《新视野英语》（英文版）Unit 5 Choose to Be Alone on Purpose

Unit 5 Choose to be Alone on Purpose

Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Unit 5

Stage 1: Warming-up Ac ctIvitIes Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities 2 Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

2252 Warming-up Activities Ce Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

60 Group work Go over the preview, the pre- reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

Group work Go over the preview, the pre￾reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

of Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

Co Background information Henry david Thoreau: U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist(1817-1862). Born in Concord, Mass. Thoreau graduated from Harvard University and taught school for several years before deciding to become a poet of nature. Back in Concord, he came under the influence of r. w. Emerson and began to publish pieces in the Transcendentalist magazine The Dial In the years 1845-1847, to demonstrate how satisfying a simple life could be, he lived in a hut beside Concord's Walden Pond; essays recording his daily life were assembled for his masterwork, Walden(1854)

Background information • Henry David Thoreau: U.S. thinker, essayist, and naturalist (1817—1862). Born in Concord, Mass., Thoreau graduated from Harvard University and taught school for several years before deciding to become a poet of nature. Back in Concord, he came under the influence of R. W. Emerson and began to publish pieces in the Transcendentalist magazine The Dial. In the years 1845—1847, to demonstrate how satisfying a simple life could be, he lived in a hut beside Concord's Walden Pond; essays recording his daily life were assembled for his masterwork, Walden (1854)

His a week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) was the only other book he published in his lifetime. He reflected on a night he spent in jail protesting the Mexican-American War in the essay Civil Disobedience(1849), which would later influence such figures as M. Gandhi and M. L. King. In later years his interest in Transcendentalism waned and he became a dedicated abolitionist. His many nature writings and records of his wanderings in Canada, Maine, and Cape Cod display the mind of a keen naturalist. After his death his collected writings were published in 20 volumes, and further writings have continued to appear in print

His A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) was the only other book he published in his lifetime. He reflected on a night he spent in jail protesting the Mexican-American War in the essay Civil Disobedience (1849), which would later influence such figures as M. Gandhi and M. L. King. In later years his interest in Transcendentalism waned and he became a dedicated abolitionist. His many nature writings and records of his wanderings in Canada, Maine, and Cape Cod display the mind of a keen naturalist. After his death his collected writings were published in 20 volumes, and further writings have continued to appear in print

John Milton: English poet(1608--1674) Milton attended Cambridge University(1625--1632) where he wrote poems in Latin, Italian, and English; these included L'Allegro and ll Penseroso, both published later in Poems(1645). During 1632-1638 he engaged in private study-writing the masque Comus(1637) and the extraordinary elegy lycidas(1638)-and toured Italy. Concerned with the puritan cause in England, he spent much of 1641--1660 pamphleteering for civil and religious liberty and serving in Oliver Cromwell's government

• John Milton: English poet (1608—1674). Milton attended Cambridge University (1625—1632), where he wrote poems in Latin, Italian, and English; these included L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, both published later in Poems (1645). During 1632—1638 he engaged in private study — writing the masque Comus (1637) and the extraordinary elegy Lycidas (1638) — and toured Italy. Concerned with the Puritan cause in England, he spent much of 1641—1660 pamphleteering for civil and religious liberty and serving in Oliver Cromwell's government

His best-known prose is in the pamphlets Areopagitica(1644), on freedom of the press, and Of Education(1644). He lost his sight in the year of 1651. and thereafter dictated his works. His disastrous first marriage ended with his wifes death in 1652: two later marriages were more successful. After the restoration he was arrested as a noted defender of the commonwealth but was soon released In Paradise lost(1667), his epic masterpiece on the Fall of Man written in blank verse, he uses his sublime“ grand style”with superb power; his characterization of Satan is a supreme achievement

His best-known prose is in the pamphlets Areopagitica (1644), on freedom of the press, and Of Education (1644). He lost his sight in the year of 1651, and thereafter dictated his works. His disastrous first marriage ended with his wife's death in 1652; two later marriages were more successful. After the Restoration he was arrested as a noted defender of the Commonwealth, but was soon released. In Paradise Lost (1667), his epic masterpiece on the Fall of Man written in blank verse, he uses his sublime “grand style” with superb power; his characterization of Satan is a supreme achievement

He further expressed his purified faith in God and the regenerative strength of the individual soul in Paradise regained(1671), an epic in which Christ overcomes Satan the tempter, and Samson Agonistes(1671), a tragedy in which the Old Testament figure conquers self-pity and despair to become God's champion. Considered second only to W. Shakespeare in the history of English-language poetry, Milton had an immense influence on later literature; though attacked early in the 20th century, he had regained his place in the Western canon by mid-century

He further expressed his purified faith in God and the regenerative strength of the individual soul in Paradise Regained (1671), an epic in which Christ overcomes Satan the tempter, and Samson Agonistes (1671), a tragedy in which the Old Testament figure conquers self-pity and despair to become God's champion. Considered second only to W. Shakespeare in the history of English-language poetry, Milton had an immense influence on later literature; though attacked early in the 20th century, he had regained his place in the Western canon by mid-century