Unit 4 A garden of poems

English PoetryUnit 4Unit 4 A garden of poems

ENGLISH POETRY

Skimming:

1.What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?

2.Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo

1. What are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?•Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar.

•Poetry is difficult to write,but interesting to read.

•Poetry calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.

Skimming:

2. Whose poetry reminds Chinese readers of Du Fu or Li Bai? Whose of Su Dongpo?

William Wordsworth

George Gordon Byron

John Keats

John Donne

A timeline

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1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

William Shakespear

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John Donne

John MiltonAlexander

Pope

John Keats

William Wordsworth

George G. Byron

Robert Frost

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Scanning:

Main ideas:1. Why we read poetry.

2. Chinese poets and poetry.

3. Early English poets.

4. The 19th century English poets.

5. Modern English poets.

6. The introduction of English poetry into China.

7. Why more people are interested in English poetry.

Para.1 Why?

bring… together

play with …

calls up…

poetry

colours, feelings….

experiences…..images…

Du FuDu Fu

(712-770 )(712-770 )Wang WeiWang Wei

(701-761)(701-761)Li bai (701-762)

What do fine poems share?

Para. 2 Chinese poets and poetry

time characteristics poets

17th centuryThe end of 17th century

18th century

19th century

Modern poets

The end of 19th century

Early English poetry

Difficult to understand

The use of surprising images Shakespeare Donne

The absence of rhyme at the end of sentence

John Millton

Pope

Romantic/long poemsWordsworth Byron Keats

Stand close to us both in the language and images they use

Robert Frost(American)

Be introduced to China By Lu Xun, Guo Moruo

English Poetry (Para3-6)

More and more people are interested to read modern poetry in English

Why

1. Give you much more choice

2.Open the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.

Disadvantage of reading the translation: Something of the spirit of the original work is lost in the translation edition.

Para. 7

3. Can be bridges between the East and the West ( understand...better )

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again

Very quietly I take my leave

As quietly as I came here;

Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

The golden willows by the riverside

Are young brides in the setting sun;

Their reflections on the shimmering waves

Always linger in the depth of my heart.

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream

To where the green grass is more verdant;

Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight

And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight. But I cannot sing aloud

Quietness is my farewell music;

Even summer insects heap silence for me

Silent is Cambridge tonight!

Very quietly I take my leave

As quietly as I came here;

Gently I flick my sleeves

Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away

How do you like the poem? Why?

Further-understanding

If a poem is translated into another language, is it still the same poem? What are some differences?

Something of the spirit of the original works is lost.

rhythm rhyme figures of speechetc.

Quietly, we embrace

In a world lit up by words静静地我们相拥

在这个用语言照亮的世界里。

Reading poetry brings people from different places and different times together.

John Donne

(1572-1631)

Shakespeare

(1564-1616)

莎士比亚是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的诗人和戏剧家。曾被马克思誉为“最伟大的天才戏剧家”。他的诗歌造诣也相当高，其十四行诗在文学史上占重要的地位。

多恩，英国“玄学派诗歌”的代表人物，作品主要有《海上风暴》、《圣十四行诗》等。

John Milton

(1608-1674)

Alexander Pope

(1688-1744)

蒲柏， 是英国启蒙运动时期古典主义诗人。主要作品有《批评论》和《人论》。蒲柏翻译了古希腊荷马的史诗，并且编辑了《莎士比亚全集》。

弥尔顿，英国诗人，政论家。主要文学作品是两首长诗：《失乐园》和《复乐园》以及诗剧《力士参孙》。在英国诗人中，弥尔顿的地位仅排在莎士比亚之后。

济慈， 19 世纪英国杰出的浪漫主义诗人。代表作《夜莺颂》、《秋颂》等。

John Keats

(1795-1821)

William Wordsworth

(1770-1850)

华兹华斯，英国浪漫派湖畔诗人 .主要代表作有《致云雀》、《致杜鹃》。

弗罗斯特，美国诗人，四次获普利策奖。

Robert Frost

(1874-1963)

George Gordon Byron

(1788-1850)

拜伦， 19 世纪英国伟大的革命浪漫主义诗人。主要代表作 《唐璜》和《恰尔德 ·哈罗尔德游记》。

English has a short______, but there are still a lot of good English _____ and great ____ around, such as _________ of the 17th century, Pope and Johnson of the ____ century, Worldsword, Byron, Shelly and Keats of the ____ century, and Auden of modern times. At the end of the 19th century, ___________ was introduced to _____ by some famous writers such as _______ and _________. Nowadays, more and more people are ________ in reading modern poetry in _______. Reading poetry in English also _______________ finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.

historypoems

poets John milton18th

19th

English poetry ChinaLu Xun

Guo Moruointerested

Englishopens the door to

Discussion：

Are poems good for our life? What can we get

from poems?1. Poems bring passion (激情 ) to our

life.2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues,

beauty and romance…

3. Poems make us know, we are here,we can make our life and the world more

colorful!

Useful expression put together belong to intend to do play with call up stand out the halls of glory despite =in spite of

surprising images remind of the absence of rhyme lead to stand close to be translated into light up be absent from

The Isles of Greece

The 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.

The Scian and the Teian muse,The hero's harp, the lover's lute,Have found the fame your shores refuse;Their place of birth alone is muteTo sounds which echo further westThan your sires' "Islands of the Blest."

The mountains look on Marathon --And Marathon looks on the sea;And musing there an hour alone,I dream'd that Greece might yet be freeFor, standing on the Persians' grave,I could not deem myself a slave.

George Gordon Byron

哀希腊 希腊群岛呵，美丽的希腊群岛！

　 火热的萨弗在这里唱过恋歌；　　 在这里，战争与和平的艺术并兴，

　　 狄洛斯崛起，阿波罗跃出海面！　 永恒的夏天还把海岛镀成金，

　　 可是除了太阳，一切已经消沉。

开奥的缪斯，蒂奥的缪斯，　 那英雄的竖琴，恋人的琵琶，

原在你的岸上博得了声誉， 而今在这发源地反倒喑哑；

　 呵，那歌声已远远向西流传，　 远超过你祖先的“海岛乐园”。

起伏的山峦望着马拉松－马拉松望着茫茫的海波；

　我独自在那里冥想一刻钟，　梦想希腊仍旧自由而欢乐；

　　因为，当我在波斯墓上站立，　我不能想象自己是个奴隶。

拜伦

Unit 3 单元测试

一 .单项选择

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二 .完形填空

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三 .阅读理解

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四 .短文改错

1.knowing---know 2.right

3.was---is 4.another----other

5.for walk ---for a walk 6.off---for

7.when---than 8.away去掉

9.it---which 10.been去掉

You want to know what is going on in schools in China.In short,things have begun to improve since schools were called on to reduce learning load.I didn’t know about others,but I used to have to even at weekends,doing endless homework and attending classes as well.Now I have more free time.I can follow my interests such as reading books,visiting museums,and taking computer lessons.In the evenings,I can watch news on TV or read newspapers.What’s more,I can go to bed earlier.As far as I know,everyone is happy about this new arrangement of things.

Best wishes.