New Senior English for China Students’Book 6New Senior English for China Students’Book 6

1.Can you remember any poems you 1.Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child? learned when you were a child?

2.Can you remember any poems you 2.Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite Chinese or in English? Can you recite any? any?

Warming UpWarming Up

In the quiet nightSo 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

静夜思床前明月光，疑是地上霜。抬头望明月，低头思故乡。

COMING HOME

I left home young , I return old.Speaking as then, but with hair grow thin;And my children ,meeting me, do not know me.They smile and say: Stranger , where do you come from?

回乡偶书 贺知章少小离家老大回，乡音无改鬓毛衰。儿童相见不相识，笑问客从何处来

Can you guess the poem?

One- hearted

When those red berries come in springtime,

Flushing on your southland branches,

Take home an armful, for my sake,

As a symbol of our love.

相思（王维）

红豆生南国，春来发几枝。

愿君多采撷，此物最相思。

Can you guess the poem?

There are many reasons why people write poems. We’ve learned a lot of Chinese poems before, can you list some of the reasons?

to tell a storyto express feelingsto make others laughto create images in the readersto express a point of viewto make the reader experience the sight, sounds, smells, feel and taste of somethingto create a moodto play with wordsto practice writing….

A. 枫桥夜泊

B. 赠汪伦

C. 回乡偶书

D. 相思

E. 过零丁洋

F. 静夜思

1to show the poet’s determination to fight to the end

2 tell readers to value love

3 to tell a story of an old man coming home which he left long ago

4 to describe friendship

5 convey(show) the poet’s feeling of homesickness.

6 describe a night scene

（唐、张继）

（唐、李白）

（唐、贺知章）

（唐、王维）

（宋、文天祥）

（唐、李白）

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

poetpoetry

rhyme

rhythm

rhythmic

Step2 Pre-reading

1.Let’s enjoy a song first. Can you find something like a poem?Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the sky

2.Go over the poems quickly and tick the correct box/boxes of each question.

Rhyme like a poem and have a strong rhythm

Which poem A B C D E F G H

describes a person?

tells a story?

describes an aspect of a season?

is about a sport?

is about things that don’t make sense?

is recited to a baby?

describes a river scene?

has rhyming words?

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◆.What is the topic of the reading passage?

Some simple forms of English poems

Fast readingFast reading

Five kinds of poems

Nursery rhymes Cinquain

List poems

Haiku

Tang poems

Step3 ReadingTask1 Fast readingHow many kinds of poems did the text mention? What are they?

Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,

Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.

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

If that billy-goat runs away,

Papa’s going to buy you another today.

1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?

2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?

He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.

He’s going to buy the baby another today.

Poem AScanningScanning

I saw a fish-pond all on fire

I saw a fish-pond all on fire,

I saw a house bow to a squire,

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 they all were true.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B?

A.A fish-pond on fire. B.A cottage in the sky.

C.A girl like a cat.

D. A person ten-feet high.

(D)

Our first football match

We would have won…

if Jack had just scored that goal,

if we’d had just a few more minutes,

if we had trained harder,

if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,

if we’d had thousands of fans screaming,

if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, if we hadn’t taken it easy, if we hadn’t run out of energy, We would have won… if we’ve been better!

Poem C

Poem C

1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about?

Football.2. Did his or her team win the game?

No. 3. Why didn’t the players win? Write down

three excuses that the speaker gives.

didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late; ran out of energy.

Brother

Beautiful, athletic

Teasing, shouting, laughing

Friend and enemy too

Mine Summer

Sleepy, salty

Drying, drooping, dreading

Week in, week out.

Endless

　　　兄弟

　爱美，又爱运动

爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑

　　是我的朋友

　 也是我的敌人

　　夏日

　困乏，刺激

干涸，枯萎，恐怖

　周而复始

　永无止境

Poem D,E

1. What subject is the speaker writing about?

Poem D: His/ Her brother.Poem E: Summer.

2. Does the speaker like the subject? Give a reason for your answer.

Poem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brother.

Poem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker can’t wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in week out and endless convey this feeling.

A fallen blossom

is coming back to the branch.

look, a butterfly!

(by Moritake)

Snow having melted,

The whole village is brimful

of happy children

(by Issa)

落下的花朵

回到了树枝上。

瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！　　　作者 Moritake

雪儿融化了 ,

整个村庄充满着

欢乐的儿童。

　　作者 Issa

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F?

A. A child. B. A branch.C. A butterfly. D. A blossom.

4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G?

A. Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.

A

C

Where she awaits her husband,

On and on the river flows.

Never looking back,

Transformed into stone.

Day by day upon the mountain top,

wind and rain revolve.

Should the journey return,

this stone would utter speech.

(by Wang Jian)

　　望夫石

　　　　王健

望夫处，江悠悠。

化为石，不回头。

山头日日风复雨，

行人归来石应语。　　　　　　

What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words

A woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving from that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.

Poem H

The woman may have the feelings of :

loneliness: she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.

love: she waited year after year despite wind and rain.

trust: she believed her husband would come back one day.

sorrow:year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.

Forms of Poems Characteristics

Nursery RhymesStrong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to recite

List Poems Repeated phrases and some rhyme

CinquainMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words.

HaikuMade up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.

Tang Poems The translations have a free form.

The characteristics of the forms of poems

Let’s play a game.Let’s play a game.

Translate the following sentences.Translate the following sentences.

TranslationTranslation

Beacon fires join three monthsBeacon fires join three months 。。Family letters worth ten thousand Family letters worth ten thousand metalmetal 。。

烽火连三月，家书抵万金。烽火连三月，家书抵万金。《《春望春望》》杜甫杜甫

Night come wind rain sound.Night come wind rain sound. Flower fall know how Flower fall know how many.many.

夜来风雨声，花落知多少。夜来风雨声，花落知多少。《《春晓春晓》》孟浩然孟浩然

（杜甫）（杜甫）

（孟浩然）（孟浩然）

You can enjoy a grander sight by climbing toYou can enjoy a grander sight by climbing to a greater height.a greater height.

欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。 -------------- 王之焕王之焕

All good things come to an end.All good things come to an end.

天下没有不散的筵席。天下没有不散的筵席。

Deeply I sign for Deeply I sign for faded flower’s falling faded flower’s falling  in vain. Vaguely I  in vain. Vaguely I seem to know the seem to know the swallow comes again.swallow comes again.

TranslationTranslation

无可奈何花落去，无可奈何花落去， 似曾相识燕归来。似曾相识燕归来。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend without faults will never be A friend without faults will never be found.found.

A good medicine tastes A good medicine tastes bitter.bitter.

良药苦口。良药苦口。

没有十全十美的朋友。没有十全十美的朋友。

患难见真情。患难见真情。

Fact speak louder than words.Fact speak louder than words.

事实胜于雄辩。事实胜于雄辩。  

All rivers run into sea.All rivers run into sea.

海纳百川。海纳百川。  

A good beginning is half done.A good beginning is half done.

良好的开端是成功的一半。良好的开端是成功的一半。

Beauty lies in the love's Beauty lies in the love's eyeseyes..情人眼里出西施。情人眼里出西施。  

All roads lead to Rome.All roads lead to Rome.  

A year's plan starts with spring.A year's plan starts with spring.

Failure is the mother of success. Failure is the mother of success. 

条条大路通罗马。条条大路通罗马。

一年之计在于春。一年之计在于春。

失败是成功之母。失败是成功之母。

1. Recite three of the eight poems in reading text.

2. Try to write a cinquain poem and a clerihew.

3. Learn the new words and expressions in the reading text.

Homework: