Unit 1 Looking Forwards Reading课件 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

外研选择性必修 第四册 Unit 1 Period 4 Reading 教学目 Lead-in Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of America’s most famous poets. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his works. His poetry has been praised for its natural themes, mostly set in the rural areas of New England where Frost lived most of his life, and for his colloquial approach to American language. His poetry generally has a regular rhythm and rhyme, and is easy to read aloud and remember. He often used simple settings in his poems to explore complex personal and social themes. Among Frost's best-known poems are The Road Not Taken, Fire and Ice, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Birches. 1 What are the special features of Frost’s poetry? There are four special features of Frost’s poetry: first, it has been praised for its natural themes, mostly set in the rural areas of New England; second, it has been praised for his colloquial approach to American language; third, it generally has a regular rhythm and rhyme, and is easy to read aloud and remember; and finally, he often used simple settings in his poems to explore complex personal and social themes. 2 Have you read any poems written by Robert Frost? Share one with the class. To understand the poem “The Road Not Taken”, its writing features and figures of speech, analyse its symbolic meaning and the theme of it 2 To use the key language points from the passage correctly 1 2 To understand the poem “The Road Not Taken”, its writing features and figures of speech, analyse its symbolic meaning and the theme of itTo use the key language points from the passage correctly 学习目标 目标一: To understand the poem “The Road Not Taken”, its writing features and figures of speech, analyse its symbolic meaning and the theme of it Activity 1: Look at the picture and the title, predict what the passage is about. The Road Not Taken Activity 2: Read the passage and find out what it is about. The passage is divided