高二英语教案：《Unit 4 Newspapers》教学设计（二）。
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高二英语教案：《Unit 4 Newspapers》教学设计（二）
teaching aims and demands
1.study how a newspaper is produced and the different work done by the chief editor, journalists, photographers, editors in producing.
2.learn some language points of this passage.
teaching procedures
step 1 revision
1.check the homework exercises.
2.revise the dialogue, ask some students to recite and act out the dialogue.
3.change the dialogue into a short passage.
step 2 lead-in
1.talk about ask some questions:
do you often read newspapers?
do you know how a newspaper is made?
2.come to part1, divide the class into groups of four. let the students ask each other the questions. then report the answers to the rest of the students.
step 3 reading
1.ask the students to read the passage to find out the answers to the following questions.
1).what does the chief editor do every morning?
2). what does the phrase “ cover the events mean” ?
3). what do the reporters usually do?
4). what’s the meaning of “doing one’s homework”?
5).what kind of people should the journalist be?
6). what’s the meaning of “story ” in the text?
7).what do photographers and picture editors do?
8). what’s the chief editor’s work? what do the other editors do?
9). why is writing headlines in english more difficult than in chinese?
10). why must all the people have to work on a newspaper quickly?
2.do exercise 1. let the students read the passage carefully and answers, working in pairs. check the answers with the whole class.
step 4 language points
1.cover vt. 对…进行新闻采访, 报导有关……消息。
2.get down to = to begin to give serious attention to sth. or doing sth..开始认真干某事。
3.face to face; face-to-face
4.fix
5.make firm or fast; fasten so that it can’t be moved
6.direct ( the eyes, one’s attention) steadily ( on)
7.decide
8.put in order; prepare
9.everyday; every day; daily
10.look up
11.work on/ work at
12.care for
13.take photos of, take a photo of, take a picture/pictures of
14.add up; add up to
step 5 activity
sb page 21, part 3. read the instruction aloud to the students and check that they understand what to do. point out that there are nine gaps and nine words. do number 1 with the whole class; let the students work in pairs. at the end check the answers with the whole class.
step 6 discussion
the t gives the ss the following topics to discuss together.
if you are a reporter, write down your suggest and feelings for producing the newspaper at present.
step 7 workbook
1. finish off the workbook exercises.
2.write down this passage in your own words.
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高二英语教案：《Unit 4 Newspapers》教学设计（一）
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 Newspapers》教学设计（一）
Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Practise making appointments in pairs.
2. Study the language items in this lesson.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework exercises.
Step 2 Lead-in
1.Ask the students some questions as warm-up exercises.
1) Do you often read newspapers?
2) What kind of newspaper do you want to read?
3) What do you usually read them for?
4) What’s on television to night?
5) What’s on at the cinemas in downtown?
6) What films have you seen recently?
7) Are you free this weekend?
8) And what are you going to do for the weekend?
2. Show the Ss a copy of China Daily. Tell them there many columns in the paper like News about China, International News, Business News, Travel, Sports, Entertainment, Advertisements, Weather Reports, etc. Ask them which columns they are interested in, and the reason.
Step 3 Dialogue
Ask the students to listen to the tap and answer some questions.
The first listening. Question:
What do Zhou Lan and Betty decide to do this weekend?
(go to a performance by the “ Red Roses”)
The second listening. Questions:
1) Where are the “ Red Roses” performing? ( At the people’s Theatre.)’
2) What does the performance start? ( At 7p. M this weekend)
3) What time do Betty and Zhou Lan plan to meet? ( At sixty-thirty.)
Ask the students to pay attention to how Betty makes an invitation and how Zhou Lan accepts the invitation.
Betty: Will you be free?
Zhou Lan: Yes, I’ll be free. I’d like to go.
Step 4 Language points
1. What’s on? = What performance are planned? People use this expression to refer the fixed, pre-planned entertainment, like films, TV programs, concerts and performances. 如:
What’s on at the cinema this evening? There isn’t anything good on.
on 正在进行或发生
The fright was still on.
Is there anything on tomorrow?
The light in his room is still on.
