Unit 4 Exploring Poetry Extended reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第一册

Unit 4 Exploring poetry Extended reading Lead-in He grew up in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty. He had a love for liquor. Who is he? Lead-in He was best known for his rich imagination and free expression of strong feelings. He is a Romantic poet. He was Du Fu’s good friend. Who is he? Li Bai and his romantic poetry English version Chinese version Title A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple Poet Li Bai (the Tang Dynasty) 李白【唐】 Poem A hundred feet the temple towers; I can reach out for the stars in the sky. But I dare not speak in a voice loud, For fear of scaring dwellers on high. 夜宿山寺 危楼高百尺， 手可摘星辰。 不敢高声语， 恐惊天上人。 What words imply表明 Li Bai’s romantic style? step3 Careful reading Careful reading Part 1 (Para. 1) Read the poem. 危楼高百尺， 手可摘星辰。 不敢高声语， 恐惊天上人。 《夜宿山寺》 What words imply表明 Li Bai’s romantic style? Read para.1 together and summarize Introduction to Li Bai’s romantic style Fast-reading Read and answer Q1: Look at the first sentences of paragraphs 2 to 6. What can you find? They are the topic sentences of each paragraph. Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed to his romantic style. para.2 Driven by a burning desire for adventure and travel, Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his early twenties. para.3 Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply rooted in the social and historical context in which he lived. para.4 Given his personal experiences and the historical background, it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style. para.5 With his extraordinary imagination, free expression of strong feelings and mastery of language, Li Bai is widely recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. para.6 Fast-reading 2-4 The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style Historical background Fast-reading 2-4 5 The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style Historical background Fast-reading 2-4 5 The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style Analysis of Li Bai’s romantic style The significance of Li Bai and his poems Historical background Paras. 2 to 4 Personal experiences Historical background Reading Travelling     __________________________________ Open and tolerant atmosphere _______________ when he was only five years old ___________________________________________________ at the age of ten Reading books of all kinds, ____________________________________ Visiting ____________________________ Encountering ____________________________ Studying the classics Reading ancient philosophers of different schools from legends to historical stories famous mountains and great rivers different customs and practices Economic boom and social stability What contributes to Li Bai’s romantic style？ The shaping of Li Bai’s romantic style Impact: familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture, and he acquired the wisdom of previous generations. Impact: nourished his love of nature and inspired him to write numerous poems in the romantic style. Impact: allowed Li Bai the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality, which, in turn, had a huge impact on his poetic production. Detailed reading Para. 5 Read and answer Q1: What are the features of Li Bai’s romantic style poems? There are various features of Li Bai’s romantic style, such as the rich imagination, free expression of strong feelings, plus the wide use of exaggeration, metaphor and other artistic techniques. Detailed reading Para. 5 Read and answer Q2: How does Li Bai show his imagination in his poetry? The moon and stars in the sky, the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination. Line28-29 Detailed reading Para. 5 Read and answer Q3: What is the biggest difference between Li Bai and other landscape poets? Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings, which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes, and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. My silver hair is three thousand feet long, Because my sorrow is deep and strong. How can the autumn frost white Be cast into the mirror bright? (“Autumn Frost”) Poetry appreciation Read and answer Q1. What message does this poem convey? The poem conveys the poet’s inner sorrow and his feelings of depression. Autumn Frost Q2. What artistic techniques are used in this poem? Lines Artistic techniques My silver hair is three thousand feet long, Because my sorrow is deep and strong. How can the autumn frost white Be cast into the mirror bright? exaggeration free expression of strong feelings rich imagination, metaphor 静夜思 Thoughts on a Tranquil Night ——Li Bai 床前明月光， Before my bed a pool of light. 疑是地上霜。 O can it be frost on the ground? 举头望明月， Looking up, I find the moon bright; 低头思故乡。 Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned. /draʊnd/ free expression of strong feelings metaphor rich imagination Detailed reading Para. 6 Read and answer Q4: What makes Li Bai recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan? The extraordinary imagination, free expression of strong feelings and mastery of language make him recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. Detailed reading Para. 6 Read and answer Q5: What influences has Li Bai made on the world? Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt to his inspirational poems. Today Li Bai’s poetry continues to be enjoyed by countless readers around the world. Li Bai started 1. (write) poetry from a young age. He wrote many poems 2. (inspire) by what he read, and 3. he saw when he was travelling, 4. helped him 5. (获得声誉) as a 6. (romance) poet.7. (grow)up during the most 8. (glory) period of the Tang Dynasty also impacted Li Bai’s poems greatly. Most of his poetry is of the romantic style,9. (feature) rich imagination, free expression of strong feelings and wide use of artistic 10. ( technique) like exaggeration and metaphor. Li’s works influenced generations of poets. Today they continue to inspire new generations of poets in China and abroad and are still enjoyed by many readers. Summary writing what which romantic Growing inspired gain a reputation glorious featuring techniques Poetry appreciation Leaving the White Emperor Town at Dawn Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud, I’ve sailed a thousand miles through canyons in a day. With monkeys’ sad adieus the riverbanks are loud; My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away. (Translated by Xu Yuanchong) This poem displays Li Bai’s well-known romantic style. The first line, “Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud”, makes me see an image of Li Bai leaving a mountaintop town in his boat on a beautiful morning. The second line, “I’ve sailed a thousand miles through canyons in a day” and the fourth line “My skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away”, suggest that the poet moved away from White Emperor Town and in the direction of the canyons and that he covered many miles a day. In these lines, Li Bai’s use of exaggeration reflects his romantic style clearly. The third line uses vivid imagery that assists the reader to understand the sound Li Bai heard from the countless monkeys found along the Yangtze River: “With monkeys’ sad adieus the riverbanks are loud”. Furthermore, along with the fourth line, it gives me the sense of how fast his boat was moving down the river as well as how happy and excited Li Bai felt. The free expression of strong feelings is really impressive. This poem also shows where he was travelling and how his travel greatly inspired his poetry.  Homework Choose one of Li Bai’s poems and find out more about his romantic style. Write a passage about your understanding of it. $$