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1 Unit 4 Reading English Poetry

2 English Poetry

3 汉英翻译 poet sonnet rhythm rhyme Poem generation isle district Poetry attraction embrace Grammer translate atmosphere Image absence literature Glory light up play with Follow bring together remind of Character pattern

4 Step 1 enjoyment

5 Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle.
读史使人明智, 读诗使人灵秀, 数学使人周密。 —培根(Francis Bacon)

6 poetry Try to find out some related words poem style poet rhythm
sonnet poetry rhyme limerick topic image

7 style funny serious realism fantasy romantic nature classical
Song/Tang Dynasty modern

8 五行打油诗 limerick 十四行诗 sonnet 节奏 rhythm 韵,押韵 rhyme 浪漫诗人 Romantic poets
The words you need to talk about poets and poetry: 五行打油诗 limerick 十四行诗 sonnet 节奏 rhythm 韵,押韵 rhyme 浪漫诗人 Romantic poets 修辞格 figure of speech 原作品 the original work 译作 the translated work

9 Step 2 scanning

10 Scan the text and answer the questions.
1. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? 2. Whose poetry reminds us of Su Dongpo? The works by Wordsworth, Byron, Shelly and Keats The works by John Donne

11 Ⅰ. summarize each paragraph’s main idea.
The characters of poetry. A look on Chinese poetry. The first period of Modern English poetry. Modern English poetry in the 19th century. Why modern poets have special attraction? The introduction of English poetry to China. ①The translation of English poetry. ②The role that poems act as.

12 Step 3 curefull reading

13 2. What do the words in bold refer to?
Careful Reading 2. What do the words in bold refer to? poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar That1 its3 the history of English poetry their4 Wordsworth’s, Byron’s and Keats’ they5 modern poets Poems and literature They7

14 Divide the text into 4 parts
Parts Paras Main ideas Part 1 Part 2 Part3 Part4 Para.1 Brief introduction to poetry Para. 2 Chinese poetry and poets History of English poetry Para.3.4&5 Poems can be bridges between the east and the west Para. 6&7

15 ① ② ③ ④ The earliest English poetry Modern English 16th 17th 18th
William Shakespeare The earliest English poetry Modern English 16th John Donne 17th John Milton Pope 18th

16 ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ English Romantic poets 19th Greatly loved in China
George Gordon Byron John Keats William Wordsworth

17 Modern poets 20th Robert Frost

18 the introduction of English poetry to China (the end of 19th )
They translated English poetry into Chinese

19 Step 4 comprehension

20 1. John Milton’s work became famous, for
______. A. his work is exactly written with sounds, words and grammar B. his work calls up the feelings, curious images of a dream world C. his work has a special pattern of rhyme at the end of each line D. none of the above

21 2. The style and atmosphere in Byron’s
poems is just like the poems of ____. A. Marvell and Donne B. Li Bai and Du Fu C. Auden and Robert Frost D. John Milton

22 3. From the passage, we got the idea(s); _____.
A. poetry belongs to all human beings B. poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar C. poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme D. all of the above

23 4. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Poetry is a good bridge to connect the East with the West. B. Different periods of English poems. C. Modern poems of English. D. Differences between Chinese and English poetry.

24 5. From the text, we can infer that _____.
A. we’d better read poems in English B. translated poems can’t express intrinsic meaning of original poems C. there is no advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation D. Chinese translation poems are as good as English poems

25 Homework 背诵10—15个单词,明天默写 复习课文,背诵课文第一段和最后一段话。 完成完成优化设计句型转化 和单句改错。

26 Thank you!


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