高中英语Unit4 A garden of poems Reading 郑永平课件.pptVIP

* Unit4 A garden of poems Reading I seek but seek in vain, I search and search again; I feel so sad , so drear, so lonely, without cheer. 寻寻觅觅, 冷冷清清, 凄凄惨惨戚戚。 李清照---《声声慢》 If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley --- Ode to the west wind 冬天来了, 春天还会远吗? 雪莱--- 《西风颂》 Read the text and choose the best answer. 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 of the poems by ____. D. Guo Moruo A. Du Fu B. Li Bai C. Su Dongpo 3. Byrons Isles of Greece (1824) is an example of ___. A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry C. nature poetry D. modern poetry A C B 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 ___. 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 D C Read the text carefully True or False 1.Poetry is quite difficult to write and boring to read. 2.The number of lines and characters in each line is quite important for good poems as well as rhythm and rhyme. 3.William Shakespeare is only famous for his plays. 4.According to the time, the correct order of the poets should be: Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, John Milton, and John Donne. 5.Romantic poems and nature poems are two styles of English poems. 6.We have read English poems since Tang Dynasty. 7.Translating poems into other languages can not only help people to read more but also understand it without losing any spirit. (F) (F) (T) (F) (F) (T) (F) Why do we read poetry? Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Chinese poets and poetry The early English poetry Discussion: Main idea English poetry in the 19th century Para 5 Para 6 Par