love your life课件

ByHenryDavidThoreau LoveYourLife HenryDavidThoreau HenryDavidThoreau 1817 62 wasbornatConcord Massachusetts HewaseducatedatHarvard andstartedoutasateacher In1845hebuiltacabinatWaldenPondandtherelivedthroughtheseasonsatleastfortwoyears HewroteofhisthoughtsthathehadatWaldenPond andtheresultwashisbook Walden 1854 Atonepoint whileatWaldenPond herefusedtopayhispolltax forthisactofcivildisobedience hespentanightinjail HenryDavidThoreau Likehisneighbour RalphWaldoEmerson 1803 82 Thoreauwasatranscendentalist onewhobelievesinthe divinesufficiencyoftheindividual ToquoteThoreau Themassofmenleadlivesofquietdesperation Whatiscalledresignationisconfirmeddesperation Fromthedesperatecityyougointothedesperatecountry andhavetoconsoleyourselfwiththebraveryofminksandmuskrats Astereotypedbutunconsciousdespairisconcealedevenunderwhatarecalledthegamesandamusementsofmankind Thereisnoplayinthemforthiscomesafterwork Butitisacharacteristicofwisdomnottododesperatethings HenryDavidThoreau Thoreauwasouttotesthistheorythatamanmightbecomerichbymakinghiswantsfew Itistruethatjustbeforesettingouttoexistbyhimself muchlikeahermit he hadlostthegirlheloved EllenSewell andhehadseenhisadoredbrother John dieintheagoniesoflockjaw ButmostbelievethatThoreaudidnotgooffintothewoods sotorunawayfromlife butrathertoconfrontit todeterminewhetherthelivingofitbesublimeoritbemean hedidn tseemtothinkthatitcouldpossiblybeamixture Uponmovingintohisten by fifteen hut July4th 1845 hemovedoutonSeptember6th 1847 Thoreau splanwasset experiencelifeandthenwriteaboutit Thoreau sconclusionsascontainedinhisbook oneoftheworld sgreatestbooks areimportant and insomeways essentialconclusionsaboutlife HenryDavidThoreau Thoreauandhisbook Walden hasbeeninspirationalinmylife Thoreauwasstimulatedbythenaturalthingshefoundinlife heshunnedtheartificial Themanufacturedcollectionsthatmostofusworkonthroughourlivesarebogus andcostly wesweat welabour wetoil weworry andwerarelyaskourselvestowhatpurpose HappilyforThoreau andforallofus atickettonatureisfree ForThoreautheanswerwastolivehappilyandsimply ForThoreauthiscouldnotonlybedoneinexpensively butonlycouldbedone indeed ifonelivedsimply withfewpossessions TheGreekdramatistshadanameforlivinghappilyandsimply hybris insolentprosperity WordsandExpressions Shun shunned shunning vt avoidandstayawayfromdeliberately stayclearof避开 回避 避免Hewasashymanwhoshunnedallpublicity 他是个怕羞的人 总是避开一切引人注目的活动 2 Donotshunitandcallithardnames 用恶言咒骂3 Thrillingadj causingasurgeofemotionorexcitement4 Misgivingn 常用复 uneasinessaboutthefitnessofanaction疑虑 担忧 害怕 WordsandExpressions 5 Disreputableadj lackingrespectabilityincharacterorbehaviororappearance声名狼藉的6 Herbn 草本植物 药草Noherbwillcurelove 无药可治相思病 7 Beconfinedtosth 限制在 局限于Afterheroperation shewasconfinedtobedforaweek Garret顶楼 阁楼attic8 Abjectadj 卑贱的 不幸的 可怜的9 Subjectto易受 影响的 屈服于 的 让步于 Weareapeoplenolongersubjecttoforeignrule 我们是一个不再受外国统治的民族 WordsandExpressions 10 Playon演奏 利用Thatwasascurvytricktoplayonanoldlady 用那样的花招欺负一个老太太 可真卑鄙 Theadvertisingsloganwasaplayonwords 那条广告口号是双关语dissipation浪费Croesus英 kri s s 大富豪 大财主11 Triflern 不务正业的人 吊儿郎当的人onewhobehaveslightlyornotseriously hypernym泛称词 idler loafer do nothing bum12 Magnanimityn extremelyliberalandgenerousofspirit宽宏大量13 Superfluousadj morethanisneeded desired orrequired过多的 多余的n superfluitySomescenesintheplayarerathernearthebone 这个剧里有些情节相当猥亵 QuestionsforDiscussion Basedonyourreading summarizeThoreau sviewoflife WhatdoyouthinkofThoreau sviewoflife Isitpracticalintoday ssociety Doyoutotallyagreewithhisidea Andwhy YourTopicGoesHere Yoursubtopicgoeshere 如果我像一只蜘蛛一样被困在了阁楼的一角 只要我有思想 这个世界对我来说还是一样的大 哲学家曾说过 三军可夺帅 匹夫不可夺志也 谦卑犹如黑暗 闪着天堂之光 多余的财富只够买多余的东西 灵魂的必需品 金钱一样都买不到 Ilearnedthis atleast bymyexperiment thatifoneadvancesconfidentlyinthedirectionofhisdreams andendeavorstolivethelifewhichhehasimaginedhewillmeetwithasuccessunexpectedincommonhours Inproportionashesimplifieshislife thelawsoftheuniversewillappearlesscomplex andsolitudewillnotbesolitude norpovertypoverty norweaknessweakness Ifyouhavebuiltcastlesintheair yourworkneednotbelost thatiswheretheyshouldbe Nowputthefoundationsun