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Unit 4 Exploring poetry
Integrated skills
How to read a poem from the reading part
01
have some patience
02
not necessary to fully understand a poem
03
follow your ears
04
be an explorer
Lead-in
Suppose you are travelling alone in such a wood.
You have to choose one of the roads while you have no idea where either of them will lead you to.
Which road will you take Why
Tip
If you take one, you will have to give up the other and the consequences of the choices will be different.
Now let's read Robert Frost’s poem “ The Road Not Taken”.
How to appreciate a poem
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme/meaning
Artistic techniques
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme/meaning
Artistic techniques
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
*One of America’s most famous poets
*Achievements:
Receiving Pulitzer Prize four times (1924, 1931, 1937, 1943)
* Representatives:
New Hampshire《新罕布什尔》
Asking for Roses
But Outer Space
The Road Not Taken
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme/meaning
Artistic techniques
What’s the function of the rhyming words
Rhyming words may make the poem easy and interesting to read and recite.
So the poem has strong rhythm just like a song.
Two diverging roads in a peaceful wood in the countryside.
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme/meaning
Artistic techniques
Which image appears in your
mind when you read the poem
Questions
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme/meaning
Artistic techniques
3.What do you think the two roads in the poem symbolize
The road itself symbolizes the journey of life.
The image of the diverging road symbolizes the choices and opportunities which lead us into the unknown future ahead of us.
1.What did the writer do when he faced the two roads and what
might be his feeling
He looked at them one after another as far as he could and felt undecided which to take.
2.Which road did the writer take finally and what did he think of
his choice
He took the less travelled road and he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice.
Poet
Stanza(诗节)/lines
Rhyme(押韵)/rhythm
Image(意象)
Theme
Artistic techniques
Metaphor
Personification
Comparison
Contradictory
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
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，
直到它消失在丛林的深处。
但我却选了另外一条路，
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，
都很少留下旅人的足迹。
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.
《未选择的路》
—罗伯特·弗罗斯特
虽然那天清晨落叶满地，
两条路都未经脚印污染。
啊,留下一条路等改日再见!
但我知道路径延绵无尽头，
恐怕我难以再回返。
也许多少年后在某个地方，
我将轻声叹息把往事回顾，
一片树林里分出两条路，
而我选了人迹更少的一条，
因此走出了这迥异的旅途。
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.
Watch the video and finish the exercises below(page 51).
B
B1 Watch the video and answer the following questions.
Viewing
Continuing to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning.
Watch the video and finish the exercises below(page 51).
B
B1 Watch the video and answer the following questions.
(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
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Honest and direct.
In 1915.
Any choice in life.
Watch the video and finish the exercises below(page 51).
B
B2 Watch the video and complete the notes below.
Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”
About the poet
Robert Frost was a famous American poet.
He lived from 1874 to (1) _____.
He won (2) _____ Pulitzer Prizes.
He often used rural scenes to explore deep questions about
(3) ____________________.
1963
four
the human condition
Watch the video and finish the exercises below(page 51).
B
Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”
About the poem
The story behind the poem
The poem was inspired by Frost’s (4) __________ in the countryside with Edward Thomas.
Thomas often spent a long time choosing which path to take and afterwards, he would complain that he had picked
(5) __________________.
long walks
the wrong one/path
B2 Watch the video and complete the notes below.
Watch the video and finish the exercises below(page 51).
B
Robert Frost and his poem “The Road Not Taken”
How to understand the poem
When faced with two paths, people have no choice but to
make a decision and see what will happen.
Many people assume that the poet encourages the reader to take (6) through life. You can have your own understanding of the poem.
the difficult path
B2 Watch the video and complete the notes below.
如何写诗歌评论
诗歌饱含着作者的思想感情与想象，语言凝练而形象性强，具有鲜明的节奏、和谐的音韵，富于音乐美。
诗评，即对诗歌的评论。写诗评时通常包含三个步骤：首先，简要介绍诗作和诗人；其次，分析和评价这首诗的艺术特征，如它的韵律、形象、比喻手法、点睛之笔等；最后，分析作者想要表达的情感，给出你对这首诗的理解，在这一部分最好结合个人 经历或情感。
1. The poem was written in 1780, when the writer was in his fifties.
2. The writer wrote this poem for his friend, who was leaving for...
3. This poem conveys the author's sadness at being far from his home and family.
4. Li Bai must be one of the most famous poets in the world.
5. His poems enjoy great popularity at home and abroad.
6. The mood of this poem is quite pessimistic because the author is saying goodbye to his friend, not knowing how long he will be away.
常用表达
7. Many of his poems reflect the history and culture, giving you vivid pictures of people's life hundreds of years ago.
8. The poem uses simple language and has strong rhythm, making it easy to learn and recite.
9. The line written by Wang Bo "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near" wipes away the sorrow of departure and has become a famous saying to express friendship.
10. You need to have a brief understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty to appreciate the poem well.
假如你是李华，学完了罗伯特·弗罗斯特的The Road Not Taken 之后，你的外籍老师要求你写一篇诗评，应包括以下内容：
1.诗的作者；
2.对诗中"roads"的理解；
3.这首诗对你的启发。
注意：词数100左右。
Practice
Remember to check your writing after you finish and exchange drafts between you and your partner. Pay attention to the following aspects:
Checking your writing
Punctuation Spelling Grammar
Choice of words Style (formal/informal) Structure
One possible version:
The Road Not Taken is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. This poem describes a situation where the writer needs to choose from two roads. The "roads" not only refer to the real roads he meets while walking in the yellow woods, but also symbolize different directions in life. The choice has such a big impact on our life that we hesitate a lot at the crossroads.
In my opinion, everyone is a traveler on our journey through life. Once we make a choice, we have little chance to go back, so what we need to do is embrace the future actively rather than sigh for the past.
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