Unit 5 Learning from Nature Developing ideas语言点 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Learning from nature Unit5 Developing ideas Language points 1. Tao Yuanming and Henry David Thoreau were both poets, but one lived in Ancient China and the other in 19th century America. one...the other (两者中）一个......另一个 如果是三个及以上就用one ··· another一个···另一个 2. Superficially, these two men, whose lives were separated in time by nearly 1,500 years, were polar opposites. superficially adv. 表面上地 whose引导______________从句，修饰these two men，在从句中充当_______ 非限制性定语 定语 polar opposites （=totally different) 截然不同 3. In 405, he quit the service of the court for good, _________(express) his unhappiness in the now famous line that he would not “bow like a servant in return for five dou of grain”. n.法院;庭院;宫廷;球场 forever 永久地；永远地 为五斗米折腰 expressing 4. From his poetry, we can learn that although his life was arduous, he succeeded in finding contentment in its simplicity and in drawing pleasure from nature. (Para2) arduous adj. 艰巨的；费力的 (近义词：hard / tough) succeed in doing sth 成功做成某事 Paraphrase: We can tell from Tao’s poetry that he lived a hard life, but he was satisfied to live simply and get pleasure from nature. 5. While Tao’s return to nature was a reaction to a lifestyle he was opposed to, Thoreau’s was a personal decision to transform the way he lived. (Para.3) while conj. (表示对比) 而；却；但是 注意：连词while表示对比时，置于句首或者句中都可以，但翻译时要注意英汉思维差异。 be opposed to 反对 陶渊明回归自然是对他所反对的生活方式的一种抗拒，而梭罗的回归则是他想改变以往生活方式的个人决定。 5. 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.” Both men were happy to withdraw from contemporary life, front: v. to face sth 面对 withdraw （使）撤离；（使）退出 提取（存款等） 收回（发言、意见等） 脱离社会；不与人交往 n. withdrawal 写出下列句子中画线部分的汉语释义。 1. I’d like to withdraw some money from my account. ___________ 2. The troops have been withdrawn from the danger area. __________ 3. I want to withdraw a statement I made earlier. ___________ 4. Britain has successfully withdrawn from the EU.