Unit4 developing ideas课文-2022-2023学年高一英语（外研版2019必修第一册）

Unit4 Develping Ideas After Twenty Years Pre reading Do you know who he is? O. Henry 世界三大短篇小说大师 莫泊桑 契诃夫 欧亨利 4 William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), whose pen name was O. Henry, was a world-famous American short story writer. In his stories, he often focused on the everyday life of ordinary people in New York City at that time. His stories are best known for their surprise endings. O.Henry-style endings Let’s read the excerpts from “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry. 6 The Elements of a Story Story setting when where characters plot While reading Setting Character Plot Read the excerpts and finish the table. in New York on a cold, dark night the policeman; the man with a scar on his face the appointment the man made with his friend Jimmy 1. Why is the man standing outside the shop? Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy. 2. What appointment（约定） did the man make with his friend Jimmy? They made the appointment that they would meet at the ‘big joe’ again exactly twenty years from