1、Poems and Poets,Poems are images in your mind. They let you go beyond the surface and discover your deepest feelings.,Further Reading,1. Discuss with your partner what a biography is, and then read the TIPS to make sure.,Further Reading Pre-reading,2. Read the following sentences and guess the meani

2、ng of the underlined part in each of them. 1) George Bushs son, George Bush Jr., was expected to succeed him as president. 2) He dropped outof high school at the age of 16 and began his work as a publisher. 3) Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do som

3、ething. 4) Tuberculosis is a serious disease that affects someones lungs and other parts of their body. 5) If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.,Further Reading Pre-reading,2. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of the underlined part in

4、 each of them. 1) George Bushs son, George Bush Jr., was expected to succeed him as president. 2) He dropped outof high school at the age of 16 and began his work as a publisher. 3) Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 4) Tuberculosis is a

5、 serious disease that affects someones lungs and other parts of their body. 5) If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.,Further Reading Pre-reading,2. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of the underlined part in each of them. 1) George Bus

6、hs son, George Bush Jr., was expected to succeed him as president. 2) He dropped outof high school at the age of 16 and began his work as a publisher. 3) Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 4) Tuberculosis is a serious disease that affect

7、s someones lungs and other parts of their body. 5) If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.,Further Reading Pre-reading,1.1880Father is elected as 父親當(dāng)選為 1891Elected chief editor of the Bulletin for當(dāng)選為?？骶?elect v. 1）選舉；推選 They elected Bush （as）President.

8、They elected me to the Board of Directors. 他們選舉我當(dāng)董事。 【注意】在職稱前無(wú)冠詞。 2）（正式）選擇；決定 He elected to become a teacher. election n.選舉，大選,Further Reading Pre-reading,2.1882Drops out of school and is educated at home. 輟學(xué)并在家接受教育。 educate v. educate sb （in sth）教育某人 Where were you educated? = Which school did you

9、go to? He was educated at a key school. Parents should educate their children in how to respect the old.,Further Reading Pre-reading,3.1892Becomes engaged to Elinor. 與伊麗娜訂婚。 1）engage v. （1）engage sb. （as）sth. 雇傭 I was engaged as a receptionist at the office building. （2）engage oneself （正式）允諾 He enga

10、ged （himself）to pay back the money. （3）引起（注意） His strange behavior engaged the attention of the police.,Further Reading Pre-reading,3.1892Becomes engaged to Elinor. 與伊麗娜訂婚。 2）engaged adj. （1）（指人）忙碌的 I cant see you off at the airport tomorrow; Im otherwise engaged. （2）占線的，美國(guó)英語(yǔ)用busy Sorry! The line/th

11、e number is engaged. （3）be engaged （to sb.）（與某人）訂婚 The first daughter was engaged to a lawyer last week.,Further Reading Post-reading,1. Read Robert Frosts biography to fill in the table below.,Events,Frosts father died./Frost entered 3rd grade.,1890,Frost worked as a reporter.,1906,Frost met numero

12、us literary figures.,Further Reading Post-reading,2. Read the biography again and decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F). Correct the false one(s). _1) Robert Frosts name was given to him by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. _ 2) Robert Frost attended kindergarten

13、for years and then entered his first grade. However, he soon dropped out. _3) Robert Frosts father died of TB when he was just 11 years old. _4) Elinor Miriam White was two years younger than Robert Frost. _5) Robert Frost graduated from Harvard University in the year 1899. _6) Robert Frost and Elin

14、or Miriam White got married after they had known each other for 4 years. _7) Robert Frost went abroad alone in the year 1912.,F,F,T,F,F,T,F,Further Reading Post-reading,3. Guess from the context the meanings of the italicized words and expressions in the following sentences and write down the Chines

15、e on the lines. 1) Attends first grade, but soon drops out again. _ 2) Finishes school year at head of his class. _ 3) Becomes engaged to Elinor. _ 4) Briefly teaches an unruly eighth-grade class in Methuen for several weeks. _ 5) Passes Harvard College entrance examinations, . and enters Harvard as

16、 a freshman. _ 6) Meets numerous literary figures, including Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats. _,退學(xué),領(lǐng)先,訂婚,調(diào)皮的,新生,作家,Further Reading Post-reading,4. Complete the following passage with the necessary information according to the biography. Robert Frost was one of the great American poets. He was the first child of _and was born _in San Francisco. In 1885 his father _ so his mother moved with the family to Massachusetts. After his high school years, Robert went to _ _.In 1915 Robert returned to the U. S. He