Unit 4 Period 4 Developing Ideas 课件-高一上学期英语【精彩课堂】精品课件（外研社2019必修第一册）

B1U4 Developing ideas After Twenty Years Do you know who he is? O. Henry O. HENRY William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) A world-famous American short story writer. O. HENRY William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) A world-famous American short story writer. Have you read any stories by O● Henry? Share one with the class. During his lifetime, O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories. 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’s writing style: So much so that people now refer to such endings as “O.Henry-style endings”. 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 readers. Do you like stories with surprise endings? Why or why not? 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. P58-60 Activity 2: About the short story Read the words in italic and fill in the blanks. The short story “After Twenty Years” is set in _____________, on a ___________, _____________ night. Most people have left work to go home, and this part of the city is now ____________. A _____________ who is ______________ the area sees a man ___________ a shop. He goes up to the man and finds he has a ______________ on his face. They have a chat and the man starts to tell his story. New York cold dark quiet policeman checking outside scar What can you infer from the setting? settings 10 Read the passage and find out why the man is standing outside the shop. The man and Jimmy had obviously been close friends twenty years ago when they were young. Before their separation, they made an appoint