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文学形式 梦幻世界的奇妙意象

杜甫的诗 荣誉殿堂 突出 专门的节奏和韵律

form of literaturecurious images of a dream worldpoems by Du Fuhalls of glorystand outSpecial patterns of rhythm and rhyme

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尽管历史短 最早的英语诗歌 属于 下一代英国大诗人 使人联想起 行尾不压韵 他们的主要作品 早年 导致

Despite its short historyThe earliest English poetryBelong to In the next generation of great English poetsRemind them of The absence of rhyme at the end of each lineTheir major worksAt a young ageLead to

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贴近我们 19世纪末 将诗歌和小说翻译成中文

丰富汉语的表达方式

东西方的桥梁

Stand close to usTowards the end of the 19th centuryTranslate both poetry and novels into ChineseOpen the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in ChineseThe bridge between the East and the West

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2.The book is difficult to understand.

3.The question is not difficult to answer.

1.That makes poetry difficult to write.

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1.I met Tom in the street yesterday.

2.It was Alexander Pope who wrote the finest poetry in England.

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1. No matter when you leave the room, don’t forget to turn off the gas.

2. No matter who told you about the news, you should think about it yourself.

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1. He didn’t come to school because he was ill.

2. Because of the weather, we stayed at home.

3. Because of what you said, he began to cry.

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1. The singer is famous for his new song.

2. The singer is famous to the young.

3. He is famous as a singer.

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Take / spend / cost/ pay

A number of / the number of

Besides / beside / except

Missing / lost / gone

Questions of Paragraph 1

Why is poetry difficult to write?Why is poetry interesting to read?

Questions of Paragraph2

Who are Chinese famous poets?What are the features that all good

poetry shares?How can you experience such

features?

Questions of Paragraph 3

The earlist English poetryModern English startedThe 17th century was a great time for E

nglish poetry.Shakespeare / plays sonnetsJohn DonneJohn MiltonThe 18th century Alexander Pope

Questions of Paragraph 4-5

In the 19th century John Keats William Wordsworth George Gordon ByronModern poets Robert Frost

Questions of Paragraph5-6

Why do modern poets have their special attraction?

When did Chinese writers started reading foreign poetry?

When did European literature come to China?

Questions of Paragraph7

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

To say that “poems and literature can be bridges”is an image. What other images could you use to express the same idea?

Explain the short poem by Mu Dan in your own words.