(课件网) Book8 Module6 The Tang Poems Farewell to a Friend Li Bai Blue mountains bar the northern sky; White river girds the eastern town. Here is the place to say goodbye; You’ll drift like lonely thistledown. With floating cloud you’ll float away; Like parting day I’ll part from you. You wave your hand and go your way; Your steed still neighs “Adieu! Adieu!” 送友人 李白 青山横北郭， 白水绕东城。 此地一为别， 孤蓬万里征。 浮云游子意， 落日故人情。 挥手自兹去， 萧萧班马鸣。 Read and match the paragraphs with these subtitles: Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 An exciting culture Du Fu Li Bai Tang poetry A great dynasty Technology and progress Tang Dynasty Siberia Korea Vietnam (618-907) Tang Dynasty Siberia Korea Vietnam Silk Road Read Para.2 and answer the questions: 1. What were the benefits of trade with foreign countries 2. This paragraph is mainly developed __. A. By following the order of time B. By quoting different comments C. By providing explanations D. By giving examples It made Chinese culture cosmopolitan and tolerant. 1. an example of foreign influence 2. an example of Chinese influence an example of Tang influence on today’s world Read Para.3 and answer the questions: 1)Topic sentence: 2) Name three advances in science and technology at this time. Cultural development went hand in hand with technological progress. Medical schools were opened Printing began Seng Yixing measured the sun’s shadow and the altitude of the North Pole. … Read Para.4 and answer the questions: 1. Why was Tang poetry so great (Features) Because of the beauty of its images and the range of topics. 2. Why did the Tang Dynasty become the golden age of Chinese poetry An explosion of talent The appearance of new forms Being able to write poetry was an important qualification for becoming government officials. Read Para.5&6: Du Fu “Poet-Sage” Li Bai “Poet-immortal” Du Fu Li Bai Similarities Differences 1. Famous poets of the Tang Dynasty 2. Like travelling 3. Official career was not very successful. Realistic poet Romantic poet The sufferings of the poor; the corruption of the rich; his own problems Nature and people; friendship; human condition; pleasure of wine Good Friends A SPRING VIEW Du Fu Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure; And spring comes green again to trees and grasses Where petals have been shed like tears And lonely birds have sung their grief. ...After the war-fires of three months, One message from home is worth a ton of gold. ...I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin To hold the hairpins any more. 春望 杜甫 国破山河在， 城春草木深。 感时花溅泪， 恨别鸟惊心。 烽火连三月， 家书抵万金。 白头搔更短， 浑欲不胜簪。 1. a time of expansion 2. at its high point 3. reach as far as… 4. the trade route known as the Silk Road 5. create a tolerant and cosmopolitan culture 6. bring with them their own religions and customs 7. keep one’s traditional forms o ... ...
