【河南省专用】2014届高考英语一轮单元复习课件精品选修六：Unit 2 Poems Reading.pptVIP

Sample answers: Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure. What is the poem C about? They didn’t win because they didn’t have enough time; they didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; they stayed up too late the night before; they ran out of energy. 2. Why didn’t the players win the match? No. The author doesn’t believe his excuses, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win … 3. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know? Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out Endless 1. What are the poems about? 2. Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons. Poem D is a description of a lovely brother. Poem E is a description of hot and boring summer. Poem D: Yes, the author likes his subject. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his / her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother. Poem E: No, the author doesn’t like his subject. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling. A fallen blossom Is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly! Snow having melted. The whole village is brimful Of happy children. What are the poems about? Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree. Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is full of happy children. Where she awaits her husband on and on the river flows. Never looking back, transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. Should the journeyer return, this stone would utter speech. 望夫石 望夫处，江悠悠, 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。 What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the stor