1、The United KingdomClimate and its impact on cultureBritainisonthesamelatitudewithcitiessuchasHarbininChina,TorontoinCanadaandMoscowinRussia.Inthissense,Britainshouldhavehadaverysevereclimate.However,becauseofthewarmwavefromtheAtlantic,Britainenjoysamildclimate.Ingreaterdetails,Britaincanbedescribeas
2、alandofmoderationandalandofplentifulrainfallandlesssunshine.itsaveragetemperatureis4-7degreeinJanuaryand13-17degreeinJuly.Tosumup,Britainsclimatecanbedescribedinthesewords:mild,rainyandchangeable.Climate and its impact on cultureBritainhasachangeableclimate.Theweatherchangessofrequentlythatitisdiffi
3、culttoforecast.Itisnotunusualforpeopletocomplainthattheweathermanwaswrong.SummerThebestseasonoftheyearandasymbolofwarmthandcomfort,ofjoyandhappinessandofloveandbeauty.Climate and its impact on culture1.Talkingaboutweatherisawayofgreetingandatopictostartaconversation.2.TheBritishpeoplehasaspecialfeel
4、ingforsummerandthereare3importantfestivalsinBritain.(Easter,ChristmasandTheMayDay)3.TheBritishpoetshaveaspecialfeelingforsummerandtherefore,theywrotealotofpoemsaboutsummer.(ShakespearesSonnetNO.18)The Easter HolidayEaster(复活节复活节)isoneofthetwomajorChristian(基督教的基督教的)festivalsEastercelebratesthedeatha
5、ndresurrection(复活复活)ofJesusChristandChristmas(圣诞节圣诞节)celebrateshisbirthItstartsusuallyinlateMarchorearlyAprilandtheEasterholidayisFriday,Saturday,SundayandMondayThemainsymbolofEasteristheEasteregg.ChildrenlikeEastereggsbecausetheyaremadeofchocolateEggsareasymbolofnewlifeEasterisalsoatimeforfamiliest
6、ogettogetherlikeChristmasEaster(复活节复活节)usuallylastsforfourdays,startingfromGoodFriday(theFridaybeforeEaster)耶耶稣受难日稣受难日thedaytocommemoratethecrucifixionofChrist.Saturday:regularholidayEaster(EasterDay/EasterSunday)复活复活节节thedaytocelebratetheresurrectionofChrist.ItfallsonthefirstSundayafterafullmoon.(o
7、norafterMarch21st)春分月圆后第一个星期天春分月圆后第一个星期天EasterMonday(BankHoliday)thetraditionaldateforthestartofthesummertouristseason.Christmas The Christian festival of commemorate the birth of Christ and is the second greatest religious festival for the Christians.It is also the most popular holiday season for f
8、amily reunions The Christmas season traditionally begins on Christmas eve and continue until twelfth(twelve)night.Jane 6Some termsAdvant降临节降临节:the coming of Christ is the time for preparations for the celebration of Christ birth lasting from Advant Sunday to Christmas Eve.(Sunday closest to Nov 30)C
9、hristmasEve Boxingday:送礼日(Dec 26)employers give presents to employees.TheMayDayandTheMayQueen TheFirstofMayisaBankHolidaythefirstpublicholidayoftheyearinEngland.ThefirstMondayafteritisanofficialbankholiday.Mostpeopleconsideritaspecialday,thebeginningofsummer,adaywhenthelightlastslongintotheevening,a
10、ndwhenwecanlookforwarmweather.Thetraditionalfestivaltocelebratethecomingofspringandthebeginningofsummer.Insomeplaces,fetes(户外庆祝会户外庆祝会)areheldtocelebratetheoccasion.ThemostbeautifulinthelocalityiselectedastheMayqueen.Sheisusuallycrownedwithagarlandofflowersandoftendriveninprocessionthroughthestreet.P
11、oemsaboutsummerShakespearesSonnetNO.18ByWilliamShakespeareShallIcomparetheetoasummersday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummersleasehathalltooshortadate:SometimestoohottheeyeofheavenshinesAndoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimed;Andeveryfairformfairsometimesdecline
12、s,Bychanceornatureschangingcourseuntrimmed;Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouowst;Norshalldeathbragthouwanderstinhisshade.Whenineternallinestotimethougrowst:Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.PoemsaboutsummerOdetotheWestWind(西风颂)(西风
