Unit4FriendsforeverDevelopingideas課件高中英語3

Unit4DevelopingideasAfterTwentyYearsReadtheinformationandguesswhoheis.WarmingupHeisafamousAmericanwriterofshortstories.Hefocusedontheeverydaylifeofordinarypeople.HeisalsocalledthefatherofthemodernAmericanshortstories.Hisstoriesarebestknownforthesurpriseendings.O.HenryHeisknownasanAmericanlifehumorencyclopedia(百科全書).Duringhislifetime,O.Henrypublished10collections

andover600shortstories.1.HaveyoureadanystoriesbyO.Henry?2.Doyoulikestorieswithsurpriseending?Whyorwhynot?TheGiftoftheMagiAfterTwentyYearsTheLastLeaf

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whohasascaronhisfacesettingscharactersplotsshopnightpolicemanReadthesettingpartquicklyandfillintheblanks.ClimaxBeginningDevelopmentEnding

?manBasicelementsofashortstoryThebasictelementsofashortstoryshouldincludesettings,charactersandplot.Readthestoryquicklyandgetthekeyinformation.ReadforinformationNewYork,outsideashoponacold,darknightapolicemanamanapolicemaniswaitingforappointmentAnappointmentJimmyandBobarebestfriends.Theymadeadatetomeeteachotheragainaftertwentyyears.BobwaswaitingforJimmyoutsideashopwhenapolicemannoticedBobandhadachatwithhim.BobtoldthepolicemanthedetailsabouttheappointmenthemadewithJimmy.beginningdevelopmentclimaxMatchWhatmighthappenbetweenthepolicemanandtheman?

ReadPara1.andchooseyouranswerWhyisthemanstandingoutsidetheshopnow?A.BecauseheiswaitingforhisfriendJimmy.B.BecauseheisgoingforawalkC.Becauseheisgoingonapatrol(巡邏)Whydidthemangotothewest?A.Totravelinthewest.B.ToletJimmyleaveNewYork.C.Tomakehisfortune.Whatpromisedidtheymakebeforetheyparted?A.Makeafortunetogether.B.LeaveNewYorktogether.C.Meetagainatthesameplacetwentyyearslater.Step3Post-reading

Workingroups.Thinkofapossibleendingto“AfterTwentyYears”andfindevidencetosupportyourideas.Usethefollowingquestionstohelpyou.1.DidJimmycometomeethisfriend?2.WhathasJimmyexperiencedoverthepasttwentyyears?3.Whatmighthappenbetweenthepolicemanandtheman?

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friendduty1.Whatdoesthevideotellyouabouttheendingofthestory?Bobisa________Jimmyisa________criminalpolicemanJimmywasthepoliceman.Heturnedupastheyagreedtwentyyearsearlier,buthedecidedtofulfil(履行)hisdutyandhaveBobarrested.

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JimmyandBobsharedsincere___________,andthey_______________________italot.However，whenJimmy

wasfacedwiththedilemma(兩難困境）offriendshipandjustice,hechosetodevotetohis_____anddefendthe

.appreciated/treasureddutyjustice/law/truthWhat’sthethemeofthestory?friendship維護(hù)/捍衛(wèi)IfyouwereJimmy,whatwouldyoudowhenyoufoundoutBobwaswanted?PrinciplesEmotionsHaveyoueverexperiencedanyhardmoments(dilemma進(jìn)退兩難)tornbetweenpersonalfeelings(friendship)andsenseofrighteousness(正義）/senseofduty?Howdidyoudealwiththem?Discussion

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v.ThenextmorningIwastostartfortheWesttomakemyfortune.

第二天一早我就要去西部賺大錢了。makeone’sfortune:tobecomeveryrich發(fā)大財(cái)，賺大錢wastostartfor“be+todo”表示計(jì)劃、打算.Well,weagreedthatnightthatwewouldmeethereagainexactlytwentyyearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome.

那天夜里我們約好：不管我們的境況如何，不管我們要從多遠(yuǎn)的地方趕來，20年后的同一日