人教选修 6 Unit 2Poems Listening and speaking

Dictation

1. She wore a dress with a p_____ of roses on it.

2. He climbed the hill with a heavy l_____ on his shoulder.

3. His speech i_______ us to try again.4. The sound of martial music is always i_______.nspiring

nspired

oad

attern

5.他们设法坚持住直到有救援到来。

6. 燃料如果被燃烧，就放出热。

7. 他哥哥的榜样激励他去接受足球队的选拔测试。

8.他的一番鼓励激起了我的信心。

His encouraging remarks inspired confidence in me.

If the fuel is burnt, just heat is let out.

His brother‘s example inspired him to try out for the football team. 

They managed to hold on until help arrived.

Listening on Page 15

Pre-listening

The listening on Page 15 is a conversation between a teacher and three of her students about a poetry competition.Predict how they become inspired to write poetry when they are going to write their poems.

1. Who has written a poem already?

(2) Who likes to write when he or she is in the countryside?

(3) Who likes to write when he or she is at home?

(4) Who likes to study when he or she is liste

ning to music?

Listen to the tape for the first time and write out the correct names.

Lucy

Jack

Lucy

Tom

1. When do the students have to have their poems completed?

2. Is Lucy satisfied with the poem she has written?

3. Who had decided not to write a poem for the competition but then changed his or her mind?

Listen to the tape again and answer the questions.

By the 24th of the month.

No, not completely. She thinks that if she had an extra week to work on it, she could improve it.

Tom.

4. Why does Jack like to go into the countryside to write?

5. Why does Lucy stay at home to write?

6. Has Tom used music before while studying?

Because he finds that he notices all sorts of things and he has interesting thoughts.

Because she likes the quiet and likes to have her own things around her.

Yes, but he has never tried writing poetry to music before.

Listening on P48 Listen to the tape and answer the questions.

1.Who enjoys listening to poetry?

Lily Chelsea Wu Zhe

2. Who enjoys writing poetry?

Wu Zhe Lily Chelsea

Read the questions. Then listen to the conversation again and answer the questions.

Wu Zhe Poetry is like music.

It is rubbish.

Lily I like experimenting with words.

The language in poetry is strange.

Chelsea Poetry takes you to a different wo

rld.

You don’t have to follow grammar

rules.

1. W ho finds that the right words just come into his/her head when he/she feels inspired?

2. W ho thinks he/she just writes down things that don’t mean anything?

3. W ho has to think carefully about how to express a feeling in a poem?

Discussion

Lily

Wu Zhe

Chelsea

Listening on P53

1 ． The students have to give their poetry homework to the teacher today.

2 ． Sam is going to try to write his poem on the weekend.3 ． Sam doesn’t like the poetry homework.4 ． Sally doesn’t want to do her poetry homework.

Listen to the tape and do true or false questions.

F

F

T

T

5 ． Sam doesn’t remember what a haiku is.6.Ben is going to the park on Saturday.

7. Sam is going to write a poem about himself.8. Sally, Ben and Sam are all present at the beginning of the conversation.

T

F

F

T

SpeakingTalking about plans and intentions

Topics Imagine that your class has to enter poems in a competition next week. In small groups discuss the question:

How are you going to become inspired to write your poem?

Use some of the expressions in Exercise 3 to talk about your plans.

I’m not going to… I plan to… Are you going to… I’ m going to… I will… I am looking forward to…

Useful patterns

Homework

1. Read the listening materials and pay attention to some key points.

2. Write a short dialogue about your plan.

See you next time!