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英语选择性必修一《Unit 4 Exploring poetry》Reading 2精品课教学ppt课件
Reading 1
The evolution of video and sound devices
高中英语 选择性必修（第一册）
Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Reading 2
How to read a poem
1. Choose one of the poems in the lecture transcript and think about the sound and sense of the poem. How does it make you feel?
Appreciation
The poem by Maya Angelou describes the image of a caged bird wanting to be free. The lines are short and simple, which makes the message more direct and powerful. The short lines could also imply the sense of being in a small cage with very little space to fly around in. This does not stop the bird from singing though, and by repeating the sound of some words: “trill”, “still” and “hill” I can imagine the sound that the bird makes as it sings its lonely song. “Caged Bird” reminds me of the possibilities we have in life, and that we should look past our current limitations.
Appreciation
2. What are the functions of the three poems quoted in this transcript?
Appreciation
The first example (lines from “Sweet and Low” by Alfred Tennyson) sounds great with strong rhythm and it is written in rhyme. The lecturer uses it to support the tip of “follow your ears”. The second example (lines from “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou) includes several images. By using it, the lecturer suggests paying attention to images in poems when reading a poem. The third example (lines from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost) is not easy to understand, which is suitable as an example to support the tip of “be patient when having trouble in understanding a poem.”
By giving the fourth tip, the lecturer emphasizes that the importance of reading poems lies in what the poem can make us feel or perceive. Unlike the previous three tips, this tip is not focusing on the ways to understand a poem, but on what attitude and expectations we should have when reading a poem. As a result, it is unnecessary to give an example of a poem to support this tip since it is not related to the understanding of the content or meaning of a poem.
Appreciation
3. Why doesn’t the lecturer quote a poem as an example to support the fourth tip?
1. Is the last paragraph a good ending? Why or why not?
Extension
The last paragraph is a good ending. At the beginning of the lecture, the speaker points out that poetry is a combination of “sound” and “sense”. The last paragraph echoes the beginning by mentioning it again, which makes the lecture more coherent.
2. Apart from the four tips given by the lecturer, what other tips can you give on how to read a poem?