Choose to be alone on purpose 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)IV Unit5課件

1、Unit 5 Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass(蘇格蘭少蘇格蘭少女女）! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain And sings a melancholy strain; Oh listen! For the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. The Solitary Reaper-WordsworthU

2、nit 5Choose to Be Alone on PurposePara.1: What people are living alone in this society?Para.2: What kind of attitudes do people have toward solitude?Paras.310:Who usually choose to be alone on purpose?Paras.1113: What kind of life are the solitary people leading?Paras.1416: What advice does the auth

3、or give the people living alone? Text structureText structureWordsworth and his Dove CottageMilton and his hutThoreau and Walden PondCompany, companion, accompany，companionable Company n. 同伴， 陪伴 in the company of 在.陪同下 He kept me company. 他陪伴我。 I enjoyed his company. 我喜歡他和我結(jié)伴。 Im glad of your compan

4、y. 有你作陪我很高興。 I have company this evening. 今晚我有客 Having rejected company rather than been cast out by it. He had company in and out of the hut all day Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. feeling ourselves inadequate company.陪伴陪伴同伴同伴同伴同伴同伴同伴陪伴陪伴Companion, companionable Companion n.伴侶，同伴 ,

5、 終身伴侶 Companionable adj.友善的，表示友好的; “ I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”同伴，伴侶同伴，伴侶友好的，友善的友好的，友善的 If the couple dont have true love to each other, they man say to the others : “ We just keep company.” But the couple who have true love, may say: “ We are life companions

6、.”accompany vt. accompany vt.陪伴，陪同; 附加，補(bǔ)充; 與共存; 為伴奏 Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa. 肯答應(yīng)陪我一起去非洲。 Ill go with you, just to keep you_.He is a delightful_. whenever he is around, everyone is happy.Beauty is only skin-deep. Im looking for a life_.Hes a nice _ sort of a person. Ill _ you h

7、ome. companycompanioncompanioncompanionableaccompanyAlone, lonely, loneliness Alone adj. 單獨(dú)的 She is over 30 years old, but she is still alone. Alone ad. After his wife died, he lived alone. Lonely adj. 孤獨(dú)的 She lived alone，but she didnt feel lonely. Loneliness n. 孤獨(dú) Many people think loneliness is a

8、kind of disease.Solitary, solitude Solitary adj. tending to spent a lot of time alone. 喜歡獨(dú)處的 There are many solitary hunters or explorers in America. Solitude n. the situation of being alone 獨(dú)居， 獨(dú)處 Poets can seek inspiration in solitude.Writing skill: Comparison Para 2: the attitudes toward loneline

9、ssA sort of national diseaseOne characteristic of an American heroWhile many people think living in solitude may be a sort of national disease, others take it as a characteristic of American hero. Para11-13: ComparisonPeople who live with others.People who live alonerefreshingVacuumSupporting exampl

10、esSupporting examplesTransitional words: While on the other hand but however still yet in spite of this despite this regardless of even so by contrast compare with (as) compared with by comparison contrast with in contrast with nevertheless (盡管盡管如此）如此） Travel by air vs. travel by train When you want

11、 to go somewhere, there are usually two ways for us to choose. Travel by air or travel by train? That is a matter for us to debate. By recent count, many people choose to take airplane if they can. The reasons are as follows: On the one hand, travel by air is much faster than travel by train. Take t

12、he trip from Qingdao to Beijing as an example. It only takes 40 minutes to arrive there by air, while taking a train might takes you at least 5 hours. Nowadays, most people are time-conscious, so taking airplane may spare them much time to do something else, some more important things. After all, ti

13、me is money. On the other hand, compared with travel by train, travel by air is much more comfortable. China is a populous country, so it is usually very crowded there in the train. By contrast, there are not so many people taking plane, and usually they are wearing clean clothes and most of them ar

14、e educated. Hence, even though there are many advantages in travel by train, I still think it is a clever choice to travel by air. When you want to go somewhere, there are usually two ways for us to choose. Travel by air or travel by train? That is a matter for us to debate. By recent count, many pe

15、ople choose to take airplane if they can. The reasons are as follows: On the one hand, travel by air is much faster than travel by train. Take the trip from Qingdao to Beijing as an example. It only takes 40 minutes to arrive there by air, while taking a train might takes you at least 5 hours. Nowad

16、ays, most people are time-conscious, so taking airplane may spare them much time to do something else, some more important things. After all, time is money. On the other hand, compared with travel by train, travel by air is much more comfortable. China is a populous country, so it is usually very crowded there in the tr