There is a new film on at cinema.
on 在…… 进行之中. 相相当于类似的形容词的用法.
They are on a friendly visit to China.
They are on their holiday.
The workers are on strike.
He left for Shanghai on business.
on 即将发生
there is nothing on this afternoon. So let’s go out.
Have you got anything on tonight?
on 依据,根据.
Slave owners in the south and rich people in big cities grew rich on the work of slaves.
People in the south live on rice.
That idea is not based on facts.
on 以 …… 方式, 通过.
They talked on the telephone.
I heard the news on the radio.
They left on an early train.
She cut her finger on a knife.
on 在 ….. 后立即
on hearing about the idea, I decided against it.
On arriving there, we all set out to work.
She decided to stay on the second thought.
on 的其一些用法
Have you got any money on/about/with you.
He is on China Daily. = He works for China daily.
Do you know the tall girl on the Chinese team?
That is a county town on the Changjiang River.
2. They are said to be very good.
* sb. is said Inf.
It is said that-.
People say that-. 它们表达的意思相同, 可以互换,表示 “ 据说, 听说” 之意思.
People/They say there are many monkeys in the forest.
It’s said that he had punished another wonderful book this year.
They say/It’s said that he ‘s in fact from Canada.
Many monkeys are said to be in the forest.
Step 5. Dialogue Drills
1. Play the tape the thirst time for the students to repeat after.
2. Let the students practice the dialogue in pairs, and then encourage them to act it out.
Step 6. Dialogue Practice
Practice 1.
Ask the students to retell the dialogue in the first or the third person form.
Model:
Today, Zhou Lan and I had lunch together in the student’s dinning room. While I was there, I read Zhou Lan’s copy of China Daily and got to know that there would be some performances on this weekend. A pop group named “Red Roses” will give s performance at the People’s Theatre. It’s said that they are very good, so I decided to go to it. I asked Zhou Lan if she would be free this weekend. She said yes and would like to go with me. Before parting each other, we fixed a time to meet at the theatre.
Practice 2:
1) Match the questions with answers in Part 2 on page 19,SB.
2) Ask the students to make new dialogues with their partners to talk about a film, a football match, a basketball match, a play or a performance.
Model:
A: Hi, Jim. We are going to have a football match with the teachers this weekend.
B. That sounds fine.
C. Would you like to join us?
B. What time does the match start?
A. At four.
B. Then I think there is no problem for me. By the way, where shall we meet?
A. I suggest on the left side of the sports ground.
B. Good! See you then. Bye.
Step 7. Dialogue Production
Ask the students to make dialogue acting to the situation given below, practicing offering invitation.
Situation:
If you are free this weekend, you plan to go for a picnic, ant outing, a camping or a visit to some places of interest. You’ like to invite some friends to go with you.
Model:
A: Hello! This is Richard speaking.
B: Hello! This is Kitty.
A: Hi, Kitty. I’m going to have a barbecue this Sunday. I wonder if you have time to come.
B: Yes, I’ll be free then. Where are you going to have it?
A: Just in my garden.
B: When will the barbecue begin?
A: How about ten o’clock in the morning?
B: That is fine. May I ask whom else you have invited?
A: My cousin, Mr. Green and his wife. I think you know them If you like, you may bring one or two friends with.
B: Thanks for your invitation. It’s very kind of you.
A: With pleasure. See you this Sunday.
B: See you then. Bye.
Step 8 Homework
1.Finish off the Workbook exercises
2.Prepare Lesson 14.
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（二）
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（二）
Warming-up & Listening
by Wang Jinghong
Teaching Aims:
1.Talk about rhymes, songs, limericks and poems to raise the students’ interest in poetry.
2.Improveing the students’ listening ability.
3.Introduce some poems to the students.
Teaching Difficult points:
1.To teach the students how to grasp the detailed information to finish the listening task.
2.How to make every students active in this lesson.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer
2.a projector
Teaching Procedures:
(Play the song “Ten little Indian boys”)
Step I Greetings and Lead in.
T: Good morning, everyone!
Ss: Good morning, Mrs/Mr …!
T: Sit down please. Just now we’ve enjoyed a song. Do you like it?
