Unit 4

A Garden Of Poems

杜 甫 王 维李 白

William Shakespeare

(1564-1616)

Write the earliest

English poetry

Famous for his plays and sonnets

George Gordon Byron

(1788-1824)

an English Romantic poet

.famous for

“Isles of Greece”

John Keats

(1795-1821)

.An English romantic poet

.died at a very young age in 1821

William Wordsworth

(1770-1850)

.An English romantic poet

.Famous for his nature poems

Poetry poemssongs

rhymes

limericks

晨歌爱让你像一块宽大的金表爬行 .助产士拍打你的脚底 , 你赤裸的哭声走进这个世界 .我们的声音交相回响 , 放大了你的来临 .新的塑像 .在一个凉风习习的博物馆 , 你的赤裸给我们的安全笼上阴影 . 我们围绕你站着 , 像墙一样空白 .我不是你的母亲就像一片云蒸发出一面镜子看着镜子里的自己在风中渐渐消失 .晚上 , 你飞蛾般的呼吸再床上平坦的粉红玫瑰花中闪烁 . 我醒来倾听 :听见远方海潮的声音 .

A rhyme/Pick an /apple, /pick a /pear,/Pick a /banana /over /there./Let’s /work, and /let’s /play,/Picking /apples /every /day!

走进一间房，四面都是墙，抬头见老鼠，低头见蟑螂！

门前一只狗，在啃肉骨头，又来一只狗，双双打破头！

In English In English limericklimerick is like is like

““ 打油诗” 打油诗” in Chinese. It is a in Chinese. It is a

special, funny poem and is writspecial, funny poem and is writ

ten just to make people laugh. ten just to make people laugh.

Read the two limericks and enjRead the two limericks and enj

oy them.oy them.

A large lady from Corfu,Wished to travel to Peru.But Whether buses or trainsOr boarding aeroplanes,There wasn’t a door she’d get through.

A teacher from Singapore.Taught at middle school No 4.It didn’t take students longTo see something was wrong:The man was as mad as a door!

rhyme:

pattern: a a b b a

Pre-ListeningSome suggestions on choosing( 选择 ) a poem.

Start with books that are collection of poems( 诗集 ).

Go through the books to find what you like.

You can choose according to the topic (humour love or nature) or a certain period of time (Early Seventeenth Century or Poetry between the World wars)

Listening1.Listen to the tape and tick the words that are used by the woman working in the library

poemcollectionthe World WarsThe countrysideThe moon

the seanatureanimalsgardenspaintings

2.Listen to the tape and answer the two questions.What kind of book is A Garden of Poems?

Which topic for poetry does the student like?

It is a collection of poems.

He likes reading about nature.

Example :

A:What kind of poems do you like to read?

B: I am interested to read some Romantic poetry about love and friendship.

A: Why are you interested in that kind of poetry?

B: Because I think it is close to our life.

A:I see.What kind of poems do you not like to read?

B: I don’t want to read English poetry about death and war, because I think it is too sad.

1.Make up a dialogue to express

what you want to say about

poetry.

2. Preview and underline useful

words and phrases in the reading

passage.

3. Finish the exercise

book(38minutes) P38.

Homework

Big big world

/I’m a/ big /big /girl , /In a /big /big /world. /It’s not a /big /big /thing. /If you /leave /me, /But I /do /do /feel /That I /do /do /will /miss /you /much, /miss /you /much.

Useful expressions

• I’m interested to…but…• I think I might want to…• I want to…• I’d like to…• I’ve never heard of…so…• I’ve never read any…so…

• I think it will be too difficult to…• I think it will be boring…• I’m very interested in… so …• I’m not very interested in…so…• I hope to find…• I don’t know much about...

1001 Songs and poems in English

Poetry between the World Wars

A garden of poems

The earth is painted green

English poems of the early seventeenth century

3.Listen to the tape, and sort the books by names , period of time and topic{ Match }

Poems sorted by names

Poems sorted by topic

Poems sorted

by period of time

Big Big World I’m a big big girl ,

In a big big world.

It’s not a big big thing.

If you leave me,

But I do do feel

That I do do will

miss you much,

miss you much.

*I can see the first leaves falling .It’s all so yellow and nice;It’s so very cold outsideLike the way I’m feeling inside.

*Outside it’s now raining,And tears are falling from my eyes.Why did it have to happen?Why did it have to end?

*I have your arms around me,Wooh like fire.But when I open my eyes,You’re gone! 

2.listen to the following sentences from the dialogue between the librarian and the student,write down the missing words

1. I want to read some _______.poems

2. There are different ways to _______a poem.choose

3. You’d better start with books that are _________of poems.collections

4.What most people do is to _________ them .go through

5. Some books _____together the work of writers .bring

6. There is also poetry about ______.nature

7. It’ll be easier if you choose something________.modern

III.Speaking :

Talk about something poetry

Poems

Topics

lovefriendship

peaceNature

countryside

Poets

Li BaiDu fuByronDonneKeats

Feelings

sadnesshappinesslonelinesshumour

Romantic Classical Modern

Example :

A:what kind of topic of poems do you like?

B:I like some …

A:What poets are you interested in?

B:I’m fond of …

A:What poems do you like best?

B:I love…

A:Why do you like it?

B:Because…

…