The golden age of chinese poetry 预习.doc

选修八Module6预习提纲： 1.Read the two poems and write out the Chinese versions, thinking about the following questions: 1.Who is the poet of the poems? 2.What’s the subject of the poems? 3.What’s the rhyming style of the poems? 4.What’s the mood of the poems? 5.What images can you find in them? The Tranquil(安静的) Night ______________ By_______ _________ Abed, I see a silver light, ____________________________ I wonder if it’s frost（霜） aground. _____________________________ Looking up, I find the moon bright; ___________________________ Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned. _____________________________ 2.Read the following passage and match the paragraphs with these titles: (a)An exciting culture (b) Du Fu (c)Li Bai (d) Tang Poetry (e)A great dynasty (f)Technology and progress The Golden Age of Chinese Poetry 1.__________________________________________________ The Tang Dynasty(618-907)was one of the great dynasties in Chinese history. It was a time of expansion. At its high point, the country reached as far as Siberia ( now part of Russia) in the north, Korea in the east and Vietnam in the south. The Tang rulers also controlled the trade route known as the Silk Road well into present-day Afghanistan. 2.__________________________________________________ Trade with foreign countries created a tolerant and cosmopolitan culture. Persians, Arabs and Jews came to live in Chinese towns, bringing with them their religions and customs. They were allowed to live in communities governed by their own laws, and to keep their traditional forms of entertainment such as music and dance, which influenced the development of Tang culture. But perhaps the biggest foreign influence came from Buddhism, whose origins were in India. At the same time foreigners who were educated at the Tang court took the Chinese culture home with them. Soon Japan and Korea were organ