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

Unit 4 Friends forever Developing ideas Warm up 1.What do you know about O. Henry? 2. Have you read any stories created by him? 2 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 3 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. 4 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. 5 Background information The American West Westward Movement 西进运动 (Gold Rush 淘金热) (From 1862, the American government encouraged the white to develop the West.) Frontier Spirit 拓荒精神 (ambitious,adventurous, active) 6 New York The West a thousand miles 7 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. 8 1.Who are these two people? 2. When and where does the story take place? 3. Why is the man standing outside the shop? Read and answer Character Setting Plot Setting Character Plot in New York on a cold, dark night the policeman; the man with a scar on his face He is waiting for his friend, Jimmy. 9 Read the story again and answer the following questions. 1. What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man? 2. Why did the man and his friend separate twenty years ago? 3. What agreement did they make at that time? 4. Did they keep in touch during the twenty years? Read the story again and answer the following questions. 1. What is the policeman doing when he happens to see the man? He is checking the area on a cold, dark night although most people have left work to go home and this part of the city is quiet. 2. Why did the man and his friend separate twenty years ago? The man dined with his friend Jimmy at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s and he was to start for the West to make his fortune but Jimmy would like to stay in New York. 11 3. What agreement did they make at that time? They agreed that they would meet there again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what their conditions might be or from what distance they might have to go. 4. Did they keep in touch during the twenty years? For a time they corresponded but after a year or two they lost track of each others. 12 Guess the ending of the story 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? Surprise ending 13 1. Did Jimmy come to meet his friend? When the policeman went away, Jimmy came back and told the man that he was Jimmy Wells. He saw the scar on Bob’s face and knew he was the person who was wanted in Chicago. They just talked a little and then they left separately. 2. What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years? He may continue to be in New York and have a steady job. 3. What might happen between the policeman and the man? After seeing the scar on the man’s face, the policeman was confident that the man was the criminal of whom the policeman was in chase. Immediately, he grasped the man’s arms and fought with him. Unfortunately, the man ran away and escaped again. Of course, he didn’t see his friend Jimmy at all. Now read the note from the original ending and find out what exactly happened. Bob, I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your scar 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 this job. JIMMY 16 What does the note tell you about the ending of the story? How do you think Bob would react when he read the note? Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Do you like this ending? Give your reasons. Think Share Jimmy was the policeman. He turned up as they agreed twenty years earlier, but he decided to fulfil his duty and have Bob arrested. EV录屏3.9.7软件录制 Lavf56.38.102 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 $$