外研版 选修八 Module6 reading practice, poems on the underground.ppt

Homework Think of something other than poems which might have a similar effect and write a short passage about it. * * Module 6： Reading Practice Where are the people? What are they doing? Lead in questions Chinese poems on the London Underground 中国诗歌进入伦敦地铁( 2006 - 2 - 6 ) CRI Exclusive(独家新闻)by Li Rui - Chinese poems are set to decorate Londons Underground soon. A good rain knows its proper time, it waits until the Spring to fall. It?drifts in on the wind, steals in by night, its fine drops drench, yet make no sound at all. The well-known poem, written by the poet sage(圣人) Du Fu, is one of the famous poems that will land in London. Other poems from Li Bai and Bai Juyi will also soon be enjoyed by the British public. Introduction: CRI (中国国际广播电台) Read two pieces of news. (2006-04-24 from 21st Century Teens Senior Edition Issue No.222) Poetry goes underground 英国诗歌走进上海地铁 THIS month saw the start of a cross-cultural programme bringing Britain and China closer together. ------ The Shanghai metro (地铁) will display poems by four British poets in a groundbreaking cultural exchange between the worlds two most popular languages and its oldest and newest subway networks. As part of the deal, the London underground is displaying lines in English from some of Chinas great wordsmiths: Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi. Chinese poems on the underground in London Chinese poems on the London underground English poems on the underground in Shanghai English poems on the underground in Shanghai Choose the sentences which best explains what title means. Poems on the Underground _______. was an attempt to prove that Britain was a nation of poetry lovers by placing poems in the Underground instead of advertisements. b. is a way of using poems as advertisements for the London Underground. c. is a project to fill blank advertising space in London Underground trains with poems. d. Is a way of making poetry relevant travellers on the London Underground. c Match each paragraph