2016MTI40love課件

1、2016MTI40love,40-love middleaged coupleplaying ten nis whenthe gameends and they go home the net will still be be tweenthem,2016MTI40love,Analysis Q1: What is the shape of the poem? Q2: What consonants are frequently used in the poem? Q3: What sounds are repetitively used? Q4: What are the meaning o

2、f the title?,2016MTI40love,Q1: What is the shape of the poem? Two columns with two words are divided into two parts. The two columns is in a symmetrical and balanced way, which produces a visual image of tennis court, where the two sides are physically separated by a net. Q2 What consonants are freq

3、uently used in the poem? Plosive is employed. A association of the sound of the tennis ball hitting on the ground and the rackets (net). Q3 What sounds are repetitively used? /pl/, /n/, /il/, /b/. It function to knit the text together; and it also generates a sense of monotony. Q4: What are the mean

4、ing of the title? 1. Love at the age of 40 years old; 2. the score of three points(40) to zero point (love) in a tennis game.,2016MTI40love,Conclusion: 1. Roger McGough describes a middle-aged couple playing tennis who are on either side of the net and who, though married, are emotionally apart. 2 .

5、 The line between the words represents the net of the tennis court, and its a symbol of alienation. 3. From the static and boring tone in the poem, we get the idea that the middle-aged couples marriage is like a tennis match which is lack of suspense. Playing around the net seems to have become a habit, which is lack of vitality. Just as the poem shows: After the game, they go home( the gap between their bodies narrows), but the net