文档介绍：The Tang Poems Farewell to a Friend Blue mountains bar the northern sky; White river girds the eastern town. Here is the place to say goodbye; You ’ ll drift like lonely thistledown. With floating cloud you ’ ll float away; Like parting day I ’ ll part from you. You wave your hand and go your way; Your steed still neighs ” Adieu! Adieu! ”青山横北郭, 白水绕东城。此地一为别, 孤蓬万里征。浮云游子意, 落日故人情。挥手自兹去, 萧萧班马鸣。送友人青山横卧在城郭的北面, 白水泱泱地环绕着东城。在此我们一道握手言别, 你象蓬草飘泊万里远征。游子心思恰似天上浮云, 夕阳余晖可比难舍友情。频频挥手作别从此离去, 马儿也为惜别声声嘶鸣……送友人 Farewell to a Friend Blue mountains bar the northern sky; White river girds the eastern town. Here is the place to say goodbye; You ’ ll drift like lonely thistledown. With floating cloud you ’ ll float away; Like parting day I ’ ll part from you. You wave your hand and go your way; Your steed still neighs ” Adieu! Adieu! ” sky goodbye town thistledown away way you Adieu Read the poem and answer the questions on p72 subject of the poem is saying goodbye to a friend. mood of the poem is a bit sad. poet uses the images of mountains, sky, river, cloud and sun. change in tense reminds the readers of a difficult situation in which friends are saying goodbye. Also it makes the brief actions (wave, go) of the people in the poem when saying goodbye e a long lasting impression of farewell on readers. 5. / ai / / aun / / ei / / ju :/ 6. sky, goodbye; town, down; away, way; you, Adieu; FAST READING Think of three facts about the Tang Dynasty. Read the passage and check if your facts are in the passage and finish activity 3 CAREFUL READING Read the passage again and check if the following statements are true or false. And finish activity 4 1. At its high point the Tang Dynasty covered more area than china now. the other cultures influenced China while the Chinese culture didn ’ t influence other countries. progress developed at the same time with cultural development in the TD. poems had nothing to do w