(共15张PPT)
After Twenty Years
Unit 4 Friends Forever
第五课时 Developing ideas
Learning Objectives
1.理解课文内容,明确故事中的人物形象和特点,评价人物的行为;
2 初步掌握小说类文体的基本特征和常见的阅读方法,了解 O. Henry 小说的主题和“欧·亨利式”结尾的特点,和小说结尾的写法;
3 联系自身实际,进一步深入理解友谊的意义和内涵,辩证地思考情与法之间的关系,树立正确的友情观。
Pre-reading
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.
adj. 每日的 daily
普通人
Let’s read the excerpts (节选)from “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry, and get a deeper understanding of his works and the surprise endings to his stories.
While-reading
Setting
Plot
( Using dialogue)
Character
Three key elements of a story
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
Fast reading
Read the setting part quickly and fill in the blanks.
Climax
Beginning Development Ending
man
1.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.
2.What promise(承诺) did they make before they parted(分开)
A. Make a fortune together.
B. Leave New York together.
C. Meet again at the same place twenty years later.
3.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)
Read Para 1. and choose your answer
appointment
约定;约会
Careful reading
A. The trust (信任)in friendship.
B. Jimmy is loyal (忠诚的)to his friend.
C.The man kept his promise.
D. All of the above.
坚定的,忠诚的
Read Para 2--3 , and answer the questions
1.What happened after one or two years
They couldn’t get in touch with each other.
2.What can we learn from these sentences
联系
遵守诺言
Read the passage again, tell your partner in the man’s eyes, how is his friend.
paragraph 1/3
the storyline
While-reading
?
Made an appointment
Left for the west
Lost contact
Came back to meet the old friend
The ending
after 20 years
20 years ago
Now, it’s time to see what
O. Henry has prepared for us!
Post-reading
Bob, I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar 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 the job.
Now read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.
警方通缉
划火柴
便衣警察
约定的,指定的
Post-reading
( )1.Jimmy didn’t come to the appointed place at last.
( )2.Jimmy was the policeman.
( )3.Bob was arrested(逮捕).
F
T
T
theme of the story
While Reading
friendship
justice
vs
faced with the dilemma
JIMMY
进退两难
what dilemma
Jimmy had mixed feelings. He knew what his duty was, he also cherished (珍惜)their friendship. However, this doesn’t mean covering for his mistakes,but helping him to recognize and correct them.
Post-reading
Understand the meaning of true friendshipSummaryGet to know the theme010203Learn about the storyline
Thank You !