Unit18Lesson3PoetryAppreciationTopractisestrategiesforreadingpoetry
ToaccumulatesomeculturalbackgroundofChristmas
ObjectivesTostudyimageryandlearntoappreciatepoemsPre-readingLiBai(701-762A
),afamousChinesepoetinTangDynasty,whosepoemsexpressenlightenedthinking,attackdignitaryinhistimewithintensepatriotism,andthestyleofwhichisboldandunconstrained
1882美国诗人Dr
ClementClarkeMoore第一次把SantaClause(圣诞老人)描写出亲切可爱的形象:面颊像玫瑰,鼻子似樱桃,常常欢乐笑靥,两鳃长满白胡子,每逢圣诞前便会驾着驯鹿雪橇来到村镇里,从民居烟囟爬下,送礼物给乖孩子
谁知这篇名为AvisitfromSaintClause的诗文一经发表便到处风行,使快乐的圣诞老人形象深入人心
很多小孩想知道他究竟来自何方
While-reading:Appreciatingthepoems1
Recitingandreading;2
WordsfordescribingtheMoonandSantaClause;3
Languageappreciationandanalysis;4
Imagesandtheirdescriptions
ReciteLibai’spoem“静夜思”andReaditsEnglishversionaloud
ATranquilNightbyLibaiBeforemybedafrostoflight,