2013-2014学年高二英语课件： Unit 2 Poems-Reading 1（新人教版选修6）.ppt

I saw a fish-pond all on fire I saw a house bow to a squire, I saw a person twelve-feet high, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a balloon made of lead, I saw a coffin drop down dead, I saw a fish-pond all on fire I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses making lace, I saw a girl just like a cat, I saw a kitten wear a hat, I saw a man who saw these too, And said though strange they all were true. We should have won… If Jack had scored that goal, If we’d had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, If Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d had thousands of fans screaming, Our first football match If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, If we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before, If we hadn’t take it easy, If we hadn’t run out of energy. We should have won… If we’d been better! What is the poem about? 2. Did the author’s team win the match? 3. Why didn’t the players win the match? 4. Does the author really believe his or her excuses? How do you know? Sample answers: 1. The speaker is writing about football. 2. No, his or her team didn’t win. 3. The players didn’t win because: Jack didn’t score that goal; they didn’t have enough time; they hadn’t train hard…. 4. No, because at the end of the poem the speaker admits that they just did not play well enough to win… Brother Beautiful, athletic, Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine Summer Sleepy, salty, Drying, drooping, dreading, Week in, week out, Endless 1. What are the poems about? 2. Do the authors like the subjects? Give your reasons. 1. his /her brother summer 2. Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brother. No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker cannot wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in, week out and endless convey this feeling. Poem H What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story i