高中英语译林版选修一：Integrated skills(1)-Reading and watching

Period4Integratedskills(1)ReadingandwatchingUnit4ExploringpoetryInthislesson,youaregoingto:appreciatethepoemTheRoadNotTaken；revealthemessagethepoettriestogetacross;analyseRobertFrost’swritingstyleusedinthispoem；listentoapoetryreviewandthinkabouthowtowriteone.Supposeyoutravelalonetosuchawoodandnowhavetochooseoneoftheroads.Whileyouhavenoideawhereeitherofthemwillleadyouto,tellmewhichroadyouwilltakeandexplainwhy.Lead-inIwilltakeeitherroad.SincelifeoffersnoguaranteeandIwillneverknowifmydecisionsarewronguntilIhavemadethem.ReadingReadthepoemandthendothefollowingexercises.Readforsomedetails1．Listentothepoemandfindtherepeatedwords，rhymesorotherspecialsoundeffectsinthispoem.therepeatedwordsIneachstanza，thelastwordsoflines1,3and4rhymewitheachother.Ineachstanza，thelastwordofline2rhymeswiththelastwordofline5.TheRoadNotTakenByRobertFrost2．Whatimageappearsinyourmindwhenyoureadthepoem？Whatarethewordsandexpressionsthathelpyouseetheimage?Iseeapeacefulwoodinthecountryside，wherefewpeoplego.Iseethisimagefromthefollowingwordsandexpressions:“Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood”,“itbentintheundergrowth”,“itwasgrassyandwantedwear”,“Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack”,etc.3．Whatdidthepoetdowhenhefacedthetworoadsandwhatmightbehisfeeling?Helookedatthemoneafteranotherasfarashecouldandfeltundecidedwhichtotake.4．Whichroaddidthepoettakefinallyandwhatdidhethinkofhischoice?Hetookthelesstravelledroadandhewasuncertainwhetherhehadmadetherightchoice.5．Whatdoyouthinkthetworoadsinthepoemsymbolize?(1)Theroaditselfsymbolizesthejourneyoflife.(2)Theimageofthedivergingroadssymbolizesthechoicesandopportunitieswhichultimatelyleadusintotheunknownfutureaheadofus.AteacherisgivingalectureintroducingRobertFrostandhispoem“TheRoadNotTaken”.Before

youwatchUnderstandingalectureReadthePPTslidestogettheoutlineofthelecture.Payattentiontothestressedorrepeatedwordsorphrasesfortheymaybethekeywords.TipsB1

Watchthevideoandfinishtheexercisesbelow.While

youwatch1.WhatisRobertFrost’swritingstylelike?2.Whenwas“TheRoadNotTaken”firstpublished?3.Whatdoestheimageofthetworoadsstandfor?4.Whatwasthedifficultpaththepoettook?1.WhatisRobertFrost’swritingstylelike?Honestanddirect.2.Whenwas“TheRoadNotTaken”firstpublished?In1915.3.Whatdoestheimageofthetworoadsstandfor?Anychoiceinlife.4.Whatwasthedifficultpaththepoettook?Continuingtowritepoemseventhoughhispoeticcareerwasnotsuccessfulinthebeginning.WatchagainandfinishB1onebyone.1.WhatisRobertFrost’swritingstylelike?Honestanddirect.2.Whenwas“TheRoadNotTaken”firstpublished?In1915.3.Whatdoestheimageofthetworoadsstandfor?Anychoiceinlife.4.Whatwasthedifficultpaththepoettook?Continuingtowritepoemseventhoughhispoeticcareerwasnotsuccessfulinthebeginning.B2Watchthevideoagainandcompletethenotesbelow.RobertFrostandhispoem“TheRoadNotTaken”Aboutthepoet•RobertFrostwasafamousAmericanpoet.•Helivedfrom1874to(1)_______.•Hewon(2)______PulitzerPrizes.•Heoftenusedruralscenestoexploredeepquestionsabout(3)____________________________.1963fourthehumanconditionAboutthepoem•ThestorybehindthepoemThepoemwasinspiredbyFrost’s(4)____________inthecountrysidewithEdwardThomas.Thomasoftenspentalongtimechoosingwhichpathtotakeandafterwards,hewouldcomplainthathehadpicked(5)_______________________.•HowtounderstandthepoemWhenfacedwithtwopaths,peoplehavenochoicebuttomakeadecisionandseewhatwillhappen.Manypeopleassumethatthepoetencouragesthereadertotake(6)_____________________throughlife.Youcanhaveyourownunderstandingofthepoem.longwalksthewrongone/paththedifficultpathRobertFrostandhispoem“TheRoadNotTaken”Aboutthepoet•RobertFrostwasafamousAmericanpoet.•Helivedfrom1874to(1)_______.•Hewon(2)______PulitzerPrizes.•Heoftenusedruralscenestoexploredeepquestionsabout(3)____________________________.1963fourthehumanconditionWatchagainandfinishB2onebyone.Aboutthepoem•ThestorybehindthepoemThepoemwasinspiredbyFrost’s(4)____________inthecountrysidewithEdwardThomas.Thomasoftenspentalongtimechoosingwhichpathtotakeandafterwards,hewouldcomplainthathehadpicked(5)_____________________.longwalksthewrongone/path•HowtounderstandthepoemWhenfacedwithtwopaths,peoplehavenochoicebuttomakeadecisionandseewhatwillhappen.Manypeopleassumethatthepoetencouragesthereadertotake(6)_____________________throughlife.Youcanhaveyourownunderstandingofthepoem.thedifficultpathNarrator:RobertFrostwasafamousAmericanpoetwholivedfrom1874to1963.Hewonmanyawardsforhisworks,includingfourPulitzerPrizes.Frost’spoemsareveryhonestanddirectinstyle.HeoftenusedruralscenesinNewEnglandtoexploredeepquestionsaboutthehumancondition.Oneofhisbest-knownpoems,“TheRoadNotTaken”,wasfirstpublishedinamagazinein1915.ThepoemwasinspiredbyFrost’slongwalksinthecountrysidewithEdwardThomas,afellowpoet.Onthesewalks,Thomaswouldalwaysspendalongtimechoosingwhichpathtotake,andwouldcomplainafterwardsthathe’dpickedthewrongone.TapescriptInthepoem,Frosttalksaboutthechoicebetweentwoforestpaths.Thespeakerinthepoemwantstotrybothofthem,butheknowsheprobablywon’tgetthechance.Hecanonlymakehisdecisionandseewhatwillhappen.Ofcourse,thisisn’treallyaboutawalkinthewoods—it’sametaphor.Thepoetusestheimageofaforkintheroadtosymbolizeanychoiceinlife.Thepoemendswiththewords“Itooktheonelesstraveledby,/Andthathasmadeallthedifference.”Becauseofthesetwolines,manypeopleassumethepoetisencouragingthereadertotakethedifficultpaththroughlife.Thepoetappearstohavedonethathimself:Frostcontinuedtowritepoemseventhoughhispoeticcareerwasnotsuccessfulinthebeginning,supportinghimselfbyteachingandfarming.However,isthisFrost’sintendedmeaning?ThereareathousandHamletsinathousandpeople’seyes,andyoucanhaveyourownunderstandingofthepoem.Activity1

ReadforthestructureAccordingtotheexercisesaboveandtheteacher’spoetryreviewinPartB，wecantalkaboutapoemfromthreepoints.Whatarethey?Aboutthepoet；Aboutthepoem；Howtounderstandthepoem.Activity2

ReadforsomegoodsentencesInthelectureintroducingthepoem，whichexpressionscanwelearntouse?(1)RobertFrostwasafamousAmericanpoetwholivedfrom1874to1963.(2)Oneofhisbest-k