資源描述:
《梭羅英文介紹教學(xué)內(nèi)容.ppt》由會員上傳分享,免費在線閱讀,更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、Thoreau’sNatureWorldCloudWalden,orLifeintheWoodswhichwasfirstreleasedin1854hadbeenpubilshedforthousandsoftimesandhadhundredsofeditionsinthe156yearssinceThoreaupassedaway.Anduntilltoday,it’sstillreadbypeoplefromeverycorneroftheworld.HenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)Birth
2、place:MassachusettsNationality:AmericaTitle:Proser,Poet,Naturalist,PhilosopherHewasgraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1837.In1845,hebuilthimselfasmallframehouseontheshoresofWaldenPond,andlivedtherefortwoyearsalone,alifeoflaborandstudy.NowifeNofriendNoservantsHesupportedh
3、imselfbygrowingvegetablesandbysurveyinganddoingoddjobsinthenearbyvillage.Hereducedhismaterialneedsbylivingsimply,sothathewouldnothavetospendmuchtimesupportingalifestylethathedidnotneedorcareabout.HowdidThoreauliveinthewoods?WhydidThoreaulivealoneinthewoods?InWalden
4、's"WhereILived,&WhatILivedfor",hedescribesanmotive:IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwantedtolivedeliberately.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife!Toputtoroutallthatwasnotlife.Andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.-----Thoreau我步入?yún)擦?,因為我希望生活得有意義,我希望活得深刻,汲取生命中所
5、有的精華,把非生命的一切都擊潰,以免讓我在生命終結(jié)時,發(fā)現(xiàn)自己從來沒有活過。-----梭羅Thoreauwantedtogetthemostfromhislifebydeterminingwhatwasreallyimportant.HedevotedmostofhistimetoobservingNature,reading,andwritingandhekeptadetailedjournalofhisobservations,activitiesandthoughts.Hewasquiteenjoythatlifean
6、dsolitude.Andthere,hefinishedhismostfamousbookWalden.ThoreaudiedonMay6,1862,aged44years.Inthecontemporaryeyes,Heisjuststrangeparanoid(偏執(zhí)狂),aEmersonsuitors.Anduntillthecenturychanging,Heandhisbookgotaprofoundunderstanding.IbelievepeoplewholoveThoreauandWaldenarenoto
7、nlylikethegeniusofsentencesinhiswriting,butalsofallinginlovewiththebeautyofnatureandthequietofsoul.ThankyouForlisteningCloud