Poem : My Hero The Poet : Willis Hall

My Dad’s as brave as a dad can 作者的父亲是一个非常勇敢的人。

be,
作者称他父亲为“第一”英雄。
I rate him Number One,
他父亲是一个不怕黑暗或地球上任
He’s not afraid of the dead of
night, 何东西的英雄。
Or anything under the sun.

He’s not afraid of a late-night 他不害怕一个人在深夜看恐怖的电

film,
影，
Full of horrors on the telly,
他害怕骨骼吗？
And is he afraid of skeletons?
Not Dad, not on your Nelly! 不，他一点都不愚蠢！

He’s not afraid of meeting 他不怕遇到鬼，

ghosts,
他甚至向鬼微笑和问候，
He’d even smile and greet ‘em,
恐吓父亲最多的事情，
And things that scare most dads
the most, 我的父亲都能打败他们。
My dad could just defeat ‘em.

He’s not afraid of vampires, 他不怕吸血鬼，

Or a wolf-man come to get him,
也不怕狼人來找他，
If Frankenstein’s monster
如果弗兰肯斯坦的怪物来敲我們家
knocked on our door,
He wouldn’t let that upset him. 的门，
他不会让那个怪物令他烦恼。

My dad’s as brave as a dad can 我爸爸可以作为一个勇敢的爸爸，

be,
他总是一直证明他是勇敢的。
And he’s always ready to prove
但为什么，当一个蜘蛛在浴缸里的
it.
So why, when a spider’s in the 时候，
bath, 却要求妈妈來刪除那只蜘蛛呢？

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remove it?
Level 1 (below 2 marks)
Answer the questions.
1. What is the persona’s view of his father?
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2. Who are ‘em’ in the third stanza?
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3. What is the persona puzzled about?
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4. What is this poem is about?
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5. What is one of the ‘horrors’ mentioned in this poem?
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6. Who solves the problem in the end?
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7. How brave is the persona’s father?
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8. What does the phrase ‘dead of night’ mean?
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9. In which line does it state that the persona’s father is not afraid of
skeletons?
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10. Who is not afraid of meeting ghosts?
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11. In which line does it state that the persona’s father would beat
things that scared other fathers?
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12. Who removed the spider?
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13. How does the persona rate his father?
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14. What type of shows does dad watch at night?
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15. What does the phrase ‘not on your Nelly!’ mean?
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16. Which lines state that ‘dad’ would not be worried if Frankenstein’s
monster visited him?
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17. How does the persona know his dad is not afraid of vampires?
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18. What did the persona’s mother do?
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19. Who is not afraid of the dead of the night?
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20. What is full of horrors?

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21. In which line does it state that the persona’s father is a very
courageous man?
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22. What is this child telling us?
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23. What would the persona’s father do if he met ghosts?
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24. What is dad most afraid of?
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25. What well-known monsters are mentioned in this poem?
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Level 2 (HOTS)
Answer the questions.
1. Why do you think the late-night film is full of horrors?
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2. What would you most probably do if Frankenstein’s monster knocked
on your door?
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3. Do you like watching horror movies? Why?
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4. What do you think ‘dad’ would do if a wolf-man came to get him?
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5. How do you think the persona feels about his father? Why?
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6. Which lines state that vampires and were wolves do not scare ‘dad’?
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7. What would not upset ‘dad’?
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8. What is ‘dad’ ever prepared to prove?
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9. How do you think the persona feels about his father at the end of the
poem? Give a reason why.
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10. Who is not afraid of skeletons?

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Level 3 (KBAT)
Which line in the poem suggests:
1. The persona’s father is not afraid of the darkest part of the night.
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2. The persona’s father is not afraid of horror movies shown at night.

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3. Ghosts do not scare the persona’s father.

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4. Vampires and a wolf-man do not frighten the persona’s father.

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5. The persona’s father is afraid of spiders.

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 Level 4 (BONUS)
Answer the questions.
1. Do you like this poem? Why?
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2. In your own words, write what this poem is about.

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3. Is your father a brave man? Give reasons for your answer.

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