1、UNIT 5Learning from nature-Developing ideas1.Students could learn some words and phrases.2.Students could get the main idea of this passage.3.Students could write a passage of this topic.Learning Aims:回归自然What is your understanding of this title？Share with othersBack to Nature1.landscape 2.town3.Bor
2、n into a poor aristocratic family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty,Tao Yuanming(365-427)was one of Chinas greatest poetsand a noted recluse.A master of the five-word line,Tao has been described as the first great“poet of fields and gardens”.Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862)was an American essayist,poet,and p
3、hilosopher.He began writing nature poetry in his earlytwenties,with poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as a mentor and friend.In 1845,he began his famous two-year stay at Walden Pond,which he wrote about in his masterwork,Walden.Take notes quickly！重点词汇Born into 出生于;生到Tao Yuanming 陶渊明recluse 隐士;隐居者;喜欢独处的人;be d
4、escribed as 描述为;说成是fields and gardens 田野和花园;田园图Henry David Thoreau 亨利大卫梭罗;essayist 论说文作者masterwork 杰作Learning to learn A comparative essay compares,contrasts and evaluates two or more topics.There must be enough similarities and differences between the topics so that they can be discussed in a meani
5、ngful way.A number of points should be discussed within a comparative essay.Have a try?Whats the type of this text?What is the main idea of this paragraph?1 Tao Yuanming and Henry David Thoreau were both poets,but one lived in Ancient China and the other in 19th century America.Superficially,these t
6、wo men,whose lives were separated in time by nearly 1,500 years,were polar opposites.And yet they shared an intense respect for nature,which made them each an influential figure of their time.Though living in different time,they showed respect for nature.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?Ta
7、ke notes quickly！重点词汇Tao Yuanming 陶渊明Henry David Thoreau 亨利大卫梭罗;poets 诗人;Ancient China 古代中国;古中国Superficially 从表面上看in time 及时，opposites 对立的人;对立面;respect for 尊重;尊敬;2 Both men made dramatic transformations to their lives in order to reconnect with nature.As an official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty,Tao fe
8、lt conflicted over life at court.In 405,he quit the service of the court for good,expressing his unhappiness in the now famous line that he would not“bow like a servant in return for five douof grain”.He spent the next 22 years until his death,working the land in a poor,rural area.From his poetry,we
9、 can learn that although his life was arduous,he succeeded in finding contentment in its simplicity and in drawing pleasure from nature.The reasons why they are back to nature.What is the main idea of this paragraph?Take notes quickly！重点词汇in order to 为了;为了，conflict 冲突，抵触;unhappiness 不幸;不快，痛苦in retur
10、n for 作为回报;作为交换land in 在着陆;处于中rural area 郊区;农村地区;农业区contentment 满意;满足What is the main idea of this part?3 While Taos return to nature was a reaction to a lifestyle he was opposed to,Thoreaus was a personal decision to transform the way he lived.He had a decent quality of life,but he wanted to live i
11、n a simpler way.For two years,two months and two days,he lived in a cottage in the forest on the edge of Walden Pond,focusing on himself and his writing.He explained his reason for doing so in Walden:“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,to front only the essential facts of life
12、.”Both men were happy to withdraw from contemporary life,seeking a harmonious relationship with nature in the quietness of their lives.The lives after returning to nature.Take notes quickly！重点词汇return to nature 回归自然;返朴归真;reaction to 对的反应;对的反映personal decision 个人决定;个人的决定quality of life 生活质量on the edg
13、e of 在的边缘;濒于，几乎，在边缘reason for 的原因;原因;的理由;有理由went to 相当于;付出facts of life 生活现实;性知识;withdraw from 退出;4 Although Tao and Thoreau do not treat nature in quite the same way,their works show its beauty and value.Taos nature is a place of fields and villages,in other words,rural,and his animals are domestic
14、 ones,such as chickens and dogs.The calm and peaceful life he wrote about is in contrast to and critical of the depressive court life:Beyond the dark and distance lies a village,The smoke above reluctant to depart.A dog is barking somewhere down the lane,And chickens sit atop the mulberry tree.The f
15、eatures of their works What is the main idea of this part?Take notes quickly！重点词汇Thoreau 梭罗;索罗works show 作品展示;in other words 换言之;换句话说;也就是说such as 例如 in contrast to 与截然不同;depressive 患抑郁症的;抑郁的;抑郁症患者be reluctant to 不情愿的;勉强的bark 吠叫;5.Thoreaus descriptions of nature emphasised the beauty and purity of th
16、e wild areas around him.Devoting himself to observations of the natural phenomena,he recorded his detailed findings in his journals.Thoreaus writing aimed to convince people that animals and plants had a right to live and prosper,as we do.We should live with them in harmony and enjoy natures gifts,a
17、s he describes in his journals:Live in each season as it passes;breathe the air,drink the drink,taste the fruit,and resign yourself to the influences of each.Let them be your only diet,drink and botanical medicines.The intentions of their works What is the main idea of this part?Take notes quickly！重
18、点词汇such as 例如;等;live in 住在；存在于；为而生存closer 接近;靠近;harmony 融洽;和睦;和声;和谐;协调meet the needs of 满足;满足的需求;protect 防护;保护;simplest 易于理解的;易做的;organisms 有机体;生物;6 It takes considerable courage to reject the easy and familiar and instead try to live closer to nature,as both Tao and Thoreau did.Their choices led th
19、em to quiet and reflective lives with fewer material desires.In todays modern world,their ideas about living simply and being at ease with nature may take us a step closer to attaining personal well-being and fulfilment.The inspiration of their choices in modern world What is the main idea of this p
20、art?Take notes quickly！重点词汇reject 拒绝;拒收;Thoreau 梭罗;索罗reflective 反思的;沉思的;desires 愿望;欲望;at ease with 放心;和相处不拘束attaining 获得，得到;达到 well-being 幸福;健康;安乐;康乐fulfilment 履行;实现;What valuable things can you learn from them?your opinions.Enjoy naturegiftsEmbrace natureTry to think about othersQuestionTalk with others.1.2.3.Thank you!
