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1、Unit 10 American literature,Fast reading,Para. 1: Della was anxious to wait for Jim and was afraid that Jims love would go out. Para. 2: Jim was burdened with the family and had no money to buy even a new overcoat or gloves.,Para. 3: Jim stared at Della with a strange expression on his face. Para. 4

2、: Della explained why she had her hair cut off. Para. 5: Jim was still confused. Pare. 6: Jim was awake and expressed nothing could make him love Della any less.,Para. 7: Della was so happy when she saw a set of beautiful and expensive combs Jim bought her. Para. 8: Della showed Jim her gift a gold

3、watch chain that was worthy of his gold watch.,Para. 9: Jim told Della he sold his watch for her combs.,Explanation,1. be burdened with: 负重 e.g. Industry is heavily burdened with taxation. 2. fix ones eyes upon: 全神贯注于; 凝视 e.g. Her eyes were fixed on/upon the gun.,3. tear at: 撕扯 e.g. He flew in to a

4、rage and tore at the letter. 4. as well: 除这外；也；还 e.g. Are they coming as well? 5. in the way of: 关于方面 e.g. There isnt much in the way of entertainment in this place.,6. at length: 经过一段长时间以后； 最后 e.g. At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late. 7. couldnt have done without e.g. We couldnt have fini

5、shed the difficult task in time without your timely help.,8. seem to do = It seems that e.g. He seemed not to have heard about it. =It seemed that he had not heard about it. 9. I dont think e.g. I dont think its going to rain.,10. as if doing /to do e.g. He stood there as if (he was) waiting for som

6、eone. She opened her mouth as if (she were) to say something.,Careful reading,1. How did Della expect Jim to react when he saw her? Della expects Jim to be angry or surprised. She also expects him to disapprove or dislike. But she does not see any of the feelings she had been prepared for.,2. What w

7、as Jims reaction? Describe his feelings? Jim stares at Della with a strange expression on his face. He cant believe what he has seen. He seems to be in a dream. He has a complicated feeling which he cant express in words, so he just hugs Della in his,arms to show his love to her. 3. Why did Della bu

8、rst into tears when she opened the package? When she opens the package and sees a set of beautiful combs in it, she feels both happy and sad, because she gets what she has longed for but she,has lost her hair and its useless now. 4. Where did the story take place? I think the story takes place in Ne

9、w York, because most of O. Henrys words are set in New York. Besides, there is a sentence in the passage “the set of combs that Della had been looking at so many times in a,Broadway window.” “Broadway” is a place in New York. 5. Explain the title of this short story. What does it mean? Before Christ

10、mas, Della sells her beautiful hair to buy her husband Jim a gold watch chain while Jim sells his gold watch to buy Della a,set of expensive combs. The two possessions are very valuable for them. But they would rather lose them for the sake of love. 6. Is the story humorous or not? How would you des

11、cribe the story? I think it is not a humorous story, but a moving story. Though Della and,Jim are poor, they love each other so deeply that the readers can be moved to tears. 7. Would you recommend the story to others? Id like to recommend the story to others. I will tell the story to them or sugges

12、t they read the novel.,Analyse,1. Do you know the type of literature? Its a novel. 2. Please tell me the five elements of a novel: time, place, persons, event and end. Time and Place: It happened in a,poor family in a small town on the day before Christmas. Persons: There are just two main character

13、s, Della and Jim, a couple. Event: I think the event is just “buying Christmas presents for each,other”, and the end of the story is that they both sell their valuable things for the gift to the other but both of the gifts have no use any longer because of the losing of their possessions.,End: But t

14、hey got real love. Somehow, I still feel sad about the end. 3. What can we learn from the story? Love is the most costly in the world. / One can sacrifice anything for love.,Summary,The novel: 1. Title: A Sacrifice for Love 2. Characters: Della and Jim (a couple) 3. Plot: Della sells her hair to buy

15、 a chain for Jims watch while Jim sells his,watch to buy combs for Dellas hair 4. Theme: They lose their possessions but gain real love. The Style: Laugh with tears The Language: 1. short and refine,2. humorous and magnifying 3. dramatic and moving The description: 1. clever conceiving 2. impressive

16、 plot 3. amazing result: unexpected but reasonable,Main idea: The couple sacrifice their own possessions to buy each others Christmas present, annotating that great love is impayable in the world.,The author: O. Henry, American writer. The passage is from his famous novel The Gift from Magi.,Writing

17、,Picture 1: Della, poor, bargained when buying necessities in daily life to save money for the present for Jim.,Picture 2: Proud of her beautiful hair, fought with her own mind before finally decided to sell it to get some money.,Picture 3: Jim sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs for De

18、lla.,Picture 4: Both of the presents couldnt be used, but they got real love.,Sample writing,The story is about affection between two poor lovers. Della sold her beautiful long hair so that she could afford the money of a gold chain, which was the present for Jim on Christmas Day. But at the same,time, Jim sold his gold watch to buy a set of beautiful combs for Della. Both of them sacrifice their favorites for love. It is a bit sorry at the end of the story, but the emotion be