1、Reading and Writing(P92)Unit 5 Unit 5 PoetryPoetryRead for information1.What are the typical features of classical Chinese poetry?2.How is modern poetry written?3.What themes did the three Tang Dynasty poets like to write about?4.Who first introduced Americans to Chinese poetry?5.When did European l
2、iterature come to China?6.Who are the most popular English Romantic poets?7.What does the writer think about translations of poems?Read the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.Read for information1.What are the typical features of classical Chinese poetry?Read the text and under
3、line the anwers to the following questions.1)The form is very important;2)The correct number of lines;3)The number of characters in each line;4)It follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme;Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.2.How is modern poetry
4、 written?1)Modern poets began to reject traditional forms and structures for poetry;2)Most poetry today is written in free verse,with lines of varying length.Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.3.What themes did the three Tang Dynasty poets like to w
5、rite about?1)Li Bai liked to write in a romantic style about friendship,nature,and wine;2)Du Fu liked to write about a range of topics such as history and the effects of war;3)Wang Wei liked to write about nature.friendshipRead for information黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州。孤帆远影碧
6、空尽，唯见长江天际流。孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。What theme does the poem display?natureRead for information望庐山瀑布望庐山瀑布日照香炉生紫烟，遥看瀑布挂前川。日照香炉生紫烟，遥看瀑布挂前川。飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。What theme does the poem display?wineRead for information将进酒将进酒君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。君不见高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪。君不见高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪。人
7、生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。.What theme does the poem display?the effects of warRead for information春望春望国破山河在，城春草木深。国破山河在，城春草木深。感时花溅泪，恨别鸟惊心。感时花溅泪，恨别鸟惊心。烽火连三月，家书抵万金。烽火连三月，家书抵万金。白头搔更短，浑欲不胜簪。白头搔更短，浑欲不胜簪。What theme does the poem display?love of natureRead for informati
8、on山居秋暝山居秋暝空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。明月松间照，清泉石上流。明月松间照，清泉石上流。竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。What theme does the poem display?Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.4.Who first introduced Americans to Chinese poetry?American poet Ezra Pound
9、(1885-1973).Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.5.When did European literature come to China?From around 1910 onwards.from.onwards 从从.起一直起一直eg.The pool is open from 7 a.m.onwards.Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the follo
10、wing questions.6.Who are the most popular English Romantic poets?William WordsworthPercy Bysshe ShelleyGeorge Gordon ByronJohn Keats威廉华兹华斯珀西比希雪莱乔治戈登拜伦约翰济慈Read for informationIf Winter comes,If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?can Spring be far behind?-Ode to the West WindPercy Bysshe ShelleyRea
11、d for informationThe isles of Greece,the Isles of Greece!Where burning Sappho loved and sung,Where grew the arts of war and peace,Where Delos rose,and Phoebus sprung!Eternal summer gilds them yet,But all,except their sun,is set.-Isles of GreeceIsles of Greece希腊群岛啊，希腊群岛！希腊群岛啊，希腊群岛！从前有火热的萨福唱情歌，从前有火热的萨
12、福唱情歌，从前长文治武功的花草，从前长文治武功的花草，涌出过德罗斯，跳出过阿普罗！涌出过德罗斯，跳出过阿普罗！夏天来镀金，还长久灿烂夏天来镀金，还长久灿烂除了太阳，什么都落了山。除了太阳，什么都落了山。.-哀希腊哀希腊Read for informationRead the text and underline the anwers to the following questions.7.What does the writer think about translations of poems?Translations can be good,but being able to read in the original language is best.Read for thinkingThink and discuss:Do you think translating poems from one language to another is a good thing?Why?THANKSUnit 5 Unit 5 PoetryPoetry
