Lesson 3Say It in Three

New words text explanations

New words• Direction n. 方向• Petal n. 花瓣• Cherry n. 樱桃• Grebe n. 鸊鷉• Matsuo Bash 松尾马生• Haiku n. 俳句• Form n. 形式；体裁• Particular adj. 特别的；独特

的• Poet n. 诗人• Simply adv. 仅；只有

New words• Pattern n. 形式；模式• Set adj. 固定的；规定的• a set number of 固定数量的；一定数

量的• Syllable n. 音节• Interruption n. 中断；打断• Clearly adv. 清楚地• Sleepy adj. 困倦的；寂静的；冷清的• Unexpected adj. 出乎意料的；意外

的• Frog n. 青蛙• Plop n. 扑通声；落水声• Splash v. 溅起；溅落

• Almost every day we have a set number of homework in China.

Interruption n. 中断 ; 遮断 ; 打断 ; 干扰• interruption of communication 交通中断• service interruption 服务中断 ( 指停电、停水等 )• Numerous interruptions have prevented me

from finishing the work. 数不清的干扰使我未能完成这项工作。

clearly• 清楚地；明确地 Please speak more clearly, we can't hear you. 请你说得再清楚些，我们听不见。• The lecturer spoke very clearly so that we could hear every

word. 讲课的人讲话很清楚 , 我们每个字都能听清。• 无疑地；明显地 It was clearly a mistake. 它显然是个错误。• Clearly, Uncle Tom is a very stupid person. 显然汤姆大叔是个大傻瓜。

Unexpected adj. 料想不到的 , 突然的 un 是否定前缀 . 例如 :unhappy 不高兴的 ,unlike 不像 ,untrue不真实的

• I'm afraid the unexpected accident may scare the mother badly.

恐怕这意想不到的事故会把今天的晚宴搞糟。

From all directionsWinds brings petals of cherry

Into the grebe lake

-Matsuo Bash(1644-1694)

• Here is very old poem. Do you like it?• This is a haiku .haiku is an old form of Japanese

poetry. Usually Haikus are about nature. Often they are about a particular season. They don’t tell a story, as some poems do. A haiku is just a description of a scene. The Japanese poet said, ”Haiku is simply what is happening in this place, at this moment.”

• Haiku follows a pattern. It always has three lines. Each line has a set number of syllables. What is the syllable? A syllable is apart of a word that you pronounce without interruption. The word “red,” for example, has one syllable. The word “middle” has two syllables: mid-dle. The word ” syllable” has three syllables: syl-la-ble.

The first line of a Haiku has five syllables. The middle line has seven syllables. The last line has five syllables again. Let’s look at the5-7-5 pattern of Haiku. Here it is with the syllables clearly shown.

From all di-rec-tions Winds bring pe-tals of cher-ry In-to the grebe lake Old, dark sleepy pool Quick unexpected frog goes Plop! Water splashes.

Poem practice Make them sound funny

Nature poem• Night ,so_______ and ________(feelings and

color), _______,________(size and colour) stars, A__________ (temperature) wind blows _________(adverb) on my face. It makes me want to sing _________ (adverb) a ___________,______(feeling and

age) song.

Limerick

I once saw a very ______(age or colour) cat, It was wearing a (size or feeling) yellow hat. I jumped really_______ (adverb), And then I said _______(adverb), “Don’t you think you look _____ (weight ) I that?”

Haiku

Snow is very (so)________ (colour), See me run through it _________ (adverb with ly at the end), It makes me feel_________ (temperature).

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