Unit4Agardenofpoems-TheFirstPeriodI.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitDoyoulikepoetry?Haveyoureadalimerick?ThewholecontentsofUnit4areaboutpoetry.Fourseparatepartsconsistofthisunit.First,thesimplequestionsbringthestudentsbacktothepoems,songsandrhymestheyhavelearned.Byrecitingthem,thestudentswillbestruckbythewordsandcolorfulmeaningofsomepoems.Thentheyarearrangedtoreadandenjoyaspecial,funnypoem-alimerick,listentoapassageaboutpoemsandtalkaboutallkindsofpoemswrittenbysomegreatmasters.Thiswillgreatlyraisethestudents'interestsaboutpoems.TheywillbesuretowantfurtherinformationaboutEnglishpoems.Thetext“EnglishPoetry”describestheadvantagesofreadingpoems.PlentyofdetailedinformationaboutthehistoryanddevelopmentofEnglishpoemsisalsogiveninthetext.ThecomparisonofEnglishandChinesepoemsshowsusaclearpictureofthesimilarityanddifferencebetweenthepoemsofthetwocountries.Thetextsingshighpraiseforthetwogreattranslators--LuXunandGuoMoruo.However,attheendofthetext,thewritertellsusthatsomethingofthespiritoftheoriginalworksislostintranslatedworks.Thismeansthatweshouldreadoriginalworksinsteadoftranslatedonesasmanyaspossible.Plentyofexercisesbeforeandafterthetextgetthestudentstounderstandthewholetextandgraspitsdetailedinformation.Thethirdpartismainlyaboutpastparticipleusedasattributeandadverbial.Throughdifferentkindsofexercisesthestudentscanmasterthispartwell.Attheendofthisunit,asimplebutinterestingpassagetellsusalotandgivesusaperfectanswertothequestionwhypeoplereadandsometimesevenwritepoetry.Asimpleandpracticalwaytoenjoythepoemsisshowntous.Thiswillencouragemorestudentstojoininthelearningandappreciatingpoetry.Thestudentswillimprovetheirabilitytolisten,speak,readandwriteaswellaslearningplentyofusefulwordsandexpressionsaftertheylearntheunit.II．TeachingGoals1.TalkaboutEnglishpoetry.2.Practiceexpressingintentionanddecision.3.LearnaboutthePastParticiple(3)usedasAdverbial.4.Writeaboutapoem.III.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsIV.BackgroundInformation1.ShakespeareForanyEnglishman,therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist.Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim:thatofWilliamShakespeare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge,howeverslight,oftheworkofourgreatestwriter.Allofususewords,phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare'swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyofEnglish-speakingpeople.Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweuse.ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullofwell-knowproverbsandquotations!Shakespeare,moreperhapsthananyotherwriter,madefulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage.Mostofususeaboutfivethousandwordsinournormal用心爱心专心115号编辑employmentofEnglish;Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand!Thereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeigner(oranEnglishman)toappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit.Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort(itisnot,ofcourse,recommendedtobeginners),eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage,andthemeaningofmanywords,havechangedsinceShakespeare'sday.ItisparadoxicalthatweshouldknowcomparativelylittleaboutthelifeofthegreatestEnglishauthor.WeknowthatShakespearewasbornin1564inStratford-on-Avonandhediedtherein1616.HealmostcertainlyattendedtheGrammarSchoolinthetown,butofthiswecannotbesure.Weknowhewasmarriedtherein1582toAnneHathawayandthathe...
