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高中英语晨读小练素材 Every minute counts.
晨读小练62:选择性必修三 Unit 5 Using Language 课文翻译及语法填空
三首英文诗
Poem 1 – WIND ON THE HILL
No one can tell me
Nobody knows
Where the wind comes from
Where the wind goes
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it can
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I ran
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night
And then when I found it
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes...
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
— A.A. Milne
没有人能够告诉我,
也没有人会知道,
风来自哪里,
又将去往哪里。
它从一个地方吹来,
尽它所能,飞快地吹来,
我不能赶上它,
即使我奔跑。
但如果我停下来,
不再紧握我手中的风筝线,
它将被风吹跑,
一天一夜。
后来当我发现它,
它吹向任何地方,
我会知道风
也曾经去过那里。
所以当我能告诉他们
风去了哪里……
但是风从哪里来
没有人知道。
— A·A·米尔恩
【重点必背】
come from来自
as fast as和……一样快
keep up with赶上,跟上
string n. 细绳;线;一串
wherever conj. 在任何地方;在所有……的情况下 adv.(用于问句)究竟在(到)哪里
Poem 2 – DREAM
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.
— Langston Hughes
紧紧抓住梦想,
梦想若是消亡,
生命就像鸟儿折了翅膀,
再也不能飞翔。
紧紧抓住梦想,
梦想若是消丧,
生命就像贫瘠的荒野,
雪覆冰封,万物不再生长。
—兰斯顿·休斯
【重点必背】
hold fast to紧紧抓住
barren adj. 贫瘠的;不结果实的
Poem 3 – A MATCH
If love were what the rose is
And I were the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Brown fields or flowerful closes
Green pleasure or grey grief:
If love were what the rose is
And I were like the leaf.
— A.C. Swinburne
爱情若是红玫瑰,
我是绿叶永相随,
花叶同枝共生长,
任凭日晒与风吹,
田园小径均开遍,
共担忧伤共喜悦,
爱情若是红玫瑰,
我是绿叶永相随。
—— A·C·斯温伯恩
【重点必背】
were(虚拟语气用法)——(If love were... / I were...)
grief n. 悲伤;悲痛;伤心事
【重点短语】
1.be made up of 由……组成(构成)
2.have control over 能够控制
3.make a living 谋生
4.make sense 有意义, 讲得通
5.keep up with 赶上,跟上
6.to the point 中肯,扼要;切题
7.give it a try 试一试
8.in addition to 除……之外(还有,也)
9.in the beginning 开始,开端;起初
10.make it 成功
【课文词块】
1.convey certain feelings 传达特定的情感
2.folk song 民歌;民谣
3.a particular theme 一个特定的主题
4.be popular with English writers 受英国作家的欢迎
5.hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想
6.compose poetry 创作诗歌
7.sow the seeds of love 播下爱的种子
8.become more complicated 变得更加复杂
9.from beginning to end 从头到尾
【单元话题作文】
(2024·山东省烟台市高三模拟)假定你是校英语社团负责人李华,邀请了Green 教授来学校做主题为“How to enjoy English poems”的讲座。请你写一篇主持词开场白,内容包括:
1.举办讲座的目的或原因;2.相关介绍;3.对观众的要求。
Dear fellow students,
Poetry, the essence of language, is loved by many of us.At some students' request, we're honored to have invited Professor Green to deliver a lecture on how to enjoy English poems, through which we hope to deepen our understanding of poems.
Professor Green is a productive poet, whose works enjoy great popularity.He'll illustrate poems in such aspects as structure, rhyme and image.So it's an opportunity to engage deeply with poetry and appreciate its unique charm.
I hope everyone present can participate positively and take notes if necessary.Besides, feel free to ask questions in the final 10minute questionandanswer session.
Now let's show our warm welcome!
EXPLORING POETRY IN CHINA探寻中国的诗歌
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Poetry plays with sounds, words, and grammar. That makes poetry difficult to write but very interesting to read. Poetry uses colours, feelings, experiences, and images to paint a picture in your mind.
In Chinese classical poetry, the form is very important: the correct number of lines and the number of characters in each line. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme.
诗歌与声音、单词和语法相结合,这使得诗歌很难写,但读起来非常有趣。诗歌用色彩、感情、经验和形象在你的脑海中描绘出一幅幅画面。
在中国古典诗歌中,形式非常重要:正确的行数和每行的字数。诗歌往往遵循特殊的节奏和韵律模式。
【重点必背】
classical adj. 古典的;经典的
pattern n. 模式;图案;模范
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However, modern poets began to reject traditional forms and structures for poetry in the 20th century. As a result, most poetry today is written in free verse, with lines of varying length.
During the Tang Dynasty, a high point of classical Chinese poetry, poems by Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei became very popular. Widely known as a genius and often called the "Immortal Poet", Li Bai (701-762) wrote with a romantic style and his poems celebrate things such as friendship, nature, and wine. Du Fu (712-770) is also known as one of the greatest Chinese poets. He has been called the "poet-historian" and the "Poet Sage" by Chinese critics, and his poems cover a range of topics, with his most famous poems reflecting on the effects of war on the people. Wang Wei (701-761) was a painter, musician, and poet, and he was well known for his love of nature in his paintings and poetry.
