(共31张PPT)
Welcome to the
Garden of poems !
printing
Paper-making
compass
Gun powder
Four great invetions of china
Poem is the universal language of
mankind.
诗歌是全人类的共通语言。
Poem was given to man to express
his thought.
诗歌赋予人类是为了表达思想
Do you know who they are
Du Fu
(712-770 )
Wang Wei
(701-761)
Li bai (701-762)
Can you recite any of their poems
A Tranquil Night Abed, I see a silver light, I wonder if it's frost aground. Looking up, I find the moon bright; Bowing,in homesickness I‘m drowned
静夜思
李白
床前明月光，疑是地上霜；
举头望明月，低头思故乡。
1.Are the two poem the same
杜 甫
王 维
back
走进一间房，
四面都是墙，
抬头见老鼠，
低头见蟑螂！
门前一只狗，
在啃肉骨头，
又来一只狗，
双双打破头！
The feature
Of the poems
Of ancient
China
1.the number of lines
2.the number of characters
3.special patterns of rhythm
and rhyme
Form is important
English Poetry
Reading
1. 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
William Wordsworth
George Gordon Byron
John Keats
John Donne
Find out the main idea of each paragraph
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 7
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
The characteristics of poetry.
Chinese ancient poets and poetry.
Early English poets.
English poets of the 19th century.
The introduction of English poetry to China.
Why modern poets have special attraction
Why more people are interested in
English poetry
1.who can tell us the development or history
of english poetry
2. Why modern poets have special attraction
3. When does English poetry come to China
4. Why are more people interested in reading
English poetry
ASK AND ANSWER
Modern English 16th
William Shakespeare
17th
John Donne
18th
Pope
sonnet
play
the absence of rhyme at the end of each line
the finest poetry in England
surprising images
remind
Su dongpo
The earliest English poetry
(difficult)
English Romantic poets 19th (early)
John Keats (1795 - 1821)
William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
Byron
(1788 - 1824 )
The style and atmosphere in their poems has often led to comparison with poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai
Greatly loved in China
sonnets ,long.. nature poems Isles of Greece
弗罗斯特，美国诗人，四次获普利策奖。
Robert Frost
(1874-1963)
modern poets have special attraction
Stand closest to us both in the language and images
Time Event
The end of the 19th century
1910-the late 1930s
Chinese writers started reading more foreign poetry.
Famous writers translated poetry into Chinese.
The introduction of English poetry to China.
Lu Xun
Guo Moro
Why are more people interested in reading
English poetry
Give you much more choice
Something of the spirit of the original work is lost in the translation edition.
Open the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.
① William Shakespeare
② John Donne
③ John Milton
④ Alexander Pope
⑤ George Gordon Byron
⑥ John Keats
⑦ William Wordsworth
⑧ Robert Frost
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
consolidation
Modern English came into being from about the end of the ___ century.
A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th
The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the poems buy ___
A. Dufu B. Libai C. Su Dongpo D. Guo Moruo
3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of ____
A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry
The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of _____century.
A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th
____’s poetry reminds Chinese readers of the poems by Du Fu and Li Bai.
A. Shakespeare B. Byron C. John Donne D. Robert Frost
(C)
(A)
(B)
(D)
(C)
True or False
Poetry is quite difficult to write and boring to read.
The number of lines and characters in each line is quite important for good poems as well as rhythm and rhyme.
William Shakespeare is only famous for his plays.
According to the time, the correct order of the poets should be: Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, John Milton, and John Donne.
Romantic poems and nature poems are two styles of English poems.
We have read English poems since Tang Dynasty.
Translating poems into other languages can not only help people to read more but also understand it without losing any spirit.
(F)
(F)
(T)
(F)
(F)
(T)
(F)
When people from one country read the poems from another, they will be struck by what is inside the poem, so they will understand each other and become good friends.
1. What is the main idea of the text
Poetry is a good bridge to connect the East with the West.
2. To say that “poems and literature can be bridges” is an image. Why do we say they can be bridges
Poems and literature can be bridges.
Poems and literature can be ties that brings the East and the West together.
Poems and literature can be enjoyed by the East and the West.
east west
bridges
Are poems good for our life What can we get from poems
1. Poems bring passion (激情) to our life.
2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance…
3. Poems make us know, we are here,we can make our life and the world more colorful!
If a poem is translated into another language, is it still the same poem What are some differences
Something of the spirit of the original works is lost.
rhythm
rhyme
figures of speech
.
轻轻的我走了
正如我轻轻的来
我轻轻的招手
作别西天的云彩
