Unit 4 A garden of poems.pptVIP

* * Unit 4 A garden of poems Reading:English Poetry poem imagination create dream world Chinese poetry Du Fu Li Bai 【望庐山瀑布】 李白 日照香炉生紫烟， 遥看瀑布挂前川。 飞流直下三千尺， 疑是银河落九天。 English Poetry Questions 1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature? 2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo? Fast-reading 1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature? Answer ① Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. 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. 2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo? William Wordsworth George Gordon Byron John Keats John Donne Careful-Reading Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 7 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 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. I.The translation of English poetry. II.The role that poems act as. Task: A timeline ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 William Shakespeare John Donne John Milton Alexander Pope John Keats William Wordsworth George G. Byron Robert Frost Post-reading I. 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 A C 3. Byron’s Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of _________. A.a sonnet B.romantic poetry C.nature poetry D.modern poetry 4. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the _________ century. A 17th B 18th C 19th D 20th 5. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is _