Ss: Yes./(No)
T: Ok. This kind of songs belong to poetry. And so do rhymes and limericks. Rhymes and limericks can be very interesting. So let’s enjoy them now.
Step II Warming up.
1) Listen and read the rhyme
Good, better, best!
Never have it rest!
Till good is better!
And better, best!
2) Listen and read the limerick.
People laugh and people cry.
Some give up, some always try.
Some say hi while some say bye.
Others may forget you but never I.
Ok. Now please open your books and turn to page 25. Let’s enjoy two more limericks.
3)Read the limericks and ask “What is the pattern of each poem?
Step III. Pre-listening
T:Mmm, it seems poems are really interesting. I’d like to know more about poetry.
But where can I find a certain poem? Are poems put together in collections of poetry?
Maybe these questions can help us.
Who wrote them?
What are they about?
When were they written?
Step IV. While listening
In collections of poetry, poems are put together because they belong to the same group.
They can be sorted by different writers, or they can be sorted by a certain topic or a certain period of time.
1.Listen to the tape and list the name of the books on poems by different writers.
(Suggested answers: A Garden of Poems”
“1001 Songs or Poems in English”
2.Listen to the tape and list the the information of poems by a certain topic
Suggested answers: The topic can be human feeings (humour & love…)
“Poetry about Nature” (flowers, trees, plants & the old countryside)
“The Earth is Painted Green”
3.Poems by a certain period time
Suggested answers: “English Poem of the Early 17th Century”
“Poetry Between the World Wars”
4.OK, Since we learned some about poems. Now let’s listen to the a reader and a woman working in the library. First listen to the tape and tick the words that are used by the woman.
Suggested answer: poem, collection, the World Wars , The countryside and nature
5.Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions.
1).What is the dialogue about?
2)What kind of book is A Garden of Poems?
3)Which period is meant when we say “between the World Wars”?
4)How should you read a book such as 1001 Songs and Poems in English?
5)Which topic for poetry does the student like?
Step V. Post-listening
1.T: OK. What topic for poetry do you like?
S: …….
T:Sometimes English poems can be read in a really interesting way. Now I’d like you to enjoy one of them.
(A rhyme
Pick an apple
Pick a pear
Pick a banana over there.
Let’s work and let’s play,
Picking apples every day.)
2.Listen and imitate.
Step VI. Listening on the workbook.
Good. I’m really interested in poems and I want to know why our ancestors invent poetry. Do you know the reason. If you don’t know, let’s look at the following questions.
1)Before the invention of writing, was there any other way but to remember important things?
2)Were rhyme and rhythm very helpful when they are trying to remember things?
3)Why did our ancestors invent poetry?
4)What is the listening text about?
Listen to the tape and find out the answers to the questions.
Tape description: People invented poetry as they help to remember things. Before the invention of writing, there was no other way but to remember important things. People early discovered that rhyme and rhythm were very helpful when they are trying to remember things. So they made poems to help them remember all the things they needed to know and passed on from generation to generation. For example to remember their history. They recited great stories about their ancestors and the wars that were fought.
(Collect the answers from the students.)
T: Yes. Before the invention of writing, there was no other way but to remember important things.
And rhyme and rhythm were very helpful when people are trying to remember things. That’s why our ancestors invented poetry.
Step VII. Listening and imitating.
T: OK. Poems are helpful to remember things. But what things can they help us remember? Please listen to the following examples and find out some of the ways.
1.We can learn and remember important dates in history using rhyme. The rhyme most famous of these is: “In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue” to remember that it was in 1492 that Columbus discovered the Americas.
2.There are also short lines to remember how many days each month has. “30 days has September, April, June and November. The rest have 31. Fine! February 28 except when 29.”
3.We can even learn had spelling with words from a short poem. The words ‘receive’ sounds like ‘believe’. But the spelling is not the same. Listen to the following short poem, It is very useful to help students learn and remember how to spell some difficult words in English and it always works.
“I” before “E” except after “C” or when sounding like [ei] as in “neighbour” and “way”.
