Unit1LookingForwardsReading课件高二英语选择性

外研选择性必修第四册Unit1Period4Reading教学目

Lead-inRobertFrost(1874-1963)wasoneofAmerica’smostfamouspoets.HewonthePulitzerPrizeforPoetryfourtimesandwasawardedtheCongressionalGoldMedalforhisworks.Hispoetryhasbeenpraisedforitsnaturalthemes,mostlysetintheruralareasofNewEnglandwhereFrostlivedmostofhislife,andforhiscolloquialapproachtoAmericanlanguage.Hispoetrygenerallyhasaregularrhythmandrhyme,andiseasytoreadaloudandremember.Heoftenusedsimplesettingsinhispoemstoexplorecomplexpersonalandsocialthemes.Among

Frost'sbest-knownpoemsareTheRoadNotTaken,FireandIce,StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandBirches.1WhatarethespecialfeaturesofFrost’spoetry?TherearefourspecialfeaturesofFrost’spoetry:first,ithasbeenpraisedforitsnaturalthemes,mostlysetintheruralareasofNewEngland;second,ithasbeenpraisedforhiscolloquialapproachtoAmericanlanguage;third,itgenerallyhasaregularrhythmandrhyme,andiseasytoreadaloudandremember;andfinally,heoftenusedsimplesettingsinhispoemstoexplorecomplexpersonalandsocialthemes.2HaveyoureadanypoemswrittenbyRobertFrost?Shareonewiththeclass.Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofit2Tousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectly12Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofitTousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectly目标一:Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofitActivity1:Lookatthepictureandthetitle,predictwhatthepassageisabout.TheRoadNotTakenActivity2:Readthepassageandfindoutwhatitisabout.Thepassageisdividedintotwoparts:thepoemTheRoadNotTakenwrittenbyRobertFrostandtheintroduction,explanationorinterpretationofthepoem.Activity3:Completethetablewithinformationfromthepassage.

SummaryofthepoemAtravellerinthewoodcomestoaforkintheroadandhefeelssorryfor1

___________________________________.Aftercloseobservation,hedecidestochoosetheonewhich2_______________________,though3_____________________________________________________________________.Hetellshimself4______________________someday,buthedoubts5________________________.Heimaginesthat,manyyearsinthefuture,hewilltellthisstorywithasign,sayingthathischoicehas6___________________.beingunabletotakebothroadsisgrassyandwantswearthepassingtherehaswornthetworoadsreallyaboutthesamehewilltakethefirstroadifheshouldevercomebackmadeallthedifferenceAppreciationandinterpretation•ItisoneofthemostfamousAmericanpoemsofalltime.•Thedivergedroadsinthepoemsymbolise7________________________________________________.•Oncewehavetakenaroad,wemightwonder8__________________________________.Insteadoflookingbackwithregret,weshould9________________________________________________________________.howourlivesprogressandchangewhetherwemadetherightchoicebefacingourfuturewithenergyandoptimism,forthechoicesareoursonlyActivity4:Readthepoemagainandfindoutthesymbolicmeaningoftheimagesinit.LearningtolearnSymbolismistheuseofanobjecttorepresentanabstractidea.Forexample,therosecouldrepresentloveandaffection,andtherainbowcouldsymbolisehope.Itallowsthepoettoexpressacertainmoodoremotioninamoresubtleway,asopposedtostatingitdirectly.Pathsinthewoodsareoftenusedtosymbolizehowourlifeprogressandchange.Thelines“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,/AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth”

giveusavisualrepresentationofthechoicesthatwefaceanddecisionsthatweneedtomake.Activity5:Think&Share

