Unit2 Poems------------Let’s appreciate them

History makes man wise

Poem makes man witty.

Task 1: Let’s enjoy a song and find out the similarities between songs and poems

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Here I am - this is meThere's no where else on Earth I'd rather be

Here I am - it's just me and youAnd tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world - it's a new startIt's alive with the beating of - young hearts

It's a new day - it 's a new planI've been waiting for you

Here I am

• Here we are - we've just begunAnd after all this time - our time has comeYa here we are - still goin' strongRight here in the place where we belongIt's a new world - it's a new startIt's alive with the beating of - young heartsIt's a new day - it 's a new planI've been waiting for you

• Here I am

the similarities

tuneful

help to express the feelings at the bottom of our hearts

have rhyme & rhythm Nurture our

minds

Create many vivid images

make us look at things in a new perspective

share the feelings and experiences

• Task 2:• Appreciate some poems and

try to translate them.

天净沙 · 秋思 马致远

• 枯藤老树昏鸦，• 小桥流水人家，• 古道西风瘦马。• 夕阳西下，• 断肠人在天涯。

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• 天净沙 · 秋思 马致远

• 枯藤老树昏鸦，• 小桥流水人家，• 古道西风瘦马。• 夕阳西下，• 断肠人在天涯

• 1. net = clear v. 净，洗净• 2. the withered wisterias 枯藤• 3. twine (round) v. 缠绕；纠缠• 4. remote = faraway 遥远的，远

距离的；偏僻的，• 4.heart-broken  伤心的，断肠的。• 5.maid 〔诗〕少女，姑娘。• 6.gurgle 汩汩地流• 7.creek = brook, stream 小河，

小溪，溪流• 8.household 一家人 , 户

The Heaven-Netting-Sands · The Autumn Sense__ by Ma Zhiyuan

• The withered wisterias twine round an old tree with crows at dusk

By households under a small bridge gurgling silently is a creek.

On an old road an old thin horse is against the west wind

The setting sun is slowly going westward. I’m lovesick with my remote heart-broken maid.

• What images does the poet use?• __The withered wisterias, an old tree, crows at

dusk , a small bridge, a creek, an old road ,an old thin horse, the west wind ,the setting sun

• 回乡偶书

• 少小离家老大回，

• 乡音无改鬓毛衰；

• 儿童相间不相识，

• 笑问客从河处来？

• Homeland bound Lines by He Zhizhang

• I left home young but I’ve returned an old man,

• My accent is the same, my hair has turned grey.

• The kids are amazed to meet this stranger here,

• “Where do you come from?” with a smile they say.

Where she awaits her husbandOn and on the river flowsNever looking backTransformed into stoneDay by day upon the mountain topWind and rain revolveShould the journeyer returnThis stone would utter speech.

• Task 3:• Read the list poems & try to

write one.

• Signs of Fall• When summer is departing( 离去 )• and fall is arriving• the wind whips through( 掠过 ) the trees• and spooks( 惊吓 ) the cat• The leaves consider• wearing bold ( 醒目的 )new colors• In the corner of my room• my mother builds a pile• of new notebooks and pencils and paper.• And when I bike past the school• I start hoping my new teacher• isn’t too strict• and that my friend and I • are all assigned to the same class.

• I Long to be__ by Yangli

• I long to be a butterfly and dance trippingly for you,• I long to be a flower and bring the fragrance for you,• I long to be a meteor and make a vow for you,• I long to be a bird and transport the dream for you,• I long to be the sun and turn the darkness for you,• I long to be a light and guide the direction for you, • I long to be a spring and wash the dust for you,• I long to be a bridge and connect the success for yo

u,• I long to be a seed and plant the love for you,• Oh! I long to be your friend and share the happiness

and sorrow with you.

• Task 4: Appreciate cinquain and practice writing one.

Let’s appreciatethe works of students

• Life

• by Chen Liang

• competitive imaginative

• interesting exciting unexpecting

full of ups and downs

• challenge

• War • by Song Ting war • sad destructive• killing injuring destructing• a thing that kills everything• terminator

• Family

• by Xu Rui

• familiar strange

• firing boiling melting

• filled with unselfish love

• forever•

• Task 5: What’s is Haiku ?• It is a poetic form from the Japanese cu

lture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet concise form. Haiku poets write about everyday things. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words to “paint” a mental image ( 映象 )in the reader's mind. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn‘t rhyme.

