Unit1LookingForwardsReading課件高二英語(yǔ)選擇性

外研選擇性必修第四冊(cè)Unit1Period4Reading教學(xué)目

Lead-inRobertFrost(1874-1963)wasoneofAmerica’smostfamouspoets.HewonthePulitzerPrizeforPoetryfourtimesandwasawardedtheCongressionalGoldMedalforhisworks.Hispoetryhasbeenpraisedforitsnaturalthemes,mostlysetintheruralareasofNewEnglandwhereFrostlivedmostofhislife,andforhiscolloquialapproachtoAmericanlanguage.Hispoetrygenerallyhasaregularrhythmandrhyme,andiseasytoreadaloudandremember.Heoftenusedsimplesettingsinhispoemstoexplorecomplexpersonalandsocialthemes.Among

Frost'sbest-knownpoemsareTheRoadNotTaken,FireandIce,StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningandBirches.1WhatarethespecialfeaturesofFrost’spoetry?TherearefourspecialfeaturesofFrost’spoetry:first,ithasbeenpraisedforitsnaturalthemes,mostlysetintheruralareasofNewEngland;second,ithasbeenpraisedforhiscolloquialapproachtoAmericanlanguage;third,itgenerallyhasaregularrhythmandrhyme,andiseasytoreadaloudandremember;andfinally,heoftenusedsimplesettingsinhispoemstoexplorecomplexpersonalandsocialthemes.2HaveyoureadanypoemswrittenbyRobertFrost?Shareonewiththeclass.Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofit2Tousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectly12Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofitTousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectly目標(biāo)一:Tounderstandthepoem“TheRoadNotTaken”,itswritingfeaturesandfiguresofspeech,analyseitssymbolicmeaningandthethemeofitActivity1:Lookatthepictureandthetitle,predictwhatthepassageisabout.TheRoadNotTakenActivity2:Readthepassageandfindoutwhatitisabout.Thepassageisdividedintotwoparts:thepoemTheRoadNotTakenwrittenbyRobertFrostandtheintroduction,explanationorinterpretationofthepoem.Activity3:Completethetablewithinformationfromthepassage.

SummaryofthepoemAtravellerinthewoodcomestoaforkintheroadandhefeelssorryfor1

___________________________________.Aftercloseobservation,hedecidestochoosetheonewhich2_______________________,though3_____________________________________________________________________.Hetellshimself4______________________someday,buthedoubts5________________________.Heimaginesthat,manyyearsinthefuture,hewilltellthisstorywithasign,sayingthathischoicehas6___________________.beingunabletotakebothroadsisgrassyandwantswearthepassingtherehaswornthetworoadsreallyaboutthesamehewilltakethefirstroadifheshouldevercomebackmadeallthedifferenceAppreciationandinterpretation?ItisoneofthemostfamousAmericanpoemsofalltime.?Thedivergedroadsinthepoemsymbolise7________________________________________________.?Oncewehavetakenaroad,wemightwonder8__________________________________.Insteadoflookingbackwithregret,weshould9________________________________________________________________.howourlivesprogressandchangewhetherwemadetherightchoicebefacingourfuturewithenergyandoptimism,forthechoicesareoursonlyActivity4:Readthepoemagainandfindoutthesymbolicmeaningoftheimagesinit.LearningtolearnSymbolismistheuseofanobjecttorepresentanabstractidea.Forexample,therosecouldrepresentloveandaffection,andtherainbowcouldsymbolisehope.Itallowsthepoettoexpressacertainmoodoremotioninamoresubtleway,asopposedtostatingitdirectly.Pathsinthewoodsareoftenusedtosymbolizehowourlifeprogressandchange.Thelines“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,/AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth”

giveusavisualrepresentationofthechoicesthatwefaceanddecisionsthatweneedtomake.Activity5:Think&Share

