2017-2018届高中英语 Unit 2 Poems Section Ⅰ Warming amp；Reading Pre-reading教学案 新人教版选修6.docVIP

Unit 2 Poems Section Ⅰ Warming amp；Reading Pre-reading Meng Haoran (689 or 691－740, during the Tang Dynasty) was a major Tang Dynasty poet, and a somewhat older contemporary of Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu. He had a rather short civil service career, passing the Jinshi Civil Service Test, beginning at the late age of 39 and ending not much later. He received his first and last position three years before his death, but resigned after less than a year. He lived in the Xiangyang area almost all his life (although he traveled to the major city of Changan, where he was entertained by Wang Wei in 728). The landscape, history and legends of his home area were the subjects of many poems. Meng Haoran was a major influence on other contemporary and following poets of the High Tang erabecause of his focus on nature as a main topic of poetry. Meng Haoran was also one of the important poets in the Qing Dynasty poetry anthology (选集) the ThreeHundredTangPoems, having the fifth largest number of his poems included, for a total of fifteen, beaten only by Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Li Shangyin. The Three HundredTangPoems also has two poems by Li Bai addressed to Meng Haoran, one in his praise and one written in farewell (告别) on the occasion of their parting company. Meng Haoran was also influential in Japanese poetry. Section_ⅠWarming Up Reading — Pre-reading A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS There are various reasons why people write poetry①. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression②. Others try to convey③ certain emotions④. Poets use many different forms of poetry to express themselves. In this text, however, we will look at a few of the simpler forms. Some of the first poetry a young child learns in English⑤ is nursery rhymes⑥. These rhymes like the one on the right (A) are still a common type of childrens poetry. The language is concrete⑦ but imaginative, and they delight small children because they rhy