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Developing ideas (P44-46)
新外研版 Book 1
Unit 4 Friends forever
Have you read any stories by O. Henry Share one with the class.
Do you like stories with surprise endings Why or why not
1 Read the short introduction to O.Henry and answer
the questions.
O.Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison.
Introduction to O.Henry
During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing. He wrote mostly about
New York and the life of the middle
and lower class people. People liked
his stories, which are known for full
of humour and surprising endings.
His best known short stories consist
of The Cop and the Anthem, The Gift
of the Maji.
After Twenty Years
Why is the man standing outside the shop
2 Read the passage and answer the following question.
He is waiting for his friend
Jimmy.
While Reading
3 Read the passage again and conclude the outline of the passage.
Setting---When,Where (in New York on a cold,dark night)
Character---Who (the man,the policeman,Jimmy) Plot---20years ago, later,nowadays.
Time What happened to the man What happened to Jimmy
20 years ago
a year or two later
nowadays
The character characteristics
The man
The policeman
Jimmy
4 Try to conclude the characteristics of the characters in the passage.
Did Jimmy come to meet his friend
What has Jimmy experienced over the past twenty years
What might happen between the policeman and the man
5 Think of a possible ending to “After Twenty Years” and find evidence to support your ideas. Use the following questions to help you.
Possible version:
Jimmy didn't come to meet his friend at last.
Now read the note from the original ending and find out what actually happened.
Think & Share
What does the note tell you about the ending of the story
How do you think Bob would react when he read the note
Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing Why or why not
Do you like this ending Give your reasons.
After Reading
6 Work in groups. Act out the whole story.
After twenty years
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課文回顧
1 You couldn't have dragged Jimmy out of New
York; he thought it was the only place on earth.
句意：任何人都無法勸說吉米離開紐約，他認為紐
約是世界上唯一的地方。
drag v. 拖，拉， 英文釋義 make sb do sth
e.g. I'm sorry to call so early---I hope I didn't drag
you out of bed.
很抱歉這么早打電話，希望我沒有打擾到你休息。
Language Points
drag還可指強迫，迫使，勉強
e.g. When you can drag him away from his work, he
can also be a devoted father.如果你能把他硬從工作中
拉回來，他也會是個盡心盡責的父親。
2 "Well, yes, for a time we corresponded," said the other.
句意：“哦，收到過他的信。有一段時間我們曾相
互通信。”另一個說。
correspond v.通信，英文釋義 If two people correspond, they regularly write letters to each other.
e.g. He corresponded with leading European scholars.
他與歐洲著名學者通信。
correspond 還可指“與……相對應”，常和to搭配使用
e.g. Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race.
觀看賽馬比賽的觀眾將獲得一個與某一匹賽馬相對應的號碼。
3 I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up.
句意：今天晚上，我千里迢迢來到這里，如果我的老搭檔出現了，那就是值得的。“
turn up 出現
e.g. He is still waiting for something to turn up.
他仍然在等待著機會的出現。
turn sth. up指開大，調高（音量，熱量等）
e.g. The music was turned up loud.
音樂的音量開大了。
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