Unit 4 English poetry

1. Unit 4 English poetry

2. Chinese Ancient Poets Qu Yuan Du Fu Li Bai

3. Chinese Ancient Poets Wang Wei Bai Juyi Su Dongpo

4. Chinese Modern Poets Dai Wangsu Xu Zhimo Su Ting 《雨巷》 《再别康桥》 《致橡树》

5. William Shakespeare (1564～1616)

6. Shakespeare’s Works 154 sonnets 2 long poems Comedies Tragedies 37 plays History plays Roman plays

7. Shakespeare’s Four Tragedies Hamlet 《哈姆雷特》 King Lear《李尔王》 Macbeth《麦克白》 Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》

8. Shakespeare’s Major Comedies The Merchant of Venice《威尼斯商人》 A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream《仲夏夜之梦》 Twelfth Night《第十二夜》 As You Like It《皆大欢喜》

9. John Donne (1572～1631) The Flea 《跳蚤》 Storm At Sea 《海上风暴》

10. John Milton (1608～1674) Paradise Lost 《失乐园》 Paradise Regained 《复乐园》

11. Alexander Pope (1688～1744) An Essay on Man 《人论》 On Criticism 《批评论》

12. William Wordsworth (1770—1850 ) An Evening Walk 《黄昏信步》 The Prelude 《序曲》

13. John Keats (1795～1821) Isabella 《伊萨贝拉》 Ode to a Nightingale 《夜莺》 To Autumn 《秋颂》

14. George Gordon Byron (1788—1824 ) The Vision of Judgement 《审判的幻景》 Don Juan 《唐璜》 Isles of Greece 《希腊群岛》

15. Robert Frost (1874～1963) A Boy’s Will 《少年的意志》 North of Boston 《波士顿以北》 Mountain Interval 《山间》 West-Running Brook 《西去的溪流》

16. Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Pope Wordsworth Byron John Keats Frost

17. Choose the best answer : 1. Modern English came into being from about the end of the ________ century . A. 16th B. 17th C. 18th D. 19th 2. The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the poems by ___________ . A. Du Fu B. Li Bai C. Su Dongpo D. Guo Moruo 3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of ______ . A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry 4. Which group of poets did not come from the same country ? A. Li Bai , Wang Wei , and Su Dongpo . B. William Wordsworth , Robert Frost and Shakespeare . C. John Keats , John Donne , and John Milton . D. George Gordon Byron , Shakespeare and John Keats .

18. 5. Whose poems do not have rhyme at the end of each line ? A. Wang Wei’s B. Shakespeare’s C. Su Dongpo’s D. John Milton’s 6. Which is the correct order of time about the following English poets ? A. Shakespeare Alexander Pope John Donne B. John Donne Alexander Pope John Keats C. William Wordsworth George Gordon Byron John Milton D. John Milton Robert Frost George Gordon Byron 7. The introduction of English poetry to China began _____ . A. at the start of the 20th century B. in the late 1930s C. at the end of the 19th century D. between 1910 and the 1930s

19. 8. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the ________ century . A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th 9. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is ______________ . A. that you have more choice 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 10. How is an English poem different from its Chinese translation ? A. It will become more difficult to understand . B. Some of the information in the original poem is missing. C. The Chinese translation will offer readers much less choice . D. Something of the spirit of the original poem will be lost .

20. Has a long history Li Bai Du Fu Difficult to understand Shakespeare,Donne The use of surprising images The absence of rhyme at the end of each line John Milton

21. Alexander Pope Romantic poems, nature and long poems Wordsworth,Byron, and JohnKeats Stand close to us both in the language and images they use Robert Frost

22. 1.He is the tallest of all the students. He is taller than 2.The trip called up happy memories of my youth. H called up all the information from the computer. 3. He stands out as a computer designer. any other student.

23. 4.Shakespear is very famous for his plays. 5.The English Romantic poets are greatly loved in China . 6. All roads lead to Rome.