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课件网) Unit 1 Looking forwards Developing ideas Reading Learning objectives 1. To understand the poem “The Road Not Taken”, its writing features and figures of speech; 2. To analyse its symbolic meaning and the theme of it. Read the short introduction to Robert Frost and answer the questions. Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of America’s most famous poets. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his works. His poetry has been praised for its natural themes, mostly set in the rural areas of New England where Frost lived most of his life, and for his colloquial approach to American language. His poetry generally has a regular rhythm and rhyme, and is easy to read aloud and remember. He often used simple settings in his poems to explore complex personal and social themes. Among Frost’s best-known poems are The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Birches. What are the special features of Frost’s poetry /k l kwi l/ 会话的；口语的 1. 2. 3. 4. Lead-in Activity 1 Listen and try the understand the meaning of the poem. Understand the poem The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, fair and just: equal in every possible way being the better choice concerning; with regard to looking as if it hasn’t been used enough /da v d / to separate and go in different directions 下层灌木丛 The Road Not Taken And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. tread – trod – trodden 踩踏 (fml.) years from now knowing that in this world one doesn’t know which way will lead to where Complete the table with information from the passage. Activity 3 being unable to take both roads is grassy and wanted wear the passing there has worn the two roads really about the same he will take the first road if he should ever come back made all the difference What’s the language style What’s the rhyme pattern Appreciate the poem The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them re ... ...
