Unit+5+Learning+from+Nature+Developing+ideas 高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

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BornintoapooraristocraticfamilyintheEasternJinDynasty,TaoYuanming(365-427)wasoneofChina`sgreatestpoetsandanotedrecluse.Amasterofthefive-wordline,Taohasbeendescribedasthefirstgreat“poetoffieldsandgardens.”

HenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)wasanAmericanessayist,poet,andphilosopher.Hebeganwritingnaturepoetryinhisearlytwenties.In1845,hebeganhisfamoustwo-yearstayatWaldenPond,whichhewroteaboutinhismasterwork,Walden.

ReadtheshortintroductionstoTaoYuanmingandHenryDavidBacktoNatureLearningtolearn

Acomparativeessaycompares,contrastsandevaluatestwoormoretopics.Theremustbeenoughsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetopicssothattheycanbediscussedinameaningfulway.Anumberofpointsshouldbediscussedwithinacomparativeessay.BacktoNatureReadthepassageandfindoutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenTaoYuanmingandHenryDavidThoreau.Differences：thereasonswhytheyarebacktonaturetheimagestheydescribeintheirworksthemessagestheyconveythroughtheirworks.SimilaritiesBothmadedramatictransformationstotheirlivesinordertoreconnectwithnature.Bothwerehappytowithdrawfromcontemporarylife,seekingaharmoniousrelationshipwithnatureinthequietnessoftheirlives.TaoYuanmingHewentbacktonaturebecausehefeltconflictedoverlifeatcourt.Hisreturntonaturewasareactiontoalifestylehewasopposedto.Thecalmandpeacefullifehewroteaboutisincontrasttoandcriticalofthedepressivecourtlife.HenryDavidThoreauThoreau'sreturntonaturewasapersonaldecisiontotransformthewayhelived.Thoreau'sdescriptionsofnatureemphasisedthebeautyandpurityofthewildareasaroundhim.Hewroteaboutnatureinordertoconvincepeoplethatanimalsandplantshadarighttoliveandprosper,aswedo.Howdoyouunderstandthetitle?Post-readingBacktoNaturetoreturnfrom…Nature自然之本源thenatureoflife生活之本质Humannature人心之本性tobeateasewith