step 3 fast-reading

　　t: so here we go! open your books and turn to p27, look at the reading part, english poetry. first, i want you to go through the text quickly and find the answers to the following 2 questions:

　　q: 1. what are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?

　　2. whose poetry reminds chinese readers of du fu or li bai? whose of su dongpo?

　　(give them 2 minutes to find the answers)

　　t: well, let’s deal with the 2 questions.

　　a: 1. ① poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. ② poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read.③ poetry calls up all the colors, feelings,experiences  and curious images of a dream world.

　　2. ① william wordsworth, george gordon byron & john keats    ② john donne

　　step 4 careful-reading

　　task 1. the main idea of each paragraph

　　t: good job! how many paragraphs in the text? (7) ok, now listen to the tape & read the text carefully. then i want you to summarize each paragraph’s main idea.

　　para. 1  the characters of poetry.

　　para. 2  a look on chinese poetry.

　　para. 3  the first period of modern english poetry.

　　para. 4  modern english poetry in the 19th century.

　　para. 5  why modern poets have special attraction?

　　para. 6  the introduction of english poetry to china.

　　para. 7 ①the translation of english poetry.②the role that poems act as.

　　task 2 a timeline

　　t: excellent! here is a task for you. please focus on paragraph 3-5 and finish the timeline (show it on the screen), which will help you to get a more clear impression of some great poets in english history. now do it!

　　step 4 post-reading

　　task 1

　　t: let’s turn to next step. look at p28, ex.1, make sure to get the right choices.

　　(after 2 minutes, check the answers)

　　keys:  1. a   2. c   3. b   4. d   5. c

　　task 2

　　t: in several paragraphs, there are some words in bold; can you tell what do they refer to?

　　para. 1  that makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.

　　------poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar.

　　para. 3  despite its short history,there is a lot of good poetry around.

　　------english poetry’s

　　para. 4  the style and atmosphere in their poems has often…

　　------william wordsworth,byron,john keats

　　para. 5  finally, modern poets have their special …in the language and images they use.

　　------modern poets

　　para. 7  they can help us to understand each other better,…

　　------poems and literature