Unit4Developingideas课件高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册.pptx

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1、 To understand the meaning of the passage To learn the features of a novel To master the language pointsDo you know about O. Henry?O. HenryO. Henry was an American writer whose short stories are known for wit, wordplay and clever twist endings. He wrote nearly 600 stories about life in America. The

2、father of the modern American short storyAmerican life humor encyclopedia (百科全书百科全书)Short prose writer laureate as Manhattan 曼哈顿桂冠散文作家曼哈顿桂冠散文作家Have you read any stories by O. Henry? Share one with the class.Read the complete short story “After Twenty Years” and other short stories by O Henry, such a

3、s “the Gift of the Magi” and “The Last Leaf”. This way, you can get a deeper understanding of his works and the surprise endings to his stories.O. Henry style endingsO. Henrys stories are best known for their twists or surprise endings. So much so that people now refer to such endings as “O. Henry e

4、ndings”. In these endings, there will be a sudden twist that results in an unexpected change of the characters inner world, experience, destiny, etc, thus creating an unexpected yet understandable result. Such endings will make the story more appealing and dramatic, as well as more memorable for its

5、 readers.Do you like stories with surprise ending? Why or why not?Jim Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in love with each other. For Christmas, Della decides to buy Jim a chain which costs twenty dollars. To raise the funds, she has her prized long hair cut off

6、 and sold to make a wig. Meanwhile, Jim decides to sell his watch to buy Della a beautiful set of combs. Although each is disappointed to find the gift they chose rendered useless, each is pleased with the gift they received, because it represents their love for one another. As pneumonia(肺炎肺炎) takes

7、 her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window. Her neighbor, an elderly artist frustrated by his inability to paint what is in his heart, follows the example of the Savior and makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her life. In

8、doing so, he creates the masterpiece he has been struggling to paint.Bob and Jimmy had been close friends twenty years ago when they were young. Before their separation, they made an appointment to meet again at exactly the same place and the same hour twenty years later. But when they met, one arre

9、sted the other.Listen and read the passage and find out why the man is standing outside the shop.Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy.Read the passage again, tell your partner in the mans eyes, how is his friend.best chumfinest chaptruest chapstaunchest chapWork in groups. Think of a possible

10、ending to “After Twenty Years” and find evidence to support your ideas. Use the following questions to help you.1. Did Jimmy come to meet his friend?2. What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years?3. What might happen between the policeman and the man?Bob, I was at the appointed place on ti

11、me. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldnt do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMYNow read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.Bob was arrested by hi

12、s friend!1 What does the note tell you about the ending of the story?2 How do you think Bob would react when he read the note?3 Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not?4 Do you like this ending? Give your reasons.Jimmy was the policeman. He turned up as they agreed twenty years e

13、arlier, but he decided to fulfil his duty and have Bob arrested.Work in groups. Act out the whole story.1. Think about what happened in each of the three scenes, using the information you have already read in the story. Retell the whole story.Scene 1:Bob dining with Jimmy at “Big Joe” Bradys twenty

14、years agoScene 2:Bob making his fortune in the WestScene 3:Bob and Jimmy meeting again after twenty yearsThe story is about two friends named Bob and Jimmy. Twenty years ago, 2. Choose a character to play and decide what you will say and do.3. Act out the whole story.Search online using these key words:After Twenty YearsO. Henrys short storiessurprise endings