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1、Unit14TextIIWhereILived,andWhatILivefor----ByHenryThoreauAbouttheauthorHenryDavidThoreau(July12,1817–May6,1862)wasanAmericanauthor,poet,philosopher,abolitionist,naturalist,taxresister,developmentcritic,surveyor,historian,andaleadingtranscendentalist.Thore
2、auisbestknownforhisbookWalden.AboutWaldenWaldenisareflectionuponsimplelivinginnaturalsurroundings.Theworkispartpersonaldeclarationofindependence,socialexperiment,voyageofspiritualdiscovery,satire,andmanualforself-reliance.Firstpublishedin1854,itdetailsTho
3、reau'sexperiencesoverthecourseoftwoyears,twomonths,andtwodaysinacabinhebuiltnearWaldenPond,amidstwoodlandownedbyhisfriendandmentorRalphWaldoEmerson,nearConcord,Massachusetts.Thebookcompressesthetimeintoasinglecalendaryearandusespassagesoffourseasonstosymb
4、olizehumandevelopment.Byimmersinghimselfinnature,Thoreauhopedtogainamoreobjectiveunderstandingofsocietythroughpersonalintrospection.Simplelivingandself-sufficiencywereThoreau'sothergoals,andthewholeprojectwasinspiredbytranscendentalistphilosophy,acentralt
5、hemeoftheAmericanRomanticPeriod.AsThoreaumadeclearinhisbook,hiscabinwasnotinwildernessbutattheedgeoftown,abouttwomiles(3km)fromhisfamilyhome.WhereILived,andWhatILivedforQ:Wheredoyouwanttolive?Andwhatdoyoulivefor?VocabularyandTextComprehensionParagraph1Dis
6、coursev.TotalkorgivealongspeechaboutsththatyouknowalotaboutitDeedn.Alegaldocumentthatyousign,esp.onethatprovesthatyouownahouseorabuildingDearlyadv.VerymuchOrchardn.Apieceofland,normallyseparatedfromthesurroundingarea,inwhichfruitstreesaregrownWhenceadv.(o
7、lduse)fromwhereBlastv.[usu.passive]todestroysthsuchasaplantwithdisease,cold,heat,etc.Fallowadj.(offarmland)notusedforgrowingcrops,espsothatthequalityofthelandwillimprovePerchanceadv.(olduse)perhapsParaphrasethefollowingsentencesandphrases1.….tookhiswordfo
8、rhisdeed,forIdearlylovetotalk—cultivatedit,andhimtootosomeextent,Itrust,….2.Whatisahousebutasedes,aseat?—betterifacountryseat.3.Buffetthewinterthrough4.Thefutureinhabitantsofthisregion,wherevertheymayplacetheirhouse