1Whydoyouthinkthewriterlooksbackonhisdecision“withasigh”?Thewriterlooksbackonhisdecision“withasigh”,becauseheiswonderingwhetherhemadetherightdecision.2Whataretherhymingwordsinthispoem?Whateffectdotheyhave?Therhymingwordsinthispoemare:wood,stood,could;both,undergrowth;fair,wear,there;claim,same;lay,day,way;black,back;sigh,I,by;hence,difference.Rhymingwordsmaymakeiteasiertoreadandrecitethepoem,becausetheymaketherhythmofthepoemfairlyobvious.3Whatisthemostdifficultchoiceyouhaveeverhadtomake?Whatdidyouchoosetodo?Onepossibleanswer:OnceIhadtomakeadifficultdecisionbetweenlyingtomymothertoavoidbeingpunishedandtellingthetruth.IchosetotellthetruthbecauseI’dliketobeanhonestperson.4Whateffectwillthepoemhaveonyouwhenyoufacedecisionsinthefuture?Giveyourreasons.Onepossibleanswer:FromthepoemIknow,whateverdecisionsIhavemade,Ishouldmakethemostofthedecisionandbeoptimisticaboutthefutureratherthanlookbackwithregret.5Inwhatdifferentwaysdothetworeadingpassagesinthisunitimproveyourunderstandingofthechoicesyoumakeandhowtheyimpactyourfuture?Onepossibleanswer:Thefirstreadingpassagetellsusthattherearevariouspossibilitiesforfuturedevelopment.Andthesecondreadingpassageencouragesustofaceourfuturewithenergyandoptimisminsteadofregret.Activity6:Workingroups.Readanotherinterpretationofthepoemandprepareareportcomparingitwiththeoneinthepassage.TheRoadNotTakenisoneofAmerica’sbest-lovedpoems,andIthinkitisapitythatitisgenerallymisunderstood

asacallforfacingthefuturewithoutregret.Tome,itisreallyaboutacceptingtheconsequencesofourchoicesmanyyearsinthefuture,whenitistoolatetochangethem.Thetworoadsinthewoodwere“reallyaboutthesame”,SOthecauseofanyindecisionisafearofregret.Itis,however,acceptabletofeelregretful,becauseitservesasaremindertolivelifetothefull.1Discussthetwointerpretationsfromthefollowingaspects.Dofurtherresearchifnecessary.•Whatpointsdothetwo

interpretationsshare?Thetwointerpretationssharethefollowingpoints:thepoemTheRoadNotTakenisoneofAmerica'smostfamousorbest-lovedpoems,anditisaboutchoice.•Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenthetwointerpretations?Themajordifferencesbetweenthetwointerpretationsare:theoneinthepassageinterpretsthepoemasacallforfacingthefuturewithoutregret,whilethesecondinterpretation

(Robert’s)maintainsthatthepoemisreallyaboutacceptingtheconsequencesofourchoicesmanyyearsinthefuture,whenitistoolatetochangethem.•Whichinterpretationseemsmoreconvincingtoyou?Why?•Canyouthinkofyetanotherinterpretationofthepoem?2Prepareyourreport,includingyourunderstandingofthepoem.3Shareyourreportwiththeclass.目标二:TousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectlyActivity1:Findtheimportantwords,phrases,andlanguagepointsyouwanttosharewithyourpartner.Thendiscussingroupsandsharetheirusagewiththeclass.1settomusic谱曲

anumberof+可数名词复数许多；大量【教材原文】Thepoemhasbeensettomusicbyanumber

ofartists

andusedinnumeroustelevisioncommercials.许多艺术家为这首诗谱了曲，它还被运用于大量的电视广告之中。2infact事实上notonly...butalso...不仅……而且……thoughtfulinsightsintohumannature

人性的深刻洞察【教材原文】Ithasinfactbecomeoneofthemostfamous

Americanpoemsofalltime,notonlybecauseofitsnaturalstyle,butalsobecauseofitsthoughtfulinsightsintohumannature.事实上，它已经成为美国历史上最著名的诗歌之一，这不仅是因为其自然的风格，还因为其对人性的深刻洞察。【句型分析】notonly...butalso...连接两个并列短语作状语。3cannothelpbutdosth.情不自禁做某事【教材原文】WhenreadingTheRoadNotTaken,onecannothelpbutseeinone’smindimagesofpeacefulwooddeepwithinthecountryside.

