A garden of poems（The Second Period）

  5. the advantage of reading english poetry in chinese translation is______.
     a. that you have more advice
 b. that something of the spirit is lost
 c. that you understand it better
 d. that you learn how to express yourself in new ways
suggested answers:
 1. a   2. c   3. b  4. d   5. d
t: you've done very well. by the way, have you noticed that there are some
bold words in the text? read the text again and find out what the 'words in
bold refer to. if necessary, you can have a discussion with your partner. some minutes later, we'll check the answers.
    (students begin to read the text and have a discussion. after a few minutes,
teacher says the following. )
 t: can you find the answers? (ss: yes.)
   please tell us.
sc :“that”in the first paragraph refers to “poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar”.
sd :“its” in the fourth paragraph refers to“the poetryn’ s” .
se : “their” refers to “the nature poems by  wordsworth, byron's isles of greece and the sonnets and long poems by shelley and keats”. and it is in the fifth paragraph, on page 28.
sf : “they”in the sixth paragraph refers to “modern poets”.
sg :“they” in the third line from the bottom of the last paragraph refers to
   “poems and literature”.
t: are there any different opinions?
ss : no, they are right.
t: (teachers shows the screen.) there are some language points you should
   pay attention to. read the sentences and try to master the usages of the
   words and phrases.
   1. play with: the little boy is playing with his dolls.(in the text“play with the sounds , words and grammar”means “to use sounds , words and grammar perfectly”.)                                             
   2. call up.. i called up my brother and told him the good news.    
      he was called up at the beginning of the war.
3. despite: he came to school despite (in spite of) his serious illness.
4. time: in his speech, he expressed the feelings of the time.
5. belong to: Chinese Taiwan belongs to china.
6. absence: darkness is the absence of light.
7. remind…of…remind me of the letter.
8. lead to: differences of opinion led to fierce arguments.