Active reading 2 Love poems

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1 Active reading 2 Love poems
Before Reading—Warming Up Global Reading---General Analysis Detailed Reading---Language Points

2 Learn how to appreciate a poem
Teaching objectives Learn how to appreciate a poem Learn the figures of speech in a poem Grasp the words and expressions in poems

3 How to appreciate the English Poems
1.Iambus (抑扬格) Tyger！/ Tyger！/ burning / bright 　　In the / forests / of the / night 　　William Blake： The Tyger

4 How to appreciate the English poems
2.Rhythm (押韵) 尾韵(end rhythm)，头韵(alliteration)，… I shot an arrow into the air， 　　It fell to earth， I knew not where； 　　For， so swiftly it flew， the sight 　　Could not follow it in its flight.

5 How to appreciate the English poems
3.Style (诗节，诗体) Sonnet (十四行诗) Limericks (打油诗) Free Verse（自由诗）

6 How to appreciate the English poems
Figures of speech (修辞格) Comparison (比喻) Metaphor(暗喻)

7 R. S. Thomas ( ) Work in pairs to find Thomas’ Welsh concern. a Welsh clergyman whose poems were recognised as outstanding by many English poets nominee of the Nobel Prize for Literature He wrote critically about Wales, religious faith and modern life, often in bleak language and using clear images.

8 Carol Ann Duffy (1955-) born in Scotland
Work in pairs and find Duffy’s achievement. born in Scotland lives in Manchester as a poet, playwright and teacher of creative writing has won many poetry awards and honours given by the Queen also writes poetry and picture books for children

9 W. B. Yeats ( ) Work in pairs to see how much you’ve known about William Butler Yeats. a major Irish poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923 His work was the most important in the revival of Irish literature. a member of the Irish Senate for six years His poetry shows an interest in imagination, history, mystical visions and symbols, using precise images.

10 About love poems Work in pairs. Which words do you expect to find in a love poem? bird blind dreams heart heaven kiss knife onion song tears

11 A MARRIAGE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. We met
under a shower of bird-notes. Fifty years passed, love's moment in a world in servitude to time. She was young; I kissed with my eyes closed and opened them on her wrinkles. 我们相遇 在鸟鸣的 阵雨之下。 五十年过去—— 时光主宰的 尘世间 爱的一瞬间。 她曾经年轻； 我闭上眼睛 亲吻，睁开时 见她已满脸皱纹。 More

12 A MARRIAGE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. "Come, " said death,
choosing her as his partner for the last dance. And she, who in life had done everything with a bird's grace, opened her bill now for the shedding of one sigh no heavier than a feather. “来吧，”死神说着， 选中她做 最后一场舞的 舞伴。她呢， 平生 以鸟儿的优雅姿态 已做完了一切， 此刻张开喙 丢下 一声叹息 轻如羽毛。 Back

13 MARRIAGE 1. What does a shower usually refer to? And what does it refer to in the poem? It usually refers to rain (or washing oneself), but here it refers to the sounds of birdsong. So the sounds of the birds are compared to rain. Back

14 MARRIAGE 2. How many references to birds are there? What effect do they have on the poem? four references to birds: bird-notes, a bird’s grace, her bill (a bird’s beak or mouth), a feather. 3. What happens when the woman sheds a sigh? She dies. Back

15 VALENTINE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem.
Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love. 不是一朵红玫瑰或一颗亮晶晶的心。 我送给你一棵葱头。 那是一轮包在牛皮纸里的月亮。 保证会有光， 就好像爱之温存的宽衣解带。 More

16 VALENTINE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. 给。 Here. 它会让你泪眼模糊，
It will blind you with tears like a lover. It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief. I am trying to be truthful. Not a cute card or kissogram. 给。 它会让你泪眼模糊， 像爱人那样。 它会把你的面影变成 一张发虚的哀伤照片。 我努力做到真实。 不是一张漂亮的贺卡或伴随的亲吻。 More

17 VALENTINE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips, possessive and faithful as we are, for as long as we are. 我送给你一棵葱头。 它那凶猛的亲吻会留在你的嘴唇上， 霸道独占而忠心耿耿 像我们一样， 只要我们活着。 More

18 VALENTINE Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring, if you like. Lethal. Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife. 拿去吧。 它那白金圈会干缩成结婚戒指， 如果你喜欢的话。 要命！ 它的气味会紧紧粘在你手指上， 紧紧粘在你的刀上。 Back

19 VALENTINE 4. How many different features of the onion does the poet write about? Six features: (1) The way its layers are wrapped; (2) it makes a person cry; (3) it makes the reflection in the mirror wobble; (4) it is sharp to the taste (fierce kiss); (5) it can be cut in silver-coloured loops (wedding ring); (6) its smell (scent) clings to whatever it touches. Back

20 VALENTINE 5. In what different ways do these features refer to love?
They indicate the love relationship of closeness, joy (in love) and sadness (in grief), marriage, possession and faithfulness. 6 What does the knife make you think of? Love is also adventurous and dangerous. A person who loves (like an onion) will cling to something which hurts (knife) him or her. Back

21 HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN
Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. 假如我有天国的锦绣绸缎， 那用金色银色的光线织就， 黑夜、白天、黎明和傍晚， 湛蓝、灰暗和漆黑的锦绣， Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, More

22 HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN
Listen to the MP3 and recite the poem. I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. 我就把那锦缎铺在你脚下： 可我，一贫如洗，只有梦； 我把我的梦铺在了你脚下； 轻点，因为你踏着我的梦。 Back

23 HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN
7. What are the cloths of heaven? The cloths are the skies in daytime (blue), evening (dim) and night (dark), decorated with the sunlight (gold), moonlight (silver) and half light of dawn and dusk. 8. Why should you tread softly on dreams? Because they are the dreams of love, which may be hurt or harmed. Back

24 servitude n. (fml) the position of someone who is a SLAVE or someone who is completely controlled by another person Work in pairs and translate the sentences. 1. The criminal was sentenced to five years’ servitude. 这个罪犯被判五年苦役。 2. We are freed from slavery or servitude. 我们从奴隶状态中解放出来。

25 shed v. to let sth fall off as a part of natural process
n. a small building, usually made of wood, in which you store things Work in pairs and complete the sentences. 1. How often do white-tailed deer shed their antlers? They _____________________ every year. shed their horns shed 2. Saint Joan _________ her blood for France. shed/cast/throw light on sth: suggest an explanation for sth that is difficult to understand（阐述明白） More

26 a bicycle shed an old coal shed potting shed storage shed garden shed

27 Never give all the heart.---Yeats
Love is blind.---Shakespeare My love is like a red, red rose.---Robert Burns Love’s a malady without a cure. —John Dryden