人教版英语选修6Unit_2p1warming-up

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According to the purpose, the rhyme or the rhythm, try to complete the poems.
A Student's Prayer
rest Now I lie down to_____ test I pray I pass tomorrow's______
Unit 2 Poems
Warming up and pre-reading
诗歌 诗人 诗歌（总称） 韵, 压韵的词 (n.) 压韵 (v.) 节奏 (n.)
有节奏的 (adj.)
poem poet poetry
rhyme rhythm rhythmic
Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray， Thanks to their toiling day. (by Li Shen)
ea Hungrily the young man loves life at sea; e Hungrily the beautiful girl looks at me; eep Hungrily the seal dives down into the deep; eep Hungrily I fall into bed and sleep
(by Meng Haoran)
晓， 鸟。 声， 少？
How long will the bright moon appear? Wine-cup in hand, I ask the sky. I do not know what time of year, It would be tonight in the palace on high. 水调歌头 明月几时有？把酒问青天。 不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？ (By Su Shi)

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.
Can you sing some nursery rhymes, English or Chinese.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
songs
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.
1. Which poems and poets can you think of when seeing the following pictures?
静夜思 李 白 床前明月光， 疑是地上霜。 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。
古风 其二 李 绅 锄禾日当午， 汗滴禾下土。 谁知盘中餐， 粒粒皆辛苦
Those poems remind you of sweet memories
Translated by X首， 那人却在， 那人却在， 灯火阑珊处。 灯火阑珊处。
青玉案. 青玉案 元夕 --- 辛弃疾
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.

to…d…escribe the seasons or scenes
Step III
While-reading
1. Fast reading:
How many kinds of poems are mentioned in the text? What are they?
Haiku 俳句诗
Tang poems
是我的朋友
Friend and enemy too
也是我的敌人
Mine
Summer
夏日 困乏，刺激
Sleepy, salty
干涸，枯萎，恐怖 Drying, drooping, dreading
周而复始
Week in, week out.
永无止境
Endless
Task 3 Poem D & E
1.What subject is the speaker writing about? Poem D:__H_i_s_o_r_h_e_r brothPeorem E:__s_u_m__m_e_r 2. Do the authors like the subjects?
If that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke, Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat
look, a butterfly!
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！

Fast reading
Pair work—Just read the 8 poems and finish the chart
with your partner by ticking the correct box(es) on P 9
Pay attention: there may not be one answer to some
Poem A
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that ’t sing, to buy if the Poem A: What ismockingbird the baby’s won father going mirror gets broken? Papa ’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
questions
Which poem describes a person? tells a story?
A
B
C D
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E
F
G H
describes an aspect of a season? is about a sport? is about things that don’t make sense? is recited to a baby?
Nursery rhymes
List poems a flexible line length; repeated phrases Cinquain
Haiku Tang poems 5 lines; convey a strong picture in just a few words