1、Module 8 Unit 1 The Written WordWord powerAppreciating literature and artPercy Bysshe Shelly is a poet.He was born in Britain.And the sentence was quoted from Ode to the West Wind.If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?Percy Bysshe ShelleyPoetryA rhymeIn Ap
2、ril,Come he will.In may,Sing all day,In June,Change his tune,In July,Prepare to fly,In August,Go he must!In September,Goodbye to summer,In October,Help each other,In November,Look forward to winter,In December,One year is over!Rhymes and rhythmsRhymes and rhythmsAlliterationvsafe and sound vright as
3、 rainvfrom top to toevthrough thick and thin vLive and learn.vMoney makes the mare go.vMany men,many minds.v丝毫不差v从头到脚v活到老，学到老。v有钱能使鬼推磨。v平平安安v众人异心。v不避艰险the use of several words together that begin with the same sound or letter in order to make a special effectA Red,Red Rose-By Robert Burns O my luve
4、is like a red,red rose,Thats newly sprung in June;O my luve is like the melodie,Thats sweetly played in tune.As fair thou art,my bonie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still,my dear,Till a the seas gang dry.Till a the sea gang dry,my dear,And the rock melt wi the sun;And I will luve th
5、ee still,my dear,While the sands o life shall run.And fare thee weel,my only luve,And fare thee weel a while;And I will come again,my luve,Thos it were ten thousand mile!Notes to the poemv（1）luve：（Scottish dialect）love。（2）melodie:melody 曲调（3）playd:played;in tune:harmoniously（4）As fair art thou,my bo
6、nie lass,/So deep in luve am I:My love is as deep as you are beautiful.art=are;thou=you;bonie=bonny(or bonnie)=pretty.（5）thee:you;still:always（6）a:all（7）gang:（Scottish dialect）go（8）wi:with（9）While the sands olife shall run:as long as I liveSands refer to the sand in sandglass.o=of.（10）fare thee weel
7、:farewell to youvWhat is the theme of the poem?Love.vWhat does the author compare his love to?He compares his love to a red rose and a beautiful melody.vWhat is the main purpose of this poem?Describing the natural beauty and expressing authors feelings.The greatest playwrightShakespearean tragedySha
8、kespearean comedyHamletA Midsummer Nights DreamMerchant of VeniceOthelloKing LearAs You Like ItTwelfth NightMacbethNovel&Short storyvShort storyA short work has a few characters and a simple plot.vNovelNovels usually have many characters and a more complex plot than short stories.Novelist&Short stor
9、y writerO.HenryTypes of Writing1Poetry2Drama3Short Story4NovelRomance is a popular novel genrewhich is often found on best-sellerlists.ComparisonTypes of writingCharacteristicsShort stories&NovelsPoetryDramaplots,charactersrhythms and rhymes,figure of speech,focus on feelingsaction,speechBible appre
10、ciation:GenesisTranscriptvAnd God said,Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night,and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.And it was so.God made two great lights-t
11、he greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night.He also made the stars.God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth,to govern the day and the night,and to separate light from darkness.And God saw that it was good.And there was evening,and there was mo
12、rning-the fourth day.vAnd God said,Let the water teem with living creatures,and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems,according to their kinds,and every winged bird accord
13、ing to its kind.And God saw that it was good.God blessed them and said,Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas,and let the birds increase on the earth.And there was evening,and there was morning-the fifth day.Two categories of literatureFactual or imaginaryFictionNon-fictio
14、nNon-fictionNews article/news storyBiographyAutobiographyFill in the blanksLiterature that is not true or factual is called _.Writing that often focuses on love and other feelings and has a rhyme that is repeated is called _.Shelly,a famous English_,wrote a poem about the west wind._ is writing that
15、 tells a story through action and speech.William Shakespeare was a great English _ who wrote a play called Romeo and Juliet.A short work of fiction with only a few characters and a simple plot is called a _.fictionpoetrypoetDramaplaywrightShort storyOhenry wrote a famous work of this type called The
16、 gift of the Magi.A_ like Robinson Crusoe has many characters and a more complex plot.Science fiction and _ are popular novel _.A news article is an example of _ because it reports factual information.A book about the life of someone is called a _.A book that a person writes about his or her own lif
17、e is called an _.novelromancegenresnon-fictionbiographyautobiographyWords related to“writing”ccoodmrew r i tepradw ritefilcttco m p o set3245167TranslationvA young person,especially a female,shining with beauty and full of life,has all the favor granted by God.Any attempt to make up would be self-de
18、feating.Youth,however,comes and goes in a flash.Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years.There is no need to make the hair dyeing.The snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland.Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature,for harmony itself is beauty,while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness.Reading makes a full man,conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.
