Unit4 Developing ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 4 Unit 4 Friends forever Developing ideas Learning Objectives 1.Students can understand the content of the text, define the characters in the story, and evaluate the behavior of the characters; 2.Students can master the basic features as well as common reading methods of novel styles, and understand the theme of After Twenty Years and the characteristics of “O.Henry style endings”; 3.Students can establish a correct view of friendship. 3 Warm up 1.What do you know about O. Henry? 2. Have you read any stories created by him? 4 Read the sentences below and circle T (True) or F(False). O. Henry was a world-famous British short writer. He often focused on the everyday life of rich people in New York City at that time. His stories are best known for their happy endings 5 Then read the introduction and check your answers. 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 was a world-famous British short writer. He often focused on the everyday life of rich people in New York City at that time. His stories are best known for their happy endings F 6 The Gift of Magi The Last Leaf After Twenty Years The Cop and the Anthem 1. Have you ever read any of the stories by O. Henry? Share one with the class. 7 Surprise endings can make me feel extremely excited and astonished when reading the last part. We keep wandering in the world built by the author and have a feeling that we want to read the book again and again. Do you like stories with surprise endings? Why or why not? 2. 8 Let’s read the excerpts from “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry, and get a deeper understanding of his works and the surprise endings to his stories. 9 1.Who are these two people? 2. When and where does the story take place? 3. Why is the man standing outside the shop? R