UNIT 1 You Can Write Poetry
第一单元 你可以写诗
Lesson 3: Say It in Three
第3课： 三行诗
Here is a very old poem.
这里有一首很古老的诗歌。
Do you like it?
你喜欢吗？
From all directions Winds bring petals of cherry Into the grebe lake.
从四面八方，风带来了樱桃花瓣，又将花瓣吹进??湖。
- Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
松尾马生(1644-1694)
This is a Haiku.Haiku is an old form of Japanese poetry.
这是一首俳句。俳句是日本的一种古老的诗歌形式。
Usually Haikus are about nature.
通常俳句是描写大自然的，
Often they are about a particular season.
写一个特别的季节。
They do not tell a story,as some poems do.
它们不像有些诗歌一样讲故事，
A Haiku is just a description of a scene.
一首俳句仅仅描绘一个场景。
The Japanese poet said,
日本诗人说：
"Haiku is simply what is happening in this place,at this moment."
“俳句只是描述此时此地发生了什么。”
Haiku follows a pattern.
俳句遵循一种模式。
It always has three lines.
它一般有三行。
Each line has a set number of syllables.
每一行有一组音节。
What's a syllable?
什么是音节？
A syllable is a part of a word that you pronounce without interruption.
一个音节就是一个词发音时没有间断的那一部分，
has one syllable.
有一个音节。
The word "middle" has two syllables: mid-dle.“middle”
这个词有mid和dle两个音节。
The word "syllable" has three syllables: syl-la-ble.
“syllable”有syl，la，ble三个音节。
The first line of a Haiku has five syllables.
第一行俳句有五个音节。
The middle line has seven syllables.
中间的一行有七个音节。
The last line has five syllables again.
最后一行又有五个音节。
Let's look at the 5-7-5 pattern of Haiku.
让我们看一下俳句的5-7-5模式吧！
Here it is with the syllables clearly shown.
这个俳句就有着明显的音节区分。
From all di-rec-tions
从四面八方，
In-to the grebe lake.
又将花瓣吹进??湖。
Here is another example of Haiku:
这里还有一个俳句的例子：
Old,dark sleepy pool
古池冷落一片寂，
Quick unexpected frog goes Plop!
忽闻青蛙跳水声。
Water splashes.
水花四溅。
PROJECT ,FILL IN THE BLANKS!
任务.填空！
As a class,think of words that describe things:
全班想出描述这些事物的词：
weight,age,size,temperature,feelings and colour.
重量、年龄、尺寸、温度、感觉和颜色。
Make lists of these words on the blackboard.
在黑板上列出这些词语。
In small groups,choose one of the poems below.
在小组里，选出下面诗的一首。
Next,ask your groupmates for words to fill in the blanks.
接下来，让你的组员填空。
Some lines are easy!
一些诗句很简单！
You can only use one type of word.
你只需用一个单词即可。
For these blanks,say "I need a ____."
像这种空白，比方说“我需要一个 。”
In some blanks,you can use one type of word or another type of word.
一些空需要用一个单词或另一个单词。
For these blanks,say "I need either a ____ or a ____."
像这种空白，比方说“我需要一个 或 。”
Some lines have two blanks.
一些诗句有两个空。
On a piece of paper,write down a word for each blank.
在纸上给每个空写出一个词。
Read the poem to your group.
在组里读这首诗。
Fill in the blanks with the words on the paper.
用纸上的单词填空。