13、颂)byPBshelly(雪莱)(雪莱)Be through my lips to unawakend earthThe trumpet of a prophecy!Oh Wind,If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?IvesavedthesummerIve saved the summer And I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings When the snow is new.Ive saved some sunlightIf you should ever needA place awa
14、y from darknessWhere your mind can feed.And for myself Ive kept your smileWhen you were but nineteen,Till youre older youll not knowWhat brave young smiles can mean.I know no answersTo help you on your wayThe answers lie somewhereAt the bottom of the day.But if youve a need for love Ill give you all
15、 I own It might help you down the road Till youve found your own.(by Rod McKuen)Sonnet 18by W.Shakespeare The rhyme scheme is abab,cdcd,efef,gg.ListenShakespeares Sonnet 18ShallIcomparetheetoasummersday?Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate:能不能让我来把你比作夏日?能不能让我来把你比作夏日?你可是更加可爱,更加温婉;你可是更加可爱,更加温婉;yougentleYo
16、uareShakespeares Sonnet 18RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,Andsummersleasehathalltooshortadate:狂风会吹落五月里开的好花儿,狂风会吹落五月里开的好花儿,夏季租出的日子又未免太短暂:夏季租出的日子又未免太短暂:charming;pleasinghasduration,timeallottedalimitedperiodoftimeShakespeares Sonnet 18SometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshinesAndoftenishisgoldcomplexiond
17、immed;有时候苍天的巨眼照得太灼热,有时候苍天的巨眼照得太灼热,他那金彩的脸色也会被遮暗;他那金彩的脸色也会被遮暗;sometimes,fromtimetotimethesunnotbrightnaturalcolorandappearanceoftheskinofthefaceShakespeares Sonnet 18Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines,Bychanceornatureschangingcourseuntrimmd;每一样美呀,总会离开美而凋落,每一样美呀,总会离开美而凋落,被时机或者自然的代谢所摧残;被时机或者自然的代谢所摧残;e
18、verybeautifulthingorpersonfrombeautyfortunestrippedofbeautyUntrimmedbychance,ornatureschangingcourseShakespeares Sonnet 18Butthyeternalsummershallnotfade,Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouowst;但是你永久的夏天决不会凋枯,但是你永久的夏天决不会凋枯,你永远不会失去你美的形相;你永远不会失去你美的形相;existingforeverlosecolor,freshnessorvigorowestownShakesp
19、eares Sonnet 18Norshalldeathbragthouwanderstinhisshade,Whenineternallinestotimethougrowst:死神夸不着你在他影子里踯躅,死神夸不着你在他影子里踯躅,你将在不朽的诗中与时间同长;你将在不朽的诗中与时间同长;wanderboastthougrowsttotimegrowgrowestShakespeares Sonnet 18Solongasmencanbreathe,oreyescansee,Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.只要人类在呼吸,眼睛看得见,只要人类在呼
20、吸,眼睛看得见,我这诗就活着,使你的生命绵延。我这诗就活着,使你的生命绵延。(屠岸屠岸译译)thispoemOdetotheWestWindPercy Bysshe Shelly诗歌鉴赏Percy Bysshe Shelly(1792-1822)One of the major English Romantic Poets Considered to be among the finest lyric poets in the English languagePOETBrief IntroductionWritten in 1819&published in 1820One of Shelle
21、ys best known lyrics(抒情诗)“O Wind,If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?”(风啊,冬天来了,春天还会远吗?)IOwildWestWind,thoubreathofAutumnsbeing,Thou,fromwhoseunseenpresencetheleavesdeadAredriven,likeghostsfromanenchanterfleeing,Yellow,andblack,andpale,andhecticred,Pestilence-strickenmultitudes:Othou,Whochariote
22、sttotheirdarkwintrybedThewingedseeds,wheretheyliecoldandlow,Eachlikeacorpsewithinitsgrave,untilThineazuresisteroftheSpringshallblowHerclarionoerthedreamingearth,andfill(Drivingsweetbudslikeflockstofeedinair)Withlivinghuesandodoursplainandhill:WildSpirit,whichartmovingeverywhere;Destroyerandpreserver
