回乡偶书
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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 。
Spring Dawn
Sleeping not knowing it's morning. Birds are singing here and there.
Sounds of raining and winding came,
锄禾日当午， 汗滴和下土。 谁知盘中餐， 粒粒皆辛苦。
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Quiz in Chinese traditional poems Can you recite the Chinese traditional poems according to their English translation?
What are the characteristics of poems? Can you give me some examples? Poems have beats. They may rhyme or may not rhyme — but they have to have rhythms. This beat is not always obvious, but it’s usually there.
Nursery rhymes (童谣）
List poems （清单诗）
The cinquain （五行诗）
Tang poems （唐诗）
Listen to the tape and find out what are the characteristics of each form. Please underline the key words .
1. What is the text about?
It is about a few simple forms of English poems.
2.What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
Five kinds of English poems Haiku （俳 句）
Their language is __________but concrete ____________.and imaginative they rhyme Strong rhythm a lot of repetition ______, have _______________and _________________.
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?
Unit 2
Warming up
Which poems and poets can you think of when seeing the following pictures?
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静夜思 李白
床前明月光， 疑地上霜。 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。
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古风 其二 李绅
诗歌 诗人 诗歌（总称）
poem
poet poetry rhyme
[raim]
韵, 压韵的词 (n.) 压韵 (v.)
节奏 (n.)
rhythm
['riðəm]
有节奏的 (adj.)
rhythmic
A Few Simple Forms of English Poems
Fast Reading
1. What is the text about? 2. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?
12.transform ( L ) 13.eventually ( M )
1. Vocabulary in Reading Match the words and phrases with their proper meanings.
A. able to flex; able to adjust to different conditions B. a regularly repeat arrangement of sounds or words C. make fun of somebody in an unkind way D. a place where young child are cared for E. make (ideas, feelings, etc. )known to another person F. use up G. small simple house ,esp. in the cottage H. relax I. without end J. not abstract or imaginary; K. in disagreement ; unable to be both true at the same time L. change in form, appearance, or nature M. finally; sooner or later
Careful reading
1.convey ( E ) 2.nursery ( D ) 3. concrete ( J ) 4.contradictory ( K ) 5.flexible ( A ) 6.pattern ( B ) 7.cottage ( G ) 8.take it easy ( H ) 9.run out of ( F ) 10.tease ( C ) 11.endless ( I )
I wonder how many fallen flowers are there
English Poems
People laugh and people cry Some give up some always try Some say hi some say bye Other may forget you but never I.