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Extensive Reading Prepared by Ke Dan Foreign Language Department Beijing Institute of Education kedan76@ Are there any difference between intensive reading and extensive reading? What do you expect to learn from extensive reading course? Reading skills To enlarge vocabulary Why is our book named “tapestry”挂毯? Course Requirements Don’t prepare, but do review About words: no dictation; 3 words from each selection Language learning strategies Students-centered class: YOU need to take part in the activities. Final exam 1. Testing paper 80%: based on the book 50% outside the book 50% 2. Attendance 3. Homework (Sentence-making) Let’s get down to business! cycle: process circle: shape 1. What are the four stages of life?2. Who are the senior citizens? Four basic stages/periods/phases of a human life Childhood/Teen (Teenage) years (adolescence) (13-19) Adulthood/Old Age (Senior citizens) (60-?) 年长的公民 Old: (euphemism委婉的说法) Getting on years（年岁增长）; advanced in age （高寿）; elderly; senior; senior citizens； past one’s prime （过了鼎盛期）; feeling one’s age (感觉上了年纪) Reading 1, chapter 1 《草叶集》是十九世纪美国作家惠特曼的浪漫主义诗集，共收有诗歌三百余首，诗集得名于集中这样的一句诗：“哪里有土，哪里有水，哪里就长着草。”　　草叶是最普通、最有生命力的东西，象征着当时正在蓬勃发展的美国。诗集通过“自我”感受和“自我”形象，热情歌颂了资本主义上升时期的美国。　　惠特曼从小热爱民主和自由，他只读过五六年书，十几岁就外出谋生。他当过排字工人、木工、泥水匠、农村教师和编辑等。惠特曼勤奋好学，利用业余时间阅读了大量世界文学名著。他从十九世纪四十年代起开始写诗，于1855年出版了《草叶集》的第一版。他在一封给朋友的信中说：“记着，这本书是我从1838年至1853年间在布鲁克林的生活中涌现出来的，其中吸进了千百万个人和十五年的生活；那种亲密，那种热烈，那种陶醉，简直是无与伦比的。”　　《草叶集》是惠特曼一生创作的总汇，也是美国诗歌史上一座灿烂的里程碑。作品包含了丰富而深刻的思想内容，充分反映了十九世纪中期美国的时代精神。诗人站在激进的资产阶级民主主义立场上讴歌美国这块“民主的大地”： 《草叶集》是长满美国大地的芳草，永远生气蓬勃并散发着诱人的芳香。它是世界闻名的佳作，开创了美国民族诗歌的新时代。作者在诗歌形式上有大胆的创新，创造了“自由体”的诗歌形式，打破了传统的诗歌格律，以断句作为韵律的基础，节奏自由奔放，汪洋恣肆，舒卷自如，具有一泻千里的气势和无所不包的容量。 What does Whitman compare youth and old age to? What are the features of day and night? Why does he say the 2nd and the 4th sentences? Or How do you understand “The Night follows close with millions of suns”… If Winter