静夜思床前明月光,疑是地上霜.举头望明月,低头思故乡

Para 1. Why we read poetry.
Para 2. Chinese poets and poetry.
Para 3,4. Early English poets. Para 5.Modern English poets. Para 6. The introduction of English poetry into China. Para 7.Why more people are interested in English poetry.
Para 2
李 白
杜甫
王
维
Para 3、4、5
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
William Shakespeare John Donne
Robert Frost
John Milton
Alexander Pope William Wordsworth John Keats
George Gordon Byron
Para 6
Famous writers translated
华兹华斯，英国浪漫派湖畔诗人. 主要代表作有《致云雀》、《致杜 鹃》。
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) 弗罗斯特，美国诗人，四 次获普利策奖。
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
The poetry of John Donne reminds Chinese readers of the poems by Li Bai. Poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme. Byron’s Isles of Greece is an example of nature poetry.
静夜思
床前明月光，疑是地上霜。 举头望明月，低头思故乡。
In the Quiet Night
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed__ Could there have been a frost already ? Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight. Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.
弥尔顿，英国诗人，政论家。主 要文学作品是两首长诗：《失乐 园》和《复乐园》以及诗剧《力 士参孙》。在英国诗人中，弥尔 顿的地位仅排在莎士比亚之后。
John Milton
(1608-1674)
蒲柏， 是英国启蒙运动时期古典主义诗人。主要 作品有《批评论》和《人论》。蒲柏翻译了古希腊 Alexander Pope 荷马的史诗，并且编辑了《莎士比亚全集》。
Para 7
Why are more people
interested in reading
English poetry? 1. Give you much more choice 2. Something of the spirit of the original work is lost in the translation edition. 3. Open the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.
莎士比亚是英国文艺复兴时期伟大的诗人 和戏剧家。曾被马克思誉为“最伟大的天 才戏剧家”。他的诗歌造诣也相当高，其 十四行诗在文学史上占重要的地位。
Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
多恩，英国“玄学派诗歌”的代表人物， 作品主要有《海上风暴》、《圣十四行 诗》等。
John Donne (1572-1631)
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① ① William Shakespeare ② John Donne ③ John Milton ④ Alexander Pope
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⑤ George Gordon Byron ⑥ John Keats ⑦ William Wordsworth ⑧ Robert Frost
poetry and novels into Chinese.
Lu Xun
Guo Moro
Para 6
Time The end of the 19th century 1910-the late 1930s
Event Chinese writers started reading more foreign poetry. Famous writers translated poetry into Chinese.
(1688-1744)
拜伦，19世纪英国伟大的 革命浪漫主义诗人。主要 代表作 《唐璜》和《恰 尔德· 哈罗尔德游记》。
George Gordon Byron
(1788-1850) 济慈，19世纪英国杰出的浪漫 主义诗人。代表作《夜莺颂》、 《秋颂》等。 John Keats
(1795-1821)
The wider public in China discovered English poetry at the beginning of the 19th century. Modern English came into being from about the end of the 17th century. The advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese translation is that you understand it better.
杜甫
王
维
Can you name some famous Chinese poets? Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Bai Juyi etc.
Write down 5 key words that you would
expect to find in a text about poetry.
Poem, poet, rhyme, style, image
(literature, language, form, line)
Para 1
bring… together Poetry play with … calls up…
Colours, feelings,
experiences and …images…