A Garden of Poems

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A Garden of PoemsA Garden of Poems

Do you know the poets who Do you know the poets who wrote the following poems?wrote the following poems?

王维

李白

白居易

杜甫

Du Fu

( realism )

Li Bai

( romantic )

Wang Wei

( nature )

Bai Juyi

English Poetry

what is love Love is giving ,

Love is living ,

Love is taking someone’s load,

Love helps them along the road.

Love is caring,

Love is sharing,

Love will seek the best for others,

Love treats everyone as brothers.

爱是给予，

爱是生活，

爱是肩负他人重担，

爱是一路帮助他人。

爱是关怀，

爱是分享，

爱是为别人争取最好，

爱是将人人当成兄弟。

Oceans apart, day after day,And I slowly go insane.I hear your voice on the line,But it doesn’t stop the pain.

If I see you next to never,How I can say forever?

Wherever you go, whatever you doI will be right here waiting for you.Whatever it takes, or how my heart breaksI will be right here waiting for you.

远隔重洋，日复一日思念几乎使我发狂尽管电话中听到了你的声音但却摆脱不了痛苦

如果从此再也不能相见我们又怎么能说相爱到永远

无论你到何方，无论你在做何事我都会在此等你无论要付出怎样的代价哪怕使我心碎我也会在此一直等候

By Richard Marx

1. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or

Li Bai?

2. Whose poetry reminds us of Su Dongpo?

The works by Wordsworth, Byron, Shelly and Keats.

The works by John Donne

Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

1. Modern English came into being from about the end of ___ century.

A. 16th B. 17th C.18th D 19th

2. Byron’s Isles of Greece is an example of ____.

A. a sonnet B. romantic poetry

C. nature poetry D. modern poetry

3. The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the ______ century.

A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th

4. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is _______.

A. that you have more choice

B. that some of the spirit is lost

C .that you understand it better

D.that you learn how to express yourself in new ways.

Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together.

1st. para.

2nd. para.

3rd. para.

4th. para.

5th. para.

6th. para.

7th. para.

Chinese poetry and Chinese poets

The earliest English poetry and poets

English poetry in the 19th century

Modern poets

The introduction of English poetry to China came late.

More and more people are interested to read modern poetry in English.

What do the words in bold refer to.

Para. 1 That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.

( Poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar. )

Para. 3 Despite its short history, there is a lot of good poetry around.

( English poetry’s )

Para. 5 Finally, modern poets have their special ……in the language and images they use.

Para. 7 They can help us to understand each other better,…

Para. 4 The style and atmosphere in their poems has often…

modern poets

William Wordsworth, Byron, John Keats

poems and literature

Du Fu (712-770 )Du Fu (712-770 ) Li bai (701-762)Li bai (701-762) Wang Wei(701-76Wang Wei(701-761)1)

……active stand out……Chinese poetry _______important

form

Poetry _________rhythm, rhyme

follows

Modern English 16th

William Shakespeare

17th

John Donne

18th

Pope

John Milton

sonnet

play

the absence of rhyme at the end of each line

the finest poetry in England

surprising images

remind

Su dongpo

The earliest English poetry (difficult

)

Shakespeare(1564-1616)

John Donne (1572-1631)

William Wordsworth(1770-1850)

Robert Frost(1874-1963)

English English RomanticRomantic poets poets 19 19thth (early)

John Keats (1795 - 1821)

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

Byron (1788 - 1824 )

The stylestyle and atmosphere atmosphere in their poems has often led to comparison with poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai

GreatGreatly ly loved loved in in ChinaChina

sonnets ,long.. nature poems Isles of Greece

①

1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

②③

④

⑤⑥

⑦

⑧

John Donne

Shakespeare

John MiltonAlexander Pope

John KeatsByron

William Wordsworth

Robert Frost

穆旦Guo Moruo鲁迅鲁迅

Luxun

Modern poets 20th

Robert Frost

stand closest to us both in the language and images

They translated English poetry They translated English poetry into Chineseinto Chinese

the introduction of English poetry to the introduction of English poetry to China China (the end of 19(the end of 19thth ) )

1910---1930

Quietly, we Quietly, we embrace embrace In a world lit up In a world lit up by wordsby words静静地我们相拥

在这个用语言照亮的世界里。

The short poem by Mu Dan means that our life is like the night. The words in poetry are like lamps that light up, and in this light we can meet and embrace other people, whom we would not have seen in the dark.

