1、As I was going to St.Ives,I met a man with seven wives.Each wife had seven sacks,Each sack had seven cats,Each cat had seven kits.Kits,cats,sacks,and wives,How many were going to St.Ives?(a list poem)LimerickIt has only five lines.Three of them are longer than the other two.The longer lines all rhym
2、e with each other and the shorter ones rhyme with each other.There was an old man with a beard Who said it is just as I feared.Four insects and then Two birds and a hen Have all made a home in my beard The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about,A thousand branches droop like fringes
3、 made of jade.But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out?The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.咏柳咏柳 碧玉妆成一树高碧玉妆成一树高,万条垂下绿丝绦万条垂下绿丝绦不知细叶谁裁出不知细叶谁裁出,二月春风似剪刀二月春风似剪刀Discussion:Are poems good for our life?What can we get from poems?1.Poems bring passion(激情激情)to our life.2.Poems help
4、us to understand life,virtues,beauty and romance.3.Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!Using languageUsing languageIve Saved The SummerQuestions:Questions:1.Do you think the speaker in the poem is more likely to be a girlfriend/boyfr
5、iend or a parent?2.Does the poem have a rhythmic pattern?Yes,it has two strong beats per line.3.Does the poem have rhyming words?4.When you were listening to the poem,did it make you feel something of think about something?What did it make you feel of think about?Yes.5.Circle the words that rhyme.Wh
6、at is unusual about the rhyming words in the last four words?The rhyming words in the last four lines are unusual because they are the same words although they each have a different meaning.Careful readingCareful reading1.Who is the speaker in the poem and who is he/she speaking to?Give reasons to s
7、upport your answer.A parent(father/mother)speaking to a young adult child(son or daughter).Till you are old youll not know -imply the speaker is much older than the young person(that is,till you are older like me).Ive saved the summer and Ive saved some sunlight.-imply the speaker is an older person
8、 who has experienced their own journey through life and who is offering love to help him/her.I know no answers to help you on your wayThe parent also says that although he/she is older,he/she does not answer the answers to lifes questionswhen you were but nineteenWe know the son is an adult because
9、the speaker refers to the time when you were but nineteenBut if youve a need for love Ill give you all I own We know that the speaker is probably a parent because he/she is offering the child unconditional love.Reasons:Many of the phrases imply that the speaker is an older person.For example,Ive sav
10、ed the summer and Ive saved some sunlight.When the speaker says till you are olderhe/she is implying that he/she is much older than the young person(that is,till you are older like me).The parent also says that although he/she is older,he/she does not answer the answers to lifes questions(I know no
11、answers to help you on your way/if you have a need for love,Ill give you all I own.)We know the son is an adult because the speaker refers to the time when you were but nineteenRecite this English poem.Reading task on P 52What does each poem make you feel or think about?The first poem makes me think
12、 of a picture in which a poet wakes up in a very bright spring morning with birds singing in the trees,but the beautiful morning reminds the poet of the blossoms which might have been broken by the night storm.The second poem makes me think of the following things:a cat eating fish;a hungry boy maki
13、ng a wish;a boy running to the end of the road;a driver taking the next turn;a young man who loves sea;a beautiful girl looking at the poet;a seal diving into the sea;the poet falling into sleep.The third poem makes me feel the passion between the lovers.The fourth poem makes me think of a beautiful
14、 sun-shine day and a lovely pair singing cheerfully and calmly.The atmosphere makes me feel happy and relaxed.The fifth poem makes me think of my father or an old man.NounVerbAdjectiveAdverb angry darken impressive repetitivetransformational translation warm enjoy expressively inspire anger anger angrily dark/ness dark darkly impression impress ly repetition repeat.lytransformation transform translate translated warmth warm warmly enjoyment enjoyable enjoyably expression express expressive inspiration inspirational .ly
