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第10讲 选择性必修一Unit4 Welcome&Reading
目标任务
课程标准
学习目标
围绕人与社会的主题语境,依托语篇,通过一系列英语学习活动,发展英语学科核心素养。
1.通过文字、图示等形式多样的语篇激发学生的学习兴趣,帮助学生初步了解单元主题,为单元学习做好热身准备。
2.阅读关于诗歌鉴赏话题的语篇,感受真实、地道、优美的英语,了解中外优秀文化。
3.通过一系列多维度、分层次的阅读活动,深入探究主题意义,提升英语能力。
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预习导学
(一)课前阅读:
本单元主题:Exploring poetry
我们先来看几句关于poetry的名言谚语:
1. Poetry is an expression of one’s will. What is kept in the heart is the will, but when expressed in words,
it is poetry. —“Preface to The Book of Songs”
诗者,志之所之者,在心为志,发言为诗。 —《毛诗序》
2. Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history
only the particular. —— Aristotle
诗歌比历史更优美、更富有哲理;因为诗歌表达了普遍性,而历史只表达了特定性。——亚里士多德
3. Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ——Plato
诗歌比历史更接近重要的真理。——柏拉图
4. Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. —— Leonard Cohen
诗歌只是生活的证据。如果你的生活燃烧得很好,诗歌就是灰烬。 ——莱昂纳德·科恩
5. Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. ——Carl Sandburg
诗歌是一种回声,要求影子跳舞。 ——卡尔·桑德伯格
In this unit, you are going to:
① read a lecture transcript on how to read poems;
② write about your understanding of a famous poem;
③ read an essay on a Chinese poet;
④ give a poetry recital.
People with the impression that poetry is difficult to understand often hesitate about reading poetry. The lecture transcript below explains how to better understand and appreciate poems.
Before you read the lecture transcript, think about the following questions:
问题1:Why do people read poems?
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问题2:What aspects of a poem do you pay attention to when you read it?
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How to read a poem
Poetry is a combination of “sound” and “sense”. More than any other type of literature, it usually implies a deeper meaning beyond the words on the page. So, how to reveal this hidden dimension?
First, follow your ears. While you may ask “What does it