(共16张PPT)
Unit4 Develping Ideas
After Twenty Years
Language points
The short story “After Twenty Years” is set in(以…为背景) New York on a cold, dark night. Most people have left work(下班) to go home, and this part of the city is now quiet. A policeman who is checking the area(定语从句) sees a man outside a shop. He goes up to(走向…) the man and finds he has a scar on his face. They have a chat(聊天) and the man starts to tell his story.
1. (be) set in…以......为背景
这本小说以第二次世界大战为背景
The story is set in WWII.
PARA 1: “Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “ I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with(dine with ...跟某人一起吃饭) Jimmy Wells, my best chum(伙伴), and the finest chap(小伙子) in the world. He and I were raised(be raised被养育) here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to(be to do即将做)start for the West to make my fortune(发财). You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of (drag sb out of… 把某人拖出…地方, 过去式dragged)New York; he thought it was the only place on earth((在)世界上;(在)人间).
dine out 外出进餐
dine in 在家吃饭
We always dine out at weekends.
我们周末总是跟最好的伙伴在家里吃饭。
We always dine in with our best chum at weekends.
1.He and I ___________(raise) here, just like two brothers.
raise(vt)---_______---_______
rise(vi)---______---_______
arise(vi)---_______---________
1).The sun_______in the east and sets in the west.
2).He____________in the countryside by his grandparents.
3).On the second day, problems (arise) and she was anxious.
4).The other day, they________lots of money for the charity.
were raised
raised raised
rose risen
arose arisen
raise 养(动植物,人);举起;提高;提出;筹集
go up/stand up/get up 上升,升起
appear(vi)/happen(vi)出现,发生
rises
was raised
arose
raised
“be to do”可以表示“按计划或安排将要做某事”。
会议将在下周一举行.
“The meeting is to be held next Monday”
明天我们将在学校大门口集会
We are to meet at the school gate tomorrow.
The next morning I was to(be to do即将做)start for the West to make my fortune(发财)
【精要必记】
(1)fortune n.运气;财富
seek one’s fortune 寻找财富,找出路
try one’s fortune 碰运气
(2)fortunate adj.幸运的
be fortunate in doing sth. 因做某事而感到幸运
be fortunate to do sth. 有幸能做某事
(3)fortunately adv.幸运地
unfortunately adv.不幸运地
make one’s fortune 发财
The next morning I was to(be to do即将做)start for the West to make my fortune(发财)
知识深一度 fortune可数还是不可数
fortune作“机会,运气”讲时,为不可数名词;作“财产”讲时,为可数名词。
活用·练透 单句语法填空
①______________ (fortune), I won't be able to attend the meeting tomorrow..
②I ’m fortunate ____________(choose) for studying abroad.
③____________ (fortune), when finding Harry sitting on the ground, we sighed with a
relief.
④I’m fortunate in _______ (get) a precious opportunity to travel along the Silk Road.
⑤有时候,我也会买一些彩票试试运气,但我得到的唯一奖品就是一支钢笔。
Sometimes, I also buy some lotteries to ______________, yet the only prize I have got
from them is a pen.
Unfortunately
to be chosen
Fortunately
getting
try my fortune
You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth.
drag v. make sb do sth 拖,拉,还可指强迫,迫使,勉强
例1:
I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the burning heat.
对不起,这么热的天硬拉着你跑了这一路
The policemen dragged the criminal out of the cars.
drag... out of...把...拉出...
I managed to drag myself out of bed.
drag oneself 勉强做...
PARA1: Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions(状况) might be or from what distance(距离) we might have to come. We figured(认为) that in twenty years each of us ought to(ought to do sth 应该做某事) have our destiny worked out(work out 解决;把……弄清楚)and (have) our fortunes made(have sth done使...被) , whatever they were going to be.”
each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made
二十年的时间足够自己找到出路、赚到钱。”
have sth. done
(1)请某人完成某事,如:
I had that door painted last week.
昨天我把头发剪了. I have my hair cut yesterday.
(2)(主语) 把某事完成,如:
we must have the work finished by Tuesday.
(3)(主语)遭受某种不幸的情况。如:
I had my leg broken when I got off the bus.
(4)否定句中,表示“不允许….”“不让”。如:
I won’t have anything said against her.
PARA 2: “It sounds pretty interesting, ” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me(it seems to sb (that) 在某人看来). Haven’t you heard from(hear from 得到…的消息) your friend since you left?”
it seems to sb (that) 在某人看来
在我看来,物理很难学。
it seems to me (that) Physics is difficult to learn.
hear from得到...的消息
回复信件
Dear..., I was delighted to hear from you. Knowing that you are... I...
PARA3:
“Well, yes, for a time we corresponded(通信), ” said the other. “But after a year or two we lost track of(失去联系) each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling(忙碌,奔波) around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest(坚定的,忠诚的) old chap in the world. He’ll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it’s worth it(be worth it值得的) if my old partner turns up(turn up 出现).”
Sth be (well) worth doing 某事很值得被做
这部电影很值得一看。
她的歌值得一听。
这家博物馆的确值得参观。
The film is well worth seeing.
Her songs are worth listening to.
(vt)
The museum is certainly worth a visit.
The job involves a lot of hard work but it's worth it.
turn up:出现;调大 __________ 关小;拒绝
____________ 打开(电器) ____________关掉(电器)
________________________把...变成... _________翻到;转向
________________结果是,证明是____________把某人打发走
____________翻身,翻转;移交
1.Whenever you are in trouble, you can ________me for help.
2.Jimmy offered to marry her again, but she’d already turned him ______ three times.
3.Because the hall was full, many people __________________.
4.Fortunately,the weather___________pretty nice that day.
5.I’m turning the shop ______ to my son when I retire.
turn down
turn/switch on
turn/switch off
turn/change/transform...into...
turn to
turn out/prove (to be)+adj
turn away
turn over
turn to
down
were turned away
turned out
over
P 62(教材原句) Was he ashamed of having a friend like me 他因拥有我这样的朋友而感到不好意思
吗
ashamed adj. 感到不好意思的,难为情的
(读后续写之心理、动作描写)Feeling ashamed, she dropped her head.她羞愧地低下了头。
【精要必记】
(1)be ashamed of 对……感到羞愧或难为情
be ashamed that... 对……感到惭愧
be ashamed to do sth. 因做某事而感到惭愧
(2)shame n.羞耻,羞愧 v.使丢脸,使羞愧
It is a shame that... 真遗憾……
to one’s shame 令某人感到羞耻的是
活用·练透 单句语法填空
①She felt so ashamed ___ the misunderstanding that she had no courage to look her husband in the eyes.
②I was once ashamed _________(admit) I was anxious about the driving test, but now I have no such feeling.
of
to admit