1. English Poetry Main idea: 1.General introduction to poetry(para.1) making comparison using images 2.Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme(para.2)giving examples explanation 3.Introduction of the history of English poetry in chronological order(para.3,4 and 5) giving examples making comparison 4.Poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West(para.6 and 7)giving examples using images

2. Read the text and find out what the words in bold refer to. That —poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar its — English poetry’s their — English Romantic poets’ such as Wordsworth,Byron,Shelley and keats they — modern poets They — Poems and literature

3. They were boiling beans on a beanstalk fire, Came a plaintive voice from the pot, “O,why since we sprang from the selfsame root,Should you kill me with anger hot?” 七步诗 曹植 煮豆燃豆萁, 豆在釜中泣 ; 本是同根生, 相煎何太急 ?