Questions:
(passage 1)
1. John Milton’s work became famous for ________.
A. his work is exactly written with sounds, words and grammar
B. his work calls up the feelings, curious images of a dream world
C. his work has a special pattern of rhyme at the end of each line
2. The style and atmosphere in Shelley’s poems is just like the poems of____.
A. Marvell and Donne
B. Li Bai and Du Fu
C. Auden and Robert Frost
D. John Milton
3. From the passage, we got the idea(s)_______.
A. poetry belongs to all human beings
B. poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar
C. poetry often follows special patterns of rhythm and rhyme
D. all of above
4. I like song words because _______.
A. they are bright
B. they are colorful
C. they are greedy
D. my feelings given by them are more special
5. Choose the best explanation of “e-pal”.
A. a machine
B. a person
C. a piece of information
D. a friend online
6. From paragraph 4, we can learn _______
A. we should read poems aloud
B. poems are strange
C. poems are difficult to understand
D. I am special
7. What’s the main idea of passage 1?
A. Poetry is a good ridge to connect the East with the West.
B. Different periods of English poems
C. Modern poems of English
D. Differences between Chinese and English poetry.
8 What’s the main idea of passage 2?
A. We should read poems with doors closed.
B. We should first sing songs then read poems.
C. Reading poems can bring people pleasure just like singing a song.
D. We should first read poems then long ones.
9 From passage 1, we can infer that _______.
A. we’d better read poems in English
B. translated poems can’t express intrinsic meaning of original poems
C. there is no advantage of reading English poetry in Chinese tanslation
D. Chinese translation poems are good as English poems
10. From Passage 2, we can infer that ________
A. the writer used to like poetry very much
B. songs and poems are the same
C. the writer fell in love with poems as soon as his e-pal told him something
D. now reading poems is part of the writer’s life
Section ＩWarming-up, listening and speaking
1. get through
(1) 通过，穿过
We managed to get through the forest with his help.
在他的帮助下我们设法通过了那座森林。
They succeeded in getting the bill through.
他们已使这项议案得以通过。
（2）到达，抵达
The message got through (to us ) at last.
这消息终于送到（我们这里）。
（3）办完，做完，结束
He got through the book in one evening.
他一个晚上看完了那本书。
Can you get through with your work today?
今天你能完成工作吗？
（4）考试及格
I am glad to hear that she got through the exam.
听到她考试及格的消息，我感到很高兴。
（5）接通电话
I rang you several times yesterday, but couldn’t get through.
昨天我给你打了好几次电话，但都没打通。
2. whether……or……表示让步，“不管……还是……”还可表示“或者”等等。
Whether we go to your planes or stay here, we will still find something to eat.
不管我们是到你那儿去，还是呆在这儿， 我们都需要找点吃的东西。
Whether by accident or design, he broke the mirror on the table.
不知是偶然还是有意，他打破了桌子上的镜子。
Whether he drives or takes the train, he will be here on time.
不管他是开车还是乘火车来，他总会准时到达的。
3 belong to 属于；是……的成员之一；没有进行时和被动语态
The car belongs to my uncle.
这辆车属于我叔叔的。
Who dose this bag belong to?
这个包是谁的？
I belong to the tennis club.
我是这个网球俱乐部的会员。
Do you belong to any party?
你有没有参加哪个政党？
但常用belong to 的-ing 形式做定语
China is a country belonging to the third world.
中国属于第三世界。
belong 的名词belonging 常用复数形式，“动产”
4．I am interested to read some Romantic poetry about love and friendship.
我想读一些关于爱情和友谊的浪漫主义诗歌。
①interest v. 使感兴趣 n. 兴趣
interested adj. 感兴趣的，关心的
be interested in…… 对……感兴趣
be interested to do …… 想做某事；有兴趣做某事
of interest 有意思（= interesting 作表语或定语）
with interest 感兴趣地
take /have/ feel interest in …… 对……感兴趣
They are interested in what is going on in the art world.
他们对艺术界发生的事情感兴趣。
I couldn’t make out why he was so interested to know all about you.
我不理解为什么他如此地想知道有关你的一切。，
All this is of no interest to me.
这一切对我来说一点意思都没有。
He listened with great interest
他饶有兴趣地倾听着。
There is nothing that can interest him.