23、;hear,ohhear!IIThou on whose stream,mid the steep skys commotion,Loose clouds like earths decaying leaves are shed,Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,Angels of rain and lightning:there are spreadOn the blue surface of thine aery surge,Like the bright hair uplifted from the headOf some
24、 fierce Maenad,even from the dim vergeOf the horizon to the zeniths height,The locks of the approaching storm.Thou dirgeOf the dying year,to which this closing nightWill be the dome of a vast sepulchre,Vaulted with all thy congregated mightOf vapours,from whose solid atmosphereBlack rain,and fire,an
25、d hail will burst:oh hear!IIIThou who didst waken from his summer dreamsThe blue Mediterranean,where he lay,Lulld by the coil of his crystalline streams,Beside a pumice isle in Baiaes bay,And saw in sleep old palaces and towersQuivering within the waves intenser day,All overgrown with azure moss and
26、 flowersSo sweet,the sense faints picturing them!ThouFor whose path the Atlantics level powersCleave themselves into chasms,while far belowThe sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wearThe sapless foliage of the ocean,knowThy voice,and suddenly grow gray with fear,And tremble and despoil themselves:oh
27、 hear!IVIf I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee;A wave to pant beneath thy power,and shareThe impulse of thy strength,only less freeThan thou,O uncontrollable!If evenI were as in my boyhood,and could beThe comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven,As then,when t
28、o outstrip thy skiey speedScarce seemd a vision;I would neer have strivenAs thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.Oh,lift me as a wave,a leaf,a cloud!I fall upon the thorns of life!I bleed!A heavy weight of hours has chaind and bowdOne too like thee:tameless,and swift,and proud.VMake me thy lyre,
29、even as the forest is:What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep,autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness.Be thou,Spirit fierce,My spirit!Be thou me,impetuous one!Drive my dead thoughts over the universeLike witherd leaves to quicken a new bi
30、rth!And,by the incantation of this verse,Scatter,as from an unextinguishd hearthAshes and sparks,my words among mankind!Be through my lips to unawakend earthThe trumpet of a prophecy!Oh Wind,If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?StructurePart(Section 1-3):the connection between the West Wind and
31、the earth,the air and the waterPart(Section 4-5):the poet expresses his own state of mind and explores the relationship between the West Wind and himself.In this poem,the wind is more than simply a current of air.In Greek&Latin languages,the words for“wind”,“inspiration”,“soul”,and“spirit”are all re
32、lated.So,Shelleys“West Wind”seems to symbolize an inspiring spiritual power that moves everywhere,and affects everything.In this poem,Shelley tries to gain transcendence(超然存在,超越).The West Wind acts as a driving force change and rejuvenation(再生)in the human and natural world.Shelly views the winter n
33、ot just as last phase(时期,阶段)of vegetation(植物)but as the last phase of life in the individual,the imagination,civilization and religion.Poem SummeryRhymeThe rhyme scheme-“aba bcb cdc ded ff”Iambic pentameter(五步抑扬格)Shelley observes the changing of the weather and its influence on the internal and external environment.After reading,we can see that Shelley can only reach his sublime(升华)by having the wind carry his“dead thoughts”which through an apocalyptic(预示灾难的)destruction.Thank You!谢谢观赏!
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