Suggested answers:
Rhyme 1 is useful to remember important dates in history. (to remember that it was in 1492 that Columbus discovered the Americas)
Rhyme 2 is useful to remember how many days each month has.
Rhyme 3 is useful to help students learn and remember how to spell some difficult words in English.
Rhymes and rhythms are helpful. Do you use poetry to remember things?
Who sometimes still uses poetry to remember things today?
(Collect answers then listen to the following.)
But people also need to remember practical things such as where to find good cages to sleep, where to find water that could be drunk or when to plant crops. We no longer need poetry to remember things. But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t or coundn’t use it to help us remember things better.
So anyone who want to remember things better can still use poetry to remember things.
Step VIII. Post-listening
You’ve done a good job today. Let’s enjoy some more poems. And you are required to recite some of these poems. You can recite and many as possible. We will check the next period.
1)Women
If you kiss her, you are not a gentleman
If you don’t, you are not a man
If you praise her, she thinks you are lying
If you don’t, you are good for nothing
If you agree to all her likes, she is abusing
If you don’t, you are not understanding
If you make romance, you are an experienced man
If you don’t, you are half a man
If you visit her too open, she thinks it’s boring
If you don’t, she accuses you of double crossing
If you are well dressed, she says you are a playboy
If you don’t, you are a dull boy
….
“O Lord, tell me what to do. AMEN”
2)Always Have a Dream
Forget about the days when it’s been cloudy,
But don’t forget your hours in the sun.
Forget about the times you’ve been defeated,
But don’t forget the victories you’ve won.
Forget about the misfortunes you’ve encountered,
But don’t forget the times your luck has turned.
Forget about the days when you’ve been lonely,
But don’t forget the friendly smiles you’ve seen.
Forget about the plans that didn’t seem to work out right.
But don’t forget to always have a dream.
Step IX Homework.
Recite one or two poems and get ready for tomorrow’s lesson!
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（一）
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（一）
课时安排
teaching plan for unit 4 a garden of poems
1.warming up&listening
(1)warming up
(2)listening in sb
(3)listening in wb
2.post-reading
(1)pre-reading
(2)reading
3.post-reading
(1)reading
(2)post-reading
(3)extended reading
4.speaking
(1)warming up
(2)speaking
(3)talking in work book
5.language study
(1)word study
(2)grammar
6.integrating skills
(1)reading
(2)writing
(3)checkpoint
教材重点和难点
1.重点单词
poem n.诗；韵文；诗体文
intention n.意图；目的；打算
recite vt.背诵；朗诵
pattern n.型；模式；方式
dialogue n.对话；（文学，戏剧，电影中的）对白
sort vt.将事物分类；整理 n.种类；类型
sadness n.悲哀；难过
grammar n.语法；语法学
glory n.光荣；荣誉；荣耀的事；壮丽
absence n.不在；缺席；缺乏
district n.地区；区域
atmosphere n.气氛；情绪；大气；大气层
introduction n.序言；介绍；引进
translate vt.翻译；用简单易懂的语言表达
translation n.翻译；译文
extraordinary adj.特别的；不平常的；惊人的
idiom n.习语；成语；语言习惯用法
apart adv.相隔；相距；除去；单独地
recommend vt.推荐；介绍；建议
contribute vi.作出贡献；捐献；投（稿） vt.贡献；提供；捐献；投稿
2.重点词组
put…together 把……结合成一整体；装配
play with 玩；玩耍；游戏
call up 召唤；使人想起；调动（力量，人员等）；（给……）打电话
stand out 突出；显眼；远远超过某人（物）
light up 照亮；使放光彩；点上（烟等）吸起来
come into being 出现；形成；产生
send for 使某人来到；要求将某物取来或送到
contribute to… 为……作贡献（或捐献）；有助于……；向……投稿
3.词汇拓展
poem (n.) → poetry (n.) → poet (n.)
absence (n.) →absent(adj.)
translate (vt.) →translation(n.)
contribute (vt.) → contribution(n.)
4.句型结构
poetry also calls up all the colours, feelings, experiences and curious images of a dream world.
his sonnets, however, belong to the best english poetry.
before the end of the century, there was another famous writer, john milton. once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line.
greatly loved in china are the english romantic poets.
they can help us to understand each other better, or as mu dan wrote:…
quietly, we embrace in a world lit up by words.
if i see you next to never, how can i say forever?
