高二英语课件：高二英语上学期unit 4 reading.ppt

* Unit 4 A garden of poems Reading Do you know any famous Chinese poets? Can you recite any of their poems ? What characteristic do you think Chinese poetry has? Reading Guessing: Looking at the title “ English Poetry”, what information do you expect to get from the passage? Task 1: Skimming- Main idea of each paragraph Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 7 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 General introduction of poetry Chinese ancient poets and poetry. Early English poets. English poets of the 19th century. The introduction of English poetry to China. Modern English poets. The reasons why more people are interested in English poetry. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?---Para. 1 Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. Poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read. Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world. Task II: Scanning ① ② ③ ① William Shakespeare ② John Donne ③ John Milton ④ Alexander Pope ⑤ George Gordon Byron ⑥ John Keats ⑦ William Wordsworth ⑧ Robert Frost ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 Scan the text and try to finish the time line in P 29 with the name of the English poets mentioned in the text.--Para. 3-5 Task III : Careful reading ---Para. 3--5 William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, George Gordan Byron, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Robert Frost John Donne (1572-1631) Shakespeare (1564-1616) Most famous for his sonnet and play Modern English started around his time Use of surprising images Remind Chinese readers of Su Dongpo John Milton (1608-1674) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Wrote the finest poetry in England in the 18th century Famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line A romantic poet Sonnets and long poems Died at young age in 1821 George Gordon Byron (1788-1