没有什么能使他感兴趣。
② romantic 浪漫的，传奇的， 不现实的
Romantic （文艺等）浪漫主义的， 浪漫派的， 浪漫主义作家（n.）
READING
1. More than any other form of literature, poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar.
与其他任何形式的文学相比， 诗歌更能集声、字、语法为一体。
more than “比……多， 多于” 之意， 它还可以表示 “不仅仅，非常”等意。
European countries are now making an active effort to reuse materials more than they used to.
为了比过去更多地再用旧材料，欧洲国家正在进行着积极的努力。
Peace is much more than the absence of war.
和平不仅仅意味着没有战争。
A library is more than a place where books stored.
图书馆不仅仅是个藏书的地方。
He is more than glad to receive the letter.
他收到信非常高兴。
more than + 从句时，常常具有否定的意义，译成“并非，不是”
At least you enjoyed yourself, which is more than I did.
至少你玩得开心，而我却不是。
That’s more than I can tell you.
这一点我是不能告诉你的。
The beauty of Hang Zhou is more than words can describe.
杭州之美是言语所不能描述的。
2. That makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.
这使得诗歌写起来很难，但读起来有趣。
Structure: S.+O.+C. 此句的补足语为形容词短语。表语形容词其后的不定式用主动形式。
He is difficult to deal with.
他很难对付。
The problem is easy to work out.
该题很容易做。
The stone is heavy to lift.
这块石头抬起来很重。
This type of car is expensive to buy.
这种型号的车买起来很贵。
3. Poetry also calls up all the colors, feelings, experiences and curios images of a dream world.
诗歌也能把所有的色彩、感情、经历，以及梦幻世界的各种奇异的幻想展现于人们的头脑。
call up:
① 召唤；使人想起 (=remind sb. of sth.)
The sound of seagulls called up happy memories of his childhood.
海鸥的叫声唤起了他童年的幸福的记忆。
Your letter calls up the pleasant days when we worked together.
你的来信使我回想起往日我们共同工作的快乐的日子。
The smell of the ink called up happy memories of my school days.
墨水的香味唤起了我对学生时代的回忆。
② 给……打电话 （= ring up）
When he got back the city, he called up the office.
他回到城里时给办公室打了个电话。
Please call me up at 8:00 this evening.
请今晚八点给我打电话。
③ 征召，召集；传讯
When the war broke out, they were at once called up.
战争一爆发，他们立刻就被征召入伍了。
The general called up his forces for the attack.
将军召集其全部兵力来进行这次的进攻。
Harry was called up by the police.
哈利被警方传讯。
④ 叫醒，唤醒
Please call me up at 6:00 tomorrow morning.
明早六点叫醒我。
The doctor was called up three times during the night to attend the urgent cases.
医生夜里三次被叫醒去看急诊病人。
拓展：
call on 访问、探望（人）
call at 访问（地）
call for 需要，邀请
call back 叫回，回电话
call around 来访，作短暂的逗留，叫（出租车等）
4. China has a long history during which many of the world’s greatest poets were active.
中国有着悠久的历史，其间活跃着许多世界上最伟大的诗人。
Has a long history 有着悠久的历史
has a history of….. 有着……（之久）的历史
in history 在历史上
in the history of the cinema 在电影史上
① Our school has a history of about 100 years.
我们学校有着大约一百年的历史。
② There are many such examples in history.
历史上有很多这样的事例。
③ Charlie Chaplin is considered one of the greatest actors in the history of the cinema.
查理.卓别林被认为是电影史上最为的演员之一。
5． Poems by Du Fu, LI Bai and Wang Wei among others stand out in the halls of glory.
在其他一些最伟大的诗人中杜甫，李白以及王维的诗在光辉的艺术店堂里特别引人注目。
Stand out: ①突出，显眼，引人注目，
He was very tall and stood out from the crowd.
他个子高，在人群中显得很突出。
The road sign is easy to read: the words stand out well.
路标很容易辨别，字很显眼。
In this list two names stand out particularly.
在这个名单中有两个名字尤其引人注目。
His red hair made him stand out in the crowd.
他的红头发使得他在人群中特别引人注目。
Our classroom building stood out clearly against the sky.
蓝天清晰地衬托出我们的教室大楼。
② 有拒不屈服，坚持反对或抵抗，常常与介词for 或against 连用
I’m standing out against his idea.
