高二英语人教版选修6Unit 2 Poems Warming up and reading课件 (共46张PPT)

课件46张PPT。Unit 2Poems1. Do you remember any little poems you used in games in the playground when you were a child? Do you remember any songs your parents or first teachers taught you?
2. Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?Warming upTwinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the skyRhyme like a poem!Can you find something like a poem?Before my bed ,there is bright moonlight.So it seems like frost on the ground.Lifting my head， I saw the bright moon .Lowering my head I dream that I’m at home.A SPRING MORNING
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,
Everywhere round me the singing of birds
But now I remember the night, the storm,
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.
(by Meng Haoran)春晓
春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟．
夜来风雨声，花落知多少．杜甫孟浩然王维苏东坡ShelleyOde to the West WindWilliam ShakespeareLOVE SONG
—— Shakespeare
'Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
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thou: you doth: does
尽管怀疑星星不是火焰；尽管怀疑太阳不曾移动；尽管怀疑真理原是谎言；千万不要怀疑我的情衷。 What is Love
Love is giving ,
Love is living ,
Love is taking someone’s load(负担) ,
Love helps them along the road.
Love is caring,
Love is sharing,
Love will seek the best for others,
Love treats everyone as brothers.Pre-reading1.People from different countries write different kinds of poems. Do you have a favourite poem in Chinese? Why is it your favourite poem? Do you have a favourite poem in English? Why is it your favourite poem?
2.Quickly go over the poems on the following pages. Then tick the correct box / boxes for each question.As we know, poems are mostly written to
show people’s emotions.. In Chinese , we
have 诗言志，诗言情，诗歌合为事而作.
That is, people write poems for different
reasons, then we have different kind of
poems. Next go over quickly the poems in
the reading part. And then tick the correct
box/boxes for each question on P9A Few Simple Forms of English Poems Which poem AB C D E F G H describes a person?tells a story?describes an aspect of a season?is about sport?is about things that don’t make sense?is recited to a baby?describes a river scene?has rhyming words at the end of lines?repeats words and phrases?(一)英诗节奏和韵律 在理解诗歌有困难的时候,我们常常把它译成散文。诗歌和散文的最明显的区别在于: 诗歌有明显强烈的节奏。诗歌可以不押韵,但总是有节奏的。诗歌的魅力在很大程度上决定于他的节奏。当然,押韵也是诗歌与散文区别的重要标志,它使诗歌和谐、优美、富于音乐感，给读者感官上的满足，产生美的共鸣。
下面举例：Here are two versions of the same poem. the first doesn’t have a rhythm but the second does. First train passing
The train makes a clickity-clack noise
on the track
You can see ducks and geese from the window
And they fly up when the train goes by
I can see a big, heavy suitcase
on the rack. It doesn’t look safe.
The train is going into a tunnel
And when it does, everything goes dark.Second train passing
Clickity-clack,Clickity-clack
Ducklings and geese, fly from the track
Big heavy case, rocks on the rack
Tunnel ahead, everything’s black
Clickity-clack, quickity quack
Clickity-clack,rockity-rack
Clickity-clack,blickity-black
Clickity-clackity, trickity-track英诗的种类从诗的内容和形式两方面看,英诗可分为:
１史诗( Epic)
２戏剧诗( Dramatic poems) 这四种为叙事诗
３故事诗( Metrical Tale)
４民谣 (Ballad)
５抒情诗(lyric)
６说理诗(Didactic poems)
７模仿诗(Parody)
８打油诗(Clerihews) 下面举一打油诗的例子：(Narrative poems)Let’s look at an example of Clerihews. Let’s say your art teacher was named Mr Shaw, and you wanted to write a clerihew about him. You might start your clerihew like this:
Our art teacher , Mr Shaw,
Really knows how to draw.
But his awful paintings,
Have caused many faintings. ReadingThe reading passage discusses five kinds of poems. What are they?Five kinds of poemsNursery rhymes
童谣Cinquain
五行诗List poems
清单诗Tang poems
唐诗Haiku
俳句诗Poetry is a great form of literature. There are different kinds of rules for poems, so the forms of poems are quite different from country to country. The passage in Reading will tell us something about forms of English poems. Now read the text on P 10 and find out information to complete the following form.Nursery rhymes(A)List poems (B and C)Cinquain (D and E)Haiku (F and G)Tang poems (H)Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to reciteRepeated phrases and some rhymesMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few wordsGive a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few wordsThe translations have a free form. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa is going to buy you another today.Back I saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true
What sports do you think the speaker is writing about?
Did his or her team win the game?
3. How many excuses did they make to explain why the didn’t win?
4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse? How do you know?
FootballNoNine No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to winListen to POEM C and answer the following questions Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless　　　兄弟
　爱美，又爱运动
爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑
　　是我的朋友
　 也是我的敌人　　夏日
　困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
　周而复始
　永无止境BackPoem D & E1.What subject is the speaker writing about?
Poem D:____________
poem E:________
2. Does the speaker like the subject?His or her brothersummer A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake) Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！
　　　作者Moritake 雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
　　作者IssaBackWhere she awaits her husband,
On and on the river flows
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the journey return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian)　　望夫石
　　　　王健
望夫处，江悠悠。
化为石，不回头。
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。　　　　　　Back 望夫石
王建
望夫处，江悠悠，
化为石，不回头！
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。Comprehending1. Read and listen to the passage. Which poem do you like best? Give reasons.2. Answer these questions about the reading passage.What is the main topic of the reading passage?What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?Which two poems have rhyming lines?
Circle the pairs of rhyming words.Some simple forms of English poemsPoem A and B. Each poem has four beats a line.Nursery rhymes, List poems, the Cinquain, Haiku and Tang poems.Listen to the tape and find the words that rhyme:word singbrokemockingbirdringbrassLooking-glassbilly-goatawaytodayPoem AWhich poems give you one clear picture in your mind?Most probably Poems F, G.4Read the passage carefully to get enough details and finish the exercises.1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?
He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat.Poem APoem C
1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about?

2. Did his or her team win the game?
3. Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives.
4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuses? How do you know?
5. Do you ever give excuses when you don’t win or do something? footballNo Didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late,and ran out of energy.No. Because at the end of the poem the speaker admitted that they didn’t play well enough to win.Poem D,E 1. What subject is the speaker writing about?


2. Does the speaker like the subject?
Give a reason for your answer.The speaker is writing about his / her brother in Poem D.
In Poem E, the writer is writing about Summer.What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own wordsA woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving form that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.Poem H 望夫石
望夫处，江悠悠，
化为石，不回头！
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。Discussion: 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 and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!回乡偶书 贺之章少小离家老大回,
乡音无改鬓毛衰.
儿童相见不相识,
笑问客从何处来.Try to translate the following Chinese poem into English.Sample translation of Tang poemsCOMING HOMEI left home young , I return old.
Speaking as then, but with hair grow
thin;
And my children ,meeting me,do not know me.
They smile and say:
Stranger , where do you come from?Try to recite some English poems.FURTHER STUDY
Website about famous English poets :
www.classicauthors.net
Website about English poetry:
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display_rpo/timeline.cfm
Thank you!