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Thoreau’sNatureWorldCloud第一頁，共9頁。

Walden,orLifeintheWoodswhichwasfirstreleasedin1854hadbeenpubilshedforthousandsoftimesandhadhundredsofeditionsinthe156yearssinceThoreaupassedaway.Anduntilltoday,it’sstillreadbypeoplefromeverycorneroftheworld.第二頁，共9頁。HenryDavidThoreau

(1817-1862)

Birthplace:MassachusettsNationality:AmericaTitle:Proser,Poet,Naturalist,Philosopher

HewasgraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1837.In1845,hebuilthimselfasmallframehouseontheshoresofWaldenPond,andlivedtherefortwoyearsalone,alifeoflaborandstudy.

第三頁，共9頁。

NowifeNofriendNoservantsHesupportedhimselfbygrowingvegetablesandbysurveyinganddoingoddjobsinthenearbyvillage.

Hereducedhismaterialneedsbylivingsimply,sothathewouldnothavetospendmuchtimesupportingalifestylethathedidnotneedorcareabout.

HowdidThoreauliveinthewoods?第四頁，共9頁。WhydidThoreaulivealoneinthewoods?第五頁，共9頁。InWalden's"WhereILived,&WhatILivedfor",hedescribesanmotive:

IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwantedtolivedeliberately.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife!Toputtoroutallthatwasnotlife.Andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.-----Thoreau我步入?yún)擦?，因?yīnwèi)我希望生活得有意義，我希望活得深刻，汲取生命中所有的精華，把非生命的一切都擊潰，以免讓我在生命終結時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己從來沒有活過。-----梭羅第六頁，共9頁。

Thoreauwantedtogetthemostfromhislifebydeterminingwhatwasreallyimportant.

HedevotedmostofhistimetoobservingNature,reading,andwritingandhekeptadetailedjournalofhisobservations,activitiesandthoughts.

Hewasquiteenjoythatlifeandsolitude.Andthere,hefinishedhismostfamousbookWalden.第七頁，共9頁。

ThoreaudiedonMay6,1862,aged44years.Inthecontemporaryeyes,Heisjuststrangeparanoid(偏執(zhí)狂),aEmersonsuitors.Anduntillthecenturychanging,Heandhisbookgotaprofoundunderstanding.IbelievepeoplewholoveThoreauandWaldenarenotonlylikethegeniusofsentencesinhiswriting,butalsofalli