歌创作
para 5
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.
prep.考虑到,鉴于
大多数
adj.无知的,未受教育的
未能做/没能做
对....................................印象深刻
n.媒介,手段;交通工具
如此的个人阅历和历史背景,
李白 作品
皆富浪漫主义色彩
就不足为奇了。
即使再没有文化的读者,
诗人丰富的想象力
也会
天上星月、
自然 景观、
传奇人物,
他都可借以发挥想象力。
以...为特点/特征
2. Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that ... (lines 25-26)
given
adj. 特定的,规定的,已安排好的
prep.考虑到,鉴于 given that conj. 考虑到
1. You have to finish the work _________________.
(在规定时间内)
2. ____________ (考虑到他的年龄), he did it quite well.
3. It was surprising the government was re-elected, given _____ they had raised taxes so much.
within the given time
Given his age
that
= considering /in view of 鉴于
para 5
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.
n.生命力,活力,热情
给.....注入活力
n.夸张,夸大
n.暗喻,隐喻
be
与.....不可分离
使..............区别于
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
他
其他的山水诗人
这些特征
也离不开
他对
夸张、比喻等艺术手法的
广泛运用。
倒装句
倒装句:Present at the meeting _______(be) Tom and many other guests.
表语 + 系V.+ 主语
are/were
distinguished adj.有尊严的,高贵的;卓越的;杰出的
be distinguished for 因……而著称; 以……而出众
be distinguished as 作为……而著名
非限定从
非限定从
para 5
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”)
是......的代表
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》
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.
para 6
被 广泛 认为
adj.异乎寻常的;非凡的
欠债;感激;把...归功于...
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
是
继屈原之后最伟大的浪漫主义诗人。
他的激励人心的诗篇滋养着
中国乃至海外一代又一代诗人。
adj.鼓舞人心的
para 6
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.
vt.给...命名;使符合资格
被...吸引/对...着迷
其中这样的诗人是
埃兹拉 · 庞德
一位20 世纪美国诗人
be
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
世界各地无数读者
仍然
为.................................. 所喜爱。
3.单句语法填空
①The audience watched the performance with growing ________________ (fascinate).
②It's a_________________ (fascinate)book, but
little did I know how it would touch my life and the lives of others.
③I was_______________(fascinate) to listen to his travels in Britain.
fascination(n.着迷;入迷;吸引力)
fascinating(adj.迷人的;有吸引力的)
fascinated(adj.入迷的;极感兴趣的)
Text Review
With ___________(strike) imagination in expressions like “scaring dwellers on high”, this early poem already displayed signs of a romantic style, which was later to _____________(character) Li Bai’s poetry.
By reading books of all kind, from legends to historical stories, he _________________________ (让自己熟悉) classical Chinese culture.
During his travels, he visited famous mountains and great rivers, ______________(encounter) different customs and practices.These travelling experiences also __________(培养) his love of nature and ___________(启发) him to write numerous poems in the romantic style.
striking
characterize
familiarized himself with
encountering
nourished
inspired
Text Review
This open and ________(tolerate) atmosphere allowed Li Bai the liberty to develop a free and _____________ (constrain) personality, which , _______(反过来,转而), ____________________(对...有重要影响) his poetic production.
Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which __________________(给...带来活力) lifeless objects he describes, and which ____________________(使他与众不同)other landscape poets.
tolerant
unconstrained
in turn
had a huge impact on
breathes vitality into
distinguishes him from
Text Review
These features are ____________(separate) from Li Bai’s wide use of ____________(夸张), ___________(比喻) and other artistic techniques.
Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, ______________ (感激) his _____________(inspire) poems.
He __________________ (着迷于) Li Bai’s poems and translated some of them in his 1915 poetry collection ________ (title) Cathy.
owe a debt to
inspirational
was fascinated by
entitled
inseparable
exaggeration
metaphor