5、重点语法
本单元重点语法是“过去分词作状语”的用法。过去分词一般表示完成的和被动的动作，在句子中可以用作定语、表语、宾语补足语和状语，但不能单独构成谓语。本单元是过去分词分法的最后一章节，有必要将之前所学的内容（包括现在分词和过去分词用法）作归纳与总结，扫除最易混淆的几个盲点。
6、教学难点
(1) 如何循序渐进地引导学生去了解英语诗歌，懂得去欣赏发现诗歌中的美，在一定程度上学会去分析英语诗歌的韵律，意境及情境，最终明白“诗歌及文化是连接一门语言与另一门语言，一种文化与另一种文化的桥梁”这句话包含的道理。
(2) 分词用法的总结与难点解析。
(3) 帮助学生形成一定的审美观，学会用自己的角度去思考和发现西方文化的美感和人文色彩。
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（三）
高二英语教案：《Unit 4 A garden of poems》教学设计（三）
the 2nd period
reading (english poetry)
by wang chenyi
teaching goals:
learn about poets and poems of different countries.
the similarities and differences between the chinese and english poets and poems.
improve the student’s reading ability.
teaching procedures:
step1 greeting & warming-up
(before the beginning of the class, show the students a clip of video from the movie dead poets society.)
t: morning, boys & girls!
ss: morning, sir!
t: just now, we saw a video clip from the movie dead poets society. (show the poster on the screen)have you found what is the boy doing?
sa: he is creating a poem.
t: yeah, quiet right! he is using his imagination to create a poem. we know poetry is a special form of literature. if you want to write a good poem, you need to put yourself in the dream world of the poem. (show the words on the screen one by one)
step 2 lead-in
t: we know china has long history and splendid culture. of course, in the field of poetry, we have many of the world’s greatest poets. can you name some famous poets?
sb&sc: li bai, du fu, bai juyi, wang wei……
t: good job! thanks. (show the portraits of li bai & du fu on the screen) chinese poets, such as li bai & du fu use their genius to make the dream world of poetry more colorful. here is a poem written by li bai, i think you are familiar with it.
( show the poem望庐山瀑布 on the screen)
t: okay, let’s read it aloud together.
great poet li bai use his endless imagination to describe the wonderful scenery of the lu shan mountain waterfall, we can feel the power & magic of the waterfall through the words that li bai use. can you recite any other poems that written by chinese poets?
(call several of them to recite)
t: well done! we have taken a look on the art of poetry and chinese poetry. next, we’ll take a journey to english poetry (show the theme page on the screen). english poetry is as interesting and attractive as chinese. i’ll be the guide to show you around. are you ready?
ss: yes!
step 3 fast-reading
t: so here we go! open your books and turn to p27, look at the reading part, english poetry. first, i want you to go through the text quickly and find the answers to the following 2 questions:
q: 1. what are the differences between poetry and other forms of literature?
2. whose poetry reminds chinese readers of du fu or li bai? whose of su dongpo?
(give them 2 minutes to find the answers)
t: well, let’s deal with the 2 questions.
a: 1. ① poetry plays with sounds, words and grammar. ② poetry is difficult to write, but interesting to read.③ poetry calls up all the colors, feelings,experiences and curious images of a dream world.
2. ① william wordsworth, george gordon byron & john keats ② john donne
step 4 careful-reading
task 1. the main idea of each paragraph
t: good job! how many paragraphs in the text? (7) ok, now listen to the tape & read the text carefully. then i want you to summarize each paragraph’s main idea.
para. 1 the characters of poetry.
para. 2 a look on chinese poetry.
para. 3 the first period of modern english poetry.
para. 4 modern english poetry in the 19th century.
para. 5 why modern poets have special attraction?
para. 6 the introduction of english poetry to china.
para. 7 ①the translation of english poetry.②the role that poems act as.
task 2 a timeline
t: excellent! here is a task for you. please focus on paragraph 3-5 and finish the timeline (show it on the screen), which will help you to get a more clear impression of some great poets in english history. now do it!
step 4 post-reading
task 1
t: let’s turn to next step. look at p28, ex.1, make sure to get the right choices.
