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Unit 8 Lesson 1 The Last Leaf
Lesson 1 The Last Leaf
How much do you know about O. Henry
1.Where was O.Henry from
A. UK B. France C.USA
2.As a writer,he was most famous for_______
A. novels B. short stories C.poems
3.He started the writing style of
_________
A. surprise ending
B. humorous start C.sad endings
A Brief Introduction of O.Henry
Lesson 1 The Last Leaf
Fast-reading
The
last
leaf
Who
When
Where
Setting
What
_______→a patient
Sue
→a painter
Johnsy
Behrman
in _________
November
in Village
Pneumonia arrived and spread
Pneumonia
Greenwich
_________
In November, Johnsy _______.
The doctor ____.
Johnsy counted the leaves on the ivy vine and thought ________.
Behrman and Sue looked out the window and found _______________.
The following day, Johnsy ______.
The doctor ______.
Mr Behrman______.
The next morning, Johnsy_________ ______________.
The next day, Mr Behrman ______. The janitor found _______ the day before.
Task 2 Read carefully, find the words of time and complete the timeline.
Lesson 1 The Last Leaf
Read the story fast,then answer these questions.(5mins)
1.Who are the main characters
2.When and where did the story take place
3.What happened at the end
Sue, Johnsy and Mr Behrman , Mr Pneumonia
In November,Greenwich Village
Mr Behrman died
The Last Leaf
Greenwich Village is a place where the art people came together, hunting for apartments with north-facing windows and low rents. At the top of a three-story building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio.
In November, a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, arrived in Greenwich Village. Mr Pneumonia placed his icy finger on Johnsy; and she lay, barely moving, in her bed staring at a blank wall under her blanket.
The doctor took Sue aside and claimed, “She has one chance in—let us say, ten. And that chance is for her to want to live. Try to encourage her to think more hopeful thoughts, about the future, about living.”
The Last Leaf
Sue took some paper and a pen into Johnsy’s room and began a pen drawing, in an attempt to raise Johnsy’s spirits. Johnsy’s eyes were open, but they weren’t watching her. Instead, she stared out the window and counted backwards: “Ten, nine, eight, seven ...”
“What are you counting, dear ” asked Sue. “They’re falling faster now,” replied Johnsy. “Three days ago there were almost a hundred. But now it’s easy. There are only five left now. Five leaves on the ivy vine. When the last one falls, I must go, too. Didn’t the doctor tell you ”.“Oh, I never heard of such nonsense,” quickly replied Sue. But Johnsy’s mind was made up. “I want to see the last one fall. I’m tired of waiting. I want to go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.”
The Last Leaf
“Try to sleep,” said Sue. Then she went to fetch her neighbour, Mr Behrman, to be a model for her drawing. He was a failed painter. In 40 years he had never produced the masterpiece he longed to paint. Sue told him about Johnsy’s longing to slip away like the leaves. Behrman cried with disbelief. “Are there people in the world that foolish to think they’ll die because leaves drop off from a vine This is not a place in which Miss Johnsy shall lie sick. Someday I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away.”
Behrman and Sue looked out the window at the vine and noticed that there was just one remaining leaf. What’s more, a cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.
The Last Leaf
The next morning, Johnsy woke and asked for the curtains to be opened. One leaf remained on the vine, bravely holding on in the wind and rain. “It will fall today. And I will die with it.”
The following day, Johnsy asked again for the curtains to be opened. The leaf was still there!
Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. “I’ve been a bad girl, Sue,” said Johnsy. “It is a crime to want to die.” Then she asked for some food.
In the afternoon, the doctor visited, “Even chances,” said the doctor, “with good nursing, you’ll win. And now I must see a fellow downstairs, Behrman. Pneumonia, too. There is no hope for him.”
The Last Leaf
The next day, Sue came to Johnsy’s bed. “I have something to tell you,” she said. “Mr Behrman died today. He was ill for only two days. The janitor found him lying in bed helplessly with pain yesterday morning. His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold. They couldn’t imagine where he had been on such a terrible night. And then they found a lantern, still lit, and some brushes, and—look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn’t you wonder why it never moved an inch when the wind blew Ah, dear, it’s Behrman’s masterpiece—he painted it there the night when the last leaf fell.”
Think and share
Read the story again.Answer the questions
1. How did the writer describe the pneumonia
2.Why did he describe pneumonia in this way
3.What do you think the story is trying to express (value文章价值)
0.Henry described pneumonia as if it were a character. He personified the sickness by saying it placed its finger on Johnsy.
He described it in this way in order to make pneumonia scary .
The story is trying to express how people love and take care of each other . It also invites readers to think about attitudes towards life.
Reread the story and figure out the plot.
Climax
Falling
Action
RisingAction
Johnsy was ill.
Johnsy counted the leaves outside.
There was only one leaf outside the window.
The following day, the last leaf was still there. Johnsy survived.
Mr Behrman died.
Expansion and extension
say:
see:
die:
Use different words to express similar meanings,read the story and write them down.(3mins)
claim ask reply cry tell
look watch stare notice
go go sailing down go away slip away
simple tense &continuous tense
一般时态
进行时态
表示1感觉2情感状态3心理活动4占有5其他存在状态的动词多用一般时态。
着重于说明事实,瞬间动作/持续时间很长或永久性的动作用一般时态
侧重时间和动作的延续性,表短时间或暂时进行的动作用进行时态
一般时态与进行时态
Practice and consolidation
a.The coffee tastes awful.
b.We have breakfast very early.
下列那些句子不能用进行时态
c.They feel they need more time.
d.I have a serious headache.
e.She thinks about her mother a lot.
Practice and consolidation
下面哪些句子是错的,请纠错
I am loving the painting you bought yesterday .
Dad is lying on the bed now .
We are noticing the changes in the experiment.
He is having a bath.
Why is he staring at me.
Where did he drop his suitcase
VIEWING:The Gift of the Magi
Homework
1.Read the text & recite the key words
of lesson 1 .
2.Write a continuation of the story
(故事续写) and share it with your
class
3.Read one to two works of O.Henry
after class.