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Unit 4 Developing ideas
After Twenty Years
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Do you know about O. Henry?
O. Henry
Do you know about O. Henry?
Step 1 Pre-reading
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.
1.Have you read any stories by O. Henry ?
2.Do you like stories with surprise ending? Why or why not?
The Gift of the Magi
After Twenty Years
The Last Leaf
(Read Para 1. and choose your answer)
1. Why is the man standing outside the shop now?
A.Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy.
B. Because he is going on a patrol(巡逻)
2. Why did the man go to the west?
A. To travel in the west.
B. To make his fortune.
3. What promise did they make before they parted?
A. Make a fortune together.
B. Meet again at the same place twenty years later.
appointment
Task
1
characters
plots
settings
Step 2 While-reading
Task 2
The basic elements of a novel
Read and get to know the characters, settings and plots.
place, time, weather conditions, social conditions, atmosphere
place
time
weather conditions
atmosphere
settings
characters
a policeman and a man who has a scar on his face.
outside a shop in New York
a night
cold and dark
quiet
Who are the characters?
Time What happened to the man? What happened to Jimmy?
20 years ago
a year or two later Not mentioned
nowadays Not mentioned
He decided to go to the west to make his fortune
He kept hustling around over the west but lost track of Jimmy.
He waited for Jimmy
Jimmy stayed in New York
plots
beginning
development
climax
ending
Jimmy and Bob are best friends. They made a date to meet each other again after twenty years.
Bob was waiting for Jimmy outside a shop when a policeman noticed Bob and had a chat with him.
Bob told the policeman the details about the appointment he made with Jimmy.
beginning
development
climax
Match
What might happen between the policeman and the man?
Now read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.
Bob was arrested by his friend!
Bob, I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.
JIMMY
Highlight the theme
Jimmy and Bob shared sincere ___________, and they _______________________ it a lot. However,when Jimmy was faced with the dilemma(两难困境)of friendship and justice, he chose to devote to his _____ and defend the .
appreciated/treasured
duty
justice/ law/ truth
What’s the theme of the story?
friendship
维护/捍卫
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1 What does the note tell you about the ending of the story?
Jimmy was the policeman. He turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier, but he decided to fulfil his duty and have Bob arrested.
Language points
1. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune.
第二天一早我就要去西部赚大钱了。
make one’s fortune: to become very rich
发大财,赚大钱
was to start for “be + to do” 表示计划、打算
2. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come.
那天夜里我们约好:不管我们的境况如何,不管我们要从多远的地方赶来,20年后的同一日期、同一时间,我们还在这样会面。
distance n. 距离;远方;冷淡;疏远
vt. 使与……保持距离;撇清和……的关系
in the distance在远处
at / from a distance有一段距离;从远处
at / from a distance of… 从远的地方
keep sb. at a distance 同某人疏远;对某人冷淡;
与某人保持一定距离
keep one’s distance (from…)(与….)保持距离;疏远;
distant adj. 遥远的;远亲的;冷淡的
be distant from…. 远离…….
1.He threw the stone with all his strength and it fell into a pond ____ the distance.
2.The tower can be seen from ____ distance of 30 miles.
3. It was very difficult to get to know her because she always kept everyone_____ a distance.
4. She was warned to keep her distance ______ the fierce dog if she didn’t want to be bitten.
【语境应用】单句填空
in
a
at
from
3. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.
我们认为二十年后, 我们俩应该有各自的命运,也应该各自都发了财, 不管它们将会是什么。
have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made have sth. done “have+宾语+过去分词”
1. John works out in the gym three or four times a week.
2. My first job didn’t work out well.
3. I can’t work out the meaning of this poem.
4. Can you work out the total in one minute?
5. We must work out a plan as quickly as possible.
6. Things will work out if you will just be patient.
写出work out在下列句子中的中文意思。
锻炼身体
发展, 进行
理解, 弄懂
算出, 估计出, 算下来
制定, 拟定
得到圆满结果, 情况良好
5. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it’s worth it if my old partner turns up.
今晚我千里迢迢来到这里, 站在这扇门前,只要我的老朋友出现, 这一切就都是值得的。
1) be worth it: used to say that you gain something from an action 值得
【归纳】
1) worth adj. 值……钱的; 值得……的
be worth+
钱(价值数量词) 值多少钱
doing 值得做(用主动语态表被动)
be well worth doing 很值得做
2) worthy adj. 值得的
值得做
of sth.
of being done
to be done
be worthy +
3) worthwhile adj. 值得花时间/金钱/精力的
It is worthwhile to do /doing sth.
值得花时间(精力、钱)去做某事
【语境应用】语法填空。
One of the pictures is ________ (worth)
£50,000.
2) The movie was definitely worth ________ (see).
3) High prices in the UK make it worthwhile for buyers to ________ (look) abroad.
4) Two points in this report are especially _________ (worth) of notice.
worth
seeing
look
worthy
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