Project Reciting a poem

Reading

1. Read the report on the poetry of Robert Burns, Skim for the main idea of this article and tell how it is organized.

Paragraphs 1-4 introduction of Robert Burns

Paragraphs 5-7 some information about a movement of poets called the Romantic Movement

Paragraphs 8-9 the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ with its introduction and explanation

2. Pair work: Rearrange the events in the order of time. Fill in the following table:

Time Event

1750 The Romantic Movement started.

1759 Robert Burns was born.

1794 The poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ was published.

1796 Robert Burns died at the age of 37.

1870 The Romantic Movement ended.

1877 The monument to Burns was first publicly exhibited.

3. Read the article for a third time to get more information about this report, and then fill in the following table about Robert Burns.

Year of birth Place of birth Year of death Family status

1759 Alloway, Scotland 1796 Poor

His first love Name Nelly Kirkpatrick

Effect on him Encouraged him to start writing poetry

Main works ‘To a Mouse’; ‘The Holy Fair’; ‘A Red, Red Rose’

The movement

of poets Name of the movement Romantic Movement

Representative poets John Keats; William Wordsworth; Robert Burns

Features Romantic themes tend to be more emotional.

The poems are always about love, dreams or nature.

The way people

memorize him *All of Scotland mourned his death, and afterwards many people donated money to support his widow and children. The monument to him was first publicly exhibited in 1877 and about 30,000 people attended the first exhibition.

*The house in Alloway, where Burns was born, is now a museum of his life and work.

Language Points

1. overnight

adj., adv. 1) for or during the night: 一夜之間

an overnight stop in Paris

You can stay overnight if you want to.

Don't forget to pack an overnight bag (= a bag for things that you need when you stay away from home for a night).

2) suddenly and unexpectedly: 突然,出乎意料的

She became a star overnight

The book was an overnight success.

2. shorten

v. [I or T] to become shorter or to make sth. shorter: (使)變短

As you grow older, your spine shortens by about an inch

I've asked him to shorten my grey trousers.

The name 'William' is often shortened to 'Bill'.

3.reputation

The restaurant has a good reputation.

Cheating in the exam ruined the boy’s reputation.

4.exhibit

on exhibition/display/show=be being exhibited

at the exhibition

5.tend

Women tend to live longer than men.

It tends to rain here a lot in summer

6.comparision

make an comparison between A and B = compare A with B

in comparison with…= compared with…

The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with those in Newyork.

7. farewell

A farewell party/present/speech

wave farewell to his friends

8.it is said that…

It is/was said/ believed/ supposed/ reported/ thought that…

Sb/Sth. is said to do…

It is suggested/ recommended/necessary/important/strange/natural that…

It is supposed that the temple has been for over500 years.

She is said to have been to America.

It is suggested that the meeting should be put off until next week.

9. involve

involve doing 包括做某事

be involved in 與某事有關

Building of the road will involve the construction of ten bridges.

The job involves me living abroad.

It is said that then man is involved in criminal activities.

10.consist of/be made up of

The club consists of 200 members.

Seven members make up the committee.

A sentence is composed of several word put together.

11. stress

She laid great stress on proper behavior.

In the word “mother” the stress is on the first syllable.

The teacher stressed the importance of reading aloud.