1Whydoyouthinkthewriterlooksbackonhisdecision“withasigh”?Thewriterlooksbackonhisdecision“withasigh”,becauseheiswonderingwhetherhemadetherightdecision.2Whataretherhymingwordsinthispoem?Whateffectdotheyhave?Therhymingwordsinthispoemare:wood,stood,could;both,undergrowth;fair,wear,there;claim,same;lay,day,way;black,back;sigh,I,by;hence,difference.Rhymingwordsmaymakeiteasiertoreadandrecitethepoem,becausetheymaketherhythmofthepoemfairlyobvious.3Whatisthemostdifficultchoiceyouhaveeverhadtomake?Whatdidyouchoosetodo?Onepossibleanswer:OnceIhadtomakeadifficultdecisionbetweenlyingtomymothertoavoidbeingpunishedandtellingthetruth.IchosetotellthetruthbecauseI’dliketobeanhonestperson.4Whateffectwillthepoemhaveonyouwhenyoufacedecisionsinthefuture?Giveyourreasons.Onepossibleanswer:FromthepoemIknow,whateverdecisionsIhavemade,Ishouldmakethemostofthedecisionandbeoptimisticaboutthefutureratherthanlookbackwithregret.5Inwhatdifferentwaysdothetworeadingpassagesinthisunitimproveyourunderstandingofthechoicesyoumakeandhowtheyimpactyourfuture?Onepossibleanswer:Thefirstreadingpassagetellsusthattherearevariouspossibilitiesforfuturedevelopment.Andthesecondreadingpassageencouragesustofaceourfuturewithenergyandoptimisminsteadofregret.Activity6:Workingroups.Readanotherinterpretationofthepoemandprepareareportcomparingitwiththeoneinthepassage.TheRoadNotTakenisoneofAmerica’sbest-lovedpoems,andIthinkitisapitythatitisgenerallymisunderstood

asacallforfacingthefuturewithoutregret.Tome,itisreallyaboutacceptingtheconsequencesofourchoicesmanyyearsinthefuture,whenitistoolatetochangethem.Thetworoadsinthewoodwere“reallyaboutthesame”,SOthecauseofanyindecisionisafearofregret.Itis,however,acceptabletofeelregretful,becauseitservesasaremindertolivelifetothefull.1Discussthetwointerpretationsfromthefollowingaspects.Dofurtherresearchifnecessary.?Whatpointsdothetwo

interpretationsshare?Thetwointerpretationssharethefollowingpoints:thepoemTheRoadNotTakenisoneofAmerica'smostfamousorbest-lovedpoems,anditisaboutchoice.?Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenthetwointerpretations?Themajordifferencesbetweenthetwointerpretationsare:theoneinthepassageinterpretsthepoemasacallforfacingthefuturewithoutregret,whilethesecondinterpretation

(Robert’s)maintainsthatthepoemisreallyaboutacceptingtheconsequencesofourchoicesmanyyearsinthefuture,whenitistoolatetochangethem.?Whichinterpretationseemsmoreconvincingtoyou?Why??Canyouthinkofyetanotherinterpretationofthepoem?2Prepareyourreport,includingyourunderstandingofthepoem.3Shareyourreportwiththeclass.目標(biāo)二:TousethekeylanguagepointsfromthepassagecorrectlyActivity1:Findtheimportantwords,phrases,andlanguagepointsyouwanttosharewithyourpartner.Thendiscussingroupsandsharetheirusagewiththeclass.1settomusic譜曲

anumberof+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)許多；大量【教材原文】Thepoemhasbeensettomusicbyanumber

ofartists

andusedinnumeroustelevisioncommercials.許多藝術(shù)家為這首詩(shī)譜了曲，它還被運(yùn)用于大量的電視廣告之中。2infact事實(shí)上notonly...butalso...不僅……而且……thoughtfulinsightsintohumannature

人性的深刻洞察【教材原文】Ithasinfactbecomeoneofthemostfamous

Americanpoemsofalltime,notonlybecauseofitsnaturalstyle,butalsobecauseofitsthoughtfulinsightsintohumannature.事實(shí)上，它已經(jīng)成為美國(guó)歷史上最著名的詩(shī)歌之一，這不僅是因?yàn)槠渥匀坏娘L(fēng)格，還因?yàn)槠鋵?duì)人性的深刻洞察。【句型分析】notonly...butalso...連接兩個(gè)并列短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)。3cannothelpbutdosth.情不自禁做某事【教材原文】WhenreadingTheRoadNotTaken,onecannothelpbutseeinone’smindimagesofpeacefulwooddeepwithinthecountryside.

閱讀《未選擇的路》總會(huì)讓人腦海中不禁浮現(xiàn)出鄉(xiāng)村深處?kù)o謐的樹林?！揪湫头治觥縒henreadingTheRoadNotTaken,分詞短語(yǔ)作伴隨狀語(yǔ)。4beusedtodosth被用來(lái)做某事【教材原文】Pathsinthewoodsareoftenusedtosymbolizehowourlivesprogressandchange.

