Exploring Chinese and English Poetry: From Ancient to Modern Times

1. Unit 4 A garden of poems Reading

2. Do you know any famous Chinese poets? Can you recite any of their poems ? What characteristic do you think Chinese poetry has?

3. Reading English Poetry

4. Guessing: Looking at the title “ English Poetry”, what information do you expect to get from the passage?

5. Task 1: Skimming- Main idea of each paragraph Para. 1 General introduction of poetry Chinese ancient poets and poetry. Para. 2 Para. 3 Early English poets. Para. 4 English poets of the 19th century. Para. 5 Modern English poets. Para. 6 The introduction of English poetry to China. The reasons why more people are interested in English poetry. Para. 7

6. Task II: Scanning What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?---Para. 1 Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. ① ② Poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read. ③ Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.

7. Scan the text and try to finish the time line in P 29 with the name of the English poets mentioned in the text.--Para. 3-5 ③ ② ④ 1700 1800 1900 2000 1600 ⑦ ⑥ ⑧ ⑤ ① ⑤ George Gordon Byron ① William Shakespeare ⑥ John Keats ② John Donne ③ John Milton ⑦ William Wordsworth ④ Alexander Pope ⑧ Robert Frost

8. Task III : Careful reading ---Para. 3--5 What do you know about these poets? William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, George Gordan Byron, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Robert Frost

9. Shakespeare (1564-1616) John Donne (1572-1631) Most famous for his sonnet and play Modern English started around his time Use of surprising images Remind Chinese readers of Su Dongpo

10. John Milton (1608-1674) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line Wrote the finest poetry in England in the 18th century

11. George Gordon Byron (1788-1850) John Keats (1795-1821) A romantic poet Isle of Greece Nature poem A romantic poet Sonnets and long poems Died at young age in 1821

12. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Robert Frost (1874-1963) A romantic poet Nature poems Spent much of his time in the English Lake District Lived to the age of 80 and died in 1850 American modern poet Stand closest to us in the language and images

13. Para. 6 What was the great time for English poetry to come to China? Between 1910 and the late 1930s. Who were the most famous translators? LuXun and Guo Moruo

14. Share your translation! 静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。 李白 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 home.

15. Fire and Ice ---Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire， I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had toperish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great and would suffice . 火与冰 ----罗伯特.弗洛斯特 有人说世界将结束于熊熊烈焰， 有人则说结束于凛凛寒冰。 欲望如火，体会其烈， 则知世之归于火为我所愿。 但若其必两度遭逢毁灭， 我知恨之极至， 必然明了，毁灭之冰， 同样魁伟， 同样顺人心意。

16. Discussion: If a poem is translated into another language, is it still the same poem? Why?

17. Para. 7 According to the text ,why are more and more people are interested to read modern poetry in English ? Being able to read in English gives them much more choice. Besides, no matter how well a poem is translated , something of the spirit of the original work is lost. Finally, poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West . They can help us to understand each other better.

18. Writing skills making comparison using images 1. General introduction of poetry (paragraph 1)

19. 2．Chinese ancient poets and poetry. (paragraph 2 ) giving examples and explanation

20. 3．Introduction of the history of English poetry in chronological(按发生时间顺序）order (paragraph 3-5) giving examples making comparison

21. 4.Poems and literature can be bridges between the East and the West (paragraph 6-7) giving examples using images

22. Some details of English poetry

24. Homework : • Read the text again, pick out the good phrases and sentences. • P 28 Post –reading 1,2. • Retelling

25. Good-bye!

26. What do the words in bold refer to? Para. 1 That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read. Poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar. Para. 3 Despite its short history,there is a lot of good poetry around. English poetry’s

27. Para. 4 The style and atmosphere in their poems has often… William Wordsworth,Byron,John Keats Para. 5 Finally, modern poets have their special ……in the language and images they use. modern poets Para. 7 They can help us to understand each other better,… poems and literature