Unit 4 Exploring Poetry Project 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Project Giving a poetry recital Unit 4 Exploring poetry Lead-in What famous English poets and poems do you know? Reading a poem aloud Read with a full, clear voice and speak slightly slower than normal so that the audience will hear you clearly. Read with emotion. Pay attention to the tone and the rhythm, stressing the most important words. Stop briefly between short sentences and in the middle of long sentences, and stop longer between stanzas. Use body language when necessary. Tip Appreciate Shakespere’s Sonnet 18 read by Tom Hiddleson. Try to understand the tips mentioned above. Viewing Choosing a poet Who is your favourite English poet? Which of his/her poems do you like best? Why? My favourite English poet is George Gordon Byron. I like his poem "She Walks in Beauty" best. This poem is a song of praise. Through a unique perspective, the poet describes a flowing beauty by vividly presenting a woman's beauty to us as if we see her in person. Her beauty is not artificial but natural. Besides being beautiful, she is honest and kind under the poet's pen. Through her quiet face we can see into her pure soul. Choosing a poet She Walks in Beauty BY LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON) She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. ... And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! Recital skills (1) We must understand a poem first and then we can recite it properly. Memorize the poem, as this is essential for reciting it naturally. (2) No. We should read with a full, clear voice and speak slightly slower thar normal so that the audience will hear clearly. 1) What should you do before reciting a poem? 2) Does reciting a poem simply mean reading a