Unit 4 English Poetry(湖南省湘潭市雨湖区)

课件22张PPT。ReadingLead-in Can you remember any forms of poetry?
Can you name some famous Chinese poets?
Can you recite any of their poems?Du FuBai Juyi( realism ) ( nature )Bai JuyiShakespeare
(1564—1616 )John Donne
(1572—1631 )John Milton
( 1608—1674 )Alexander Pope
( 1688—1744 )John Keats
( 1795—1821 )William Wordsworth
(1771—1851 )English Poetry1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?Fast-reading1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?① Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar.
② Poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read.③ Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.
2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?John DonneWilliam WordsworthGeorge Gordon ByronJohn KeatsCareful-ReadingPara. 1Para. 2Para. 7Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6The characteristics of poetry.Chinese poets and poetry.The first period of Modern English poetry.Modern English poetry in the 19th century.Why do Modern English poets have special attraction?The introduction of English poetry to China.1.Main ideaThe benefit of reading poetry in English.2.ComprehensionI. Choose the best answer.1. Modern English came into being from about the end of the _______ century.A 16th B 17th C 18th D 19th 2. The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the poems by ___________.A.Du Fu B.Li Bai C.Su Dongpo D.Guo Moruo AC3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of___. A.a sonnet B.romantic poetry C.nature poetry D.modern poetry 4. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the _________ century.A 17th B 18th C 19th D 20th 5. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is _________.A.that you have more choice B.that something of the spirit is lost
C.that you understand it better D.that you learn how to express
yourself in new ways BDC3. What do the words in bold refer to.Para. 1 That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.Para. 3 Despite its short history,there is a lot of good poetry around.Para. 4 The style and atmosphere in their poems has often…Para. 5 Finally, modern poets have their special ……in the language and images they use.Para. 7 They can help us to understand each other better,…4. A timeline①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧16001700180019002000William ShakespeareJohn DonneJohn MiltonAlexander PopeJohn KeatsWilliam WordsworthGeorge G. ByronRobert FrostQuietly, we embrace
In a world lit up by words静静地我们相拥
在这个用语言照亮的世界里。Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together.Do you know the meaning of it?DiscussionAre poems good for our life? What can we get from poems?1. Poems bring passion (激情) to our life.3. Poems make us know, we are here,we can make our life and the world more colorful!2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues(美德), beauty and romance…
English poetry has a short______, but there are still a lot of good English _____ and great ____ around, such as _________ of the 17th century, Pope and Johnson of the ____ century, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelly and Keats of the ____ century, and Frost of modern times. At the end of the 19th century, ___________ was introduced to _____ by some famous writers such as _______ and _________. Nowadays, more and more people are ________ in reading modern poetry in _______ . Reading poetry in English also _______________ finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.historypoemspoetsShakespeare18th19thEnglish poetryChinaLu XunGuo MoruointerestedEnglishopens the door ofSummarize the text :Homework:
Revise the text to have a better understanding of it.
2. Summarize the text orally.
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