Outside of Asia, the study of Chinese language introduced the West to Chinese poetry. Americans were first introduced to classical Chinese poetry by American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1973). He translated 18 classical Chinese poems, mainly by Li Bai, into English, based on the notes of the American art historian Ernest Fenollosa (1853-1908). At about the same time, Chinese writers started reading more foreign poetry.
然而,现代诗人在20世纪开始抵制传统的诗歌形式和结构。因此,今天大多数诗歌都是用自由诗写的,诗行长短不一。
中国古典诗歌巅峰时期,唐朝李白、杜甫和王维的诗歌非常受欢迎。广泛被称为天才,通常被称为"不朽的诗人",李白(701-762)的诗词以浪漫主义风格著称,他的诗词歌颂友谊、自然、酒等。杜甫(712-770)也被称为中国最伟大的诗人之一。他被中国评论家称为"诗史家"和"诗圣",他的诗涉及的题材广泛,最著名的诗作是反映战争对人民的影响。王维(701-761)是一位画家、音乐家、诗人,他的画作和诗歌以热爱自然而著称。
在亚洲之外,汉语的研究让西方人认识了中国的诗歌。美国人最早经由美国诗人埃兹拉·庞德(1885-1973)而接触到中国古典诗词。他根据美国艺术史学家欧内斯特·费诺罗萨(1853-1908)的笔记,将18首以李白为主的中国古典诗词翻译成英文。大约在同一时间,中国作家开始更多地阅读外国诗歌。
【重点必背】
reject vt. 拒绝接受;不录用→ rejection n. 拒绝接受;否决
as a result所以;结果(是)
free verse自由诗
known as被称为
Immortal Poet不朽的诗人
romantic adj. 浪漫的 n. 浪漫的人→ romance n. 浪漫气氛;爱情故事
critic批评家;评论家
reflect on反思;反映
well known for以……闻名
introduce...to...把……介绍给……
be introduced to被介绍给;接触到
based on基于
at about the same time大约在同一时间
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Just like readers in the West, Chinese readers admire Shakespeare, John Milton, Alexander Pope and many others for their fine English poetry. English Romantic poets are greatly loved in China. The nature poems by William Wordsworth, Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron's Isles of Greece, and long poems by John Keats have long been favourites. The style and the atmosphere in their poems have often led to comparisons with poets such as Du Fu and Li Bai. Among modern poetry, the American poet Robert Frost and his poems might be the best known.
Today, many Chinese people are becoming more interested in reading poems, no matter in what language they are written. Translations can be good, but being able to read in the original language is best. No matter how well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost. Besides, poems and literature can be bridges between East and West. They can help us understand each other better, or as the poet Mu Dan wrote:
Quietly, we embrace
In a world lit up by words.
就像西方的读者一样,中国读者欣赏莎士比亚、约翰·弥尔顿、亚历山大·蒲柏等人的优秀英文诗歌。英国浪漫主义诗人在中国深受喜爱。威廉·华兹华斯的自然诗、珀西·比希·雪莱的《西风颂》、乔治·戈登·拜伦的《希腊群岛》、约翰·济慈的长诗等,早已成为人们的最爱。他们的诗风和诗中的气氛,常使人与杜甫、李白等诗人相提并论。在现代诗歌中,美国诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特和他的诗歌可能是最著名的。
如今,很多中国人越来越喜欢读诗,不管是用什么语言写的诗。翻译可以是好的,但能用原文阅读是最好的。无论一首诗翻译得多好,都会失去原作的一些精髓。此外,诗歌和文学可以成为东西方之间的桥梁。它们可以帮助我们更好地理解对方,或者像诗人穆旦写的那样:
静静地,我们拥抱着
在这个被文字点亮的世界里。
【重点必背】
admire vt. 钦佩;赞赏→ admiration n. 崇拜;赞赏 → admirable adj. 令人赞赏的
Romantic浪漫主义的
comparison with与……比较→ compare vt.&vi. 与……相比较
no matter不管;无论
in the original用原文
no matter how无论如何
bridges between……之间的桥梁
understand each other互相理解
【课文佳句】
No matter how well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is lost.(no matter how引导让步状语从句)
无论一首诗翻译得多好,都会失去原作的一些精髓。
【小练1】课文语法填空
(根据诗歌内容,用所给词的正确形式填空)
WIND ON THE HILL
1. No one can tell me where the wind ____________ (come) from.
2. I couldn't keep up with it, not if I ____________ (run).
3. Hold fast to ____________ (dream).
4. Life is a barren field ____________ (freeze) with snow.
5. If love ____________ (be) what the rose is.
6. Green pleasure or grey ____________ (grieve).
【小练2】词汇或语法填空
7. Nobody knows where the wind ____________ (come) from.
8. If I stopped ____________ (hold) the string, the kite would blow away.
9. Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot ____________ (fly).
10. If love ____________ (be) what the rose is, I ____________ (be) the leaf.
【小练答案】
1. comes
2. ran
3. dreams
4. frozen
5. were
6. grief
7. comes
8. holding
9. fly
10. were; were
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