(
课件网) The Road Not Taken Choices That Define Us Which path will you choose Warm-up：The Choice is Yours! Breakfast Choice: A or B Why (Habit Taste Health ) About the Poem & Robert Frost A Life of Choices: 1912: Moved to England (Pursue Poetry) 1915: Returned to U.S. (Published, Famous) 1924-1943: Won 4× Pulitzer Prizes His Style: Rural New England Life | Simple Words, Deep Meaning Read the passage and find out what it is about. The Road Not Taken Read the passage quickly and divide it into several parts. Part 1 Part 2 The passage is divided into two parts: Part 1: the poem The Road Not Taken written by Robert Frost. Part 2: the introduction, explanation or interpretation of the poem. Enjoy the poem and try to understand the meaning of it. Part 1 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; Q1: What season is it What does autumn often symbolize Q2: What does diverge mean Q3: What emotion is here diverge v. 分叉；分歧 -diverse adj. 多样的-divergence n.分歧 SORRY→Regret, even before choosing! The Road Not Taken 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, Q:What are the differences between the two roads Is your choice really better 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. Q: What is your understanding about “way leads on to way” Life is an irreversible one-way journey. Every choice opens up a new sequence that cannot be reversed. Just like the concept of "the butterfly effect" or "life game save points". The Road Not Taken I shall be telling this with a sign 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. Q1: What kind of emotion do this "sigh" represent remembrance pride melancholy pity It is complex, mixed and hard to put into words. It is precisely this openness that makes poetry full of charm. 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, The Road Not Taken 黄色的树林里分出两条路， 可惜我不能同时去涉足， 我在那路口久久伫立， 我向着一条路极目望去， 直到它消失在丛林深处。 但我却选择了另外一条路 它荒草萋萋，十分幽寂 显得更诱人，更美丽 虽然在这条小路上 很少留下旅人的足迹 wear n. 磨损；使用痕迹 claim n. 要求；声称；值得性 diverge v. ... ...
