Unit 4 Friends Forever Developing ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

After Twenty Years Unit 4 Friends Forever Developing ideas Continue to play a guessing game A world-famous American short story writer Stories in his books often focus on the everyday life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories are best known for their surprise endings. A world-famous American short story writer Stories in his books often focus on the everyday life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories are best known for their surprise endings. O. Henry Have you read any stories by O. Henry? Share one with the class. Pre-reading Make a prediction Make a prediction based on the title and the picture: who? where? when? what were they doing? why?... Read for structure Introduction 6 Read the 1st part and find out Introduction Settings Place: Time: Surroundings: Characters a policeman a man New York, outside a shop at night cold, dark, quiet (Circle key information while reading to help you understand.) 7 Read the plot情节 Introduction Settings Characters Body part Plot 8 Read for plot and find out What is the relationship between the man and Jimmy? Why did the man go to the West? What promise did they make before they parted? close friend They are best friends. To make his fortune Meet here again after twenty years. man Read for plot What happened after one or two years? They lost track of each other. What can we learn from these sentences? The trust in friendship Jimmy is loyal to his friend The friendship matters a lot to the man All of the above loyal 10 Read for plot Beginning Development Climax Ending made different choices and made a promise lost track of each other The man: waited for the reunion Jimmy: …… twenty years ago after a year or two after twenty years Analyze characters Tip: Every character（人物） has a distinctive character（性格）. We can analyze characters by observing their words, actions, appearances, expressions… Jimmy the man Analyze characters What are the characters of the man? ambitious（有雄心的） value friendship trustworthy energetic Analyze characters What are the characters of Jimmy? traditional, conservative（保守的） loyal, value the friendship Analyze characters the man Jimmy ambitious（有雄心的） value friendship trustworthy energetic traditional, conservative（保守的） value friendship loyal Do they have anything in common? That’s why their friendship starts Jimmy Ending? Write an ending in brief with the hlep of the following questions Think of a possible ending to “After Twenty Years”. Use the following questions to help you. Did Jimmy come to meet his friend? What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years? What might happen between the policeman and the man? Tip: 3-5 sentences Use clues from the story. (conversation, settings, the author’s writing style…) Vote for the best ending Video Read for the original ending Bob was a criminal Jimmy left and asked another policeman in plain clothes to arrest Bob and gave the note. the man Jimmy appeared on time. Jimmy recognized Bob Arrest Bob The policeman dilemma 进退两难 Read for the original ending Questions: How did the story end? What kind of person do you think Jimmy is? What do you think of the ending? A Surprise Ending responsible value friendship That’s why Jimmy had Bob arrested. “O Henry”Ending Unexpected Think critically Do you think the ending reasonable? Why or why not? Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Think & Share loyalty to friendship Friend Law Think critically again devotion to justice（正义） Jimmy made the right decision. Nobody can be against the law. Friendship is precious but law counts more. dilemma “O Henry”Ending Unexpected but Logical and Reasonable Think critically again What can we learn from the story? Assignment Read the complete version of After Twenty Years. Try to Act out the story. Thank you! The law is reason free from passion. - Aristotle 法律是没有激情的理性。 ——亚里士多德 EVCapture4.1.4软件录制 Lavf57.25.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制，www.ieway.cn EVCapture4.1.4软件录制 Lavf57.25.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制，www.ieway.cn $$