1、Do you know who he is in this picture?,靜夜思 床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 抬頭望明月，低頭思故鄉(xiāng)。,IN THE QUIET NIGHT So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed Could there have been a frost already? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home. By Li Bai,A Few simple form

2、s of English Poems,Reading,Fast reading: Read fast to answer the following questions:,1. What is the main topic of the reading passage?,It is about a few simple forms of English poems.,2. How many forms of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they?,_kinds of poems,five,Nursery rhymes,List poems

3、,Cinquain,Haiku,Tang poems,Learning tip Pay attention to the title and the topic sentence which sums up the main idea of the paragraph. Most often, it is the first sentence of the paragraph.,Second reading: Read the first paragraph again and answer: 1. Whats the purpose of the first paragraph? It gi

4、ves the reasons why people write poetry. B. It introduces different forms of poems. C. It states the advantage of poems. D. It tells the readers what the text will be about. 2. Whats the topic sentence of the first paragraph?,The first sentence.,Strong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to

5、learn and to recite,Repeated phrases and some rhyme,Made up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words.,Made up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.,The translations have a free form.,Read poems A to H, and tick the correct box/boxes

6、 on P9.,5.From poem E we can learn that_. the writer of the poem feels bored with the summer B. the writer of the poem feels pleased with the summer C. the writer of the poem can bear the heat of the summer D. the summer goes on and forever,4.Poem A is probably used when you want to_ A. terrify smal

7、l children B. help children to learn about language C. get babies to sleep D. keep babies quiet,Poem H 1.The poem tells a story about a woman who was waiting on the mountain top for her hus- -band. The story goes like this: A loyal wife kept standing on a mountain top waiting for her husbands coming

8、 back. Year after year, the wife became a stone which looks like a woman watching into far distance.,2.Woman has the feeling of: Loneliness: she was alone watching her hus- -band on the mountain top Love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain. Trust: she believed her husband would come ba

9、ck one day. Sorrow: year after year ,she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.,Life is Beauty Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss (天賜的福), taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it.Life is a

10、 game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill (履行) it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy (悲劇), confront (對抗) it. Life is an adventure, dare (敢冒) it.Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious (寶貴的), do not destroy it. Life is life, fi

11、ght for it.,Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again 再別康橋 徐志摩 Very quietly I take my leave 輕輕的我走了 As quietly as I came here; 正如我輕輕的來；Quietly I wave good-bye 我輕輕的招手，To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 作別西天的云彩 The golden willows by the riverside 那河畔的金柳 Are young brides in the setting sun; 是夕陽中的新娘,Their r

12、eflections on the shimmering waves 波光里的艷影，Always linger in the depth of my heart. 在我的心頭蕩漾。 The floatingheart growing in the sludge 軟泥上的青荇， Sways leisurely under the water; 油油的在水底招搖； In the gentle waves of Cambridge 在康河的柔波里 I would be a water plant! 我甘心做一條水草,That pool under the shade of elm trees 那樹蔭

13、下的一潭Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky; 不是清泉，是天上虹 Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds 揉碎在浮藻間，Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream? 沉淀著彩虹似的夢 To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream 尋夢？撐一支長篙，To where the green grass is more verdant; 向青草更青處漫溯，,Or to have the boat fully loaded wit

14、h starlight 滿載一船星輝 And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight. 在星輝斑斕里放歌 But I cannot sing aloud 但我不能放歌Quietness is my farewell music; 悄悄是別離的笙簫；Even summer insects heep silence for me 夏蟲也為我沉默Silent is Cambridge tonight! 沉默是今晚的康橋,Very quietly I take my leave 悄悄的我走了As quietly as I came here; 正如我悄悄的來G

15、ently I flick my sleeves 我揮一揮衣袖Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away 不帶走一片云彩。,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 and that

16、 we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!,Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy you a looking-grass. If that lookin

17、g-grass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papas going to buy you another today.,Nursery rhymes strong rhythm and rhyme a lot of repetition easy to learn and to recite,I saw a fish-pond all on fire I saw a fish-pond all on fire, I saw a house bow to a squi

18、re, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange t

19、hey all were true.,Our first football match We should have won If Jack had scored that goal, If wed had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If wed had thousands of fans screaming, If I hadnt taken my eye off the ball, If we hadnt stayed up so late th

20、e night before, If we hadnt take it easy, If we hadnt run out of energy. We should have won If wed been better!,List poems repeated phrases some rhyme,Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine,Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading, Week in, week out, Endless,Cinquain made up of five li