我坚决反对他的主张。
The workers are standing out for higher pay and better conditions.
工人们坚持要求提高工资改善劳动条件。
③ 出列， 站出来
The teacher asked the boy to stand out for the line so that she could speak the him later.
老师让哪个男孩总队列中站出来以便等会和他谈话。
Stand out that in the back row, the one with the dirty boots.
后排穿脏靴子的那一个， 站出来！
Glory: n.[u] 光荣；荣耀；壮观，[c]光荣的人和事
They fought for the glory of their country.
他们为了国家的荣誉而战。
He did it for his own personal glory.
他为了自己的荣誉做了那件事。
the glory of the sunset 落日的壮观
glories of our past history 我们历史上荣耀的事
He is a glory to his profession.
他是他所从事的专业的光荣。
6The next period that produced a great number of fine poets was the nineteenth centry.
下一个产生大量优秀诗人的时期是十九世纪。
Produce vt. 生产；产出，造成，带来；拿出，出示
Australia produces wool.
澳大利亚出产羊毛。
A hen produces eggs.
母鸡能产蛋。
Their efforts produced no results.
他们的努力没有什么结果。
Hard work produces success.
努力能带来成功。
7．When you have read some Chinese poems, you will have seen and heard some of the features that all good poetry shares.
你读过一些中国诗歌之后，你就会看到和听到所有好的诗歌所共有的一些特点。
will have done: 将来完成时
By the end of this month, we shall have finished the work.
到本月底我们就会完成这项工作。
Once you have understood it, you will find it very interesting.
一旦你理解了，你就会发现很有意思。
Share: 共有，共享，共用，分担，常接介词 with, between, among.
May I share you umbrella?
可以跟你合用你的伞吗？
We haven’t enough books for everyone, so some of you will have to share.
我们的书不够每人分一本，所以你们当中有些人将只好合用一本。
I will share your joys and sorrows.
我愿与你同甘共苦。
They shared the same tastes and interests.
他们有着共同的兴趣和爱好。
Share the cake equally among all the children.
把蛋糕平均分给孩子们。
拓展：
share in 分享，分担
He wished we were there to share in his joy.
他希望我们也在那儿共享他的喜悦。
I shall share (in) the cost with you.
费用我和你分担。
Newspapers help us to share in the events of the outside world.
报纸帮我们了解世界大事。
share with sb.…… 与某人合用
share out 分配，合用
The money was shared out between them.
这笔钱他们两人分。
How shall we share out the money that we have collected?
我们收来的钱怎么个分法。
See that these things are shared out fairly.
设法使这些东西得到平均分配。
8．Greatly loved in China are the English Romantic poets.
英国浪漫主义诗人深受中国人爱戴。
为强调表语而引起的倒装，
On the desk are two English-Chinese dictionaries.
桌子上是两本英汉词典。
Behind the farmhouse was a great pool.
在农舍的后面是一个大池塘。
Around the fire were over thirty students and their teacher.
围火而座的是三十多位学生和老师。
Inside the pyramid were the king’s and queen’s burial rooms and the long passages to these rooms.
在金字塔里面是国王和王后的墓室和通向这些墓室的长长的通道。
9. Reading poetry in English also opens the door to finding new ways of expressing yourself in Chinese.
open the (a) door to (for)……意为“为……创造条件，向……开门，给……以方便”
Learning to read and write opens the/a door to a better living conditions.
学会读写为拥有较好的工作和生活条件创造了条件。
This agreement opens the door to advances in technology.
这项协议为该技术的进步打开了方便之门。
Copying other’s exercise may open the door to cheating in the exam.
抄袭别人的作业可能会为考试作弊创造条件。
Integrating Skills
1. They are like bright and warm colors in the middle of grays and shades.
它们如同灰暗中出现的明快、温暖的颜色。
Like prep. 象
v. 喜欢
She is very tall and pretty, just like her mother.
她长的很高很漂亮，就象她的母亲。
They are like brother and sister.
他们象兄妹俩。
They like the same type of clothes.
他们俩喜欢同样类型的衣服。
回顾
What’s he like?
What does he like?
What does he look like?
2. I also like reading, though I used to avoid poetry.
我也喜欢阅读，尽管我过去常常避开诗歌。
Avoid 逃避，回避，躲避（+n/pron/doing）
Luckily, we were able to avoid an accident.
