book6 unit1 reading(人教版第六册第一单元).

1、Unit 2 Poems A SPRING MORNINGA SPRING MORNING I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. (by Meng Haoran)(by Meng Haoran) 春晓春晓 春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟 夜来风雨声，花落知多少夜来风雨声，花落知多

2、少 The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out? The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade. By Meng Haoran 咏柳咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高碧玉妆成一树高, , 万条垂下绿丝绦万条垂下绿丝绦 不知细叶谁裁出不知细叶谁裁出, , 二月春风似剪

3、刀二月春风似剪刀 In the Quiet Night A bed, I see a silver light, I wonder if its frost aground. Looking up, I find the moon bright; Bowing, in homesickness Im drowned. By Li Bai 静夜思静夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬头望明月，低头思故乡。抬头望明月，低头思故乡。 poem who-poet types of poems history/development topics human feelings Du

4、 Fu ( realism ) Li Bai ( romantic ) Wang Wei ( nature ) Bai Juyi Shakespeare (15641616 ) John Donne (15721631 ) John Milton ( 16081674 ) Alexander Pope ( 16881744 ) John Keats ( 17951821 ) William Wordsworth (17711851 ) George Gordon Byron (17881851 ) Robert Frost ( 18741963 ) Types funny serious re

5、alism fantasy romantic classical modern nature Song/Tang Dynasty the sea drinking wine World War power friendship pets the countryside imagination peace nature Topics Human feelings love life death happiness sadness broken heart humour anger homesick Talk something about Chinese poems 杜甫杜甫 春望春望 It s

6、hows peoples miserable life because of war. 王昌龄王昌龄 从军行从军行 It shows the determination to defend the motherland. 青海长云暗雪山, 孤城遥望玉门关. 黄沙百战穿金甲,不破楼兰终不还. 王昌龄王昌龄 从军行从军行 As we know, poems are mostly written to show peoples emotions. In Chinese , we have 诗言志诗言志，诗言情诗言情，诗歌合为事而作诗歌合为事而作. That is, people write poem

7、s for different reasons, then we have different kind of poems. Next go over quickly the poems in the reading part. And then tick the correct box/boxes for each question on P9 Read for detailed information Which PoemABC describe a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport

8、? is about things that dont make sense? is recited to baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Read for detailed information Which Poem DEFGH describe a person? tells a story? describes an aspect of a season? is about sport? is about things that

9、 dont make sense? is recited to baby? describes a river scene? has rhyming words at the end of lines? repeats words or phrases? Poetry is a great form of literature. There are different kinds of rules for poems, so the forms of poems are quite different from country to country. The passage in Readin

10、g will tell us something about forms of English poems. Now read the text on P 10 and find out information to complete the following form. Forms of PoemsCharacteristics Nursery RhymesNursery Rhymes Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite List PoemsList PoemsRepeated

11、phrases and some rhyme CinquainCinquain Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words. HaikuHaiku Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words. Tang PoemsTang PoemsThe translations have a free form. How many kinds of poem does th

12、e reading passage talk about? Comprehending P11 2.(1).The main topic of the passage: different forms of English poems (2).Five kinds of poems: nursery rhymes; list poems; cinquain; haiku; Tang poems (3).Poem A and B have a strong rhythm. Poems A and B have rhyming lines. (4).Poem F, G gives a clear

13、picture in the mind. Answers to the exercises on P 12 Part 3 1.If the mirror gets broken , the babys father will buy a billy-goat instead. 2.If the goat runs away, the babys father will buy another goat. 3.The speaker is writing about football. 4.No, his and her team didnt win. 5.The player didnt wi

14、n because: Jack didnt score that goal; they didnt have enough time; they hadnt train hard. 6.The speaker doesnt really believe his or her own excuses, because there has too many ifs 7.Yes. I always give excuses when I dont win or do something./ No. Ive given any excuses when I dont win or do somethi

15、ng. 8.The poem tells a story about a woman who was waiting on the mountain top for her hus- -band.The story goes like this: A loyal wife kept standing on a mountain top waiting for her husbands coming back. Year after year, the wife became a stone which looks like a woman watching into far distance.

