Unit4 Friends forever Developing ideas课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 4 Developing ideas After Twenty Years 1 Read the information and guess who he is. Warming up He is a famous American writer of short stories. He focused on the everyday life of ordinary people. He is also called the father of the modern American short stories. His stories are best known for the surprise endings. O. Henry He is known as an American life humor encyclopedia (百科全书). During his lifetime, O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories. 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 Fast-reading Place: outside a in New York Time: on a cold, dark . a ; a who has a scar on his face settings characters plots shop night policeman Read the setting part quickly and fill in the blanks. Climax Beginning Development Ending ? man Basic elements of a short story The basict elements of a short story should include settings, characters and plot. Read the story quickly and get the key information. Read for information New York, outside a shop on a cold, dark night a policeman a man a policeman is waiting for appointment An appointment 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? Read Para 1. and choose your answer Why is the man standing outside the shop now? A.Because he is waiting for his friend Jimmy. B. Because he is going for a walk C. Because he is going on a patrol(巡逻) Why did the man go to the west? A. To travel in the west. B. To let Jimmy leave New York. C. To make his fortune. What promise did they make before they parted? A. Make a fortune together. B. Leave New York together. C. Meet again at the same place twenty years later. Step 3 Post-reading Work in groups. Think of a possible 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? Loyalty to______ Devotion to ____ friend duty 1. What does the video tell you about the ending of the story? Bob is a ________ Jimmy is a ________ criminal policeman Jimmy was the policeman. He turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier, but he decided to fulfil (履行) his duty and have Bob arrested. 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 11 If you were Jimmy, what would you do when you found out Bob was wanted? Principles Emotions Have you ever experienced any hard moments (dilemma进退两难) torn between personal feelings (friendship) and sense of righteousness (正义）/ sense of duty? How did you deal with them? Discussion Language points Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings. Important words and phrases ______________________ 把故事情节安排在 ______________________ [非正式，过时]老朋友 ______________________ [非正式，过时]家伙，伙计 ______________________ 劝人勉强来（或去） ______________________ 状况，状态 chum n chap n drag v condition n set v 15 Important words and phrases ______________________ 认定，认为 ______________________ 命运 ______________________ 相一致 ______________________ 提议，建议，计划 ______________________ （常指非法地）兜售 Find the following words and phrases in the passage and work out their meanings. figure v destiny n correspond v proposition n hustle v 16 . 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 . 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。 We could also say: Well , that night we made an agreement to meet each other here on the same date and time after twenty years. Neither our conditions nor the distance from our locations to New York would stop us from coming. $$