幸运的是，我们逃过了一场车祸。
I tried to avoid meeting him because he always bored me.
我尽量避免遇见他，因为他总是使我厌烦。
He tried to avoid the punishment/being punished by the police after the accident.
车祸以后，他想逃避警方的惩罚。
拓展
avoidance n. 逃避，回避
avoidable adj. 可避免的
3．Reading aloud gives you a strange feeling, but when you have some practice and fall into the rhythm, the rhyme and the sounds of the words, it is a really special experience.
大声朗读给你一种奇怪的感觉，但当你经过一番练习，进入诗词的节奏、韵律以及声音中时，那的确是一种非常特殊的体验。
Fall into: 掉入还可以表示陷入某种状态，养成……习惯，开始……起来
He fell into a deep sleep.
他进入熟睡状态。
They have fallen into poverty.
他们陷入穷困中。
I fell into conversation with a writer at the party.
在聚会中我与一位作家谈起来。
It’s easy to fall into a bad habit.
染上一种坏习惯很容易。
4．I started with small poems, but now I think I most like long poems.
我是从阅读小诗开始的，但是现在我觉得我还是喜欢读长诗。
Start with,从……开始，以……开始（= begin with）
Let’s start with Ex2.
让我们从练习2开始吧。
A thousand-li journey starts with the first step.
千里之行，始于足下。
His illness started with a slight cough.
他的病开始于轻微的咳嗽。
拓展：to start with作为开始；首先；第一点
To start with, we have the correct leadership of the Party.
首先，我们要有党的正确领导。
Our group had five members to start with.
我们小组开始时只有五名成员。
5．When the poem is finished, I close the book and my sadness is gone.
诗读完了，我把书和上，我的悲伤也无影无踪了。
gone 为go 的过去分词，可作为形容词使用，表示“过去了的；不见了的；已死的；用光了的”等等。如：
Summer is gone. 夏天已经过去了。
All my hope is gone. 我的所有希望都破灭了。
With all his money gone, he had to return home.
钱都用光了（或：钱都丢了），他只好返回家去了。
When I returned there, I found the book gone.当我返回那里时，我发现那本书已经不见了。
6． Ask your teacher to recommend poems to you. 请老师向你推荐诗歌。
recommend vt. 推荐，介绍；劝告，建议
recommend sb. … (=recommend …to sb.) 向某人推荐/介绍
recommend sb. for … 推荐某人做（某职位）
recommend sth. for …推荐某物作某种用途
recommend sb. as … 推荐某人为…
recommend doing sth. 建议做某事
recommend +that-clause 建议……（从句中用shoud+动词原形）
Can you recommend me a good doctor? 你能给我推荐一个好的牙医吗？
Perhaps you can recommend me another hotel. 或许你能给我再介绍一家旅馆。
I’ll recommend him for the job. 我要推荐他做这项工作。
I recommend these pills for your cough. 我向你推荐这种要治疗咳嗽。
I’ll recommend him as her secretary. 我要推荐他当她的秘书。
I recommend buying this dictionary. (=I recommend you to buy this dictionary.)
我建议你买这本字典。
He recommended that we (should) read the novel. (He recommended us to read the novel.)
他建议我们读一读那部小说。
7. Collect your favorite poems in a notebook and ask your friends to contribute to it.
把你最喜欢的诗集在笔记本里，并请你的朋友也出一份力。
Contribute “捐献，贡献，投稿；提供（时间 精力等）”，多与介词to连用。
He contributed to the church.他向教会捐款。
She contributed a lot of good ideas to the discussion. 她在这次讨论中提出了一些好的建议。
He contributed a lot of money to the charity. 他向慈善机构捐献了很多钱。
He often contributes to newspapers. 他经常给报社投稿。
提示：contribute to 还可意为“有助于，促使（发生某事），为……出力/做贡献”
A proper amount of exercise contributes to good health.
适度的运动有意健康。
The driver’s carelessness contributed to the accident.
司机的粗心大意导致了事故的发生。
Cigarette smoking is a major
吸烟是致癌的要素。
When they do so, they’re contributing to British economy.
他们这样做就是在为英国经济做贡献。
[拓展] contribution n. 贡献
make a contribution to…为……做贡献（to为介词）