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1、Unit 4 Exploring poetryWelcome to the unit & Reading (I)What is poetry?What is the biggest difference between poetry and other genres of lterature? Poetry is a literary work in which a poet expresses beautiful and elegant qualityand his or her feelings through a distinctive style. Poetry differs fro

2、m other genres of literature in that it highlights the aesthetic and rhythmic qualities oflanguage, such as the sound symbolism represented by rhythms and rhymes which are the actual sound effects created by the lines of poetry.Lead-inPoetryisanexpressionofoneswill.Poetryisanexpressionofoneswill.Wha

3、tiskeptintheheartisthewill,butWhatiskeptintheheartisthewill,butwhenexpressedinwords,itispoetry.whenexpressedinwords,itispoetry.“PrefacetoTheBookofSongs”诗诗诗诗者，志之所之也。者，志之所之也。在心在心为为为为志，志，发发发发言言为诗为诗为诗为诗 。What is your understanding of the quotation on page 43? Poetry is an expression of what one feels or

4、 thinks in his/her heart or mind when it is kept to oneself inside, it is calledones will , but when it is expressed in words and shared with others, it is called poetry.Are you interested in reading poems? Have you ever read any English film?A Spring Morning By Meng HaoranThis spring morning in bed

5、 Im lying, Not to awake till birds are crying.After one night of wind and showers,How many are the fallen flowers!Translated by Xu YuanchongLead-inDreams By Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot flyHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a ba

6、rren fieldFrozen with snowLead-in Possible answer: A Spring Mormingreveals the poets love of spring and his regret at its departure inDreams, Langston Hughes emphasizes the importance of having dreams in ones life.What are the themes of the two poems “A Spring Morning”and “Dreams”? Bothpoemsareveryd

7、escriptive.Ilikethefirstonebecauseitfocusesonthetopicofspringandclearlydescribesaspringmorninginawaythatiseasytounderstand.Thesecondoneisaboutdreamsandusessomeartistictechniques,suchasmetaphorandpersonification.Eventhoughitisalittlebitmoredifficulttounderstand,itisinterestingtoread.How do you like t

8、he two poems?Welcome to the unit DuFu:Hewrotepoemsaboutthebeautyofnatureandhisexperienceswhiletraveling.Hehadagreatgiftforlanguage.HemetLiBaionhistravelsandheadmiredthegreatpoetverymuch.Iknowhispoem“OnYueyangTower”, which describes what he saw andhowhefeltwhilehevisitedthegreattower.What other poems

9、 or poets do you know about? EmilyDickinson:AfamousAmericanpoet,shewrotepoemsthatarecreativeandencouragecarefulthought.Ilikeherpoem“HopeIstheThingwithFeathers”，whichcomparedthefeelingofhopefulnessandexpectationtoabird.What other poems or poets do you know about?What is your favourite poem?Possible a

10、nswer: My favourite poem isA Moonlit Night on the Spring River by Zhang Ruoxu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes five of the most beautiful things in nature: spring, rivers, flowers, the moon and the night, in a romantic wayWhydopeoplereadpoems?Poemscreatevividpicturesandtellstoriesb

11、yusinglanguagecreatively.Readersenjoythechallengeoftryingtounderstandthepoetsintentioninwritingahappeningduringthetimewhenitwaswritten.Readerscanlookatthepoemsformandliterarydevicestoseewhatthepoetsaw.Byreadingitaloud,theycanfeeltherhythmsandrhymesofthepoemaswellasthepoetsemotions.Pre-reading(1)_Glo

12、bal Reading: scan the lecture transcript and complete the chart below.Poetry(2)_Followyourearsandask“(3)_”Approachthepoemas(4)_.Be(5)_.Rememberthatitisnotnecessaryto(6)_.SoundSenseHow does it sound?an explorer in an unfamiliar lanscapepatientfully understand a poem to appreciate it1. Howispoetrydiff

13、erentfromothertypesofliterature?2.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?3.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?Detailed Reading: read Para. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.1. Howispoetrydifferentfromothertypesofliterature?Morethanothertypesofl

14、iterature,itusuallyimpliesadeepermeaningbeyondthewordsonthepage.2.Whataspectshouldyoupayspecialattentiontowhenyoureadapoemaloud?The aspect ofrhythm,repeated words,rhymes andotherspecialeffects.Detailed Reading: read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.Detailed Reading: read Pa. 1 &

15、 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.3.Whatcharacteristicscanyoufindwhenyouanalyseitssound?Firstly,thewords“Windofthewesternsea”arerepeated.Secondly,thereareseveralrhymingwords:“low”rhymingwith“blow”and“go”,“sea”rhymingwith“me”.Detailed Reading: read Para. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answ