林間小路往往象征我們?nèi)松械倪M(jìn)步和變化。5Thelines“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,/AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth”giveusavisualrepresentationofthechoicesthatwefaceandthedecisionsthatweneedtomake.“金黃色林中兩條路各奔一方，可惜我無(wú)法兼顧”這兩句話生動(dòng)地展現(xiàn)了我們面臨的選擇以及需要做出的決定。【句型分析】thatweface定語(yǔ)從句修飾choices；thatweneedtomake定語(yǔ)從句修飾decisions。6throwsthatsb向某人拋某物onadailybasis每天alternative可供選擇的事物【教材原文】Lifethrowsmanyalternativesatusonadailybasis.生活每天都會(huì)向我們拋出許多選擇。7rangefrom...to...范圍從……到……【教材原文】Theserangefromthebasic

“WhatshouldIweartoday?”tothekeyissuesofwhatsubjecttostudyatuniversityorwhatjobtodoaftergraduation.生活每天都會(huì)向我們拋出許多選擇，不僅包括“我今天應(yīng)該穿什么”這樣的小問(wèn)題，也包括大學(xué)應(yīng)該學(xué)什么專業(yè)或者畢業(yè)后應(yīng)該做什么工作這樣的重大問(wèn)題。8arisefrom來(lái)自resultindoingsth導(dǎo)致做某事【教材原文】Ofcourse,thegreatestdilemmasarisefrommoralproblems,whenweareuncertainwhichchoiceresultsindoingtherightthing.當(dāng)然，最大的困境往往源于道德問(wèn)題，因?yàn)槲覀儾淮_定哪個(gè)選擇才是正確的。9Whetherbigorsmall,whatallourchoiceshaveincommonisthattheyleadtospecificconsequences.無(wú)論我們的選擇是大是小，它們都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，那就是它們都會(huì)帶來(lái)某種結(jié)果?！揪湫头治觥縲hether...or...意為“不管...還是...”,引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)，whatallourchoiceshaveincommon是what引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句；that引導(dǎo)表語(yǔ)從句。10makeadecision做決定inmostcircumstances大多數(shù)情況下【教材原文】Oncewemakeadecision,inmostcircumstances,thereisnogoingback.在大多數(shù)情況下，一旦我們做了選擇，就沒有退路。11considerdoingsth【教材原文】Althoughthewriterofthepoemconsiderstakingtheotherpathanotherday,heknowsit’sunlikelythathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso.雖然這首詩(shī)的作者考慮改天再探索另一條路，但是他也知道獲得這種機(jī)會(huì)的可能性微乎其微?！揪湫头治觥縤t’sunlikelythathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso賓語(yǔ)從句；從句中it作形式主語(yǔ)；thathewilleverhavetheopportunitytodoso主語(yǔ)從句12Likethewriter,allwecandoislookbackwards“withasigh”andimaginewhatcouldhavebeen.就像作者一樣，我們能做的只有在回首往事時(shí)“輕聲嘆息”，幻想事情本可以成為什么樣子。【句型分析】allwecando主語(yǔ)從句；whatcouldhavebeen賓語(yǔ)從句13forinstance例如【教材原文】Presentedwithtwojoboffers,forinstance,wemaywonderexactlywhatitiswe’rechoosingbetween.比如當(dāng)我們同時(shí)面對(duì)兩個(gè)工作機(jī)會(huì)時(shí)，我們可能會(huì)思索到底我們是在什么當(dāng)中選擇?！揪湫头治觥縋resentedwithtwojoboffers

過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)，與主語(yǔ)we構(gòu)成被動(dòng)關(guān)系；whatitiswe’rechoosingbetween賓語(yǔ)從句14turndown拒絕【教材原文】Whatif,inchoosingone,weareunknowinglyturningdownotherfutureopportunities?如果我們選擇了一份工作而在不知不覺中放棄了其他未來(lái)的機(jī)會(huì)，那該怎么辦？【詞匯釋義】whatif...?意為“如果……怎么樣？”，該句型通常用于提出建議，是一種主句省略了主干成分，只保留疑問(wèn)詞What+if引導(dǎo)的條件狀語(yǔ)從句的常見句型。例如：Whatifthetrainislate？（要是火車晚點(diǎn)了怎么辦？）15lookbackonsth回顧某事【教材原文】Howwillwelookbackono