(共20张PPT)
Unit 4 Developing ideas
After Twenty Years
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
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
1.How old was Jimmy when the story happened?( )
A.Eighteen. B.Twenty. C.Thirty eight. D.Forty.
2.What promise had they made before they parted?( )
A.Making a fortune.
B.Working out their destiny.
C.Meeting again at the same place.
D.Not giving up the hope of living.
Read again and choose your answer
3.What happened to their friendship after they said goodbye?( )
A.They kept in touch for at least 20 years.
B.They had been out of touch for many years.
C.Their friendship came to an end after that.
D.They met now and then after saying goodbye.
4.We can infer about the man from the passage except that ______.( )
A.he decided to settle in New York for his friend
B.he once lived a tough life
C.he is adventurous and ambitious
D.he is loyal to his friendship with Jimmy
Read for the Character---Jimmy
What kind of man is Jimmy
Hints Personality
“… my best chum, and the finest chap in the world”
“You couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth.”
“… for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world.”
friendly, kind, sincere
cautious(谨慎的), calm, firm
loyal, trustworthy,
reliable, staunch
Guess: What’s Jimmy’s choice
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
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
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
. 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.