Unit 4 Exploring Poetry Reading 课件-2026-2027学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第一册

该高中英语课件围绕“如何阅读诗歌”展开，通过Lead-in环节引导学生朗读中外诗歌（如《春晓》英译本与《Dreams》）并对比诗歌与其他文学形式的差异，以诗歌特点分析为支架，逐步过渡到精读中对“Sound”和“Sense”的探究，构建从感知到深入理解的学习脉络。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过中外诗歌对比（如《春晓》与《Dreams》）培养跨文化理解，借助《Caged Bird》的意象象征分析（笼子与自由）提升学生的逻辑推断与批判思维。采用“提问-找意象-结合-挖线索”的探究步骤，结合Post-reading任务中对《Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening》的应用分析，既帮助学生掌握诗歌鉴赏方法，也为教师提供系统的教学流程与实例支撑。

Unit4 Exploring poetry Reading How to read a poem 1 Read the two poems aloud. What are the differences between poetry and other literature forms? Short in length Separate lines Rhymes（押韵） Strong rhythm (韵律） Image/symbol (意象/象征） Lead-in Lead-in Do you have any difficulty in reading a poem? What aspects of a poem do you pay attention to when you read it? Do you know how to read a poem to better understand and appreciate it? Careful reading-Para 1 What’re the features of poetry according to para.1? Sound Sense usually implies a deeper meaning How to reveal this hidden dimension? Careful reading-Para 1 Sound Sense How does it sound? an explorer in an unfamiliar landscape patient fully understand a poem to appreciate it Para.2-Follow your ears 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 below, Blow him again to me; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. (From “Sweet and Low”by Alfred Tennyson) What good qualities should we notice when reading a poem aloud? Why “sound” helps you to better understand a poem? Read the poem aloud with music and feel its “sound”. a lullaby (摇篮曲) Para.3 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) How to explore a poem? What images come to your mind in reading “Caged Bird”? When put together, what do they symbolize(象征)? Ask some basic questions→Find images →combine images→dig up clues Cage V.S. Bird Restriction V.S. Freedom Para.3-more information about the poem and the poet Maya Angelou was an American black writer, poet, playwright, editor, actress, director and teacher. Growing up in a deprived environment in the slums(贫民窟), Angelou had worked as a cook, trolley conductor, waitress and dancer. She was also an active human rights writer. This poem was created by Maya when she was 50 years old. In the 1960s, the United States presented serious racial discrimination issues and gender inequality problems. As a black woman, she suffered many unfair discriminations. Having experienced these incidents firsthand, she wanted to condemn the social phenomena at that time through poetry and awaken people's sense of equality. Para.4 &5 According to the lecturer, what should you do when you “do not get it”? What does the lecturer think of poems that are easy to understand? Do you agree with it? And why? What if we really don’t fully understand a poem? What’s the author’s attitude towards it? Why doesn’t the lecturer quote a poem as an example to support the fourth tip? Para.6 Is the last paragraph necessary? If so, What’s the function of it? The last paragraph echoes (相呼应) the beginning by mentioning it again, which makes the lecture more coherent (连贯的). Summary Poetry Sound Sense 1. Follow your ears: ask “how does it sound?” in the beginning. 2. Approach the poem like an explorer: ask some basic questions about the poem. 3. Have some patience: set the poem aside and come back to it later. 4. Don’t have to fully understand a poem to appreciate it. Let’s enjoy the journey in the world of poetry! Post-reading 1. Apart from the four tips given by the lecturer, what other tips can you give on how to read a poem? e.g. know more about the poet and the background in which the poem was created. Post-reading 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) The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep; And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. 2. Analyze Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening using the four tips and exchange ideas with your partner. Post-reading 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) The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep; And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Follow your ears. Explore the poem (who? what? a sense of place? images? symbols?) Be patient and find the inner beauty (feelings? meaning?) the natural beauty/ a moment of peace danger/darkness/death the real world (reality; society) worldly responsibilities/obligations Homework Write a poetry review based on your discussion and understanding on Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening with no less than 100 words. null 30485.127 null 17162.373 $