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

暧暧远人村，依依墟里烟。 狗吠深巷中，鸡鸣桑树颠。 《归园田居（其一）》陶渊明 Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. Let them be your only diet, dirnk and botanical medicines. 好好度过每一个季节，呼吸新鲜的空气，畅饮美酒，品尝水果，尽情享受这一切。让生活中只有饮食和草药. Born into a poor aristocratic family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming(365-427) was one of China`s greatest poets and 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 philosopher. He began writing nature poetry in his early twenties. In 1845, he began his famous two-year stay at Walden Pond, which he wrote about in his masterwork, Walden. Read the short introductions to Tao Yuanming and Henry David Back to Nature 4 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 meaningful way.A number of points should be discussed within a comparative essay. Back to Nature Read the passage and find out the similarities and differences between Tao Yuanming and Henry David Thoreau. Differences： the reasons why they are back to nature the images they describe in their works the messages they convey through their works. Similarities Both made dramatic transformations to their lives in order to reconnect with nature. Both were happy to withdraw from contemporary life, seeking a harmonious relationship with nature in the quietness of their lives. Tao Yuanming He went back to nature because he felt conflicted over life at court. His return to nature was a reaction to a lifestyle he was opposed to. The calm and peaceful life he wrote about is in contrast to and critical of the depressive court life. Henry David Thoreau Thoreau's return to nature was a personal decision to transform the way he lived.