1、Unit 1Reading 1The evolution of video and sound devices高中英语高中英语 选择性必修（第一册）选择性必修（第一册）Unit 4 Exploring poetryReading 2How to read a poem1.Choose one of the poems in the lecture transcript and think about the sound and sense of the poem.How does it make you feel?AppreciationThe poem by Maya Angelou des
2、cribes the image of a caged bird wanting to be free.The lines are short and simple,which makes the message more direct and powerful.The short lines could also imply the sense of being in a small cage with very little space to fly around in.This does not stop the bird from singing though,and by repea
3、ting the sound of some words:“trill”,“still”and“hill”I can imagine the sound that the bird makes as it sings its lonely song.“Caged Bird”reminds me of the possibilities we have in life,and that we should look past our current limitations.Appreciation2.What are the functions of the three poems quoted
4、 in this transcript?AppreciationThe first example(lines from“Sweet and Low”by Alfred Tennyson)sounds great with strong rhythm and it is written in rhyme.The lecturer uses it to support the tip of“follow your ears”.The second example(lines from“Caged Bird”by Maya Angelou)includes several images.By us
5、ing it,the lecturer suggests paying attention to images in poems when reading a poem.The third example(lines from“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”by Robert Frost)is not easy to understand,which is suitable as an example to support the tip of“be patient when having trouble in understanding a poe
6、m.”By giving the fourth tip,the lecturer emphasizes that the importance of reading poems lies in what the poem can make us feel or perceive.Unlike the previous three tips,this tip is not focusing on the ways to understand a poem,but on what attitude and expectations we should have when reading a poe
7、m.As a result,it is unnecessary to give an example of a poem to support this tip since it is not related to the understanding of the content or meaning of a poem.Appreciation3.Why doesnt the lecturer quote a poem as an example to support the fourth tip?1.Is the last paragraph a good ending?Why or wh
8、y not?ExtensionThe last paragraph is a good ending.At the beginning of the lecture,the speaker points out that poetry is a combination of“sound”and“sense”.The last paragraph echoes the beginning by mentioning it again,which makes the lecture more coherent.2.Apart from the four tips given by the lect
9、urer,what other tips can you give on how to read a poem?From my point of view,to understand a poem better,we should also know more about the poet and the background in which the poem was createdthe theme of a poem usually has a close relationship with the background in which the poet wrote it.Extens
10、ion 3.The lecturer says that one does not need to fully understand a poem to appreciate it.Do you agree?Support your opinion with your own experience of reading poetry.Yes,I agree.There are other aspects of poetry that can be appreciated besides the poets message.I recall reading“Sonnet 18”by Willia
11、m Shakespeare.The language was quite difficult to understand,but because of the sound aspects,I appreciated its easy flowing rhythm and rhymes.It was very pleasant to readlike a song.I hope to understand its full message one day.ExtensionExtensionComplete the passage with the correct forms of the wo
12、rds and phrases in the box below.I love reading poetry and I try to(1)_ some time each day to read poems.Poetry can take me to(2)_ mountaintops covered with mist;it can also take me inside someone elses mind.Poetry can describe things that are too(3)_ to express in any other way;it can also display
13、the hidden beauty of simple and ordinary things.I like poems that are(4)_:it is exciting when the poet starts with one particular image,and then adds something that seems to be out of placeit is the lines which stick out that make a poem interesting.set asideremotecomplexcontradictoryB1Extension(5)_
14、 poetry can be difficult,but what I love about poetry is that it makes me wondersometimes it is like a riddle that I want to solve,or a question that I want to answer.When I start reading a new poem,I may say to myself,“This is confusingI dont like it.”However,many of my favourite poems are the ones
15、 I did not like at first.With poetry,I know I have to be patient:I will not be(6)_ immediately,but when I finally understand a poem,it will stay with me for a long time.Also,when I read poetry regularly,I(7)_ discover new thingseven in poems that I have read many times before.Reading poetry is like
16、trying to find and(8)_ a treasure:I can use a poem as a treasure map that will eventually guide me to exciting new discoveries.Interpretingrewardedconstantlydig upnoun+verb-ingpainstaking,heartbreaking,time-consuming,eye-catchingnoun+verb-edsnow-covered,handmade,tongue-tied,sun-driednoun+adjectiveli
17、felong,world-famous,homesick,duty-freeadverb+verb-ingeverlasting,fast-flowing,bestselling,far-reachingExtensionB2Read the following poem and share your understanding of it.When analyzing the poem,follow the tips given in the lecture transcript.ApplicationThe Noble NatureBy Ben Jonson It is not growi
18、ng like a treeIn bulk,doth make Man better be;Or standing long an oak,three hundred year,To fall a log at last,dry,bald,and sere:A lily of a dayIs fairer far in May,Although it fall and die that night;It was the plant and flower of Light.In small proportions we just beauties see;And in short measure
19、s life may perfect be.ApplicationWhen reading this short poem,we find it easy to detect its rhythm.The poem is composed of ten lines,including five pairs.In each pair of lines,the last two words rhyme with each other,such as tree and be,year and sere.As a result,it sounds beautiful.As we explore the
20、 poem,we see images of a big oak tree and a small lily in our mind.The oak tree in the poem symbolizes a great mind and the lily symbolizes an ordinary person.The poets wanted to tell its readers that ordinary people can also be in possession of a noble nature.ApplicationFind the lines in the lectur
21、e transcript that rhyme and write lines of your own using words in rhyme.ApplicationB3In poetry,it is common to have lines that rhyme;that is to say,these lineshave a repetition of the same sound at the end.This makes poetry sound beautiful.Lines that rhyme:Sweet and low,sweet and low,Wind of the we
22、stern sea,Low,low,breathe and blow,Wind of the western sea!Over the rolling waters go,Come from the dying moon,and blow,Blow him again to me;While my little one,while my pretty one,sleeps.ApplicationThe caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heardon
23、the distant hillfor the caged birdsings of freedom.ApplicationWhose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.ApplicationWhen I see the beautiful flowersI can look at them for hoursMy heart feels gladAnd I stop feeling badI love their smellAnd all is wellApplicationAppreciate a Chinese poem after class,following the tips given in the lecture.HomeworkHomework1.Read this article aloud.2.Finish the workbook.谢谢 谢谢