Notes:

1. Write down five key words that you would expect to find in a text about poetry.

A. (adj. ) 关键的，重要的，基本的

B. ( n.) 关键（人物），要害

C. (n.) 钥匙，线索

a key middle school, a key position,

a key man, key industry

John is the key of their team.

the key to the mystery

the key to the door

2. More than any other form of literature, poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar.

诗歌胜过任何其他的文学形式， 它灵活运用声音、词汇和语法。

He is more than glad to receive the letter.

The Emperor cared more about new clothes than anything else.

The beauty of Hangzou is more than words can describe.

The book seems to be more a dictionary than a grammar.

3. call up

The museum called up memories of my childhood.

Please call me up as soon as you get home.

Many soldiers were called up to save the villagers from the flood.

He called up all the information from the computer and formed a report on that subject.

唤起；打电话；应征入伍

call on

call at

call for

call in

call back

call off

访问 ; 探访某人

访问某地

需要 ; 提倡 ; 去取

召进

叫回 ; 回电话

喊走 , 取消

4. Poems by Du Fu, Li Bai and Wang Wei among others stand out in the halls of glory.

杜甫、李白、王维以及其他诗人的诗词兀立在荣光宝殿之上。

Liu Xiang stands out as a track star.

In this list two names stand out particularly.

They stood out till victory.

5. follow

They followed closely the development of the situation.

in the following years …

Why didn’t you follow the teacher’s advice?

His lecture is difficult to follow.

Follow this road to the bridge.

follow the example

as follows 如下

He received a note which ran as follows.

He followed the ball over the fence.

遵循；跟随；沿着；听懂；注视

6. Chinese readers admire his works because of his use of surprising images that reminds them of the works of poets such as Su Dongpo.

这影片使他回想起在巴黎所看到的情景。

这些照片让我想起学校的日子。

The film reminded him of what he had seen in Paris.

These pictures remind me of my school days.

refer sb .of sth.

refer sb to do sth

中国欣赏他的作品，是因为他使用令人惊奇的意象，使人想起…

7. Once published , his works became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line .

他的诗作一出版就因为行尾不压韵而大获其名。 Once __________(speak), a word becomes a promise.

Once _________(pour), water can’t be taken back again.

Once__________(read) the book, you can’t put it down.

Once _________(taste), it will become your favourite.

__________(impress) by the beautiful scenery, I forget to go back home in time.

Once __________(start), don’t give it up.

spoken

poured

reading

tasted

Impressed

starting

absence (n.) 不在，缺席；

absence from school / classes

我很快注意到他没有到学校。

I soon notice his absence from school. 雨水的匮乏导致植物的死亡。

Absence of rain caused the plants to die.

8. The style and atmosphere in their poems has often led to comparisons with poets such as Du Fu and Li bai.

他们诗歌所采用的风格和所烘托出来的气氛致使人们把他们与像杜甫、李白等这样的诗人相媲美。 How were you feeling while the space shuttle was going through the atmosphere?

The talk was going on in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The atmosphere of the city is very polluted.

By comparison with London, Paris is small.

His comparisons of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action.

halls of gloryhalls of glory

next generationnext generation

remind … of remind … of

absence of rhymeabsence of rhyme

next periodnext period

the spirit of the the spirit of the original workoriginal work

荣光宝殿

下一代

提醒

不押韵

下一个时期

原著的精神

浪漫主义诗人

主要作品

英年早逝

自然派诗歌

导致；通向

特别的吸引

最贴近

romantic Poetsromantic Poets

major worksmajor works

die at a very die at a very young ageyoung age

nature poemsnature poems

lead to lead to

special attractionspecial attraction

stand closest to stand closest to