课程内容
高中英语《诗歌 Unit 2 Poems（Part 1）》（选修6）
Look at these pictures,can you tell the names of these famous poets?Who do you like best?Why?
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.
Find out something special at the end of the lines     rhyme (押韵）
Twinkle,twinkle,little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the wrold so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle,twinkle,little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Rhyme like a poem!
诗歌  poem
诗人  poet
诗歌（总称）  poetry
韵，押韵的词（n.) /押韵(v.)    rhyme
节奏(n.)  rhythm
有节奏的(adj.)   rhythmic
Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.
Without rhythm,there wouldn't be poems.
Twinkle twinkle little star
强 弱 强 弱 强 弱 强
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.
构成一个韵节的四种情况：
强+弱，强+弱弱
弱+强，弱+强
唐诗分无言，七言。根据韵节来分英诗可分为单韵诗、双韵诗、三韵诗....至八韵诗
Why do people write poems?
People write poems
to tell a story
to express feelings
to make others laugh
to tell the life for friendship
to delight the kids
to tell stories
to describe the seasons or scenes
for entertainment
Reading
A few simple forms of English Poems
Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.
Form of Poems
Nursery rhymes
Characteristics
Have strong rhythm and rhyme
Have a lot of repetition
Easy to learn and to recite
List poems
Easy to write
Repeat phrases and some rhyme while other do not
Cinquain 
Easy to write
Made up of five lines
Conveys a strong
picture in just a few words
Haiku
A Japanese form of poetry
Made up of 17 syllables
Easy to write
Gives a clear picture
Creates a special feeling in just a few words
Tang Poems
The translations have a free form.
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.
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 leaves are cut out?
The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.
In the quiet night
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed-
Could there have been a forst already?
Lifting myself to look,I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again,I thought suddenly of my home.
Language points(in the warming up)
1.Can you recite any?你会背一些（诗）吗？
recite  v.背诵；接连说出，叙述（后直接跟名词）
Those who can't recite the text must stay behind.
不会背课文的必须留下来。
Usually we recite all in mind to our mothers when returning home from outside.
通常从外面回来我们就把心里所有话都说给母亲听。
recitation  n.[C]背诵的诗（或文章等）
He gave recitations from Shakespeare.
他背诵了莎士比亚的作品。
2.There are many reasons why people write poems.
人们写诗有许多原因。
这是一个主从复合句，there are many reasons是主句,
why people write poems 是一个定语从句，修饰reasons，表示某件事情的原因。
Why可以用for which来代替。
在常用句型The reason why...is that...中，why引导定语从句，that引导表语从句，说明the reason的具体内容，表示“...的原因是...”
[辨析比较]
reason,cause和excuse
1)reason指理论上的理由
2cause指自然性的原因，常用于指大火、洪水、交通事故的起因
3)excuse借口，不是真正的理由
[即时练习]
-Can you tell me the reason (B)you are late again?
-Sorry.My mother is ill while my father is on business.
A which  B why   C this  D for that
答案：B
3.to recall an enjoyable or unpleasant incident  来回忆愉快的或不快的事情
recall  v.&n. 回想，回忆，叫回，召回
The auto-makers recalled a lot of cars that were unsafe.
汽车制造商召回许多不安全的车辆。
The ambassador was recalled.大使被召回。
reacll sth./that/疑问词...记起，想起
I can't recall his name.我想不起他的名字了。
Can you recall what happened last night?
recall doing sth.记得...
She recalled seeing him outside the shop on the night of the robbery.
她记得抢劫案发生的那天晚上在商店外见到过他。
I can't recall meeting her before.
我不记得以前遇到过她。
recall sb to do sth.
使某人重新注意到或意识到某事物
beyond recall 无法挽回的，记不起
4.describe an aspect of a season?
描绘一个季节的某个方面？
aspect  n.（问题的）方面，形势；样子，外表，容貌；方位，方向
You should consider the problem in all its aspects/every aspect of the problem.
你应该考虑问题的各方面。
Events began to take on a worse aspect.
事情开始呈现更恶劣的一面。
I saw a man with a serious aspect come in and sit down silently.
我看见一个面貌严肃的人默默地走进来坐下。
Our office has a southern aspect and always looks sunny.
我们办公室面朝南，所以总是阳光明媚。
6.is about things that don't make sense?
是关于没有意义的事情？
make sense  有意思，讲得通
it makes sense (for sb.)to do sth.
某人做某事有意义。
make sense of  理解，弄明白
there is no sense/point in (doing) sth.
做某事没有意义。
in a sense  在某种意义上
What you say makes no sense.
你说的话没有道理。
Can you make sense of this article?
你看的懂这篇文章吗？
What you say is true in a sense.
你的话在某种意义上属实。
练习：单词运用
1.She can (recite)the names of all the European capitals in two minutes.
2.Poets usually use poems to (convey) their inner feelings.
3.She wore a dress with a (pattern)of roses on it.
4.She used to be shy,but a year abroad has completely (translated)her.
5.If you don't know the sentences you come across when reading the text,please (underline)them.
6.They lived in a small (cottage)when they stayed in the countryside.
7.The (ending)of the story is exciting.
8.The bank has (branches)in all parts of the country.
9.Her death was a great (sorrow)to everyone.
10.The (diamond)necklace is valuable and it is worth about $300,000.
Hoemwork
1.Review the language points.
2.Find out the important and difficult words and expressions in the reading.