16、er the questions.Alfred, Lord Tennyson(18091892)MorethananyotherVictorian-erawriter,Tennysonhasseemedtherepresentativeofhisage.InhisowndayhewassaidtobewithQueenVictoriaandPrimeMinisterWilliamGladstoneoneofthethreemostfamouslivingpersons,areputationnootherpoetwritinginEnglishhaseverhad.Detailed Readi

17、ng: read Pa. 1 & 2 and the first poem and answer the questions.Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Sweetandlow,sweetandlow,Windofthewesternsea,Windofthewesternsea,Low,low,breatheandblow,Low,low,breatheandblow,Windofthewesternsea.Windofthewesternsea.Overtherollingwatersgo;Overtherollingwatersgo;Comefromthedyingm

18、oon,andblow,Comefromthedyingmoon,andblow,Blowhimagaintome,Blowhimagaintome,Whilemylittleone,whilemyprettyWhilemylittleone,whilemyprettyonesleeps.onesleeps.(From“SweetandLow”byAlfredTennyson)Read aloud and use the tip in paragraph2 to analyze its sound characteristics.Possible answer:Firstly, the wor

19、ds Wind of the western sea are repeated;Secondly, there are several rhyming words: “low” rhyming withblowandgo sea” rhyming withme”.Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.Approachthepoemasifyouwerean_inanunfamiliar_?Asyouapproachthepoem,youshouldask:Asyouexplorethepo

20、em,youshouldask:Asyouslowlyexploreyoursurroundings,youwillexplorerexplorerlandscapelandscapeWhoistalking?Whoisbeingtalkedto?Whatisbeingdescribed?Isthereasenseofplace?Arethereotherpeopleorobjectsthere?Whataretheimages?Whathappenswhentheyareputtogether?startto_thatgiveyouagreater_ofthepoem.digupcluesu

21、nderstandingWhatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?Whatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.Whatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?Whatimagescomeintoyourmindwhenreadingit?WhenIreadit,Icanseeinmymindtheimageofabirdinacage,whichi

22、sdesperatelysingingforfreedom.AnacclaimedAmericanpoet,storyteller,activist,andautobiographer,AngelouworkedforDr.MartinLutherKingJr.andwasalsoaneducatorwhoservedasaprofessorintheuniversity.Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem and finish the chart.ThecagedbirdsingsThecagedbirdsingswithaf

23、earfulwithafearfultrilltrill ofthingsunknownofthingsunknownbutlongedforstillbutlongedforstillandhistuneisheardandhistuneisheardonthedistanthillonthedistanthillforthecagedbirdforthecagedbirdsingsoffreedom.singsoffreedom.(From“CagedBird”byMayaAngelou)Detailed Reading: read Para. 3 and the second poem

24、and finish the chart.Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.1. Whatshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?2. Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.1.Wh

25、atshouldyoudowhenyouhavedifficultyinunderstandingapoem?We shouldset itasideandcome back toitlater.With ourinsightintolifebecomingdeeper,wemayonedayfinditnotsohardtounderstandatall.2.Accordingtothelecturer,whatismoreimportantinappreciatingapoem?Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and an

26、swer the questions.Poetryreadingcanmakeusfeelsomethingorletusperceiveanotherlevelofmeaning,whichismoreimportantandworthoureffort.Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.RobertFrost(1874-1963)wasanAmericanpoetwhowasmuchadmiredforhisdescriptionoftherurallifeofNewEngl

27、and,andhisrealisticverseportrayingordinarypeopleineverydaysituations.Hisfamouspoemsinclude:StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandTheRoadNotTaken.Detailed Reading: read Pa. 4-6 and the third poem and answer the questions.WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.Hishouseisinthevillagetho

28、ugh;Hishouseisinthevillagethough;HewillnotseemestoppinghereHewillnotseemestoppinghereTowatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.From“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”byRobertFrostPost-reading1. Pleasechooseoneofthepoemsinthelecturetranscriptandthinkaboutthesoundandsenseofthepoem.2. Pl

29、easegivesomeothertipsonhowtoreadapoem.Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3Structure Para. 4Para. 5Para. 6 How to reveal poetrys hidden dimensionFollow your ears Approach the poem like an explorerHave patience to interpret the meaning of a poem. Remember its not necessary to fullyunderstand a poemEnjoy the journey in the world of poetry Introduction Introduction ConclusionConclusionSound Sound Sense Sense BodyBody1.FinishB1onP47.2.Chooseapoemthatimpressesyoumost.Discussitwithyourpartnersandsharethereasonswhyitimpressedyou.Homework