(
课件网) Unit 4 Exploring poetry Integrated Skills 课件 新译林2020版 选必一 The Road Not Taken How much do you know about Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost was a famous American _____. He often used _____ scenes to explore deep questions about the human condition. poet rural The poem was inspired by Frost’s long walks in the countryside with Edward Thomas. Thomas would always spend a long time choosing which path to take, and would complain afterwards that he had picked the _____ path. wrong Aspects of a poem form rhyme rhythm words … purpose feelings meaning How to read a poem follow your ears be an explorer have some patience not necessary to fully understand a poem If you are travelling alone in such a wood, you meet with such a diverging road. Which path will you take Why If you take one, you will have to give up the other and your choice will make all the difference. repeated expressions This poem is written in rhyme. In each stanza, the last words of lines 1, 3 and 4 thyme with each other. And the last word of line 2 rhymes with the last word of line 5. Reading He looked at them one after another as far as he could and felt undecided which to take. Read the poem and try to find the answers to the following questions. A (1) What did the writer do when he faced the two roads and what might be his feeling Reading He took the less travelled road and he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice. Read the poem and try to find the answers to the following questions. A (2) Which road did the writer take finally and what did he think of his choice Reading The roads themselves symbolize the journey of life. Read the poem and try to find the answers to the following questions. A (3) What do you think the two roads in the poem symbolize (1) What is Robert Frost’s writing style like _____ (2) When was “The Road Not Taken” first published _____ (3) What does the image of the two roads stand for _____ (4) What was the difficult path the poet took _____ _____ B1 Watch the video and answer the following questions. Continuing to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning. Honest and direct. In 1915. Any choice in life. 1963 four the human condition long walks the wrong path/one the difficult path bend v. 1) (使)拐弯；转弯 2) 俯身; (使)弯腰 3) 压弯，弄弯 1. To where it bent in the undergrowth e.g. *The road bends sharply to the left. *Bend your knees, but keep your back straight. *You need a special tool to bend the steel. 【拓展】 bend your mind / efforts to sth. 专心致志于某事 bend the truth 扭曲事理，歪曲事实 bend the rules (for sb.) （对某人）放宽规定，通融 e.g. *He slowed down when he drove near a bend in the road. *We started the session with a few knee bends to warm up. bend n. 1)(尤指道路或河流的) 拐弯，弯道 2) (身体的)弯曲 翻译下面句子。 1) 她往前倾身，在我耳边低语。 2) 这条河有一连串的急弯。 3)当我说我没看见她时，确切 ... ...
