1、UNIT 1Looking forwards-Developing ideas1.Students could learn some words and phrases.2.Students could get the main idea of this passage.3.Students could write sentences about this topic.Learning Aims:未选择的路The Road Not TakenWhat is your understanding of this title？Share with others1.future 2.uncertai
2、n road3.Robert Frost(18741963)was one ofAmericas most famous poets.He won thePulitzer Prize for Poetry four times and wasawarded the Congressional Gold Medal forhis works.His poetry has been praised for itsnatural themes,mostly set in the rural areasof New England where Frost lived most ofhis life,a
3、nd for his colloquial approach toAmerican language.His poetry generallyhas a regular rhythm and rhyme,and iseasy to read aloud and remember.He oftenused simple settings in his poems to explorecomplex personal and social themes.AmongFrosts best-known poems are The Road NotTaken,Fire and Ice,Stopping
4、by Woods on aSnowy Evening and Birches.What are the special features of Frosts poetry?it has been praised for its natural themes；it has been praised for his colloquial approach to American language;it generally has a regular rhythm and rhyme,he often used simple settings in his poems 罗伯特弗罗斯特(1874-19
5、63)是美国最著名的诗人之一。他曾四次获得普利策诗歌奖，并因其作品获得国会金奖。他的诗歌因其自然的主题而受到赞扬。他的诗一般有规律的节奏和韵律，易于大声朗读和记忆。著名的诗歌有未走的路、雪夜林边停和白桦树take the college entrance exam andapply to the Medical School there.What difficult decision is Li Ling facing?Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler
6、,long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo 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 thereHad worn them really about the same,Take notes quickly！重点词汇diverged
7、分叉;岔开;yellow wood 黄木;黄颜木traveler 旅行者;旅行推销员;移动式起重机as far as 就而言bent 弯曲;倾斜，undergrowth 下层灌木丛grassy 长满草的;被草覆盖的as for 至于，关于take the college entrance exam andapply to the Medical School there.What difficult decision is Li Ling facing?And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh
8、,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 sighSomewhere 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.Take notes quickly！重点词汇e
9、qually 平等地;同样地 lay 放置;安放;铺放 step 步;步伐;迈步;trodden 踩;踏;践踏;踩碎 come back 回来;回忆起；重新出现;恢复diverged 分叉;岔开;分歧;wood 木材;Whats the main idea of the passage?A.The introduction to the poem.B.How to choose the road of life.C.The meaning of life choice.D.The poem The Road Not Taken and how to make right choices.tak
10、e the college entrance exam andapply to the Medical School there.What difficult decision is Li Ling facing?1 Lines from the poem The Road Not Taken areoften quoted in speeches of all kinds.The poemhas been set to music by a number of artistsand used in numerous television commercials.It has in fact
11、become one of the most famousAmerican poems of all time,not only becauseof its natural style,but also because of itsthoughtful insights into human nature.1.From the first paragraph,we can conclude that_A.the poem is famous because it describes the beauty of natureB.the poem is very popular with peop
12、leC.the poem has close connection with commercialsD.the poem is the most famous American poems of all timetake the college entrance exam andapply to the Medical School there.What difficult decision is Li Ling facing?2 When reading The Road Not Taken,one cannothelp but see in ones mind images of a pe
13、acefulwood deep within the countryside.Paths in thewoods are often used to symbolize how ourlives progress and change.The lines“Two roadsdiverged in a yellow wood,/And sorry I couldnot travel both”give us a visual representationof the choices that we face and the decisionsthat we need to make.Life t
14、hrows manyalternatives at us on a daily basis.These rangefrom the basic“What should I wear today?”to the key issues of what subject to study atuniversity or what job to do after graduation.Of course,the greatest dilemmas arise frommoral problems,when we are uncertain whichchoice results in doing the
15、 right thing.Take notes quickly！重点词汇The Road Not Taken 未选择的路visual representation 视觉表示;on a daily basis 每天;每天都subject to 从属于;处于中;arise from 产生于;起因于moral problems 道德问题2.When reading the poem,itA.makes people feel in a dilemmaB.makes people have an urge to make a choiceC.gives people a peaceful images
16、 in their mindsD.gets people to think about life take the college entrance exam andapply to the Medical School there.What difficult decision is Li Ling facing?3 Whether big or small,what all our choiceshave in common is that they lead to specificconsequences.Once we make a decision,inmost circumstan
17、ces,there is no going back.Although the writer of the poem considerstaking the other path another day,he knows itsunlikely that he will ever have the opportunityto do so.Like the writer,all we can do is lookbackwards“with a sigh”and imagine whatcould have been.Take notes quickly！重点词汇Whether big or s
18、mall 无论大小;无大无小lead to 导致;通向circumstance 情形consequences 结果make a decision 作出决定backwards 向后;朝反方向;倒着;每况愈下地with a sigh 叹了口气;I think it would be a great pity to pass up theopportunity to be admitted without takingthe examWhat does Jenny suggest to her?4 This sigh,this wondering whether we madethe right c
19、hoice,is understandable.Althoughwe may be free to choose which path to take,this choice isnt easy when those two pathslook similar.Presented with two job offers,forinstance,we may wonder exactly what it iswere choosing between.What if,in choosingone,we are unknowingly turning down otherfuture opport
20、unities?Will we ever even findout whether we made the right choice?Take notes quickly！重点词汇sigh 叹气;叹息;wonder 想知道;想弄明白;understandable 合情理的;正常的 paths 小路;小径;路线;choose 选择;挑选;What if 如果怎么办unknowingly 未意识到地 turn down 调低音量;What would you do when faced with a difficult decision?5 Ultimately,the road ahead th
21、e road throughour lives is a mixture of choice and chance.And when we are approaching the end of thatroad,how will we remember the journey?How will we look back on our lives?In thepoem,the writer doubts his choice,thinkingthat in the future“ages and ages hence”,he may claim that he took the“less tra
22、veled”road.Some of us do take a more unusual paththrough life,and while it may be a harder oneto follow,it can also lead to new adventuresand experiences.Nonetheless,part of the art ofdecision-making is learning to make the mostof our decisions.Instead of looking back withregret,we should be facing
23、our future withenergy and optimism,for the choices are ours,and ours only.Take notes quickly！重点词汇ultimately 最终的;end of 结尾;为某事物的结尾;末尾look back on 回顾in the future 未来;今后lead to 导致;通向part of 部分decision-making 决策Instead of 而不是;代替What does“it”mean in the sentence“.can also lead to new adventures and exper
24、iences.”(Para.5)?A.A more unusual path.B.A new understanding of the poem.C.Another understanding of life.D.A way of making decisions.Summary of the poemA traveller in the wood comes to a fork in the roadand he feels sorry for 1_.After close observation,he decides to choose theone which 2_,though3_.H
25、e tells himself that4_ some day,but he doubts5_.He imagines that,manyyears 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 wearthe passing there has worn the two roads really about the same he will take the other roa
26、dif he should ever come back made all the differenceAppreciation and interpretation It is one of the most famous American poems of all time.The diverged roads in the poem symbolise7_.Once we have taken a road,we might wonder8_.Instead of looking backwith regret,we should 9_.how our lives progress and changewhether we made the right choiceface our future with energy and optimism,for the choices are only oursWhat is the most difficult choice you have ever had to make?your opinions.choose majorsdeal with some future expectationsTry to think about othersQuestionTalk with others.1.2.3.Thank you!
