Unit 5 Learning from Nature developing ideas Back to Nature课件-2025-2026学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

XB3U5R2 Back to Nature Tao Yuanming & Herry David Thoreau 1. What does polar opposites mean? A. Tao and Thoreau lived in different countries. B. Tao and Thoreau were born in different ages. C. Tao and Thoreau were completely different. D. Tao and Thoreau had quite different attitudes toward nature. ✅ Read paragraph 1 and answer the following questions 2. What made Tao Yuanming and Thoreau influential figures of their time? A. Their intense respect for nature B. Their experience of living in different countries C. Their poems about ancient Chinese culture D. Their 1500 years of influence on literature ✅ Read paragraph 1 and answer the following questions 1. Why did Tao Yuanming quit the service of the court for good? A. He wanted to write poems full-time in the countryside B. He felt conflicted and unhappy about life at court C. He needed to work the land to support his family D. He was forced to leave by the court’s order ✅ Read paragraph 2 and answer the following questions 2. The underlined word “arduous” is closest in meaning to ______. A. difficult and tiring B. simple and happy C. rich and colorful D. quiet and peaceful ✅ Read paragraph 2 and answer the following questions 1. What was Thoreau’s purpose of living in the cottage by Walden Pond? A. To experience the poor rural life like Tao Yuanming B. To look for the essential facts of life and live deliberately C. To escape the unhappy life in the city D. To set a good example for other people to live simply ✅ Read paragraph 3 and answer the following questions What can we infer from Paragraph 4? A. Tao Yuanming and Thoreau treated nature in exactly the same way B. Tao Yuanming’s works have nothing to do with daily rural life C. Both Tao and Thoreau’s works show the beauty and value of nature D. Tao Yuanming’s poems mainly talk about his court life ✅ Read paragraph 4 and answer the following questions Which of the following matches Tao Yuanming’s description of nature? A. Wild forests with rare plants and animals B. Rural areas with fields, villages and domestic animals C. Lakes and mountains far away from human activities D. Natural places that only appear in poems ✅ Read paragraph 4 and answer the following questions What was Thoreau’s main idea conveyed in his writing? A. Humans should make full use of natural resources B. Animals and plants have the right to live, and humans should live in harmony with nature C. Only by living in the wild can we find the beauty of nature D. We should use plants as our only medicine and food ✅ Read paragraph 5 and answer the following questions What did Thoreau stress when describing nature? A. The beauty and purity of wild areas B. The happiness of farm work in the countryside C. The relationship between villages and nature D. The beauty of daily rural life ✅ Read paragraph 5 and answer the following questions What is the main purpose of the last paragraph? A. To introduce ways to live a simple and peaceful life B. To criticize modern people’s too many material desires C. To summarize the value of Tao and Thoreau’s choices and their modern significance D. To call on readers to move to the countryside and live close to nature ✅ Read paragraph 6 and answer the following questions How to translate “would not bow like a servant in returen for five dou of grain”？ 不为五斗米折腰 英文原文 Beyond the dark and distance lies a village, 中文翻译 在幽暗与远方的尽头，坐落着一座村庄， 陶渊明 暧暧远人村 英文原文 The smoke above reluctant to depart. 中文翻译 炊烟袅袅，迟迟不愿散去。 陶渊明 依依墟里烟 英文原文 A dog is barking somewhere down the lane, 中文翻译 巷弄深处，传来几声犬吠， 陶渊明 狗吠深巷中 英文原文 And chickens sit atop the mulberry tree. 中文翻译 鸡群栖息在桑树的枝头。 陶渊明 鸡鸣桑树颠 顺时而活，随季而安：呼吸每一季的空气，畅饮每一季的甘泉，品尝每一季的果实，全然接纳四季赋予你的一切。 让四季的馈赠成为你唯一的饮食、饮品与天然良药。 Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet, drink and botanical medicines. Why does the author say they were polar opposites? What do they have in common? Whose idea do you agree with? Both Tao and Thoreau were 1. ___________ (influence) poets of their time 2.____________shared an intense respect 3._____nature. They were happy to withdraw 4.___________ their life 5.____________ (seek) a harmonious relationship with nature. influential that/who for from to seek Summary $