Unit 4 Exploring poetryIntegrated skills(1)—Reading and watching （ppt课件）-2024新牛津译林版（2020）《高中英语》选择性必修第一册.pptx

1、Integrated skills(1)Reading and watching Unit 4Exploring poetryExploring poetryIn this lesson,you are going to:appreciate the poem The Road Not Taken；reveal the message the poet tries to get across;analyse Robert Frosts writing style used in this poem；listen to a poetry review and think about how to

2、 write one.Suppose you travel alone to such a wood and now have to choose one of the roads.While you have no idea where either of them will lead you to,tell me which road you will take and explain why.Lead-inI will take either road.Since life offers no guarantee and I will never know if my decisions

3、 are wrong until I have made them.ReadingRead the poem and then do the following exercises.Read for some details1Listen to the poem and find the repeated words，rhymes or other special sound effects in this poem.the repeated wordsIn each stanza，the last words of lines 1,3 and 4 rhyme with each other.

4、In each stanza，the last word of line 2 rhymes with the last word of line 5.The Road Not TakenBy Robert Frost2What image appears in your mind when you read the poem？What are the words and expressions that help you see the image?I see a peaceful wood in the countryside，where few people go.I see this i

5、mage from the following words and expressions:“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood”,“it bent in the undergrowth”,“it was grassy and wanted wear”,“In leaves no step had trodden black”,etc.3What did the poet do when he faced the two roads and what might be his feeling?He looked at them one after anoth

6、er as far as he could and felt undecided which to take.4Which road did the poet take finally and what did he think of his choice?He took the less travelled road and he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice.5What do you think the two roads in the poem symbolize?(1)The road itself symboli

7、zes the journey of life.(2)The image of the diverging roads symbolizes the choices and opportunities which ultimately lead us into the unknown future ahead of us.A teacher is giving a lecture introducing Robert Frost and his poem“The Road Not Taken”.Before you watchUnderstanding a lecture Read the P

8、PT slides to get the outline of the lecture.Pay attention to the stressed or repeated words or phrases for they may be the key words.TipsB1 Watch the video and finish the exercises below.While you watch1.What is Robert Frosts writing style like?2.When was“The Road Not Taken”first published?3.What do

9、es the image of the two roads stand for?4.What was the difficult path the poet took?1.What is Robert Frosts writing style like?Honest and direct.2.When was“The Road Not Taken”first published?In 1915.3.What does the image of the two roads stand for?Any choice in life.4.What was the difficult path the

10、 poet took?Continuing to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning.Watch again and finish B1 one by one.1.What is Robert Frosts writing style like?Honest and direct.2.When was“The Road Not Taken”first published?In 1915.3.What does the image of the two roads stand

11、for?Any choice in life.4.What was the difficult path the poet took?Continuing to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning.B2 Watch the video again and complete the notes below.Robert Frost and his poem“The Road Not Taken”About the poet Robert Frost was a famous A

12、merican poet.He lived from 1874 to(1)_.He won(2)_ Pulitzer Prizes.He often used rural scenes to explore deep questions about(3)_.1963fourthe human conditionAbout the poem The story behind the poem The poem was inspired by Frosts(4)_ in the countryside with Edward Thomas.Thomas often spent a long tim

13、e choosing which path to take and afterwards,he would complain that he had picked(5)_.How to understand the poem When faced with two paths,people have no choice but to make a decision and see what will happen.Many people assume that the poet encourages the reader to take(6)_ through life.You can hav

14、e your own understanding of the poem.long walksthe wrong one/paththe difficult pathRobert Frost and his poem“The Road Not Taken”About the poet Robert Frost was a famous American poet.He lived from 1874 to(1)_.He won(2)_ Pulitzer Prizes.He often used rural scenes to explore deep questions about(3)_.1

15、963fourthe human conditionWatch again and finish B2 one by one.About the poem The story behind the poem The poem was inspired by Frosts(4)_ in the countryside with Edward Thomas.Thomas often spent a long time choosing which path to take and afterwards,he would complain that he had picked(5)_.long wa

16、lksthe wrong one/path How to understand the poem When faced with two paths,people have no choice but to make a decision and see what will happen.Many people assume that the poet encourages the reader to take(6)_ through life.You can have your own understanding of the poem.the difficult pathNarrator:

17、Robert Frost was a famous American poet who lived from 1874 to 1963.He won many awards for his works,including four Pulitzer Prizes.Frosts poems are very honest and direct in style.He often used rural scenes in New England to explore deep questions about the human condition.One of his best-known poe

18、ms,“The Road Not Taken”,was first published in a magazine in 1915.The poem was inspired by Frosts long walks in the countryside with Edward Thomas,a fellow poet.On these walks,Thomas would always spend a long time choosing which path to take,and would complain afterwards that hed picked the wrong on

19、e.TapescriptIn the poem,Frost talks about the choice between two forest paths.The speaker in the poem wants to try both of them,but he knows he probably wont get the chance.He can only make his decision and see what will happen.Of course,this isnt really about a walk in the woodsits a metaphor.The p

20、oet uses the image of a fork in the road to symbolize any choice in life.The poem ends with the words“I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference.”Because of these two lines,many people assume the poet is encouraging the reader to take the difficult path through life.The po

21、et appears to have done that himself:Frost continued to write poems even though his poetic career was not successful in the beginning,supporting himself by teaching and farming.However,is this Frosts intended meaning?There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand peoples eyes,and you can have your own u

22、nderstanding of the poem.Activity 1Read for the structureAccording to the exercises above and the teachers poetry review in Part B，we can talk about a poem from three points.What are they?About the poet；About the poem；How to understand the poem.Activity 2Read for some good sentencesIn the lecture in

23、troducing the poem，which expressions can we learn to use?(1)Robert Frost was a famous American poet who lived from 1874 to 1963.(2)One of his best-known poems，“The Road Not Taken”，was first published in a magazine in 1915.(3)The poem was inspired by Frosts long walks in the countryside with Edward T

24、homas，a fellow poet.(4)In the poem，Frost talks about the choice between two forest paths.(5)The poet uses the image of a fork in the road to symbolize any choice in life.Activity 3DiscussionWhats your understanding of the poem?Answers may vary.Activity 4Writing outlineAccording to the exercises above，we can learn when writing a poetry review，we can use the following outline.Here is a poem titled _It goes like this：_.wrote this poem in order to _HomeworkFinish the exercise that is given today.