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Thoreau’sNatureWorldCloud第一页，共9页。

Walden,orLifeintheWoodswhichwasfirstreleasedin1854hadbeenpubilshedforthousandsoftimesandhadhundredsofeditionsinthe156yearssinceThoreaupassedaway.Anduntilltoday,it’sstillreadbypeoplefromeverycorneroftheworld.第二页，共9页。HenryDavidThoreau

(1817-1862)

Birthplace:MassachusettsNationality:AmericaTitle:Proser,Poet,Naturalist,Philosopher

HewasgraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1837.In1845,hebuilthimselfasmallframehouseontheshoresofWaldenPond,andlivedtherefortwoyearsalone,alifeoflaborandstudy.

第三页，共9页。

NowifeNofriendNoservantsHesupportedhimselfbygrowingvegetablesandbysurveyinganddoingoddjobsinthenearbyvillage.

Hereducedhismaterialneedsbylivingsimply,sothathewouldnothavetospendmuchtimesupportingalifestylethathedidnotneedorcareabout.

HowdidThoreauliveinthewoods?第四页，共9页。WhydidThoreaulivealoneinthewoods?第五页，共9页。InWalden's"WhereILived,&WhatILivedfor",hedescribesanmotive:

IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwantedtolivedeliberately.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife!Toputtoroutallthatwasnotlife.Andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.-----Thoreau我步入丛林，因为(yīnwèi)我希望生活得有意义，我希望活得深刻，汲取生命中所有的精华，把非生命的一切都击溃，以免让我在生命终结时，发现自己从来没有活过。-----梭罗第六页，共9页。

Thoreauwantedtogetthemostfromhislifebydeterminingwhatwasreallyimportant.

HedevotedmostofhistimetoobservingNature,reading,andwritingandhekeptadetailedjournalofhisobservations,activitiesandthoughts.

Hewasquiteenjoythatlifeandsolitude.Andthere,hefinishedhismostfamousbookWalden.第七页，共9页。

ThoreaudiedonMay6,1862,aged44years.Inthecontemporaryeyes,Heisjuststrangeparanoid(偏执狂),aEmersonsuitors.Anduntillthecenturychanging,Heandhisbookgotaprofoundunderstanding.IbelievepeoplewholoveThoreauandWaldenarenotonlylikethegeniusofsentencesinhiswriting,butalsofalli