IntroductionPPT课件

1、第1页/共23页第2页/共23页 What do you know about the Tang Dynasty? Can you name some famous persons in this dynasty? What were the greatest achievements of the Tang Dynasty? Can you give some examples?第3页/共23页the Silk Roadthe Tang Dynasty第4页/共23页 Do you like Tang poems? Whos your favorite Tang poet? And what

2、s your favorite Tang poem?第5页/共23页Famous poetsLi BaiDu Fu第6页/共23页Bai Juyi Wang Wei 第7页/共23页Do you know him?Li BaiWhich poems of Li Bai do you know?第8页/共23页第9页/共23页Farewell to a FriendLi BaiBlue mountains bar the northern sky; White river girds the eastern town.Here is the place to say goodbye; Youll

3、 drift like lonely thistledown.第10页/共23页With floating cloud youll float away; Like parting day Ill part from you.You wave your hand and go your way; Your steed still neighs “Adieu! Adieu!”第11页/共23页1) Who do you think the poets “friend” is? A close friend or an acquaintance?2) Do we know why the poet

4、 is saying farewell?3) Where do you think it takes place?A close friend.His friend is going away.Possibly at the edge of a town. 1. Read and listen to the poem.第12页/共23页4) Is the friend going away for a long time?5) How is the friend going to travel?Yes. Words like part and Adieu indicate they will

5、not see each other for a long time. On his horse (steed).第13页/共23页2. Match the words in the box with their meanings. effect image mood rhyme rhythm subject1) a description of something that uses language _2) the regular strong sounds in a poem or song _3) the topic _imagerhythmsubject第14页/共23页4) the

6、 feeling created by a poem or song (for example, sadness) _5) a result _6) the use of words that have the same final sounds (for example, what and not ) _moodeffectrhyme第15页/共23页3. Work in pairs and answer the questions.1) What is the subject of the poem?2) What is the mood of the poem?Parting from

7、a friend.Sadness and regret.第16页/共23页3) Which images from nature does the poet use?4) What is the effect of the change in tense in Line 7?The parting becomes fact whereas before it was in the future.Colour of the sky and the river, thistledown, cloud.第17页/共23页5) Identify the rhymes in the poem.6) Un

8、derline the words or parts of the words which create the rhythm. /a/ , /a/, /e/ , /jU:/ skygoodbye; town thistledown;awayway; youadieu.第18页/共23页1. Think about the poem. Do you like it? Why/Why not?2. How does the poem achieve its mood? By placing the parting within the framework of the everyday things of nature.Open.第19页/共23页3. “The poem is effective because of its simplicity.” Explain this.The images are very simple. There is no great outpouring of pain at the loss of the friend; everything i