Unit1 Looking forwards Developing ideas 课件(共19张PPT，内镶嵌视频)-外研版(2019)选择性必修第四册

(共19张PPT)
Book 7 Unit 1 Looking forwards
Developing ideas
The ROad not taken
外研版2019
Look at the picture and share with us what you know of the man.
Activity 1 Lead-in
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Read the short introduction to Robert Frost and answer the question: What are the special features of Frost’s poetry
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(桦树).
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Activity 1 Lead-in
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Have you read any poems written by Robert Frost
Let’s watch a video and learn more about Robert Frost.
Activity 1 Lead-in
Let’s read the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and finish the summary of the poem.(Ex3 PartI)
Activity 2 Reading a poem
A traveler in the wood comes to a fork in the road and he feels sorry for 1__________________________. After close observation, he decides to choose the one which 2________________________, though 3_____________________________________________________________. He tells himself that 4______________________ some day, but he doubts 5________________________ . He imagines that, many years in the future, he will tell this story with a sigh, saying that his choice has
6_______________________________.
being unable to take both roads
is grassy and wants wear
the passing there has worn the two roads really
about the same
he will take the other road
if he should ever come back
made all the difference
Let’s reread the poem, better understand it and underline the rhyming words.
Activity 2 Reading a poem
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，
v. extend in a different direction
/da v d /
n. small trees and bushes growing under taller trees in a wood
n. statement of sth as a fact
n. (damage or loss of quality caused by) use
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 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.
/ tr dn/
tread--trod--trod/trodden
v. put one's foot when walking; step
adv. from this time
Rhyming words may make it easier to read and recite the poem.
Have you found the feature of the rhyming words What effect do they have
Line 1 rhymes line 3 and line 4 while line 2 rhymes line 5.
Read the 2nd part of the passage and answer the questions:
Activity 3 Reading
1. What’s the genre of the text
A．An advertisement. B．Narrative writing.
C．Practical writing. D．Argumentative writing.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to para4
A．Our choices have the same consequences.
B．We can change our choice or decision as long as we want.
C．We choose one option and at the same time reject another opportunity.
D．When it’s hard to make a choice, we can let others make the choice instead of us. 3. What does“it”mean in the sentence“...it can also lead to new adventures and experiences.” in para5？
A．A more unusual path. B．A new understanding of the poem.
C．Another understanding of life. D．A way of making decisions.
4．According to the passage, what attitude should we have towards future
A．Curious. B．Optimistic. C．Pessimistic. D．Indifferent.
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Read the 2nd part of the passage and answer the questions:
Activity 3 Reading
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An interpretation of a poem
Read the 2nd part of the passage and complete the 2nd part of the table in Ex3:
Activity 3 Reading
Appreciation and interpretation
It is one of the most famous American poems of all time.
The diverged roads in the poem symbolise 7 ___________________________.
Once we have taken a road, we might wonder 8 _____________________________. Instead of looking back with regret, we should 9 _______________________________________________________.
how our lives progress and change
whether we made the right choice
be facing our future with energy and optimism, for the choices are ours only
Read para 1 and answer the question:
Activity 4 Intensive Reading
Lines from the poem The Road Not Taken are often quoted in speeches of all kinds. The poem has been set to music by a number of artists and used in numerous television commercials. It has in fact become one of the most famous American poems of all time, not only because of its natural style, but also because of its thoughtful insights into human nature.
Q. What makes the poem one of the most famous American poems all the time
Because of its natural style and thoughtful insights into human nature.
Read para 2 and answer the questions:
Activity 4 Intensive Reading
When reading The Road Not Taken, one cannot help but see in one’s mind images of a peaceful wood deep within the countryside. Paths in the woods are often used to symbolize how our lives progress and change. The lines “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both” give us a visual representation of the choices that we face and the decisions that we need to make. Life throws many alternatives at us on a daily basis. These range from the basic “What should I wear today ” to the key issues of what subject to study at university or what job to do after graduation. Of course, the greatest dilemmas arise from moral problems, when we are uncertain which choice results in doing the right thing.
Q. What do “Paths in the woods” often symbolize
To symbolize how our lives progress and change.
Q. Why do people consider moral problems as the greatest dilemmas
Because they are uncertain which choice brings about the right thing.
Learning to learn
Symbolism is the use of an object to represent an abstract idea. For example, the rose could represent love and affection, and the rainbow could symbolise hope. It allows the poet to express a certain mood or emotion in a more subtle way, as opposed to stating it directly.
Read para 3&4 and answer the questions:
Activity 4 Intensive Reading
Whether big or small, what all our choices have in common is that they lead to specific consequences. Once we make a decision, in most circumstances, there is no going back. Although the writer of the poem considers taking the other path another day, he knows it’s unlikely that he will ever have the opportunity to do so. Like the writer, all we can do is look backwards “with a sigh” and imagine what could have been.
This sigh, this wondering whether we made the right choice, is understandable. Although we may be free to choose which path to take, this choice isn’t easy when those two paths look similar. Presented with two job offers, for instance, we may wonder exactly what it is we’re choosing between. What if, in choosing one, we are unknowingly turning down other future opportunities Will we ever even find out whether we made the right choice
It means the decision we made can’t be changed.
Q1. What does “there is no going back” mean
Q2. Why do you think the man looking back on his decision “with a sigh”？
Because he may wonder whether he has made the right decision,
but once we make a decision, in most circumstances, there is no going back.
Read para 5 and answer the question:
Activity 4 Intensive Reading
Ultimately, the road ahead -- the road through our lives -- is a mixture of choice and chance. And when we are approaching the end of that road, how will we remember the journey How will we look back on our lives In the poem, the writer doubts his choice, thinking that in the future “ages and ages hence”, he may claim that he took the “less traveled” road. Some of us do take a more unusual path through life, and while it may be a harder one to follow, it can also lead to new adventures and experiences. Nonetheless, part of the art of decision-making is learning to make the most of our decisions. Instead of looking back with regret, we should be facing our future with energy and optimism, for the choices are ours, and ours only.
Q. According to the author, what should we do if we choose the unusual path
Instead of looking back with regret, we should be facing our future with energy and optimism.
Activity 5 Listening
Let’s listen to the poet reading this poem and reflect on our choices.
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
Assignment: Translate the poem into Chinese.
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 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.
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
Assignment: Translate the poem into Chinese.
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 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.
那天清晨落叶满地
两条路都未经脚印污染
呵，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
也许多年后在某个地方
我将轻声叹息将往事回顾：
一片树林里分出两条路——
而我选择了人迹更少的一条，
从此决定了我一生的道路。