大学英语讲课比赛PPT第五单元.ppt

Our topic today is “living alone”. Like it or not, it is true of the American life that many people live alone. For most of them, living alone is a compelled choice, whereas, for some others, it is a matter of preference. But what comes out of both is a world of difference. compelled choice preference some people of us do not like be alone in our rooms . They had to live in solitude.because some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed. It is a sign of loneliness. Why people choose to live in solitude? A disease of psychology; Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity; It is seen as a matter of character to live in solitude; Use your freedom Some people like living alone, is a disease of psychology.This disease is called infantile autism(自闭症）.People with autism have an extreme fear of social, they do not want contact with others, prefer to be alone, reticent, like a person stay in the room. Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. Theyre all for it. They all speak highly of themselves for seeking it out. Consider Dorothy Wordsworth, for instance, helping her brother William put on his coat, finding his notebook and pencil for him, and waving as he sets forth into the early spring sunlight to look at flowers all by himself. “How graceful, how benign, is solitude,” he wrote. Look at Miltons daughters arranging his cushions and blankets before they silently creep away, so he can create poetry. Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates. Alone can show a persons character.To be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one characteristic of an American hero. The solitary hunter or explorer needs no one as they venture out among the deer and wolves to tame the great wild areas. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. When you live in solitude, you