2013年高二英语教学同步课件：Unit2《Poems-Reading》1（新人教版选修6）.pptVIP

Sample translation of Tang poems 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? ON THE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY All alone in a foreign land. I’m twice as homesick on this day, when brothers carry dogwood up the mountain, each of them a branch– and my branch missing. 4_________ Easy to write Repeat 5 _________ and some rhyme while other do not Cinquain Easy to write Made up of 6 ____________ Conveys a 7_______________ picture in just a few words List poems phrases five lines strong Haiku A Japanese form of poetry Made up of 8 ___________ Easy to write Gives a 9______ picture Creates a special feeling in just a few words Tang Poems The 10___________ have a free form. translations 17 syllables clear 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-grass. Read and answer these questions. If that looking-grass 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. 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. 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 a fish-pond all on fire 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. We should have