(after 2 minutes, check the answers)
keys: 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. d 5. c
task 2
t: in several paragraphs, there are some words in bold; can you tell what do they refer to?
para. 1 that makes poetry difficult to write, but very interesting to read.
------poetry plays with sounds,words and grammar.
para. 3 despite its short history,there is a lot of good poetry around.
------english poetry’s
para. 4 the style and atmosphere in their poems has often…
------william wordsworth,byron,john keats
para. 5 finally, modern poets have their special …in the language and images they use.
------modern poets
para. 7 they can help us to understand each other better,…
------poems and literature
step 5 further-understanding
t: this lesson, we’ve learnt much of english poetry, it’s an exciting experience. here is a question for you: the writer talks about the translation of poems in the last paragraph. think this question;
task 1
q: if a poem is translated into another language, is it still the same poem? what are some differences?
a: something of the spirit of the original works is lost (including rhythm, rhyme, figures of speech of the poem, etc.).
七步诗.)
task 2
t: the poet mu dan wrote a short poem, “quietly, we embrace in a world lit up by words.”.
q: can you use your own words to explain it?
a: when people from one country read the poems from another, they will be struck by what is inside the poem, so they will understand each other and become good friends.
step 6 enjoyment
t: you have understood the magic that poetry brings, that’s great! there, we can use a image to describe the special role that poems and literature act as, “poems and literature can be bridges.” can you give other images to express the same idea? who’d like to have a try?
a: 1.poems and literature can be ties that bring the east and the west together.
2. poems and literature can be fine wine enjoyed by the east and the west.
t: we say, poems can be fine wine enjoyed by the east and the west. that means not matter you are a english or chinese, you can find amusement in poem. but how to enjoy a english poem? we need to know several simple principle, do you want to know what principles they are? (yes!) well, let’s see a clip of video.
(after the end of the video, show the next slide)
t: when enjoy an english poem, you should: 1. use your heart and emotion.2. imagine you are exactly in the dream world of that poem.
then i saw the congo creeping through the black,
cutting through the forest with a golden track.
step 7 discussion
t: it’s really amusing! at the end of this lesson, let’s have a discussion.
are poems good for our life? what can we get from poems?
1. poems bring passion (激情) to our life. 2. poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance… 3. poems make us know, we are here,we can make our life and the world more colorful!
step 8 homework
1. read the text again to get a better understanding.
2. read and translate several good english poems.
3. get some information about famous poets on internet if possible.
website
/pope.htm
/wilword.htm
/byron
www.robertfrost.org
reference for teaching
on the sea
john keats
it keeps eternal whisperings around
desolate shores, and with its mighty swell
gluts twice ten thousand caverns, till the spell
of hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound.
often 'tis in such gentle temper found,
that scarcely will the very smallest shell
be mov'd for days from where it sometime fell,
when last the winds of heaven were unbound.
oh ye! who have your eye-balls vex'd and tir'd,
feast them upon the wideness of the sea;
oh ye! who have your eye-balls vex'd and tir'd,
feast them upon the wideness of the sea;
oh ye! whose ears are dinn'd with uproar rude,
or fed too much with cloying melody -
sit ye near some old cavern's mouth, and brood
until ye start, as if the sea-nymphs quir'd!
a soldier
robert frost
he is that fallen lance that lies as hurled,
that lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust,
but still lies pointed as it ploughed the dust.
if we who sight along it round the world,
see nothing worthy to have been its mark,
it is because like men we look too near,
forgetting that as fitted to the sphere,
our missiles always make too short an arc.
they fall, they rip the grass, they intersect
the curve of earth, and striking, break their own;
they make us cringe for metal-point on stone.
but this we know, the obstacle that checked
and tripped the body, shot the spirit on
further than target ever showed or shone.
the isles of greece
george gordon byron
the isles of greece! the isles of greece!
where burning sappho loved and sung,
where grew the arts of war and peace, --
where delos rose and phoebus sprung!
eternal summer gilds them yet,
but all, except their sun, is set.
the scian and the teian muse,
the hero's harp, the lover's lute,
have found the fame your shores refuse;
their place of birth alone is mute
to sounds which echo further west
than your sires' "islands of the blest."
the mountains look on marathon --
and marathon looks on the sea;
and musing there an hour alone,
i dream'd that greece might yet be free
for, standing on the persians' grave,
i could not deem myself a slave.
