第二单元 Reading.ppt

How many poets do you know? Can you remember any poems you have read in school, either in Chinese or in English? We should have won… If Jack had scored that goal, If we’d had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d had thousands of fans screaming, Poem H What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow 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。 Enjoy more Tang poems 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. Our first football match If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, If we hadn’t take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. We should have won… If we’d been better! Sample answers: 1. The speaker is writing about football. 2. No, his or her team didn’t win. 3. The players didn’t win because: Jack didn’t score that goal; they didn’t have enough time; they hadn’t train hard…. 4. No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win… Brother Beautiful, athletic, Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Summer Sleepy, salty, Drying, drooping, dreading, Week in, week out, Endless 1. D: his /her brother E: summer 2. D: Yes. 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. E: No. The reader gets the feeling tha