Unit4FriendsforeverDevelopingideas课件高中英语3

Unit4DevelopingideasAfterTwentyYearsReadtheinformationandguesswhoheis.WarmingupHeisafamousAmericanwriterofshortstories.Hefocusedontheeverydaylifeofordinarypeople.HeisalsocalledthefatherofthemodernAmericanshortstories.Hisstoriesarebestknownforthesurpriseendings.O.HenryHeisknownasanAmericanlifehumorencyclopedia(百科全书).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(巡逻)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(两难困境）offriendshipandjustice,hechosetodevotetohis_____anddefendthe

.appreciated/treasureddutyjustice/law/truthWhat’sthethemeofthestory?friendship维护/捍卫IfyouwereJimmy,whatwouldyoudowhenyoufoundoutBobwaswanted?PrinciplesEmotionsHaveyoueverexperiencedanyhardmoments(dilemma进退两难)tornbetweenpersonalfeelings(friendship)andsenseofrighteousness(正义）/senseofduty?Howdidyoudealwiththem?Discussion

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v.ThenextmorningIwastostartfortheWesttomakemyfortune.

第二天一早我就要去西部赚大钱了。makeone’sfortune:tobecomeveryrich发大财，赚大钱wastostartfor“be+todo”表示计划、打算.Well,weagreedthatnightthatwewouldmeethereagainexactlytwentyyearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome.

那天夜里我们约好：不管我们的境况如何，不管我们要从多远的地方赶来，20年后的同一日