阅读《未选择的路》总会让人脑海中不禁浮现出乡村深处静谧的树林。【句型分析】WhenreadingTheRoadNotTaken,分词短语作伴随状语。4beusedtodosth被用来做某事【教材原文】Pathsinthewoodsareoftenusedtosymbolizehowourlivesprogressandchange.

林间小路往往象征我们人生中的进步和变化。5Thelines“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,/AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth”giveusavisualrepresentationofthechoicesthatwefaceandthedecisionsthatweneedtomake.“金黄色林中两条路各奔一方，可惜我无法兼顾”这两句话生动地展现了我们面临的选择以及需要做出的决定。【句型分析】thatweface定语从句修饰choices；thatweneedtomake定语从句修饰decisions。6throwsthatsb向某人抛某物onadailybasis每天alternative可供选择的事物【教材原文】Lifethrowsmanyalternativesatusonadailybasis.生活每天都会向我们抛出许多选择。7rangefrom...to...范围从……到……【教材原文】Theserangefromthebasic

“WhatshouldIweartoday?”tothekeyissuesofwhatsubjecttostudyatuniversityorwhatjobtodoaftergraduation.生活每天都会向我们抛出许多选择，不仅包括“我今天应该穿什么”这样的小问题，也包括大学应该学什么专业或者毕业后应该做什么工作这样的重大问题。8arisefrom来自resultindoingsth导致做某事【教材原文】Ofcourse,thegreatestdilemmasarisefrommoralproblems,whenweareuncertainwhichchoiceresultsindoingtherightthing.当然，最大的困境往往源于道德问题，因为我们不确定哪个选择才是正确的。9Whetherbigorsmall,whatallourchoiceshaveincommonisthattheyleadtospecificconsequences.无论我们的选择是大是小，它们都有一个共同点，那就是它们都会带来某种结果。【句型分析】whether...or...意为“不管...还是...”,引导让步状语，whatallourchoiceshaveincommon是what引导的主语从句；that引导表语从句。10makeadecision做决定inmostcircumstances大多数情况下【教材原文】Oncewemakeadecision,inmostcircumstances,thereisnogoingback.在大多数情况下，一旦我们做了选择，就没有退路。11considerdoingsth【教材原文】Althoughthewriterofthepoemconsiderstakingtheotherpathanotherday,heknowsit’sunlikelythathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso.虽然这首诗的作者考虑改天再探索另一条路，但是他也知道获得这种机会的可能性微乎其微。【句型分析】it’sunlikelythathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso宾语从句；从句中it作形式主语；thathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso主语从句12Likethewriter,allwecandoislookbackwards“withasigh”andimaginewhatcouldhavebeen.就像作者一样，我们能做的只有在回首往事时“轻声叹息”，幻想事情本可以成为什么样子。【句型分析】allwecando主语从句；whatcouldhavebeen宾语从句13forinstance例如【教材原文】Presentedwithtwojoboffers,forinstance,wemaywonderexactlywhatitiswe’rechoosingbetween.比如当我们同时面对两个工作机会时，我们可能会思索到底我们是在什么当中选择。【句型分析】Presentedwithtwojoboffers

过去分词短语作状语，与主语we构成被动关系；whatitiswe’rechoosingbetween宾语从句14turndown拒绝【教材原文】Whatif,inchoosingone,weareunknowinglyturningdownotherfutureopportunities?如果我们选择了一份工作而在不知不觉中放弃了其他未来的机会，那该怎么办？【词汇释义】whatif...?意为“如果……怎么样？”，该句型通常用于提出建议，是一种主句省略了主干成分，只保留疑问词What+if引导的条件状语从句的常见句型。例如：Whatifthetrainislate？（要是火车晚点了怎么办？）15lookbackonsth回顾某事【教材原文】Howwillwelookbackono