A Rainbow Donna Brock

Curving up, then down. Meeting blue sky and green earth Melding （合并） sun and rain.

Task 6:Task 6: Appreciate some haikuAppreciate some haiku

• Task 7:

• Enjoy the English poems and appreciate them.

• Dreams by L. Hughes

• Hold fast to dreams 将梦想握紧别放• For if dreams die 梦想一旦消亡• Life is a broken-winged • bird 生活象折断翅膀的鸟儿• That cannot fly 不能再飞翔• Hold fast to dreams 将梦想握紧别放• For when dreams go 梦想一旦消亡• Life is a barren field 生活象严冬的荒野• Frozen with snow 遍地是冰霜• •

• 兰斯顿 . 休斯（ 1902—1967 ）当代美国手屈一指的黑人文学家，“哈莱姆复兴”运动的主要代表之一。

• Use the patterns to write about your understanding of the poems

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• 1. Who wrote the poem? Is it popular?• 2. What images does it have?• 3. What idea does it convey?• 4. What was the purpose of it?• 5. What does the poem illustrate/show/demonstr

ate?• 6. What does it indicate?• 7. What’s its thyme scheme ?(aaba bbcb ccdc d

ddd )

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• The poem Dreams is written by a black writer named Langston Hughes. The poem has clear rhymes and a strong rhythm. The writer use two images- a broken-winged bird and a barren field to convey the idea that life is unbearable without hope. It meant to encourage the black people not to give up hope or lose their ideal for a better world.

• 未选择的路• 黄色的树林里分出两条路 • 可惜我不能同时去涉足 • 我在那路口久久伫立

我向着一条路极目望去• The Road Not Taken• TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood

And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth( 灌木丛 )

• 但我却选择了另外一条路 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂 显得更诱人，更美丽 虽然在这两条小路上 都很少留下旅人的足迹

• Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same

•虽然那天清晨落叶满地 两条路都未经脚印污染 呵，留下一条路等改日再见 但我知道路径延绵无尽头 恐怕我难以再回返

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh, I kept the first for another day Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back

•也许多少年后在某一个地方•我将轻声叹息把往事回顾

一片森林里分出两条路 而我却选择了人迹更少的一条 从此决定了我一生的道路

• I doubted if I should ever come back I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a wood and I—I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference

• • Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roa

ds to follow on the map of their journey, life. There is never a straight path or sole direction in which to head. The Road Not Taken", clearly demonstrates Frost's belief that it is the road that one chooses that makes him the man who he is. The fact that the traveler took the path less travelled by over the more popular, secure one indicates the type of personality he has, one that does not want to necessarily follow the crowd but do more of what has never been done, what is new and different.

He realizes that the decision is not just a temporary one which will affect every other choice he makes afterward. Once you have performed an act or spoken a word that shows who you are, there is no turning back and it cannot be undone. Yet he remains proud of his decision and he recognizes that it was this path that he chose to live his life the way in which he lived. To this man, what was most important, what really made the difference, is that he did what he wanted, even if it meant taking the road less traveled. If he hadn't, he wouldn't be the same man he is now.

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Homework: Choose a poem or song

you like to write a article to appreciate it.

THANK YOU for

listening and participation

When I Count to Three

• When I count to three, the toys better be picked up.

• When I count to three, the quarter will disappear from my fist.

• When I count to three, your butt better be in the car.

• When I count to three, I'll have calmed down. • When I count to three, the swats will end. • When I count to three, the world will explode. • When I count to three, the pain will be gone.

• Home• Home is where you• can shrug off your• backpack and your• worries, sling around• your complaints about• impossible questions on the science• test, and supposedly• best • friends, fling your smelly• clothes and your towel on • the floor after a stinging hot• shower, spray on the • couch and flick off• your mind with the• remote, brag• like a hyena about• the goal that just• nipped the• goal post, and just be• yourself(but eventually, you have to explain your test grade, lose the • argument that TV enhances your home work skills, and especially • pick up “those filthy clothes and that wet towel that’s ruining the • carpet, this minute-you heard me!” I do, anyway.