1. 人教选修 6 Unit 2Poems Using language

2. Revision Check exercises on Page 12.

4. Listen to the poem ‘I’ve saved the summer’ and answer these questions. Listening 1.Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend /boyfriend or parent? 2. Does the poem have rhyming words? 3. How does it make you feel and what does it make you think about? 4. What came into your mind?

5. Careful reading Read the poem ‘I’ve saved the summer’ and answer these questions. 1.Circle the words that rhyme. you / new; need/ feed; nineteen/ mean way/day; own/ own

6. I’ve saved the summer And I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings When the snow is new. I’ve saved some sunlight If you should ever need A place away from darkness Where your mind can feed.

7. And for myself I’ve kept your smile When you were but nineteen, Till you’re older you’ll not know What brave young smiles can mean. I know no answers To help you on your way The answers lie somewhere At the bottom of the day.

8. But if you’ve a need for love I’ll give you all I own It might help you down the road Till you’ve found your own. Rod McKuen

9. 2. What is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four lines? The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual because they are the same word( although they each have a different meanings).

10. 3. Which sentences in the poem imply that the speaker is an older person who has experienced their own journey through life and is offering love to young person. 1.Till you’re older,….(that is,till you’re older like me) 2.I know no answer to help you on your way….( I also don’t know the answers to life’s questions.) 3.But if you need for love, I’ll give you all I own.

11. Discussion Who is the speaker and who is he/ she speaking to? And give your reasons. This poem is talking about that a parent is speaking to a young adult child.

12. Language points

13. 1. pattern ⑴ n. ①模式，方式，形式 The illness is not following its usual pattern. Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern? ②图案 She wore a dress with a pattern of roses on it. This cloth has a pattern of blue and white squares. ③模范；榜样 The company set a pattern for others to follow. ⑵ v. 模仿，用图案装饰 He patterned himself upon a man he admired.

14. load n. 担子，负担，工作量 They work under the load of responsibility. He climbed the hill with a heavy load on his shoulder. My work load is more than forty hours a week. 2)v. 装货，将货物装上 …… They loaded the ship quickly. The truck was loaded with bananas. 2. load

15. inspire vt. ① 鼓舞, 激励, 驱使 (+to) inspire sb. to do sth. 鼓舞某人做某事 ②赋予... 灵感, 给... 以启示 inspire sb. 赋予某人灵感 ③激起, 唤起 ( 感情, 思想等 ) inspire sth. in sb. 使某人产生某种感情 ; 激发某人的某 种感情 inspire sb. with sth. 使某人产生某种感情 ; 激发某人的某种感情 inspired adj. 受到鼓舞的 inspiring adj. 令人振奋的 inspiration n. 灵感 3. inspire

16. His noble example _______________________ _____________. 他那高尚的榜样激发我们大家更加努力。 His speech_____________________________. 他的演讲鼓舞了我们再作尝试。 His encouraging remarks __________________ me. 他的一番鼓励激起了我的信心。 The beautiful scenery_____________________. 美丽的景色使作曲家灵思泉涌。 The sound of martial music_________________. 军乐声总是令人振奋的。 inspired the rest of us to greater efforts inspired us to try again inspired confidence in inspired the composer is always inspiring

17. 知识拓展 hold back _____________ hold down _____________ hold forth _____________ hold onto _____________ hold to _____________ hold sth./ sb. up _____________ 4. hold on They managed to hold on until help arrived. 他们设法坚持住直到有救援到来。 Hold on to your glass, Bob! 使劲抓住你的杯子，鲍勃！ 阻挡, 抑制 压制, 限制 大发议论, 夸夸其谈 紧紧抓住不放, 保住 坚持, 信守, 忠于 推迟, 使耽搁

18. 4. try out try out 试用, 试验 His brother‘s example inspired him to try out for the football team. 他哥哥的榜样激励他去接受足球队的选拔测试。 Please try out red wine. 请试试我们的红葡萄酒。 She is raring to try out her new skates. 她很想 试试她那双新溜冰鞋.

19. 5. let out If the fuel is burnt, just heat is let out. 燃料如果被燃烧，就放出热。 The prisoners were let out to work in the garden. 囚犯们被放出到花园里去劳动。 When the land was seen, the sailor let out a whoop of joy. 当看见陆地时，那水手发出一声欢呼。

20. Homework 1. Memorize the language points of the passage. 2. Surf the Internet to find more information of English and Chinese poems.

21. See you next time!