Unit 2 Poems

1. Unit 2 Poems 人教课标　 高二 选修 6

2. A few simple forms of English poems

4. Do you remember any little poems or songs you learned when you were a child? • Do you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?

5. What are the characteristics of poems? Can you give me some examples? Poems have beats. They may rhyme or may not rhyme — but they have to have rhythms. This beat is not always obvious, but it’s usually there.

6. Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems. Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. 强弱 强 弱　强弱 强

7. 构成一个韵节的四种情况: 强 + 弱, 强 + 弱弱 弱 + 强, 弱 + 强 唐诗分五言,七言。根据韵节来分 英诗可分为单韵诗、双韵诗、三韵诗……至八韵诗。

8. poem poet poetry rhyme rhythm rhythmic

10. Why do people write poems? There are many reasons why people write poems. In small groups make a list of these reasons. People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh

11. to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song

12. Skimming

13. Scan the text for the two questions. 1. What is the main idea of the reading passage? 2. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about? Some simple forms of English poems. Nursery rhymes, list poems, the cinquain, haiku and Tang poems.

15. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. rhythmandrhyme Nursery rhymes recite

16. phrases Listpoems fivelines strong

17. 17syllables clear translations

18. Hush, little baby, don’t say aword, Papa’s going to buy you amockingbird. If that mockingbird won’tsing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamondring. If that diamond ring turns tobrass, Papa’s going to buy you alooking-grass. 2. Read and answer questions. A

19. If that looking-grass getsbroke, Papa’s going to buy you abilly-goat. If that billy-goat runsaway, Papa’s going to buy you anothertoday.

20. 1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? If the mirror gets broken, the baby’s father will buy a billy-goat instead. 2. What is the baby’s father going to do if the goat runs away? He’s going to buy the baby another billy-goat.

21. 3. What is the poem A about? Use your own words to explain it. Poem A is a nursery thyme that illustrates a father’s love for his baby.

22. I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, B I saw a fish-pond all on fire

23. I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true.

24. What is the poem B about? Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things.

25. We should have won … If Jack had scored that goal, If we’d had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d had thousands of fans screaming, C Our first football match

26. If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, If we hadn’t take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. We should have won … If we’d been better!

27. Answer these questions. What is the poem C about? Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure.

28. 2. Why didn’t the players win the match? They didn’t win because they didn’t have enough time; they didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; they stayed up too late the night before; they ran out of energy.

29. 3. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know? No. The author doesn’t believe his excuses, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win …

30. Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine D Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless E

31. 1. What are the poems about? Poem D is a description of a lovely brother. Poem E is a description of hot and boring summer.

32. 2. Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons. Poem D: Yes, the author likes his subject. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his / her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother.

33. Poem E:No, the author doesn’t like his subject. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling.

34. F A fallen blossom Is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly! G Snow having melted. The whole village is brimful Of happy children.

35. What are the poems about? Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree. Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children.

36. H Where she awaits her husband on and on the river flows. Never looking back, transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech.

37. 望夫石 望夫处，江悠悠, 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。

38. What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words. 2. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow

39. 1. A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.

40. 2. The woman has the feelings of: Loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top. Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain. Trust: she believed her husband would come back one day.

41. Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.

42. 3. Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mockingbird won’t sing in Poem A? A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ring. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer.

43. 2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B? A. A fish-pond on fire. B. A cottage in the sky. C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.

44. 3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? A. A child. B. A branch. C. A butterfly. D. A blossom. 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.

45. Enjoy more Tang poems.

47. A SPRING MORNING I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. (by Meng Haoran)

49. The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade. By Meng Haoran