高中英語第六冊第2單元unit2readingPPT演示課件

1、人教課標(biāo) 高二 選修 6 Unit 2,Unit 2 Poems,A few simple forms of English poems,Do you remember any little poems or songs you learned when you were a child? Do you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?,What are the characteristics of poems? Can yo

2、u give me some examples? Poems have beats. They may rhyme（押韻 ）or may not rhyme but they have to have rhythms（節(jié)奏）. This beat is not always obvious, but its usually there.,Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry. Without rhythm, there wouldnt be poems.,Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what yo

3、u are, Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky.,強(qiáng) 弱 強(qiáng) 弱強(qiáng) 弱 強(qiáng),唐詩分五言,七言。根據(jù)韻節(jié)來分 英詩可分為單韻詩、雙韻詩、三韻詩至八韻詩。,構(gòu)成一個韻節(jié)的四種情況: 強(qiáng) + 弱, 強(qiáng) + 弱弱 弱 + 強(qiáng), 弱 + 強(qiáng),poem,poet,poetry,rhyme,rhythm,rhythmic,There are many reasons why people write poems. In small groups make a list of these reasons.,Why do people wr

4、ite poems?,People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh,There are many reasons why people write poems. In small groups make a list of these reasons.,Why do people write poems?,People write poems to tell a story to express feelings to make others laugh,to tell the life

5、or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song,to tell the life or friendship to delight the kids to tell stories to describe the seasons or scenes for entertainment as the lyric of a song,Skimming,Scan the text for the tw

6、o questions. 1. What is the main idea of the reading passage? 2. What five kinds of poems does the reading passage talk about?,Some simple forms of English poems.,Nursery rhymes(童謠）, list poems（清單詩）, the cinquain（五行詩）, haiku （俳句）and Tang poems.,Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Nursery

7、 rhymes,rhythm and rhyme,recite,List poems,phrases,five lines,strong,translations,17 syllables,clear,Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy

8、 you a looking-grass.,2. Read and answer questions.,A,If that looking-grass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papas going to buy you another today.,What is the babys father going to buy if the mirror gets broken? If the mirror gets broken, the babys fathe

9、r will buy a billy-goat instead. 2. What is the babys father going to do if the goat runs away? Hes going to buy the baby another billy-goat.,3. What is the poem A about? Use your own words to explain it. Poem A is a nursery thyme that illustrates a fathers love for his baby.,I saw a fish-pond all o

10、n 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 a fish-pond all on fire,B,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 we

11、ar a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true.,What is the poem B about? Poem B is an amusing nonsense poem which describes images of some ridiculous things.,We should have won If Jack had scored that goal, If wed had just a few more minutes, If we had trained h

12、arder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If wed had thousands of fans screaming,Our first football match,C,If I hadnt taken my eye off the ball, If we hadnt stayed up so late the night before, If we hadnt take it easy, If we hadnt run out of energy. We should have won If wed been better!,What is th

13、e poem C about? Why didnt the players win the match? Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know?,Answer these questions.,Sample answers: Poem C is about losing a football match and the writer lists a lot of excuses for their failure.,What is the poem C about?,I should have pa

14、ssed If, If, If, If , If,My English examination,They didnt win because they didnt have enough time; they didnt have thousands of fans screaming; they stayed up too late the night before; they ran out of energy.,2. Why didnt the players win the match?,No. The author doesnt believe his excuses, becaus

15、e at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win ,3. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know?,Brother Beautiful, athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine,Summer Sleepy, salty Drying, drooping, dreading Week in

16、, week out Endless,D,E,1. What are the poems about? 2. Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons.,Poem D is a description of a lovely brother. Poem E is a description of hot and boring summer.,Poem D: Yes, the author likes his subject. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative as

17、pects of his / her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his / her brother.,Poem E: No, the author doesnt like his subject. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless c

18、onvey this feeling.,F,A fallen blossom Is coming back to the branch. Look, a butterfly!,G,Snow having melted. The whole village is brimful Of happy children.,What are the poems about? Poem F describes how a butterfly rests on a tree. Poem G describes that the weather is warmer and the village is ful

19、l of happy children.,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 journeyer return, this stone would utter speech.,H,望夫石,望夫處，江悠悠, 化為石，不回頭。 山頭日日風(fēng)復(fù)雨， 行人歸來石應(yīng)語。,What is the story th

20、at the poem tells? Tell the story in your own words. 2. Circle one or more of the feelings below that you think the woman has. Give reasons for your answers: loneliness joy love trust anger hate sorrow,1. A womans husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. Sh

21、e 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.,2. The woman has 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:

22、 she believed her husband would come back one day.,Sorrow: year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husbands coming back, she was very sad.,3. Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. What is the babys father going to buy if the mockingbird wont sing in Poem

23、A? A. A billy-goat. B. A diamond ring. C. A looking-glass. D. A computer.,2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem B? A fish-pond on fire. A cottage in the sky. C. A girl like a cat. D. A person ten-feet high.,3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Poem F? A child. B. A branch. C. A

24、 butterfly. D. A blossom. 4. What kind of feeling is conveyed in Poem G? Sorrow. B. Love. C. Happiness. D. Loneliness.,Enjoy more Tang poems.,A SPRING MORNING I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken. (by Meng Haoran),The Willow The slender tree is dressed in emerald all about, A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade. But do you know by whom these slim