高中英语新教材牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册课件Unit4WeletotheunitReading

Unit4ExploringpoetryWelcometotheunit

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Reading(I)Whatispoetry?Whatisthebiggestdifferencebetweenpoetryandothergenresoflterature?Poetryisaliteraryworkinwhichapoetexpressesbeautifulandelegantqualityandhisorherfeelingsthroughadistinctivestyle.Poetrydiffersfromother

genresofliteratureinthatithighlightstheaestheticandrhythmicqualitiesoflanguage,suchasthesoundsymbolismrepresentedbyrhythmsandrhymes

whicharetheactualsoundeffectscreatedbythelinesofpoetry.Lead-inPoetryisanexpressionofone’swill.Whatiskeptintheheartisthewill,butwhenexpressedinwords,itispoetry.

—“PrefacetoTheBookofSongs”诗者，志之所之也。在心为志，发言为诗。Whatisyourunderstandingofthequotationonpage43?Poetryisanexpressionofwhatonefeelsorthinksinhis/herheartormindwhenitiskepttooneselfinside,itiscalled"one'swill",butwhenitisexpressedinwordsandsharedwithothers,itiscalledpoetry.Areyouinterestedinreadingpoems?

HaveyoueverreadanyEnglishfilm?ASpringMorning

ByMengHaoranThisspringmorninginbedI’mlying,Nottoawaketillbirdsarecrying.Afteronenightofwindandshowers,Howmanyarethefallenflowers!TranslatedbyXuYuanchongLead-inDreams

ByLangstonHughesHoldfasttodreamsForifdreamsdieLifeisabroken-wingedbirdThatcannotflyHoldfasttodreamsForwhendreamsgoLifeisabarrenfieldFrozenwithsnowLead-inPossibleanswer:ASpringMorming"revealsthepoet'sloveofspringandhisregretatitsdeparturein"Dreams,LangstonHughesemphasizestheimportanceofhavingdreamsinone'slife.Whatarethethemesofthetwopoems“ASpringMorning”and“Dreams”?Bothpoemsareverydescriptive.Ilikethefirstonebecauseitfocusesonthetopicofspringandclearlydescribesaspringmorninginawaythatiseasytounderstand.Thesecondoneisaboutdreamsandusessomeartistictechniques,suchasmetaphorandpersonification.Eventhoughitisalittlebitmoredifficulttounderstand,itisinterestingtoread.Howdoyoulikethetwopoems?WelcometotheunitDuFu:Hewrotepoemsaboutthebeautyofnatureandhisexperienceswhiletraveling.Hehadagreatgiftforlanguage.HemetLiBaionhistravelsandheadmiredthegreatpoetverymuch.Iknowhispoem“OnYueyangTower”,whichdescribeswhathesawandhowhefeltwhilehevisitedthegreattower.Whatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?EmilyDickinson:AfamousAmericanpoet,shewrotepoemsthatarecreativeandencouragecarefulthought.Ilikeherpoem“‘Hope’IstheThingwithFeathers”，whichcomparedthefeelingofhopefulnessandexpectationtoabird.Whatotherpoemsorpoetsdoyouknowabout?Whatisyourfavouritepoem?Possibleanswer:

Myfavouritepoemis"AMoonlitNightontheSpringRiver"byZhangRuoxu,a

poetfromtheTangDynasty.Thispoemdescribesfiveofthemost

beautifulthings

innature:spring,rivers,flowers,themoonandthenight,ina

romanticwayWhydopeoplereadpoems?Poemscreatevividpicturesandtellstoriesbyusinglanguagecreatively.Readersenjoythechallengeoftryingtounderstandthepoet’sintentioninwritingahappeningduringthetimewhenitwaswritten.Readerscanlookatthepoem’sformandliterarydevicestoseewhatthepoetsaw.Byreadingitaloud,theycanfeeltherhythmsandrhymesofthepoemaswellasthepoet’semotions.Pre-reading(1)_______________GlobalReading:scanthelecturetranscriptandcompletethechartbelow.Poetry(2)_______________Followyourearsandask“(3)________________”Approachthepoemas(4)___________________________.Be(5)________________.Rememberthatitisnotnecessaryto(6)____________________________.SoundSenseHowdoesitsound?anexplorerinanunfamiliarlanscapepatientfullyunderstandapoemtoappreciateitHowispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?2.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?3.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?DetailedReading:readPara.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Howispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?Morethanothertypesofliterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?Theaspectofrhythm,repeatedwords,rhymesandotherspecialeffects.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?Firstly,thewords“Windofthewesternsea”arerepeated.Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“low”rhymingwith“blow”and“go”,“sea”rhymingwith“me”.DetailedReading:readPara.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Alfred,LordTennyson(1809–1892)MorethananyotherVictorian-erawriter,Tennysonhasseemedtherepresentativeofhisage.Inhisowndayhewassaidtobe—withQueenVictoriaandPrimeMinisterWilliamGladstone—oneofthethreemostfamouslivingpersons,areputationnootherpoetwritinginEnglishhaseverhad.DetailedReading:readPa.1&2andthefirstpoemandanswerthequestions.Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Windofthewesternsea,Low,low,breatheandblow,Windofthewesternsea.Overtherollingwatersgo;Comefromthedyingmoon,andblow,Blowhimagaintome,Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyonesleeps.(From“SweetandLow”byAlfredTennyson)Readaloudandusethetipinparagraph2toanalyzeitssoundcharacteristics.Possibleanswer:Firstly,thewords"Windofthewesternsea"arerepeated;Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“low”rhymingwith"blow"and"gosea”rhymingwith"me”.DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Approachthepoemasifyouwerean_______inanunfamiliar_________?Asyouapproachthepoem,youshouldask:Asyouexplorethepoem,youshouldask:Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillexplorerlandscapeWhoistalking?Whoisbeingtalkedto?Whatisbeingdescribed?Isthereasenseofplace?Arethereotherpeopleorobjectsthere?Whataretheimages?Whathappenswhentheyareputtogether?startto___________thatgiveyouagreater_______________ofthepoem.digupcluesunderstandingWhatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Whatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?WhenIreadit,Icanseeinmymindtheimageofabirdinacage,whichisdesperatelysingingforfreedom.AnacclaimedAmericanpoet,storyteller,activist,andautobiographer,AngelouworkedforDr.MartinLutherKingJr.

andwasalsoaneducatorwhoservedasaprofessorintheuniversity.DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.Thecagedbirdsings

withafearfultrill

ofthingsunknown

butlongedforstill

andhistuneisheard

onthedistanthill

forthecagedbird

singsoffreedom.(From“CagedBird”byMayaAngelou)DetailedReading:readPara.3andthesecondpoemandfinishthechart.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.1.Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?Weshouldsetitasideandcomebacktoitlater.Withourinsightintolifebecomingdeeper,wemayonedayfinditnotsohardtounderstandatall.2.Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.Poetryreadingcanmakeusfeelsomethingorletusperceive

anotherlevelofmeaning,whichismoreimportantandworthoureffort.DetailedReading:readPa.4-6andthethirdpoemandanswerthequestions.RobertFrost(1874-1963)wasanAmericanpoetwhowasmuchadmiredforhisdescriptionoftherurallifeofNewEngland,andhisrealisticverseportrayingordinarypeopleineverydaysituations.Hisfamouspoemsinclude:StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandTheRoadNot