1、Unit 6 Nature in words 新标准英语高中选择性必修第三册新标准英语高中选择性必修第三册 Starting out Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 2 What other nature writers do you know of ? Tell the class about him or her. Poems, letters, travel journals, essays and novels are the literary forms mentioned in the video. 1 Wh
2、at literary forms are mentioned in the video? Activity 2 Listen and read the poem by Emily Dickinson. Answer the questions. 1 What images are used to symbolise nature? Nature is symbolised by simple images of animals (“Squirrel”, “the Bumble bee”, “The Bobolink”, “the Cricket”) and features (“The Hi
3、ll”, “the Afternoon”, “Eclipse”, “the Sea”, “Thunder”), which are in turn symbolic of the poets thoughts and feelings about the simplicity of nature. Nature is also symbolised in a metaphorical sense when it is described as “Heaven” and “Harmony”. Activity 2 2 What message does the poem try to convey? 3 What does nature mean to you? The message of the poem is that although what we see and hear in nature appears to be simple, within that simplicity lie great beauty, mystery and magnificence that humans cannot truly appreciate or capture in their art.
