Unit 4 A Garden of Poems
The Fourth Period: Reading Ⅱ
Teaching material: Unit 4 A garden of poems
Lesson type: Reading Ⅱ
Teacher: Wang Yu
Teaching Aids: Slide, Tape Recorder, A magazine
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn the following words and expressions: call up, glory, pattern, absence, play with, open the door to, lead to, remind of, follow, stand out.
2. Help students to get a clear understanding of the text.
3. Cultivate the reading ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. The usage of some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Methods:
1. Analyzing method to get the students to further understand what they’ve learned.
2. Practice method to get the students to master what they’ve learned.
Teaching Procedure:
Step I Revision (3 minutes)
T: Class begins! Good morning, girls!
S: Good morning, teacher!
T: Sit down, please!
T: Yesterday, we’ve learned something about English poetry. And we mentioned all together 8 poets. Do you still remember?
S: Yes.
T: Good. Now make a guess who are they. The first one, he is the most famous writer in the world. He wrote many plays. One of them is Romeo and Juliet. Who is he?
S: Shakespeare.
T: Correct. William Shakespeare. Now the next one, He is a very handsome romantic poet. One of his works is the Isles of Greece. He took part in the independence war for Greece.
S: Byron!
T: Well done! And listen to the last one. He is also a romantic poet. He lived by the lake. And he always wrote about nature. Who is he?
S: Wordsworth.
T: Good, William Wordsworth. It seems that most of you have read the text carefully after class. Have you listed all the difficult language points?
S: No.
T: I’m sorry. But never mind, in this class, we’ll deal with these language points one by one.
Step Ⅱ Intensive Reading (32 minutes)
T: First let’s look at paragraph 1. This paragraph has only 4 sentences. I’d like someone to read it for us. While listening, please pay attention to the word “that” in the third line. Ok? Who’d like to read the first paragraph? Yes,**, please.
S: …………
T: Good, your reading is very fluent. What does the word”that”here means?
S: Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar.
T: Correct! Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar . Do you know what does “play with” here means? E.g. Don’t play with fire.
S: 玩耍。
T: Good. So what does this sentence mean. Poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar?
S: 诗歌灵活运用声音，词汇和语法。
T: Very good. Now look at the last sentence. Poetry also calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world. What does “call up” mean here?
S: 召唤，唤起。
T: Good. So how to say “ 你们唤起了我对高中生活的回忆。”
S: Your life call up my memory about my middle school life.
T: Good. Your life calls up my memory about my middle school life. It’s so sweet and so unforgettable. Besides”召唤，唤起”, “call up” has another meaning. E.g. Call me up if you have any questions. What does “call up” mean here?
S: 打电话。
T: Good. These are two meanings of the phrase “call up”. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
T: Good. Yesterday we’ve talked about the first love poem in china, remember?
S: Yes. …………
T: Now let’s look at paragraph 2. It tells us something about Chinese poetry. Let’s listen to the tape and find out the feature of Chinese poetry. What is the feature of Chinese poetry?
(After listening)
T: Have you found out the answer? What is the feature of Chinese poetry?
S: The number of lines and the number of characters in each line.
T: Yes. Good. Here feature means “ 特征”. So how to say”我的手机有很多特征,比如游戏,音乐,上网等等”.
S: My mobile phone has many features, for example, playing games, listening to the music, surfing the internet and so on.
T: Yes. So poetry often fallows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme. “follow” here means “ 遵循，听从”。Then how to say “不听老人言，吃亏在眼前”?
S: If you don’t follow the olds advice, you’ll fall into a pit.
T: Correct! Now look at the second sentence:” Poems by Du Fu, Li Bai and Wang Wei among others stand out in the halls of glory.” What does “stand out ”here mean?
S: 突出, 引人注意.
T: Right, so “stand out in the halls of glory” means?
S: 兀立在荣光宝殿之上.
T: Good! Now look at this man. Who is he?
S: 姚明!
T: Do you like him?
S: Yes!
T: We feel proud of him, right? Do you know how tall he is?
S: 2.26 meters.
T: Woo! 2.26 meters! How tall he is! So we can easily figure him out if he stands in a crowd, right? So how to say” 姚明在人群中引人注目.”?
S: Yao Ming stands out in a crowd..
T: You are right! Yao Ming stands out in a crowd.. Have you got any other questions about these two paragraphs?
S: No.
T: Well, these two paragraphs introduced the poetry and Chinese poetry. Now let’s look at paragraph 3. This paragraph tells us something about the early poets. Let’s listen to the tape. While listening, please pay attention to the question: Whose poetry reminds us of Su Dongpo. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
(After listening)
T: Have you found out the answer? Whose poetry reminds us of Su Dongpo?
S: John Donne.
T: Yes. He is John Donne. He always uses the surprising images and it reminds us of Su Dongpo. Now look at the first sentence. “Despite its short history,” what does “it” here refer to?
S: The history of English poetry.
T: Good. Although the history of English poetry is so short, there are still a lot of good poets around. One is Shakespeare. Look at the fourth line. Shakespeare is most famous for his plays. Here be famous for means?
S: 以……著名．
T: Good. What about “be famous as”?
