New Senior English for China Students’Book 6

1. New Senior English for China Students’Book 6 unit 2 Poems

2. Warming Up 1.Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child? 2.Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?

3. Enjoy poems

4. In the quiet night So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed--- Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。

5. COMING HOME I left home young , I return old. Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin; And my children ,meeting me, do not know me. They smile and say: Stranger , where do you come from? Can you guess the poem? 回乡偶书贺知章少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰。儿童相见不相识，笑问客从何处来

6. One- hearted When those red berries come in springtime, Flushing on your southland branches, Take home an armful, for my sake, As a symbol of our love. Can you guess the poem? 相思（王维） 红豆生南国，春来发几枝。 愿君多采撷，此物最相思。

7. There are many reasons why people write poems. We’ve learned a lot of Chinese poems before, can you list some of the reasons? to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh to create images in the readers to express a point of view to make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and taste of something to create a mood to play with words to practice writing ….

8. 1to show the poet’s determination to fight to the end 2 tell readers to value love 3 to tell a story of an old man coming home which he left long ago 4 to describe friendship 5 convey(show) the poet’s feeling of homesickness. 6 describe a night scene A.枫桥夜泊 B.赠汪伦 C.回乡偶书 D.相思 E.过零丁洋 F.静夜思 （唐、张继） （唐、李白） （唐、贺知章） （唐、王维） （宋、文天祥） （唐、李白）

9. poem poet poetry rhyme rhythm rhythmic

10. Step2 Pre-reading 1.Let’s enjoy a song first. Can you find something like a poem? Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Rhyme like a poem and have a strong rhythm 2.Go over the poems quickly and tick the correct box/boxes of each question.

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12. Fast reading ◆.What is the topic of the reading passage? Some simple forms of English poems

13. Step3 Reading Task1 Fast reading How many kinds of poems did the text mention? What are they? Cinquain Nursery rhymes Five kinds of poems Tang poems List poems Haiku

14. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat If that billy-goat runs away, Papa’s going to buy you another today.

15. Scanning Poem A 1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken? He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat. 2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away? He’s going to buy the baby another today.

16. I saw a fish-pond all on fire 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, 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.

17. 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. (D)

18. Poem C Our first football match We would have won… if Jack had just 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, 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 taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’ve been better!

19. Poem C 1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about? Football. 2. Did his or her team win the game? No. 3. Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives. didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late; ran out of energy.

20. Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine 　　　兄弟 　爱美，又爱运动 爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑 　　是我的朋友 　 也是我的敌人 Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out. Endless 　　夏日 　困乏，刺激 干涸，枯萎，恐怖 　周而复始 　永无止境

21. Poem D,E 1. What subject is the speaker writing about? Poem D: His/ Her brother. Poem E: Summer.

22. 2. Does the speaker like the subject? Give a reason for your answer. Poem D: Yes. 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. Poem E:No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker can’t wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in week out and endless convey this feeling.

23. A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly! (by Moritake) 落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 作者Moritake 雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着 欢乐的儿童。 作者Issa Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa)

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

25. 　　望夫石 　　　　王健 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。　　　　　　 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 journey return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian)

26. Poem H What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words 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.

27. The woman may have the feelings of : loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top. she waited year after year despite wind and rain. love: she believed her husband would come back one day. trust: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad. sorrow:

28. The characteristics of the forms of poems Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite Nursery Rhymes Repeated phrases and some rhyme List Poems Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words. Cinquain Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words. Haiku The translations have a free form. Tang Poems

29. Let’s play a game. Translate the following sentences.

30. Translation Beacon fires join three months。Family letters worth ten thousand metal。 （杜甫） 烽火连三月，家书抵万金。《春望》杜甫 Night come wind rain sound. Flower fall know how many. （孟浩然） 夜来风雨声，花落知多少。《春晓》孟浩然

31. You can enjoy a grander sight by climbing to a greater height. 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。 -------王之焕 All good things come to an end. 天下没有不散的筵席。

32. Translation Deeply I sign for faded flower’s falling  in vain. Vaguely I seem to know the swallow comes again. 无可奈何花落去， 似曾相识燕归来。

33. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。 A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。

34. Fact speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。 All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes. 情人眼里出西施。

35. 条条大路通罗马。 All roads lead to Rome. 一年之计在于春。 A year's plan starts with spring. 失败是成功之母。 Failure is the mother of success. 

36. Homework: 1. Recite three of the eight poems in reading text. 2. Try to write a cinquain poem and a clerihew. 3. Learn the new words and expressions in the reading text.

37. Thank you!