5-4Unit5DevelopingideasBacktoNatuer（教学课件）高中英语外研版选择性必修第三册.pptxVIP

Readtheintroductionandfindoutwhattheyare.

TaoYuanming

OneofChinasgreatest

poetsandanotedrecluse./riklu:s/

HenryDavidThoreau

AnAmericanessayist,poet,and

philosopher.

1TaoYuanmingandHenryDavidThoreauwereboth

Hehadadecentqualityoflife,buthewanted

5Thoreausdescriptionsofnarureemphasied

poets,butonelivedinAncientChinaandtheotherin

toliveinasimplerway.Fortwoyears,two

thebeautyandpurityofthewildareasaround

19thcenturyAmerica.Superficially,theserwomen,

monthsandwodays,helivedinacottagein

him.Devotinghimselftoobservationsofthe

whoseliveswereseparatedintimebynearly1,500

theforestontheedgeofWaldenPond,focusing

naturalphenomena,herecordedhisdetailed

years,werepolaropposites.Andyettheysharedan

onhimselfandhiswriting.Heexplainedhis

findingsinhisjournals.Thoreauswritingaimed

intenserespectfornature,whichmadethemeachan

inftuentialfigureoftheirtime.

3Bothmenmadedramatictransformationstotheirlives

inordertoreconnectwithnature.Asanofficialin

theEasternJinDynasty,Taofeltconfictedoverlifeat

court.In405,hequittheserviceofhecourtforgood,

expressinghisunhappinessinthenowfamouslinethat

hewouldnotbowlikeaservantinreturnforfivedou

ofgrain.Hespentthenext22yearsuntilhisdeath,

workingthelandinapows,ruralarea.Fromhispoetry,

wecanlearnthatalthoughhislifewasarduous,he

succeededinfindingcontentmentinitssimplicityandin

drawingpleasurefromnature.

)WhileTaosreturntonaturewasareaction

toalifestylehewasopposedto,Thoreauswas

apersonaldecisiontotransformthewayhelived.

reasonfordoingsoinWalden:IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessential