Unit 5 Poems
Section A Reading and Thinking
Part 1 Pre-class
be made up of 由……构成/组成
make use of 利用
make it 获得成功;渡过难关
make up 化妆;编造
make sense 有意义,讲得通
make up for 弥补,补偿
make up one's mind 下定决心
make out 辨认清楚;理解,明白(事理)
make the most of 充分利用,尽情享受
In some languages, 100 words____(组成)half of all words used in daily conversations.
vocabulary
mood n.情绪,心情
常见搭配:in a good/bad mood 心情好/不好
in the/no mood for(doing) sth. /to do sth. 有/没有心情做某事
He's always optimistic and looks in a good mood. 他总是很乐观,看起来心情很好。
We really feel in the mood for a party tonight. 我们今晚真的想开场派对。
He was ____a walk in the woods.
Answer: in the mood for
transform vt. 使改变外观(或性质),使改观;使改变形态
常见搭配:transform… (from… )into… 把……(从……)变成……
Many kinds of energy can be transformed into electricity. 许多种能量都可以转化成电。
transformation n. (彻底的)变化,改观,转变,改革
transformation from…to/into… 从……到……的变化
练习:Actors should be good observers, watching people's body language and speaking
style, ____ (transform) this into their own abilities to progress in acting.
Answer: transforming
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference.
——Robert Frost
If you were walking in a forest and came to a
crossroad like this, what would you do? why?
When you think of the words “poem” or
poetry, what comes to mind?
Part 2 While class
What are the different forms of literature that you already know about?
Can you give an example?
What are the characteristics of each form of literature?
Twinkle twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
Why do people write poems?
What does the passage mainly discuss?
How many parts can it be divided into?
How many types of English poems are mentioned?
What are they?
Type of poem Characteristics Example Topics and poetic devices
Nursery rhyme ·concrete but creative language A ·love between father and baby
·rhymes, repetition
List poem ·lists of things, people, ideas, or
descriptions of a particular theme
·flexible line length
·repeated phrases for patterns and
rhythm
B ·nature
·repetition
C ·life
·repetition
Cinquain ·simple form
·five lines
D ·brother
·strong picture or mood
Haiku ·17 syllables
·three lines containing 5,7, and 5
syllables respectively
E ·nature
Tang poem ·structured F ·waiting
Part 3 After class
Which poem do you like best? Why?
Does each of the poems we've read
paint a picture in your mind?
Which poem does?
What is the picture?
Thank you!