16、 9.Woman has the feeling of: Loneliness: she was alone watching her hus- -band on the mountain top Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain. Trust: she believed her husband would come back one day. Sorrow: year after year ,she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands c

17、oming back, she was very sad. A rhyme and a rhythm A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry. The term usually refers to the repetition of sounds at the end of rhymed words. If two words or lines of poetry rhyme, they end w

18、ith the same sound, for example hop and pop. A rhythm is a regular Repeated pattern of sounds or movements. Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldnt be poems. 唐诗分五言唐诗分五言,七言七言 根据韵节来分根据韵节来分 英诗可分为英诗可分为 单韵诗单韵诗 双韵诗双韵诗 三韵诗三韵诗 至至 八韵诗八韵诗 Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonde

19、r what you are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky. 强强 弱弱 强强弱弱强强 弱弱强强 构成构成一个韵节一个韵节 的四种情况: 强强+弱弱, 强强+弱弱弱弱, 弱弱+强强, 弱弱弱弱+强强 The Daffodils William Wordsworth(湖畔派诗人) I wanderd lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden da

20、ffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 一簇簇水仙金黄； 树阴下，明湖边， 和风吹拂舞翩跹。 独自漫游似浮云， 青山翠谷上飘荡； 一刹那瞥见一丛丛， Lets practice a little more. klerihew-1（打油诗）打油诗） Our art teacher, Mr Shaw, Really knows how to draw. But his awful paintings Have caused many faintings. klerihew-

21、（打油诗打油诗） The enemy of Harry Potter Is a bad plotter. I cant tell you his name Because of his fame. klerihew-3（打油诗打油诗3） Celine Dion Has earned many a coin， But her music hurts my ears. I much prefer Britney Spears. Nursery Rhymes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 cinquain haiku Tang poem An apple a day Sends the doctor

22、away Apple in the morning Doctors warning Roast apple at night Starves the doctor outright Eat an apple going to bed Knock the doctor on the head Three each day, seven days a week Ruddy apple, ruddy cheek Back 注注: ruddy cheek 红润的脸颊 Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three ba

23、gs full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. Back As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St.

24、 Ives? Back Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down! Hickory, dickory, dock. I scream, You scream, We all scream, For ICE CREAM! Back Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow. Everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go. It foll

25、owed her to school one day, Which was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. Back Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to bra

26、ss, Papas going to buy you a looking glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat If that billy-goat runs away, Papa is going to buy you another today. Back I saw a fish-pond all on fire I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twel

27、ve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true. Back

28、 Our first football match We would have won if Jack had just scored that goal, if wed had just a few more minutes, if we had trained harder, if Ben had passed the ball to Joe, if wed had thousands of fans screaming, if I hadnt taken my eye off the ball, if we hadnt stayed up so late the night before

29、, if we hadnt taken it easy, if we hadnt run out of energy, We would have won if weve been better! Back Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in, week out. Endless 兄弟 爱美，又爱运动 爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑 是我的朋友 也是我的敌人 夏日 困乏

30、，刺激 干涸，枯萎，恐怖 周而复始 永无止境 Back A fallen blossom is coming back to the branch. look, a butterfly! (by Moritake) Snow having melted, The whole village is brimful of happy children (by Issa) 落下的花朵 回到了树枝上。 瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！ 作者Moritake 雪儿融化了, 整个村庄充满着 欢乐的儿童。 作者Issa Back Where she awaits her husband, On and on the riv

31、er flows Never looking back, Transformed into stone. Day by day upon the mountain top, wind and rain revolve. Should the journey return, this stone would utter speech. (by Wang Jian) 望夫石望夫石 王健 望夫处，江悠悠。 化为石，不回头。 山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语。 Back 望夫石望夫石 望夫处，江悠悠望夫处，江悠悠 化为石，不回头化为石，不回头 山头日日风复雨，山头日日风复雨， 行人归来石应语行人归来石

32、应语 Poem H What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy loneliness joy love trust love trust anger anger hate sorrowhate sorrow Discussion: Are poems good f

33、or our life? What can we get from poems? 1. Poems bring passion (激情激情)to our life. 2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance. 3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful! 回乡偶书回乡偶书 贺之章贺之章 少小离家老大回, 乡音无改鬓毛衰. 儿童相见不相识, 笑

34、问客从何处来. Try to translate the following Chinese poem into English. Sample translation of Tang poems COMING HOME I left home young , I return old. Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin; And my children ,meeting me,do not know me. They smile and say: Stranger , where do you come from? 2 Complete th

35、e passage using the words below in the correct form. Cottage run out of nursery rhythm recite rhyme When I was a baby, my mother used to read me _rhymes. I loved their _and the way the words _ at the end of the lines. By the time I was two years old, I could _at least ten of them. When we _new nurse

36、ry rhymes, my mother would go to the store to buy another nursery rhyme book. In fact . My family loved so much that the living room in our _was full of books. nusery rhythm rhyme recite run out of cottage 1. In English we sometimes add ful to a noun to make an adjective. For example, wonder becomes wonderful. This means full of wonder. Now make adjectives from these nouns. Then add four other pairs you know. beauty joy sorrow delight beautiful jo