文档介绍：Unit 18 Lesson 3 Poetry Appreciation
To practise strategies for reading poetry.
To accumulate some cultural background of Christmas.
Objectives
To study imagery and learn to appreciate poems
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Pre-reading
Li Bai (701-762 .), a famous Chinese poet in Tang Dynasty, whose poems express enlightened thinking, attack dignitary in his time with intense patriotism, and the style of which is bold and unconstrained.
1882美国诗人Dr. Clement Clarke Moore第一次把Santa Clause(圣诞老人)描写出亲切可爱的形象:面颊像玫瑰,鼻子似樱桃,常常欢乐笑靥,两鳃长满白胡子,每逢圣诞前便会驾着驯鹿雪橇来到村镇里,从民居烟囟爬下,送礼物给乖孩子。谁知这篇名为A visit from Saint Clause的诗文一经发表便到处风行,使快乐的圣诞老人形象深入人心。很多小孩想知道他究竟来自何方。
While-reading:
Appreciating the poems
Reciting and reading;
Words for describing the Moon and Santa Clause;
Language appreciation and analysis;
Images and their descriptions.
Recite Libai’s poem “静夜思” and Read its English version aloud.
A Tranquil Night by Libai
Before my bed a frost of light,
Is it hoarfrost upon the ground?
Eyes raised, I see the moon so bright,
Head bent, in homesickness, I am drowned. (ABAB)
静夜思李白
床前明月光,
疑是地上霜。
举头望明月,
低头思故乡。
Read “the Night Before Christmas”& Learn the rhymes.
It was the night before Christmas,
And all through the house
Nothing was moving,
Not even a mouse.
The stockings had been hung
With attention and care
In the hope that Santa
Soon would be there.
beds/heads
cap/nap
roof/hoof
around/bound
merry/cherry
bow/snow
work/jerk
nose/rose
whistle/thistle
sight/night
Words used to describe the moon in the poem:
bright, hoarfrost
Words used to describe the appearance of Santa Claus:
Oval eyes, merry face, rose cheeks, cheery nose, cute little mouth, beard and moustache as white as snow.
Read again and answer the questions
When approximately do you think then poems were written?
Poem A was written in the 700s and Poem B was written in the 1800s.
What is the tone of the two poems?
Poem A is sad and sentimental while poem B has a cheerful lively tone.
What is poem A about?
It conveys the poet’s s