哀希腊
拜伦
希腊群岛呵，美丽的希腊群岛！
火热的萨弗在这里唱过恋歌；
在这里，战争与和平的艺术并兴，
狄洛斯崛起，阿波罗跃出海面！
永恒的夏天还把海岛镀成金，
可是除了太阳，一切已经消沉。
开奥的缪斯，蒂奥的缪斯，
那英雄的竖琴，恋人的琵琶，
原在你的岸上博得了声誉，
而今在这发源地反倒喑哑；
呵，那歌声已远远向西流传，
远超过你祖先的“海岛乐园”。
起伏的山峦望着马拉松－
马拉松望着茫茫的海波；
我独自在那里冥想一刻钟，
梦想希腊仍旧自由而欢乐；
因为，当我在波斯墓上站立，
我不能想象自己是个奴隶。
don mclean – vincent
starry starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land.
and now i understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
they would not listen
they did not know how
perhaps they'll listen now.
starry starry night
flaming flo'rs that brightly blaze
swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
vincent's eyes of china blue.
colors changing hue
morning fields of amber grain
weathered faces lined in pain
are smoothed beneath the artist's
loving hand.
and now i understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
perhaps they'll listen now.
for they could not love you
but still your love was true
and when no hope was left in sight on that starry
starry night.
you took your life as lovers often do;
but i could have told you vincent
this world was never meant for one
as beautiful as you.
starry starry night
portraits hung in empty halls
frameless heads on nameless walls
with eyes that watch the world and can't forget.
like the stranger that you've met
the ragged men in ragged clothes
the silver thorn of bloddy rose
lie crushed and broken
on the virgin snow.
and now i think i know what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
they would not listen
they're not list'ning still
perhaps they never will.
繁星点点的夜晚
为你的调色盘涂上灰与蓝
你在那夏日向外远眺
用你那双能洞悉我灵魂的双眼
山丘上的阴影
描绘出树木与水仙的轮廓
捕捉微风与冬日的冷洌
以色彩呈现在雪白的画布上
如今我才明白你想对我说的是什么
你为自己的清醒承受了多少的苦痛
你多么努力的想让它们得到解脱
但是人们却拒绝理会
那时他们不知道该如何倾听
或许他们现在会愿意听
繁星点点的夜晚
火红的花朵明艳耀眼
卷云在紫色的薄霭里飘浮
映照在文森湛蓝的瞳孔中
色彩变化万千
清晨里琥珀色的田野
满布风霜的脸孔刻画着痛苦
在艺术家充满爱的画笔下得到了抚慰
如今我才明白你想对我说的是什么
你为自己的清醒承受了多少的苦痛
你多么努力的想让它们得到解脱
但是人们却拒绝理会
那时他们不知道该如何倾听
或许他们现在会愿意听
因为他们当时无法爱你
可是你的爱却依然真实
而当你眼中见不到任何希望
在那个繁星点点的夜晚
你像许多绝望的恋人般结束了自己的生命
我多么希望能有机会告诉你，文森
这个世界根本配不上
像你如此美好的一个人
繁星点点的夜晚
空旷的大厅里挂着一幅幅画像
无框的脸孔倚靠在无名的壁上
有着注视人世而无法忘怀的眼睛
就像你曾见过的陌生人
那些衣着褴褛、境遇堪怜的人
就像血红玫瑰上的银刺
饱受蹂躏之后静静躺在刚飘落的雪地上
如今我想我已明白你想对我说的是什么
你为自己的清醒承受了多少的苦痛
你多么努力的想让它们得到解脱
但是人们却拒绝理会
他们依然没有在倾听
或许他们永远也不会理解
