| Unit 2 Poems（2） |
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Period 2
Warming up and Reading
A few Simple Forms of English Poems
Enjoy poems and songs we learned
when we were a child
东东是个胆小鬼 胆小鬼
怕风怕雨怕打雷 怕打雷
半夜起来遇妖怪 遇妖怪
四个脑袋三条腿 三条腿
爷爷听了哈哈笑 哈哈笑
带着东东去抓鬼 去抓鬼
一下碰到衣服架 衣服架
帽子掉了一大堆 一大堆
Do you still remember the poems you learned when you were a child？
Quiz in Chinese traditional poems
Can you recite the Chinese traditional poems according to their English translation？
Let’s have a competition.
If you would ask me how my sorrow has increased,
Just see the over-brimming river flowing east!
虞美人 —— 李煜
问君能有几多愁，
恰是一江春水向东流。
How long will the bright moon appear？
Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky.
I do not know what time of year,
It would be tonight in the palace on high.
水调歌头 —— 苏轼
明月几时有？把酒问青天
不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？
I look for her in vain.
When all at once I turn my head, I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
青玉案·元夕 —— 辛弃疾
众里寻他千百度，
蓦然回首，
那人却在，
灯火阑珊处。
I seek but seek in vain,
I search and search again;
I feel so sad, so drear,
so lonely, without cheer.
声声慢 —— 李清照
寻寻觅觅,
冷冷清清,
凄凄惨惨戚戚。
Can you find something like a poem？
Look
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Rhyme like a poem!
What is a poem？
A poem is a piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme, and are chosen for their sound and for the images and ideas they suggest.
Why do people write poems？
People write poems
to tell a story
to express feelings
to make others laugh
to tell the life or friendship
to delight the kids
to describe the seasons or scenes
as the lyric of a song…
Do you know some words about poems？
Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems.
构成一个韵节的四种情况: 强+弱, 强+弱弱, 弱+强, 弱+强
唐诗分五言,七言。根据韵节来分
英诗可分为单韵诗、双韵诗、三韵诗……至八韵诗。
A rhyme
Pick an apple,
Pick a pear,
Pick a banana over there.
Let’s work, and let’s play,
Picking apples every day!
Let’s enjoy an English poem in the form of a song: Do-Re-Me and try to find out the rhymes and the rhythm.
Brainstorming
Can you name some forms of English poems？
Types of English poems:
Epic (史诗) Metrical tale （故事诗）
Ballad（民谣） Lyric （抒情诗）
Dramatic poems（戏剧诗）
Didactic poems（说理诗）
Parody（模仿诗）Clerihews（打油诗）
Clerihews （打油诗）
写打油诗的规则：
一首诗包含四句。
第一和第二句押韵，第三和第四句押韵。
第一句以人名结尾，第二句以和人名押
韵的词结尾。
Clerihews （打油诗）
Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw,
Really knows how to draw.
But his awful paintings,
Have caused many faintings.
Today we will know a few simple forms of English poems.
Fast reading
1. How many kinds of poems did the text mention？ What are they？
Careful reading
Listen to poem A and choose the best answer
1. What’s the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror gets broken？
A. a mocking bird B. a diamond ring
C. looking glass D. a billy-goat
答案：D
2. What is Papa going to buy for the baby if that billy-goat runs away？
A. a looking glass B. today
C. another billy-goat D. nothing
答案：C
Learn to write a cinquain
bother -------- a noun
Beautiful, athletic -------- 2 adjectives
Teasing, shouting, laughing -------- 3 verbs
Friend and enemy too -------- 4 words
mine -------- a word
Listen to POEM C and answer the following questions
1. What sports do you think the speaker is writing about？
2. Did his or her team win the game？
3. How many excuses did they make to explain why they didn’t win？
4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuse？ How do you know？
答案：Football，No，Nine，
No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win
Poem D & E
1.What subject is the speaker writing about？
Poem D:____________
poem E:________
答案：His or her brother，summer
2. Does the speaker like the subject？
Enjoy poems
Discussion
Where she awaits her husband,
On and on the river flows.
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
Wind and rain revolve.
Should the journeyer return,
This stone would utter speech.
-----by Wang jian
1. What’s the title ？
A．蝶恋花 B．竹枝词
C．望夫石 D．一剪梅
答案：C
2. What is the poem about？
A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. She waits and waits, never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.
望夫石
王 建
望夫处，江悠悠，化为石，不回头。
山头日日风覆雨，行人归来石应语。
3. What are the adjectives to convey the woman’s feelings？
A. loneliness B. joy C. love D. trust
E. anger F. hate G. sorrow
A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS
There are various reasons why people write poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression. Others try to convey certain emotions. 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 English is nursery rhymes. These rhymes like the one on the right (A) are still a common type of children’s poetry. The language is concrete but imaginative, and they delight small children because they rhyme, have strong rhythm and a lot of repetition. The poems may not make sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and recite. By playing with the words in nursery rhymes, children learn about language.
One of the simplest kinds of poems are those like B and C that list things. List poems have a flexible line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Some rhyme (like B) while others do not (like C).
Another simple form of poem that students can easily write is the cinquain, a poem made up of five lines. With these, students can convey a strong picture in just a few words. Look at the examples (D and E) on the top of the next page.
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that is made up of 17 syllables. It is not a traditional form of English poetry, but is very popular with English writers. It is easy to write and, like the cinquain, can give a clear picture and create a special feeling using the minimum of words. The two haiku poems (F and G) above are translations from the Japanese.
Did you know that English speakers also enjoy other forms of Asian poetry—Tang poems from China in particular？ A lot of Tang poetry has been translated into English. This Tang poem (H) is a translation from the Chinese.
With so many different forms of poetry to choose from，students may eventually want to write poems of their own. It is easier than you might think and certainly worth a try!
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