1. Reading English Poetry
Unit 4 A garden of Poems
Reading
English Poetry

2. Pre-reading
1.Can you name some famous Chinese poets?Can you recite any of their poems?
2.Write down five key words that you would expect to find in a text about poetry.
(Poem ,poet,rhyme ,style,image ,literature ,language, form ,line ,etc. )

3. 卜算子*咏梅 毛泽东
风雨送春归，飞雪迎春到，已是悬崖百丈冰，犹有花枝俏。
俏也不争春，只把春来报。待到山花烂漫时，她在丛中笑。

4. 3.Scan the text to answer the following questions .
1)Check whether the five key words that you write down for question 2 are in the text. 2)Some English poetry reminds readers of Chinese poetry .Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai ?Whose of Su Dongpo ?

5. A C Listening and Reading
Listen to the tape and read the text carefully and choose the best answer for each of the following questions :
1.Modern English came into being from about the middle of the ________century.
A.16 th B. 17 th C. 18 th D. 19 th
2.The poetry of Marvell reminds Chinese readers of the poems by_________.
A. Du Fu B. Li Bai C. Su Dongpo D. Guo Moruo A C

6. B D 3. Byron’s “Isles of Greece”is an example of _______
A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry
4. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the ________century.
A.17 th B .18 th C .19 th D. 20 th B D

7. D A. that you have more advice B. that something of the spirit is lost
5. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is _____.
A. that you have more advice
B. that something of the spirit is lost
C. that you understand it better
D. that you learn how to express yourself in new ways D

8. Read the text again and find out what the words in bold refer to
That (par. 1):
Its (par. 4.):
Their (par. 5):
They (par. 6):
They (par. 8):
Poetry plays with sounds ,words ,and grammar.
The poetry’s .
The nature poems by Wordsworth ,Byron’s Isles of Greece and the sonnets and long poems by Shelley and Keats .
Modern poets
Poems and literature .

9. Language points 1）It does more than good to healthy .
2)More than one person has made the suggestion .
3)The room is more than a place where he lives in .

10. 4)He is more than glad to meet you .
5)The book seems to be more a dictionary than a grammar .
用比较级结构表达最高级的意思。
1)The Emperor cared more about new clothes than anything else .
2)No one knows more about the history of my hometown than my grandpa .

11. 2.play with ---玩（玩具）；不认真对待，玩弄。
3)Rural life has changed more in the last 40 years than st any other time .
2.play with ---玩（玩具）；不认真对待，玩弄。
The little boy is playing with his dolls .
3.call up ---1)ring up 打电话
Please call up
Please call me up this evening .

12. The photo calls up the story of my childhood.
2)使……想起……
The photo calls up the story of my childhood.
3)叫……起床
What time shall I call you up ?
4)召唤，召集；调动，提出
His brother was called up right at the beginning of war .
Call back ;call at; call on ;call for,etc.

13. Our school has a history of about 50 years.
4. 1) has a long history
Our school has a history of about 50 years.
2)In the history of literature (在……史上）
3）In history （在历史上）
5.stand out
1)显眼，出色，引人注目，突出；
Red stands out against a white background .

14. The ship stood out a storm .
2)坚持，抵抗，支撑住。
The ship stood out a storm .
The army stood out against the enemy attacks .
6.the halls of glory 艺术殿堂
7.feature n. 1) 特点，特征
What are the climate feature of northern Europe ?
2)专题

15. delicate of feature 面貌清秀
A feature story
3）脸型，相貌
delicate of feature 面貌清秀
pleasing feature 讨人喜欢的面貌
8.follow vt. 1)遵循，听从，跟随
Why didn’t you follow the teacher’s advice ?
2)注视，领会，理解
His lecture was difficult to follow .

16. I don’t quite follow you .
9.despite prep. (in spite of )
He came to school despite (in spite of )his serious illness .
10.around 1)=about
It was around six o’clock .
2)towards ---near
We arrived at the hotel towards evening .

17. 11.most =very ;a most =a very
This is a most useful book .
12.belong to
Taiwan belongs to China .
13.remind sb. of
The song reminds me of my childhood .
14.absence n.
Darkness is the absence of light .