S: 作为……而著名．
T: Now let’s take Yao Ming for another example. 姚明以打篮球而著名．
S: Yao Ming is famous for playing basketball.
T: Well, how to say”姚明作为篮球运动员而出名．”?
S: Yao Ming is famous as a basketball player.
T: Good. Now let’s look at the sixth line. Chinese readers admire his works because his use of surprising images that reminds them of the works of the poets such as Su Dongpo. This sentence is a little long. Who’d like to translate this sentence?
(slide) Chinese readers admire his work because his use of surprising images [that reminds them of the works of poets (such as Su Dongpo.)].
S: 中国读者欣赏他的作品，是因为他使用令人惊奇的意象，会使人想起苏东坡等人的作品．
T: Very good. You’ve got it! Let’s see. What does ”remind of” here mean?
S: 使某人想起
T: Good. So how to say”五星红旗使我想起了我的祖国。”?
S:The five-star flag reminds me of my country.
T: Good. Well. Let’s move on. Look at this sentence” Once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line. ” Have you found out this sentence?
S: Yes.
T: What does “absence” here mean?
S: 缺少
T: Good. “absence”has two means. Now look at the slide. The first one is”缺席”. So how to say”缺课”?
S: Absence from class
T: 旷工
S: Absence from work
T: Good. Absence has another meaning, just now we’ve said.”缺少” . Then how to say”缺水”?
S: Absence from water
T: Right. Now let’s look at the fourth paragraph. Listen to the tape and find out the answer to a question: Whose poetry reminds us of Du Fu and Li Bai?
(After listening)
T: Have you found out the answer? Whose poetry reminds us of Du Fu and Li Bai? Say it together.
S: William Wordsworth, John Keats and George Gordon Byron.
T: Good. Because their poems are all very romantic, right? Now let’s look at the second sentence: Greatly loved are the romantic poets.” What’s the meaning of this sentence?
S: 英国的浪漫派诗人深受中国人的喜爱．
T: So the original sentence is “ English romantic poets are greatly loved in China.” So this sentence is in an inverted order. Here “lead to” means ”导致”． So how to say” 糖吃太多会致病。”?
S: Too much sugar will lead to disease.
T: Correct! “lead to ”has another meaning. E.g. All roads lead to Rome. What does this sentence means?
S: 条条大路通罗马.
T: Yes! You are clever! So “lead to” here means?
S: 通向
T: Yes. Now I’ll read the fifth paragraph. Listen carefully and find out what does “they” refer to.
(After reading)
T: Have you found out the answer? What does “they ”refer to?
S: Modern poets.
T: Good. Here “they ”refers to the modern poets. Modern poets have special attraction. “Special attraction” means “特别的吸引力”。 So how to say “电视连续剧对我有特别的吸引力。”
S: TV series have special attraction to me.
StepⅢ Discussion (9 minutes)
T: Good. Now let’s look at paragraph six and seven. Listen to the tape and find out words or phrases that you cannot understand, ok?
(After listening)
T: Have you got any questions? Is it difficult for you to understand?
S: …………
(Deal with these language points one by one)
T: What’s the meaning of ”no matter how”
S: 不管怎样
T: Good. Then how to say “不管谁打来，说我出去了”？
S: No matte who calls, say I’m out.
T: Good. Then how to say“不管你走到哪里，都受欢迎。”
S: No matter where you go, you are welcome.
T: Well. Right. Look at this sentence: “ Reading poetry in English also opens the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.” Have you found out this sentence?
S: Yes.
T: What does “open the door to ”mean here?
S: 为……创造条件，为……开门。
T: So how to say “学好英语为出国创造了条件”。
S: Learn the English well opens the door to go abroad.
T: Are you sure? Is that right? Read the sentence in our books.
S: Reading poetry in English also opens the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.
T: So the “to” here is a preposition. We should say” Learn the English well opens the door to going abroad” . Clear?
S: Yes.
T: Are you all clear about this passage?
S: Yes.
StepⅣ Homework (1 minute)
T: Ok. Here comes your homework. Finish the exercises on workbook. The vocabulary part. Ok?
S: OK.
T: See you tomorrow.
S: See you!
★Blackboard Design
Play with 玩耍
Feature 特征
For 以……著名．
Be famous
as作为……而著名
special attraction 特别的吸引力
no matter 不管怎样
open the door to为……创造条件
★Slide
Call up:
1.唤起回忆
e.g.你们唤起了我对高中生活的回忆。
You called up my memory about life in the middle school.
2.打电话
e.g.如果你有问题的话，就给我打电话。
If you have any questions, please call me up.
Follow:
遵循，听从
e.g. 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。
If you do not follow the old’s advice, you’ll fall into a pit.
Stand out:
突出，引人注意
e.g. 姚明在人群中引人注目。
Yao Ming stands out in a crowd.
Remind sb. Of sth.:
使某人想起
e.g. 五星红旗使我想起了我的祖国。
The five-star flag reminds me of my country.
Absence:
1. 缺席
e.g. 缺课
Absence from class
e.g. 旷工
Absence from work
2．缺少
e.g. 缺水
Absence of water
Lead to:
1. 通向
e.g. 条条大路通罗马.
All roads lead to Rome.
2. 导致
e.g. 糖吃太多会致病。
Too much sugar will lead to disease.