Unit+8+Literature+Lesson+1+The+last+leaf+語言點高中英語北師大新版（2019）選擇性必修第三冊

Unit8LiteratureLesson1TheLastLeaf----ByO.HenryMissWang

ReadingClassWordStorminghuntforunseenadj.placev.barelyadv.adj.空白的raiseone’sspititclaimv.堅持下去disbeliefn.curtainn.crimen.vi.盯著icyadj.countvt.adv.倒著nonsensen.masterpiecen.foolishadj.remainingadj.leafn.slipv.lightv.Leading-inLookandguessWhichnovelcanyouthinkof？Whoistheauthor?TheGiftofMagiActivateandShare1HowmuchdoyouknowaboutO.Henry?Findsomebackgroundinformationabouthim.1.WherewasO.Henryfrom?a.UKb.Francec.USA2.Asawriter,hewasmostfamousfor______.a.novelsb.shortstoriesc.poems3.Hestartedthewritingstyleof________.a.surprisingendingsb.humorousstartsc.sadendings√√√“O.Henry-end”“TheLastLeaf”isoneofO.Henry’smostfamousshortstories.Readthestoryquicklyandthenfillingtheforms.ThelastleafWhoWhenWhereSettingWhatJohnsyBehrmanin_________NovemberinVillagePneumoniaarrivedandspreadPneumoniaGreenwich

_________Fast-reading_______→apatientSue

→apainterDoctor1.Bydoingwhat,whosolvedtheproblem?2.Wastheproblemsolved?

Whathappenedtothemaincharacters?ReadandExploreReadthestoryquicklyandanswerthequestions.Yes,Johnsywasaliveaftershesawthelastleaf.MrBehrmandiesofpneumoniabecausehepaintedanivyleafforJohnsyintherain.MrBehrmanpaintedthelastleafonthewall.ThelastleafWhoWhenWhereSettingWhat_______→apatientSue

→apainterJohnsyBehrmanin_________NovemberinVillagePneumoniaarrivedandspreadPneumoniaGreenwich

_________DoctorFast-readingThebeginningofthestoryTheendingofthestoryJohnsywasill

badly.ThelastleafwaspaintedonthewallbyBehrman.Buthedied.①GreenwichVillageisaplace

where

theartpeople

cametogether,huntingforapartmentswithnorth-facingwindowsandlowrents.Atthetopofathree-storybuilding,SueandJohnsyhadtheirstudio.先行詞關(guān)系副詞where引導定語從句現(xiàn)在分詞做伴隨狀語面朝北方的n.租金v.租賃故事；樓層畫室格林威治鎮(zhèn)是個藝術(shù)人士聚集的地方，他們在那里尋找窗戶朝北且租金低廉的公寓。蘇和約翰西的畫室就在一座三層樓的頂樓。尋找在...的頂部LanguagePoints②InNovember,acold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,arrivedinGreenwichVillage.MrPneumoniaplacedhisicyfingeronJohnsy;andshelay,barelymoving,inherbed

staringatablankwallunderherblanket.先行詞關(guān)系代詞whom引導的非限定從凝視：現(xiàn)在分詞做伴隨狀語十一月的時候，一個冷酷無情、肉眼看不見、醫(yī)生稱之為“肺炎”的不速之客，來到了格林威治村?！胺窝紫壬卑阉涞氖种阜旁诩s翰西身上，于是她躺在床上，幾乎不動，蓋著毯子，眼睛盯著一堵空墻?，F(xiàn)在分詞做伴隨狀語personification把...放在...上detaildescription③

ThedoctortookSueasideandclaimed,“Shehasonechancein—letussay,ten.Andthatchanceisforhertowanttolive.Trytoencouragehertothinkmorehopefulthoughts,aboutthefuture,aboutliving.”takesb.aside把...拉到旁邊encouragesb.todo鼓勵某人做onechanceinten十分之一的機會醫(yī)生把蘇拉到一邊，說：“她的病只有，這么說吧，只有一成希望，這一成希望在于她自己要不要活下去。試著鼓勵她多想想有希望的事情、想想未來、想想活下去?！雹躍uetooksomepaperandapenintoJohnsy’sroomandbeganapendrawing,inanattemptto

raiseJohnsy’sspirits.Johnsy’seyeswereopen,buttheyweren’twatchingher.Instead,shestaredoutthewindowandcountedbackwards:“Ten,nine,eight,seven...”嘗試做某事raiseone’sspirits振奮某人的精神

