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课件网) Unit 1 Reading 1 The evolution of video and sound devices 高中英语 选择性必修（第一册） Unit 4 Exploring poetry Integrated skills 1 Interpreting a poem Suppose you travel alone to such a wood and now have to choose one of the roads while you have no idea where either of them will lead you to, tell me which road you will take and explain why. Lead-in Lead-in I will choose one road to take. Since life offers no guarantee and I will never know if my decisions are wrong until I have made them. I might as well take the risk and decide. It is definitely better than keeping myself at a loss. Although it is true that one wrong turn could get myself lost, it could also be that such a turn could be an opportunity for an adventure, or could even open more roads. It is all a matter of perspective. We have the choice between being a lost traveller or an accidental tourist of life. He is travelling in the countryside. Listening Listen to the poem and try to find the answers to the following questions. 1. Where is the writer travelling 2. What does he have to do He has to make his own decision and see what will happen. 3. What is the wood like in the writer’s eyes He uses the image of a fork in the road to symbolize any decision in life. 1. Please read the poem carefully and answer the following questions. (1) What did the writer do when he faced the two roads and what might be his feeling Reading He looked at them one after another as far as he could and felt undecided which to take. (2) Which roads did the writer take finally and what did he think of his choice Which lines show his attitude to his choice He took the less travelled road even though he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice. The lines that show his attitude are: “I doubted if I should ever come back.” and “I shall be telling this with a sigh”. Reading (3) What image do you see of the wood when you read the poem That is, what picture appears in your mind when you read the poem What are the words and sentences that help you see the image I see a peaceful wood in the countryside, where few people go. I see this image from the words and sentences: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”, “it bent in the undergrowth”, “it was grassy and wanted wear”, “In leaves no step had trodden black”, etc. Reading (4) What do you think the two roads in the poem symbolize The road itself symbolizes the journey of life, while the image of the road forking off into two paths symbolizes the choices and opportunities we are presented with, and which ultimately lead us into the unknown future that lies ahead of us. Reading 2. Please read aloud the poem again and answer the question: Are there any repeated words, rhymes or other special effects In the first stanza, there is a sentence “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”. And in the last stanza, there is an expression “Two roads diverged in a wood”. These two sentences are almo ... ...
