要讲的公开课unit 2 Poems Writing.ppt

Reading task (P52) Listen to the tape and try to appreciate these poems . What do you think about or feel? Talk about the characteristics of each poem. * Unit2 Poems Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture. 画是无声的诗，诗是有声的画。 -----Simonides, ancient Greek writer Appreciating Writing A spring morning I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds- But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. (by Meng Haoran) Poem A ( Tang poem ): This poem has beautiful imagery(意象) that conveys deep feelings. There are many things that this poem makes the reader think about: light heartedness and heavy heartedness, it contrasts morning and night, and creation and destruction. Hungrily the cat consumes the fish; Hungrily I close my eyes and make a wish; Hungrily the boy runs to the road’s end; Hungrily the driver takes the next bend. Hungrily the young man loves life at sea; Hungrily the beautiful girl looks at me; Hungrily the seal dives down into the deep; Hungrily I fall into bed and sleep. Poem B: Number of lines: Rhythm: Rhyme: Repetition: Part of speech: adverb poem two sets of four lines regular strong beat four pairs of rhyming lines hungrily is repeated at the beginning of each line regularly the adverb hungrily starts each line If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy! Nothing else would matter in the world today we could go on living in the same old way! A garden of Eden just made for two with nothing to mar our joy I would say such wonderful things to you there would be such wonderful things to do If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy! (by Clifford Grey) Poem C: song This is a love song Rhythm: regular strong beat Rhyme: two pairs of rhyming lines Repetition: first tw