A garden of poems（The First Period）

ss: yes.
step iv speaking
t: let's do speaking. please open your books on page 26. there are four circles on this page. each circle lists some information about poems. they are topics for poems, periods of time, groups or names of poets and human feeling shown in poems. ask your    partner what kind of poetry he or she might want to read. choose a word from each circle and explain why you want to read a poem like that or not. work in groups or pairs. have a discussion and make up a dialogue to express what you want to say. the useful expressions on the screen might be helpful to you.
(teacher shows the screen.)
useful expressions
i'm interested to…but…
i think it will be too difficult to…
i think i might want to…
i think it will be boring…
i want to…
i'm very interested in…so…
i'd like to…
i'm not very interested in…so…
i've never heard of…so…
i hope to find…
i've never read any…so…
i don't know much about…
but…
t :( after a few minutes. ) have you finished?
ss: yes. t: now who will tell us your opinions? volunteers?
sa: and sb : (standing up. )we'll try. …
sample dialogue: sa--a; sb--b
a: what kind of poetry do you like to read?
b: i like to read poems about nature.
a: why are you interested to read such poems? b: when i read this kind of poem, it seems that i was in a different world. the things described in the poem seems to be real ones. they seem to be around me. i feel them and enjoy them.
a: what kind of poems are you not interested in?
b: i'm not interested in poems about pets. we have a lot of important things to do and i think i have no time to have pets. what about you?
a: i'm interested in poems about humour, because it can bring happiness to us. all the unhappy things are gone with the laughter.
t: very good. who else will do this?
sc and sd : we'll try. …
 sample dialogue:
sc-a; sd--b
 a: i know that you can recite plenty of poems. can you tell me what kind of    poems you like?
 b: i like the poems by li bai, especially the ones to describe nature.
 a: for what reason do you like them?
 b: when i read them, i feel comfortable. a poem of his is a beautiful picture    hanging before us. i would go into the picture as i read them.
 a: what kind of poems are you not interested in?
 b: poems about broken hearts. they make me sad. what's your opinion?
 a: i like the poems about the sea and i don't like the noes about death and        broken hearts.