Unit 4 Exploring poetry Reading (II) Language Points课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Reading (II) Language Points A Spring Morning By Meng Haoran This spring morning in bed I’m lying, Not to awake till birds are crying. After one night of wind and showers, How many are the fallen flowers! Translated by Xu Yuanchong Review Choose one peoem to recite and appreciate. Dreams By Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow Review Choose one peoem to recite and appreciate. Choose one peoem to recite and appreciate. Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea. Over the rolling waters go; Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me, While my little one, while my pretty one sleeps. (From “Sweet and Low” by Alfred Tennyson) 轻轻地，柔和地，轻轻地，柔和地， 西方吹来海风； 轻轻地，柔和地吹拂， 西方吹来海风！ 西边吹来，月色朦胧， 吹过波涛汹涌； 吹得他回家呵， 亲亲睡着的宝宝，可爱的宝贝。 The caged bird sings    with a fearful trill    of things unknown    but longed for still    and his tune is heard    on the distant hill    for the caged bird    sings of freedom. (From “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou) Choose one peoem to recite and appreciate. Choose one peoem to recite and appreciate. Whose woods these are I think I know.    His house is in the village though;    He will not see me stopping here    To watch his woods fill up with snow.    From “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost Please choose one of the poems in the lecture transcript and think about the sound and sense of the poem. The poem by Maya Angelou describes the image of a caged bird wanting to be free. The lines are short and simple, which makes the message more direct and powerful. The short lines could also imply the sense of being in a small cage with very little space to fly around in. This does not stop the bird from singing though, and by r