Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Welcome to the unit & Reading Vocabulary 1. grasp beyond one's grasp 某人无法理解 have a good grasp of... (=have a good command of…) 很好地掌握…… grasp sb. by the hand/arm 抓住某人的手/手臂 grasp a chance/an opportunity 急忙抓住机会，毫不犹豫地抓住机会 练习： Kay ________ him by the wrist. grasped 2. contradictory be contradictory to 与……相矛盾/对立 contradict vt. 反驳，驳斥；相矛盾 contradict each other 相互矛盾 contradict oneself 自相矛盾 contradiction n.不一致，矛盾，对立 in contradiction to 与……相对立（或截然不同） 练习：The advice I received was often ___________. contradictory 3. patience patient adj. 有耐心的 n.病人 be patient with sb. /sth. 对某人/某事有耐心 patiently adv. 耐心地 impatiently adv. 没耐心地 impatient adj. 没有耐心的 impatience n. 不耐烦，无耐心 练习：________ is one of the most important attributes in a teacher. Patience 4. reward a reward for (doing) sth. 因（做）某事而获得的奖励 in reward (for…) 作为（对……的）回报/奖赏 give/offer a reward to sb. for sth. 为某事而给某人奖励/报酬 reward sb. with sth. 用某物奖励某人 reward sb. for (doing) sth. 因（做）某事奖赏某人 练习：He deserved the ________. reward 5. dig up dig out 挖出 dig into sth 探究某事物 dig for sth 采某物，搜寻某物;挖掘某物 练习：If I have to, I'll __________ the garden and plant potatoes. dig up Reading What is poetry? What is the biggest difference between poetry and other genres of literature? What is your understanding of the quotation on page 43? THINKING Are you interested in reading poems? Have you ever read any English poems? Have a talk and tell me your answer 10 Why do people read poems? Poems create vivid pictures and tell stories by using language creatively. Readers enjoy the challenge of trying to understand the poet's intention in writing a poem. A poem is a window into the poet's ideas and feelings about issues happening during the time when it was written. Readers can look at the poem's form and literary devices to see what the poet saw. By reading it aloud, they can feel the rhythms and rhymes of the poem as well as the poet's emotions. 11 What aspects of a poem do you pay attention to when you read it? I pay attention