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1、ChoosetoBeAloneonPurposeNewHorizonCollegeEnglishUnit5:SectionABackgroundInformationTextStudySummaryWritingLead-inWarmingUpLookatsomepictures.Canyoudividethemintodifferentgroups?social/gregariousanimalsbeesantselephantsprimateanimals……solitaryanimalsturtlesti
2、gersspiders……Whatabouthumanbeing?Ourtopictodayis“livingalone”.Likeitornot,itistrueoftheAmericanlifethatmanypeoplelivealone.Formostofthem,livingaloneisacompelledchoice,whereas,forsomeothers,itisamatterofpreference.Doyouchoosetoliveinsolitude?WhyorWhynot?BackB
3、ackgroundInformation1.HenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)HenryDavidThoreauwasaUSthinker,essayist,andnaturalist.ThoreaugraduatedfromHarvardUniversityandtaughtschoolforseveralyearsbeforeleavinghisjobtobecomeapoetofnature.Intheyears1845-1847,todemonstratehowsatisfying
4、asimplelifecouldbe,helivedinahutbesideConcord’sWaldenPond;essaysrecordinghisdailylifewereassembledforhismasterwork,Walden,orLifeintheWoods(1854).BackgroundInformationBack2.JohnMilton(1608-1674)JohnMiltonwasanEnglishpoetandpamphleteer.HeattendedtheUniversityo
5、fCambridge(1625-1632),wherehewrotepoemsinLatin,Italian,andEnglish.HisParadiseLost(1667,1674),wasconsideredtobethegreatestepicpoeminEnglish.ConsideredthegreatestEnglishpoetafterWilliamShakespeare,Miltonhadwideinfluenceonlaterliterature.TextStudyNewWordsIntera
6、ctiveAnalysisofTextTextStudyNHCE预习小结导入写作NewWordssolitarya.独自的；喜欢独处的tamev./a.驯服，控制/温顺的pondn.[C]池塘inspirationn.[C,U]灵感solituden.[U]独居，孤独commodityn.1.[C]必需品2.[C]商品，货物sunlightn.[U]阳光，日光benigna.善良的，慈祥的，温和的cushionn.[C]坐垫，垫子creepvi.潜行；蹑手蹑脚地移动BackNewWordspoetryn.[U]
7、诗，诗歌dictatev.1.口述；口授2.命令；指使kettlen.[C]水壶priestn.1.代表人物2.神父；牧师reliancen.[U]依靠；依赖self-reliancen.[U]自立；自力更生hutn.[C]小屋axen.[C]斧子saucern.[C]茶托；茶碟laundryn.1.[U]待洗或刚洗好的衣物2.[C]洗衣店BackNewWordscompanionablea.友善的，友好的egon.1.自我2.自我价值感humblea.1.谦逊/谦虚的2.地位/身份低下的inadequatea
8、.不充分的，不充足的plurala./n.复数的/复数形式apologyn.[C]道歉soakv.长时间泡浴/使湿透，浸湿pintn.[C]品脱（液量单位）waterproofa.防水的，不透水的slipperya.滑的BackNewWordsobservationn.[C,U]评论/观察；注意chokev.1.说不出话来2.（使）窒息；parceln.[C]包裹parrotn.[C]
