Unit+8+Literature+Lesson+1+The+last+leaf+语言点高中英语北师大新版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit8LiteratureLesson1TheLastLeaf----ByO.HenryMissWang

ReadingClassWordStorminghuntforunseenadj.placev.barelyadv.adj.空白的raiseone’sspititclaimv.坚持下去disbeliefn.curtainn.crimen.vi.盯着icyadj.countvt.adv.倒着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.先行词关系副词where引导定语从句现在分词做伴随状语面朝北方的n.租金v.租赁故事；楼层画室格林威治镇是个艺术人士聚集的地方，他们在那里寻找窗户朝北且租金低廉的公寓。苏和约翰西的画室就在一座三层楼的顶楼。寻找在...的顶部LanguagePoints②InNovember,acold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,arrivedinGreenwichVillage.MrPneumoniaplacedhisicyfingeronJohnsy;andshelay,barelymoving,inherbed

staringatablankwallunderherblanket.先行词关系代词whom引导的非限定从凝视：现在分词做伴随状语十一月的时候，一个冷酷无情、肉眼看不见、医生称之为“肺炎”的不速之客，来到了格林威治村。“肺炎先生”把他冰冷的手指放在约翰西身上，于是她躺在床上，几乎不动，盖着毯子，眼睛盯着一堵空墙。现在分词做伴随状语personification把...放在...上detaildescription③

ThedoctortookSueasideandclaimed,“Shehasonechancein—letussay,ten.Andthatchanceisforhertowanttolive.Trytoencouragehertothinkmorehopefulthoughts,aboutthefuture,aboutliving.”takesb.aside把...拉到旁边encouragesb.todo鼓励某人做onechanceinten十分之一的机会医生把苏拉到一边，说：“她的病只有，这么说吧，只有一成希望，这一成希望在于她自己要不要活下去。试着鼓励她多想想有希望的事情、想想未来、想想活下去。”④SuetooksomepaperandapenintoJohnsy’sroomandbeganapendrawing,inanattemptto

raiseJohnsy’sspirits.Johnsy’seyeswereopen,buttheyweren’twatchingher.Instead,shestaredoutthewindowandcountedbackwards:“Ten,nine,eight,seven...”尝试做某事raiseone’sspirits振奋某人的精神

倒着数苏拿了几张纸和一支钢笔来到约翰西的房间，开始画钢笔画，试着让约翰西打起精神。约翰西的眼睛是睁着的，但并没有看苏。相反，她望向窗外，倒数着：“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.”听说betiredof(doing)厌倦makeupone’smind下定决心“哦，我从未听过这么荒谬的话。”苏立刻答到。但是约翰西决心已定。“我想看着最后一片叶子掉下来，我已经等腻了。我想随风而逝，就像一片可怜的、疲倦的藤叶一样。”随风而逝gosailing去航海⑦

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

(helongedtopaint).SuetoldhimaboutJohnsy’slongingto

slipawayliketheleaves.省略that/which的定语从句...的模特悄悄消失；流逝“试着睡一会儿吧，”苏说道。然后她去叫邻居伯曼先生来做绘画模特。他是个失败的画手，40年来，他从未创作出他所渴望的杰作。苏告诉他约翰西想要像树叶一样流逝。longtodosth.渴望做某事⑧

Behrmancried

withdisbelief.“Aretherepeopleintheworldthatfoolishtothinkthey’lldiebecauseleavesdropofffromavine?Thisisnotaplace

(inwhichMissJohnsyshallliesick).SomedayIwillpaintamasterpiece,andweshallallgoaway.”从……落下难以置信地卧病inwhich(=where)引导定语从句,修饰先行词

aplace离开伯曼不可置信地喊道：“世界上竟有这种傻子，认为藤叶落掉他们就得死?约翰西小姐实在不应该躺在这里生病。总有一天我要画一幅杰作，然后我们就可以离开这里。”v.喊v.躺—lay—lain⑨

BehrmanandSuelookedoutthewindowatthevineandnoticedthattherewasjustoneremainingleaf.What’smore,acoldrainwasfalling,mixedwithsnow.与...混合，夹杂伯曼和苏望着窗外的藤蔓，发现藤枝上只剩下最后一片叶子了。更糟糕的是，外面下起冰冷的雨来，雨夹着雪。that引导宾语从句向外看；当心⑩

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

diewithit.holdon坚持随...消失要求wake-woke-woken第二天早上，约翰西醒来，让打开窗帘。藤上还留着一片叶子，在风雨中勇敢地撑着。“它今天会掉下来的，我也会和它一同死去。”todo的被动：tobedone⑪

Thefollowingday,Johnsyaskedagainforthecurtainstobeopened.Theleafwasstillthere!⑫

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

crime

towanttodie.”Thensheaskedforsomefood.长时间Itisacrimetodosth

做某事是一种罪过⑬

Intheafternoon,thedoctorvisited,“Evenchances,”saidthedoctor,“withgoodnursing,you’llwin.AndnowImustseeafellowdownstairs,Behrman.Pneumonia,too.Thereisnohopeforhim.”相等的机会，五成的机会⑭

Thenextday,SuecametoJohnsy’sbed.“Ihavesomething

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

不定代词+todofindsb.doing...

发现某人正在做……湿透Theycouldn’timagine

(

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

(whenthelastleaffell.)”where引导宾语从句light的过去分词why引导宾语从句blow-blew-blownwhen引导定语从句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