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1、The Road Not Taken,Road,OptionsWhen you take one,you will have to give up the othersThe result will be different.,“The Road Not Taken”“未选之路”Robert Frost,An authentic Poet,Listen,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken”,Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood,黄叶林中有两条岔开的路,AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth,很遗憾,我一个过路人,没法同时踏上两
2、条征途,分叉,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Andbeonetraveler,longIstood,我在那路口久久伫立,AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould,我向着一条路远远望去,Towhereitbentintheundergrowth,直到它打弯,视线被灌木丛挡住,Bush草丛,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,于是我选择了另一条,不比那条差,Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,也许会有更好的风景,又公正,又正确,景
3、色,风景,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear,因为它绿意融融,等待人去践踏,Thoughasforthatthepassingthere,其实讲到留下了来往的足迹,Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,两条路,说不上差别有多大,人迹罕至的,行人的经过使得.,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Andboththatmorningequallylay 那天早晨,有两条路,相差无几,Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack,都埋在还没被
4、踩过的落叶底下,Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday,啊,我把那第一条路留给另一天!,And that morning,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,可我知道,一条路又接上另一条,,IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback,将来能否重回旧地,这就难言,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh,Somewhereagesandageshence,当提起当年的旧事,我将叹一口气,隔了多
5、少岁月,流逝了多少时光,Many and many years later,Robert Frosts“The Road Not Taken,Andthathasmadeallthedifference,Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andIItooktheonelesstraveledby,一片森林里分出两条路,而我却选择了人迹更少的一条,从此决定了我一生的道路,The Road Not Taken,TworoadsdivergedinayellowwoodA AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth BAndbeonetraveler,longIstoodA
6、AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould ATowhereitbentintheundergrowthB Thentooktheother,asjustasfair Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear Thoughasforthatthepassingthere Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,黄色的树林里分出两条路 可惜我不能同时去涉足 我在那路口久久伫立 我向着一条路极目望去 但我却选择了另外一条路 它荒草萋萋,十分幽寂 显得更诱人,更美丽 虽然在这两条小
7、路上 都很少留下旅人的足迹 虽然那天清晨落叶满地,Andboththatmorningequallylay Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback/Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh Somewhereagesandageshence Tworoadsdivergedinawood andIItooktheonelesstraveledby Andthathasmadeallt
8、hedifference,两条路都未经脚印污染 呵,留下一条路等改日再见 但我知道路径延绵无尽头 恐怕我难以再回返 也许多少年后在某一个地方 我将轻声叹息把往事回顾 一片森林里分出两条路 而我却选择了人迹更少的一条 从此决定了我一生的道路.,Different road will lead us to see different types of scenery,before you choose which road to take,think it carefully,do not follow the flow(随波逐流),After you taken the road just do
9、 your best to walk your road and enjoy the scenery on the road.,conclusion,The Road Not Taken,Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both.And be one traveler,long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other,as just a
10、s fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same.,The Road Not Taken,And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.Oh,I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way
11、leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood,and I I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.,Background,Forst claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thom
12、as,with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London.Forst has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one,Thomas would always felt wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.,The main idea of the poem,Para1:described(描写.v)the s
13、ituationPara2:decide to take less-travelledPara3:continue description(描写.n)of roadPara4:recalls the road taken and not taken,In the first stanza,the speaker describes his position.He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads,and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see.He wou
14、ld like to try out both,but doubts he could to that,so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.,In the second stanza,he reports that he decided to take the other path,because it seemed to have less traffic than the first.But
15、then he goes on to say that they actually were very similarly worn.The second one that he took seems less traveled,but as he thinks about it,he realizes that they were“really about the same.”Not exactly that same but only“about the same.”,The third stanza continues with the cogitation about the poss
16、ible differences between the two roads.He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on,but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime,but he doubted he would be able to,because in life one thing leads to another
17、and time is short.,The fourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood,and II took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.,The form of the poem,Form:four five-line stanzasMe
18、ter:iambic tetrameterThe rhyme scheme:abaad,The theme of the peom,Traditionally,this poem has been understood as an inspirational poem,seeming to encouraging people to be self-reliant and not following where others have led.Actually,it does not moralize about choice,it simply says that choice is ine
19、vitable(不可避免的)but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.,Symbolic meaning of two roads,The two roads not only refer to the real roads he takes while walking in the yellow woods.More significantly,it means two different ways of life when one hesitates before the lifes cros
20、sroad.Different choices will lead to different futures.,Summary,The Road Not Taken tells about life choice.Mans life metaphorically related to a journey filled with twists and turns.One has to consider a lot before making a wise choice.Though the diverged roads seem identical,they actually lead to different directions which symbolize different fates.,Thank you,