1. English Learning English Learning Shen Kailai In Qingyuan
The Lecturer:
Shen Kailai
In Qingyuan
Oct. 18, 2004

2. Unit Four
English poetry

3. Revision
Language points
Difficulties
Homework

4. Reading comprehension
TASK Revision
Reading comprehension

5. 1. Which is the correct order of time about the following English poets? ( )
A. Shakespeare  Alexander Pope  John Donne
B. John Donne  Alexander Pope  John Keats
C. William Wordsworth  George Gordon Byron 
John Milton
D. John Milton  Robert Frost  George Gordon
Byron
2. When did modern English come into being? ( )
A. Towards the end of the 16th century.
B. In the 18th century C. Towards the end of the 19th century D. Between 1910 and the late 1930s.
3. Whose poems do NOT have rhyme at the end of each line? ( ) A. John Keats’ B. Shakespeare’s.
C. Robert Frost’s. D. John Milton’s. B A D

6. 4. The introduction of English poetry to China began __.
A. at the start of the 20th century ( )
B. in the late 1930s
C. towards the end of the 19th century
D. between 1910 and the 1930s
5. How is an English poem different from its Chinese translation? ( )
A. It will become more difficult to understand.
B. Some of the information in the original poem will
be missing.
C. The Chinese translation will offer readers much
less choice.
D. Something of the charm and spirit of the original
poem will be lost. C D

7. TASK Language points
Pay attention to the following

8. Find the following quickly and try to understand the text:
1. be interested to do real passion remind sb. of
4. bring…together 5. more than any other form 6. play
with 7. call up 8. a dream world 9. a long history 10.
stand out halls of glory follow special patterns
13. a kind of English 14. around the time of 15. towards
the end of be most famous for belong to in
the next generation because of a great number
of major works at a very young age live to
the age of have long been favourites 25. lead to 26.
comparison with 27. stand close to 28. the introduction
of…to… translate…into… much more choice
31. no matter how the spirit of the original work
33. express oneself light up send for(p.30)

9. 1. I’m interested to read some…. (p.27)
** I’m interested in working in Switzerland. Do you know anybody who could help me? (对做某事的想法感兴趣)  ** I was interested to read in the paper that scientists have found out how the universe began. (对所了解的事或经历的事感兴趣)
2. More than any other form…play with…. (l. 2-p.27)
① * Tom is taller than any other student in his class.
* China is larger than any other country in Asia. =
China is the largest country in Asia. 
* China is larger than any country in Africa.
② * Don’t play with fire. It’s dangerous. (玩耍、玩弄)
* He was playing with the idea of refusing their
invitation. (有点想做…)

10. 3. Poetry also calls up all the colours, …. (l. 3-p.27)
(call up, call on, call at, call for, call off, call back)
① I’m sorry John is not in. Would you like him to ____ you ____ ? ② The ship ______ ___ several ports
between Saigon and Shanghai. ③ The scene _______ ___ my childhood memories. ④ The press conference was ______ _____ because of some unknown reason. ⑤ Doing this job _____ ____ a lot of knowledge of the computer. ⑥ The president ______ ___ the people to work hard for national unity.
call
back
called at
called up
called
off
calls
for
called on
4. Shakespeare is most famous for his plays. (l. 4-p.28)
* It’s most kind of you to come to see me. (=very) / He thanked his host for a most enjoyable party. / Which do you think is the most comfortable hotel here?

11. 5. ...images that reminds them of the works…. (l. 6-p.28)
Put the following into Chinese:
* I must write to Mother—will you remind me? / * She reminded me that I hadn’t written to Mother. / * Remind me to write to Mother. / * “You haven’t writ-ten to Mother,” she reminded me. / * I’ve forgotten what you said; will you remind me of it? / * This re-minded them of the days when they were in the army.
6. Once published, his … the absence of …. (l. 8-p,28)
① Once (it was) published, …. 将分词短语改为从句，从句改为分词短语：* Greatly touched by Lei Feng’s good deeds, he decided to behave better. / Given more time, we would be able to do the work much better. / When he was asked what had happened, he told us about it.
As he was greatly moved by…
If we were given
Asked
If we were

12. No matter who telephones Whenever No matter when you come
② Please look after my house during/in my absence. // In the absence of any evidence the police had to let him go.
7. Besides, no matter how well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.  而且，一首诗不管翻译得多好，都会丢掉原作的一些神韵。
_________________________ (无论你说什么)，I won’t believe you. * _________________________ (不管谁来电话)，say I’m out. * ________________________ (不管你什么时候来)，you’ll be more than welcome * __________________________ (无论你多么努力), you’ll never lose your English accent. * _________________ what you say. (你说什么都不要紧) * ________________ (不要紧)if I miss my train, because there’s another later.
* Whatever
No matter what you say
Whoever
No matter who telephones
Whenever
No matter when you come
However
No matter how hard you try
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter
If we were

13. 8. Quietly we embrace in a world lit up by words. (p.28)
（在这用语言照亮的世界里 我们静静地相拥）
light (lighted/lighted; lit/lit)  We lit the candle and the candle lit the room. // Suddenly a smile lit (up) her face NOTE: He’s lit a match. / The match is lit. / a lighted match (除了做定语时，过去分词一般用 lit )
9. Modern English came into being (appeared) …. (p.28)
** No one knows when such a custom first came into being/existence. / ** The Chinese Communist Party came into being in Shanghai on July 1, (= was founded = was set up) 
Other phrases with “come into”: come into effect/use /force (生效；开始使用) // come into leaf/flower (长叶子；发芽) // come into office/power (就职；上台)

14. TASK Understanding
Some of the difficult sentences

15. 2. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme. 
1. More than any other form of literature, poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. 
与其他任何文学形式相比，诗歌更注重韵律、措辞和语法。
2. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme. 
诗歌常常要遵循一定的格式，必须押韵。
3. Despite its short history, there is a lot of good English poetry around. 
尽管英语诗歌的历史不长，存世的好诗却不少。
4. Chinese admire his works because of his use of sur-prising images that reminds them of the works of poets such as Su Dongpo. 
中国读者欣赏他的作品，是因为他使用了令人惊叹的比喻，
会使人联想到苏东坡等人的作品。

16. 5. The style and atmosphere in their poems has often led to comparison with poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai.
他们诗作的风格和基调常常使人把他们和李白杜甫相提并论。
6. The great moment for European literature to come to China is between 1910 and the late 1930s. 
欧洲文学进入中国的鼎盛时期是在1910年至30年代末。
John Donne
Alexander Pope
John Keats

17. John Donne
Alexander Pope
John Keats

18. Homework 1. Review “Reading” and learn language points by heart.
2. Grammar—pp.30-31;
3. Integrating skills—pp.31-32

19. Thank you.
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