1、Module 8 Unit 1 The Written WordWord powerAppreciating literature and artPercy Bysshe Shelly is a poet. He was born in Britain. And the sentence was quoted from Ode to the West Wind.Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoetryA rhymeIn April,Come he will.In may,Sing all day,In June,Change his tune,In July,Prepare to
2、fly,In August,Go he must!In September,Goodbye to summer,In October,Help each other,In November,Look forward to winter,In December,One year is over!Alliteration safe and sound right as rain from top to toe through thick and thin Live and learn. Money makes the mare go. Many men, many minds. 丝毫不差 从头到脚
3、 活到老，学到老。 有钱能使鬼推磨。 平平安安 众人异心。 不避艰险the use of several words together that begin with the same sound or letter in order to make a special effectA Red, Red Rose -By Robert Burns O my luve is like a red, red rose,Thats newly sprung in June;O my luve is like the melodie,Thats sweetly played in tune.As fa
4、ir thou art, my bonie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a the seas gang dry. Till a the sea gang dry, my dear,And the rock melt wi the sun;And I will luve thee still, my dear,While the sands o life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve,And fare thee weel a whil
5、e;And I will come again, my luve,Thos it were ten thousand mile!Notes to the poem （1）luve：（Scottish dialect）love。（2）melodie: melody 曲调（3）playd: played; in tune: harmoniously（4）As fair art thou, my bonie lass,/ So deep in luve am I : My love is as deep as you are beautiful. art=are; thou=you; bonie=b
6、onny (or bonnie)=pretty.（5）thee: you; still: always（6）a: all（7）gang:（Scottish dialect）go（8）wi: with（9）While the sands olife shall run:as long as I live Sands refer to the sand in sandglass. o=of.（10）fare thee weel: farewell to you What is the theme of the poem?Love. What does the author compare his
7、love to?He compares his love to a red rose and a beautiful melody. What is the main purpose of this poem?Describing the natural beauty and expressing authors feelings.Shakespearean tragedyShakespearean comedyHamletA Midsummer Nights DreamMerchant of VeniceOthelloKing LearAs You Like ItTwelfth NightM
8、acbethNovel & Short story Short storyA short work has a few characters and a simple plot. NovelNovels usually have many characters and a more complex plot than short stories.Novelist & Short story writerTypes of Writing1Poetry2Drama3Short Story4NovelRomance is a popular novel genre which is often fo
9、und on best-seller lists.ComparisonTypes of writingCharacteristicsShort stories & NovelsPoetryDramaplots, charactersrhythms and rhymes, figure of speech, focus on feelingsaction, speechBible appreciation: GenesisTranscript And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the d
10、ay from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth. And it was so. God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the star
11、s. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day. vAnd God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let bird
12、s fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, Be fruitful
13、 and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth. And there was evening, and there was morning-the fifth day. Two categories of literatureFactual or imaginaryFictionNon- fictionNon-fictionNews article/news storyBiographyAutobiographyFill in the blanksLi
14、terature that is not true or factual is called _. Writing that often focuses on love and other feelings and has a rhyme that is repeated is called _. Shelly, a famous English_, wrote a poem about the west wind. _ is writing that tells a story through action and speech. William Shakespeare was a grea
15、t English _ who wrote a play called Romeo and Juliet. A short work of fiction with only a few characters and a simple plot is called a _. fictionpoetrypoetDramaplaywrightShort storyOhenry wrote a famous work of this type called The gift of the Magi. A_ like Robinson Crusoe has many characters and a
16、more complex plot. Science fiction and _ are popular novel _.A news article is an example of _ because it reports factual information. A book about the life of someone is called a _. A book that a person writes about his or her own life is called an _.novelromancegenresnon-fictionbiographyautobiogra
17、phyWords related to “writing”ccoodmrew r i tepradw ritefilcttco m p o set3245167Translation A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packagin
18、g for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. There is no need to make the hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