倒著數(shù)蘇拿了幾張紙和一支鋼筆來到約翰西的房間，開始畫鋼筆畫，試著讓約翰西打起精神。約翰西的眼睛是睜著的，但并沒有看蘇。相反，她望向窗外，倒數(shù)著：“十，九，八，七……”相反⑤

“Whatareyoucounting,dear?”askedSue.“They’refallingfasternow,”repliedJohnsy.“Threedaysagotherewerealmostahundred.Butnowit’seasy.Thereareonlyfiveleftnow.Fiveleavesontheivyvine.Whenthelastonefalls,Imustgo,too.Didn’tthedoctortellyou?”

fall-fell-fallen落下留下⑥

“Oh,Ineverheardofsuchnonsense,”quicklyrepliedSue.ButJohnsy’smindwasmadeup.“Iwanttoseethelastonefall.I’mtiredof

waiting.Iwanttogosailingdown,down,justlikeoneofthosepoor,tiredleaves.”聽說betiredof(doing)厭倦makeupone’smind下定決心“哦，我從未聽過這么荒謬的話?！碧K立刻答到。但是約翰西決心已定?！拔蚁肟粗詈笠黄~子掉下來，我已經(jīng)等膩了。我想隨風而逝，就像一片可憐的、疲倦的藤葉一樣?！彪S風而逝gosailing去航海⑦

“Trytosleep,”saidSue.Thenshewenttofetchherneighbour,MrBehrman,tobeamodelforherdrawing.Hewasafailedpainter.In40yearshehadneverproducedthemasterpiece

(helongedtopaint).SuetoldhimaboutJohnsy’slongingto

slipawayliketheleaves.省略that/which的定語從句...的模特悄悄消失；流逝“試著睡一會兒吧，”蘇說道。然后她去叫鄰居伯曼先生來做繪畫模特。他是個失敗的畫手，40年來，他從未創(chuàng)作出他所渴望的杰作。蘇告訴他約翰西想要像樹葉一樣流逝。longtodosth.渴望做某事⑧

Behrmancried

withdisbelief.“Aretherepeopleintheworldthatfoolishtothinkthey’lldiebecauseleavesdropofffromavine?Thisisnotaplace

(inwhichMissJohnsyshallliesick).SomedayIwillpaintamasterpiece,andweshallallgoaway.”從……落下難以置信地臥病inwhich(=where)引導定語從句,修飾先行詞

aplace離開伯曼不可置信地喊道：“世界上竟有這種傻子，認為藤葉落掉他們就得死?約翰西小姐實在不應(yīng)該躺在這里生病?？傆幸惶煳乙嬕环茏?，然后我們就可以離開這里?！眝.喊v.躺—lay—lain⑨

BehrmanandSuelookedoutthewindowatthevineandnoticedthattherewasjustoneremainingleaf.What’smore,acoldrainwasfalling,mixedwithsnow.與...混合，夾雜伯曼和蘇望著窗外的藤蔓，發(fā)現(xiàn)藤枝上只剩下最后一片葉子了。更糟糕的是，外面下起冰冷的雨來，雨夾著雪。that引導賓語從句向外看；當心⑩

Thenextmorning,Johnsywokeandaskedforthecurtainstobeopened.Oneleafremainedonthevine,bravelyholdingoninthewindandrain.“Itwillfalltoday.AndIwill

diewithit.holdon堅持隨...消失要求wake-woke-woken第二天早上，約翰西醒來，讓打開窗簾。藤上還留著一片葉子，在風雨中勇敢地撐著。“它今天會掉下來的，我也會和它一同死去?！眛odo的被動：tobedone?

Thefollowingday,Johnsyaskedagainforthecurtainstobeopened.Theleafwasstillthere!?

Johnsylayforalongtimelookingatit.“I’vebeenabadgirl,Sue,”saidJohnsy.“Itisa

crime

towanttodie.”Thensheaskedforsomefood.長時間Itisacrimetodosth

做某事是一種罪過?

Intheafternoon,thedoctorvisited,“Evenchances,”saidthedoctor,“withgoodnursing,you’llwin.AndnowImustseeafellowdownstairs,Behrman.Pneumonia,too.Thereisnohopeforhim.”相等的機會，五成的機會?

Thenextday,SuecametoJohnsy’sbed.“Ihavesomething

totellyou,”shesaid.“MrBehrmandiedtoday.Hewasillforonlytwodays.Thejanitorfoundhimlyinginbedhelplesslywithpainyesterdaymorning.Hisshoesandclothingwerewetthroughandicycold.

不定代詞+todofindsb.doing...

