Иллюстрация работы со стихотворным текстом « Leisure» (W.H.Davies)

LEUSURE (W. H. DAVIES)

What is this life, is full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep and cows.

No time to see when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see in broad daylight

Streams full of stars, like stars at night.

No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is, is full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

SECTION I. PREDICTION.

I. Think over the following questions.

a)      What does the title of the poem suggest?

b)      What is life?

II. Teacher’s introductory talk.

Today we are going to explore the concept of life. Have you ever thought what our life is?

The 21st century is a century of technology and great progress in all spheres of our life.

Time flies. We have a lot of things to do, a lot of people to meet .We are always in a hurry.

Let’s stop a bit and look around…

SECTION II. READING THE POEM.

1. Read the poem to yourself. (Silent reading)
2. Do echo reading.
3. Do choral reading.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Who wrote the poem?

2. What is the speaker’s attitude toward life?

3. What is the speaker’s advice?

4. Do you think attitude to life changes at different periods of life?

A LOOK AT THE IDEAS

I. Listed below are words from the poem we are studying. The words are divided into 3 broad categories.

-          Label them.

-          Look for the relationships among the words

-          Work together in groups on this activity. Discuss the reasons for your decision.

1. life, care, time.

2. beneath the boughs, squirrels, nuts in grass, broad daylight, skies at night

3. stare, turn, watch, wait, stand, see.

II.Explain what information the author expects us to elicit from the following sentences.

a)      Watch her feet, how they can dance

b)      Her mouth can enrich that smile her eyes began

A LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE

WORD ASSOSIATION-1

1. Work with your group. For each set of words or phrase s below, cross out the  odd word or phrase .
2. Write 4 sentences using the three remaining words from each set.

1. Life, care, time, harm
2. To stand, to see, to turn, to prevent
3. glance, come back, dance, enrich
4. Poor, time, rich, life

WORD ASSOSIATION II

What other words beside given in brackets come to your mind when you hear the word

a)      care (tenderness, love, mother…)

b)      daylight (joy, warmth, etc.)

c)      beauty (harmony, to kiss, pleasant…)

d)      smile (happiness…)

e)      poor 9 miserable…)

WORD PAIRS

Decide whether or not the words in each of the following pairs of words are closely related.

If they are closely related, write the letter R in brackets between the words. If they are not related, write the letters N R between them.  Discuss the reasons for your answers.

1. to stare- to think
2. care- harm
3. hide- seek
4. enrich- happy
5. life- love
6. milk- cow
7. woods- plant
8. streams- water
9. feet- dance
10.  

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Listed below are five statements, each containing three dots and each followed by a set of four words. Read each statement and then circle one of the four words in each set that fits it.

Discuss the reasons for your choices.

1. A …pot never boils.(carefull,watchful,watched)
2. Everything comes to him who… (expects, waits, watches)
3. Her long hair was…in the wind.(move away,streaming,obstruction, going)
4. There was a pleasant … on her face.(light, powder, smile, substance)

WORDS MATCING -I

Under the column labeled WORDS there are 10 items, under the column labeled DEFINITION there

are possible definitions for them. Match each of them with its most appropriate definition.

Do so by writing the letter of the definition on the numbered line of the term.

WORDS                                                             DEFINITIONS

1. care                                                 a) deserving or needing help or sympathy

2. stare                                                b) wide

3. beneath                                           c) change of direction

4. turn                                                 d) a quick look

5. broad                                              e) to improve in quality

6. glance                                             f) to put or to keep out of sight

7. enrich                                              g) to look fixedly,(of eyes) be wide open

8. poor                                                 h) below, under

9. hide                                                  i) serious attention or thought

WORD MATCING -II.

Supply the words from the text (basic words) with words from box A for similar words and box B

for opposites.

Similar words                     Basic words                                     Opposites

                                             Hide

                                             broad

                                             full

                                             begin

                                             poor

BOX A: keep out of sight, wide, filled, start, miserable

BOX B: to find, narrow, empty, finish, rich

-WRITE A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT:

1. THE SPEAKER’S EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
2. THE LESSON THE SPEAKER HAS LEARNED

  - WRITE 5 OR 6 ADJECTIVES TO CHARECTERIZE THE SPEAKER.

  - WRITE AN ANSWER TO THE AUTHOR

  - TRANSLATE THE POEM INTO RUSIAN

  - (GIVE EXAMPLES OF PROSE OR POETRY WHICH EXPLORE THE CONCEPT OF LIFE)

P.S.ЛУЧШИЕ ПЕРЕВОДЫ СТИХОТВОРЕНИЯ “LEUSURE” УЧАЩИХСЯ СРЕДНЕЙ ШКОЛЫ № 3 Г.БИКИНА

Что наша жизнь?

Заботами её мы наполняем сами.

И некогда застыть в покое

Под низкими ветвями.

И вдруг заметить грустный взгляд-

Так овцы пристально глядят.

И некогда в лес прийти на заре,

Где белки орехи прячут в траве.

И времени, конечно, нет

Увидеть яркий дневной свет.

И. вверх посмотрев, вдруг заметить,

Как звёзды таинственно светят.

И, несмотря на все невзгоды,

Своё внимание обратить

На красоту природы.

Любоваться, как она танцует

И всеми красками наш взор балует.

То вдруг в унынье пребывает,

То вдруг улыбкой озаряет.

И всем она делится с нами сполна.

Без этого жизнь наша очень бедна.

(Воронцова Елена, 9А класс)

Что наша жизнь- чаша, полная забот,

Нет времени стоять и удивляться.

Нет времени нам встать под кроною ветвей

И взглядами барашек наслаждаться.

Нет времени оглядеться,

Когда по тропе идём лесной,

Где в траве зелёной

Орешек белка  прячет золотой.

Нет времени красоты взгляд уловить,

И вдруг увлечься её танцем и о заботах позабыть.

Нет времени нам в ожидании томиться,

Ждать, когда лицо её

Улыбкой светлых глаз обогатится.

…Что наша жизнь- чаша, полная забот.

Нет времени стоять и удивляться.

(Ковальчук Галина, 9А класс)