新视野大学英语Book4-5课件Choose to Be Alone on Purpose.pptVIP

 Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Background Information Watch and Discuss Structure Analysis Detailed Study of the Text Exercises Henry David Thoreau 　 (1817—1862) U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist. Born in Concord, Mass, he graduated from Harvard University and taught school for several years before deciding to become a poet of nature. In the years 1845—1847, to demonstrate how satisfying a simple life could be, he lived in a hut beside Concords Walden Pond; essays recording his daily life were assembled for his masterwork, Walden (1854). John Milton English poe