DREAMS Hold fast to dreams For if dreams

DREAMS Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. --Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902~1967) (African-American poet and writer)

Unit 5 Section One opening doors to literature The Dream Keeper

Skim the whole story ( T or F ) 1. When the girl was little, she was happy because she never thought about her purpose. T 2. She climbed up a mountain to look for her dream. F 3. The birds she met have the same dream. F 4. Though she found the dream keeper, she still didn’t know her dream at last. F

Put them into right order A. She met a dragonfly, which helped her. B. She walked deep into the forest to search her dream. C. A girl could talk to the birds but she lost herself. D. Finally she found the Dream Keeper and she found her dream. E. She asked several birds what were their purposes.

Reading for details 1 st part 1. As the girl grew older, what did she want to know? Why am I here? Where am I going? Who am I? 2. Why did she think the birds might know the answers? Because there was no hesitation in their flight and there was no hesitation in their song.

Reading for details animals eagle hawk 2 nd part dreams to fly above the earth to be a messenger to love the flowers hummingbird swan to live in beauty dragonfly to help people find their dreams

Reading for details 3 rd & 4 th parts B 1. According to the text, a (an) ____told her to visit the Dream Keeper. A. swan B. dragonfly C. hummingbird D. eagle 2. According to the last paragraph, C we know ____. A. the girl didn’t find her dream B. the Dream Keeper wouldn’t tell her dream C. the girl understood all the birds at last D. she was unhappy with her dream

Cloze test Once upon a time, a girl who 1 could talk to the birds lived in the forest and played happily. She never thought about her purpose 2 in life. But as she grew older 3 , she had many questions to ask. Walking deep 4 in the forest, she thought there was no hesitation 5 in birds’ flight and in their songs. Surely they knew their purpose.

Cloze test She asked an eagle 6 , a hawk, a hummingbird 7 and a swan 8 separately. Finally a dragonfly told her to visit the dream 9 10 , who keeper could whisper 11 her dream into her ears. heart , she Then from within her 12 understood all of the birds, got to know her dream and she followed 13 _ it and she happy. was 14

1. And she will whisper your dream into your ear. (P. 56) Then the grass quivered and the leaves rustled and a voice as beautiful as spring whispered. (P. 57) Eg. two girls were whispering in the library. Eg. The 这两个女孩在图书馆里低声说话。 The wind whispered in the forest.

2. There is no hesitation in their flight. There is no hesitation in their song. (P. 56) hesitation n. Eg. At that very moment, the man rushed into the fire to save the little girl without any hesitation. hesitate v. Eg. Tom always hesitates at nothing.

3. She listened for the wind, but the air was still. (P. 57) But you must be still. (P. 57) still (adj. ): motionless, without movement Eg. ---Just a minute, please, photographer. I want to remove my hat. C Say “cheese”! --- Okay, everybody, hold ____! A. quiet B. silent C. still D. calm

The last sentence Then from within her own heart she … (prep. ) Eg. Suddenly an enemy rushed out with a gun from behind a tree.

Retelling the story once upon a time / long ago talk to the birds, never thought about… grew older, deep in the forest, birds knew their purpose, eagle, hawk, hummingbird, swan, dragonfly, the Dream Keeper, whisper …into … knew her dream, happy

Assignment (optional) 1. Surf the internet and try to find some information about the writer Langston Hughes and his great works ---- poems, stories, novels and so on. 2. Please write a passage with the title “I have a dream”. 3. If possible, see the movie “下一站，天后” from Hong Kong or “Billy Elliot” from France, and do a movie review.

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