發(fā)現(xiàn)某人正在做……濕透Theycouldn’timagine

(

wherehehadbeenonsuchaterriblenight.)Andthentheyfoundalantern,stilllit,andsomebrushes,and—lookoutthewindow,dear,atthelastivyleafonthewall.Didn’tyouwonder(whyitnevermovedaninchwhenthewindblew?)Ah,dear,it’sBehrman’smasterpiece—hepaintedittherethenight

(whenthelastleaffell.)”where引導賓語從句light的過去分詞why引導賓語從句blow-blew-blownwhen引導定語從句InNovember,Johnsy_______.Thedoctor____.Johnsycountedtheleavesontheivyvineandthought________.BehrmanandSuelookedoutthewindowandfound_______________.Thefollowingday,Johnsy______.Thedoctor______.MrBehrman______.Thenextmorning,Johnsy_______________________.Thenextday,MrBehrman______.Thejanitorfound_______thedaybefore.ReadandthinkReadthestorymorecarefully.Completethetimelinewithwhathappenedinthestory.InNovember,Johnsy___________________.Thedoctor______________________________.Johnsycountedtheleavesontheivyvineandthought____________________________.BehrmanandSuelookedoutofthewindowandfound_____________.ThenextmorningJohnsy___________________________________________.Thenextday,MrBehrman_____.Thejanitorfound______________________________

thedaybefore.Thefollowingday,Johnsy_____________________.Thedoctor_____________________________.MrBehrman________________________.gotsickwithpneumoniasaidshemightnotgetbetteroneleafleftthatshemustdiewhenthelastivyleaffallsaskedtolookoutofthewindowandsawtheleafwasstilltheresawtheleafwasstilltheresaidshewouldliveandgetbetterwassickwithpneumoniadiedMrBehrmaninbedwithpainIntensiveReadingThetextmainlytellsus__.A.alastivyleafonthewall. B.MrBehrman-afailedpainter. C.abeautifulandsorrowfulstorywithasurprisingending. D.astoryaboutakindofseveredisease.2.Thetextisorganizedby_____. A.place. B.time. C.character. D.thing.√√Checkyourunderstandingandchoosethebestanswer.3.WhatkindofpersonisJohnsy? A.Pessimistic. B.Optimistic. C.Careless. D.Cautious.4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutSue? A.Considerate,kindandpatient. B.Kind,determinedandbrave. C.Careless,meanandselfish. D.Pessimistic,bad-tempered,andimpatient.√√Readthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer.Rereadthestoryandfigureouttheplot.ClimaxFallingActionRisingActionJohnsywasill.

Johnsycountedtheleavesoutside.Therewasonlyoneleafoutsidethewindow.Thefollowingday,thelastleafwasstillthere.Johnsywasalive.MrBehrmandied.TheLeaves“Ten,nine,eight,seven...”(Para.4)“Threedaysagotherewerealmostahundred.Thereareonlyfiveleftnow.”(Para.5)“Therewasjustoneremainingleaf.”(Para.8)“Theleafwasstillthere!”(Para.10)“”tjJohnsy’sattitudesMr.Behrman’shealth“In40yearshehadneverproducedthemasterpiecehelongedtopaint.”(para.7)

“AndnowImustseeafellowdownstairs,Behrman.Pneumonia,too.Thereisnohopeforhim.”(para.12)“MrBehrmandiedtoday.”(para.13)“Whenthelastonefalls,Imustgo,too...”(para.5)“Itwillfalltoday.AndIwilldiewithit”(para.9)“Itisacrimetowanttodie.”(Para.11)fallingoneleftpessimisticoptimistic

healthydiedawfulaboutahundredWhile-readingHowmanyclues/threadsareusedinthisarticle?Whatarethey?Analysethe

characters

CharactersPersonalityExamples(Evidence)JohnsypessimisticstubbornwaitedtodieSueconsideratekindpatient

encouragedJohnsyconstantlyandtookcare

of

JohnsycarefullyBehrmanambitiousselflessbraveSomedayIwillpaintamasterpieceHesacrificedhislifetosaveJohnsyThestoryistryingtoexpresshowpeopleloveandtakecareofeachother.Italsoinvitesreaderstothinkaboutattitudestowardslife.toBehrmantoJohnsytoplotWhatdoyouthinkthestoryistryingtoexpress?Whatdidthelastivyleafmean?athreadamasterpiecethehopeoflifeThinkandshareWhattypicalwritingfeatureshaveyounoticedinthearticle?WritingstylesofO.Henry“InNovember,acold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,arrivedinGreenwichVillage.”(para.2)“Iwanttogosailingdown,down,justl